Before today, I thought the most shocking thing in Australian driving was someone driving at 10 pm without headlights.
But after today, I will never forget what I saw…
I drove behind this blue Corolla for 6 minutes, wondering why it kept speeding up and slowing down — until I finally figured it out.
Is this common in Australia?
Have you ever encountered something more ridiculous?
P.S. Am I eligible to see a psychologist?
Take a brave guess, MATE!
He was watching some prawns
upon closer inspection the ad says Shrimp Mate is free so go therrr
Rediculours is certainly the most ridiculous typing of the word I've ever met.
People facetiming and watching videos or live news streams seems to be increasingly common from my observation. Especially with rideshare drivers. They should post their data plan deals here.
Thanks mate, I have been struggling with my IELTS test for several months.
Oh what a feeling!
User name checks out
until I finally figured it out.
Did you took a photo while driving?
passenger did
I drove behind this blue Corolla for 6 minutes, wondering why it kept speeding up and slowing down
So you joined in the shenanigans and took a picture of it with your phone….wow
So he was literally driving like a WANK∈R
Honestly, he was driving very slow… like 35km/h on a 50 limit. I guess the driver may be very old or a rookie, until no more car between us and finally got such surprise. Anyway, very dangerous…
So jerky acceleration? No wonder, bloke had no hands on the wheel.
Stick shift
My step uber driver is stuck in his car and I give him a hand
got the link? asking for a mate
try being a cop, ambo, safety manager, fleet manager, whs manager in any organization which gives out company cars, you hear worse stories than these
everyone got annoyed at the AI fleet manager software yelling at everyone with such high sensitivity it got turned off
the dashboard reports everyone's activities with a short video clip
the day when AI says get your hands out your pants, skynet is coming for us
Recently, I had someone DUI pull out in front of me at night without headlights from where they were parked, drive 25-60km/h in a 50 zone, constantly swerve between lanes, turn right from the leftmost lane of four lanes, almost hit several cars (parked and driving), and hit a sharp gutter which popped his tyre.
I was so grateful that police observed the last bit from across the 4-lane street that they turned on their flashing lights, did a U-turn and closed in behind him. He was completely oblivious to the red and blue lights behind him (or didn't care) and so I witnessed a very low-speed police pursuit that lasted a couple of minutes. It only came to an end when he stopped at a red light T-intersection and the cop ran from his car to open the perp's door. He gave a casual look like he didn't realise he'd done anything wrong.
TL;DR the international licence recognition needs a complete overhaul. I've never been keen on dashcams but now I wish I had that footage.
The Most Ridiculours Driver You Ever Met?
Minnie
Probably the guy from the other night when I was driving home… I was just gooning out in my car, catching up on some PronHub on my drive home and this dude just rode my rear bumper the whole way home. Kept getting his phone out and taking photos… like dude, I’m trying to goon in peace.
wondering why it kept speeding up and slowing down
Because speed kills …
;-)
Nah, it's the sudden deaccelerration.
That said, the amount of inattention on the roads these days is insane.
Inattention matching with a pathetic lack of skills.
Actually those drivers following me, regardless of the speed (usually low speed so they will finally overtake and go away), I'll classify as close to the worst kind.
Actually … perhaps like the OP did … following the car in front regardless of their fluctuating speed …
Not the worst, but one that happened to me recently that's so egregious it still gets me angry.
Driving home behind a car and they stop on the pedestrian crossing at a suburban train station to let a passenger out. I was on the horn continuously because they were having a chat as well. The kicker is that there's parking 30m down the road and the passenger didn't even go to the station.
I saw something like that the other day, except I was a pedestrian wanting to use the crossing, but the car was in the way. And this crossing was literally in a car park with empty spots right next to it. People so selfish.
Did you meet him?
It was a she.
The 84 year old man who reversed out of a car park at high speed, crossed a road and killed a woman sitting at a bus stop on the other side.
The tragic event happened a few days ago at the Lyell McEwin Hospital in Adelaide.
The man had an appointment at the hospital to determine whether he was fit to continue driving. 😣
I dont think ive ever met any of the dumb drivers out there. The generally drive away before introductions.
Ive done some pretty dumb things. Maybe i shouldn't throw stones.
I watched a guy try and tee off with a putter once.
Among others a Uber driver that I got to go home from shopping. He was falling asleep. Good thing it was only a short distance to home. Did report it but heard nothing back.
I had a tradie high beam me yesterday morning, because they tried to race me at the lights and lost very badly.
Must have really hurt his pride losing to my corolla.
Does the transport department have a complain/snitch feature? If you have a number plate also, may as well let the department know.
Accidents are no joke.
I have no idea what site that is, what is the driver doing?