Driving skills

Posted by: muckypaws

19th May 2014 12:52pm

OK who is with me on this one? In my opinion, the Government should make it compulsary for all new drivers to go through a Defensive Driving Course suplimented by the government prior to moving to the next stage of their licence process. With luck this should eliminate some stupid accidents occuring on our roads as of late.

jjdrer

8th Sep 2014 07:13pm

On some sections of the SE Freeway in SA, heading towards Adelaide the speed limit was reduced recently.
It was widely advertised for 2 - 3 weeks. The week before it came into force the media was flooded with reminders. It was in the Advertiser every day, in the Sunday Mail. on the TV news constantly. Motorists protested when they started getting fines on the 1st and 2nd day. Apparently there was plenty of Police presence including Motorcycle Police. A friend of ours drives a truck and at one point was down to 38 - 40 kph instead of constantly using his brakes and overheating them. He had the "last laugh" as he suddenly discovered he had a total of 3 Police Bikes beside and behind him. They appeared to be watching him and checking the speedo on their bikes. He slows down early by going down to lower gears. There has been some drivers interviewed who live in a country town who said that they reduce to about the same speed for the same reason. One section of the road is a very steep descent and it is very easy to gain speed. Trucks now are allowed 60kph and cars are allowed 90kph. The truckies interviewed stated that 60kpm is too fast in some sections because you need to be able to stop quickly if the lights change at the bottom of the descent.

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