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Call me Spud
Join Date: May 2008
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Post about the idiots you see who don't deserve a licence.
Last night I hear this 4WD screaming down the road and see his headlights coming at the house (live opposite T Junction) then he just blast round the corner tyres screeching for grip etc. Bout 50m up the road he does the same on that corner, I hear the tyres squealing then BANG. I got in my car and drove up the road, he had mounted the curb so hard he pulled the tyre from the rim (although I suspect the tyre came away before he hit the curb) and nudged the power pole. Him and his mate were trying to put the tyre back on and quickly stood in front of the number plate when I drove past, did a U turn and drove back. I should have just rung the cops seeing as they were not going far for while the tyre was not on the car. The scariest part of this story is no more than 2mins previous my partner with my 3 yr old daughter and 2 week old son was coming up to and turning that corner (corner is blind, you come up a small incline, our unit is about 50m from it) I couldn't help but wonder what the outcome had been had she waited those 2mins more to come home that night. Would have no doubt wiped out my car, and more than likely hit the drivers door, and rear passenger where my daughter sits. These people don't deserve a licence or the air we breathe. |
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SKID IT
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: south burnett
Posts: 835
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i would of called the police,
but they hit the car with your wife and kids would of been horrable
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Where to next??
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sydney
Posts: 8,893
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I would have stayed out of sight, called the cops and explained that they were driving in an erratic manner and have now lost control, mounted the curb and are not mobile.
I'm sure they would have come out to investigate knowing that they had a car waiting, not just some black marks on the road. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: brisbane
Posts: 1,316
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Same thing here in Brisbane the other week
it was one of the local "hoons" in a VT Clubby we heard it coming squeal at the first corner squeal at the second and the third a squeal of tyres and Bang straight into the centre island and the "keep left sign"we all ran out to have a look and here was this Hero limping back home with the front wheel tucked under the guard at a very strange angle a very expensive wheely Last edited by last fairlane; 05-04-2009 at 09:59 AM. Reason: spellig |
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Where to next??
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sydney
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Call me Spud
Join Date: May 2008
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I forgot to add we get hoons constantly on this street. One end is flat, the other is a large hill, they scream up/down here like it is a game. I live halfway down and you can hear them at the top/bottom by the time they come past they are almost a blurr. Thankfully it is just one car at a time no races. I often wonder but how long it is going to be before one of them kills someone or themselves by losing control. I have a retaining wall out the front so my daughter can't get near the road.
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 548
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Agree totally mate. Some people just don't get that there is a time and a place for speed and tyresmoke and so on, and its not while there are houses and kids and other traffic around.
Then you have the group of people (largely comprised of the elderly and our friends from the east), who cannot drive in a remotely safe manner no matter how hard they try. And still, it's honest people like me that get booked for smoking up the back tyres of a front wheel drive lancer (whilst stationary) by retard cops with a prejudice against young people. If you can't drive, then DON'T. Its not complicated. If you believe your speedo goes up to Full, if you struggle to see past the hood ornament, if you couldn't parallel park a smart car at a bus stop, or if other drivers are frequently honking at you and giving you the finger for reasons you don't understand, GET OFF THE ROAD AND TAKE THE BUS!!
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Broadford VIC
Posts: 664
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I used to live near where the hoons would be, all you would hear come late night was the screech of tyres and the occasional bang of a power pole or a tree. Was always fun watching them try to drive a smashed car away when the cops arrive.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
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I walk my dog almost every day and in my area I see all kinds of street signs ripped out and / or bent at the base quite violently all the time. A lot of idiots driving around here and we are at the top of the car theft list for Victoria as well. (This is Brimbank.)
Which reminds me. Theres also this driver who always parks opposite a nearby T-intersection and there's been several accidents right theer since I've lived here. It even has a parking-allowed sign. I got the council to do an investigation and they found the parked car "assists traffic flow" by holding up the line of cars behind a car to turn next to the parked car, so that residents can get out of their driveways and such! It's just another accident waiting to happen.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Carrum Downs, Victoria
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I deal with these drivers everyday.
They will claim it's not their fault too!
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Oct 2005
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does he own the house where he parks.
if he does i would be doing the exact same thing better to loose an el than my living room. |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
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I think it's a family visitor that parks their car there during peak hour periods several times a week.
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I'm also a Jeeper
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Albury/Wodonga
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maybe their trying to get some insurance, bump up the agreed value..
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Ballarat
Posts: 2,122
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I absolutely despise it when theres a 10km long overtaking lane and the car behind moves into the right lane sitting in your blind spot the WHOLE TIME, then as the lane is about to end and I have to merge back in, they then decide that to get past me. The scary thing is it isnt another P plater toying with me, its a family in a forester.
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What's green is gold
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Shepparton
Posts: 3,079
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Seeing a woman with 3 kids in the family Pajero on the phone and having a smoke while trying to stay in the lane beside me today was bad enough....
...or was it...? She then ran a red light, was doing (IMO) 70+ in a school zone and started texting, scraped a gutter while the kids are bouncing around in the car. Some people really do need a slap.
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Bring on the Boss
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Kuranda, FNQ
Posts: 915
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Walking home from work today noticed a young couple stopped at the side of the road, on a steep hill, jack under rear left side jack point, rear wheel in air, wheel brace on nut, guy on phone. Got home, felt guilty, walked back offered assistance....found young guy couldn't undo wheel nuts...........
Told young guy to lower the jack, drive down the hill slowly to a level spot... Then asked for lock nut...,(still in glove box) undid lock nut and loosened all nuts for him and went about my business... Seriously they should give lessons at the dealers.... |
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Bring on the Boss
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Kuranda, FNQ
Posts: 915
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http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegrap...001021,00.html
POLICE have charged a 15-year-old boy over this morning's fatal car crash in Revesby, arresting him at a home in the area after he and a 16-year-old passenger allegedly fled the scene, leaving another teen to die. A horrified witness claimed she spotted two youngsters bolting from the crash scene allegedly abandoning another stricken passenger after the Toyota Corolla hit a tree. The accident happened on Marco Ave at Revesby, in Sydney's south, just before 2am and was the first NSW fatality of the Easter holiday period. The victim, also 16, who had been in the car's front passenger seat, was pronounced dead a short time later and has not yet been identified. Inquiries led police to a house in the area shortly after 5.30am, where they arrested two teenage males. Seriously..., I've done some dumb things but too leave a mate too die..... |
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