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AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Webber should learn to drive first. Two wins from 142 races, pathetic.
Last time I read the article on Weber, it sounded like some whinny,cashed up bogan racing driver,trying to score a political point, with not much idea complaining about the road rules in Australia compared to Europe.
I suggest you read or listen a little before you postThink you missed the point, I think what he was trying to get at was there is a lot of regulations in australia and rules compared to the rest of the world. Ridiculous fines for petty road infringements is just one example he was making.
I have been driving for nearly 30 years,mainly in Melbourne but have driven over most of Australia most of Europe and half of the US.I have owned 3 sports cars, never had a camera fine copped 3 speeding fines and 2 parking fines in 30 years.As long as the rules stop the bogans from killing me or other non bogans they are alright.Webber said:..... after his return from Europe he had been ''dodging the ridiculous speeding and parking [rules] and all the nanny-state country that we have down here in Australia''.
''I think we've got to read an instruction book when we get out of bed - what we can do and what we can't do … put a yellow vest on and all that sort of stuff,'' he said.
Webber should learn to drive first. Two wins from 142 races, pathetic.
I suggest you read or listen a little before you post
I have been driving for nearly 30 years,mainly in Melbourne but have driven over most of Australia most of Europe and half of the US.I have owned 3 sports cars, never had a camera fine copped 3 speeding fines and 2 parking fines in 30 years.As long as the rules stop the bogans from killing me or other non bogans they are alright.
What is your ideal speed you can go over before getting fined?
Please enlighten us on the context of Marks quote that you seem to be privy to and no one else seems to understand.( is this talent psychic).Obviously you read marks comments out of context and took them to be condoning burnouts, hoon driving, excessive speeding etc. The thread has nothing to do with this, anyone who condones this is an idiot.
How much lee way do you think it should be?Victoria currently has a 3km leniency on speeding. If someone would like to explain to me how getting a fine for doing 104km in a 100 zone is reasonable by any stretch I would love to hear it. Not revenue raising? Yeah right, it's completley outrageous to have such a ridiculous law and even more appalling to use the smokescreen of "saving lives" to justify it.
Please enlighten us on the context of Marks quote that you seem to be privy to and no one else seems to understand.( is this talent psychic).
Its your thread you have the agenda go with it son
Express yourself educate me,I am no longer in my 20 when I knew everything,I now know nothing sadly
How much lee way do you think it should be?
So I can set my cruise control to that.
What people don't realise is that laws are made for the most stupid people in society. If we were all good drivers with high IQs, there would be no need to road rules; we'd all know what to do anyway.
Spend ten minutes driving around and you will quickly conclude this is not the case. Our society has a substantial sub-section of absolute f*cking idiots, who have no common sense or self-awareness. This is the reason why Australia has such strict driving laws, and they are working, despite the hysteria in the media about the 'carnage on our roads' (I bet some sub-editor had a chuckle about the pun, too).
But you didn't answer me, what should I set my cruise control too in your non nanny state fantasy?Not going to explain it again, I have said it about 5 times. No one else seems to have trouble understanding what he was getting at apart from you. Stop posting it's just annoying people.
Penalties have to kick in at some point, it might as well be the speed limit. That's not the problem, the problem is the scale of the penalties for minor infringements and the accusations that such people are lethal weapons. 3 km gets the same penalty that 15 km gets doesn't it? That's ******ed. First bracket should be maybe 5 km over that's a $50 fine.
Agree with some of that but I don't think it's fair the penalties should be kicking in right on the speed limit. It's not uncommon for speedos to be out by 5km or more even in fairly new cars. So you could be sitting on 61k and that comes up 65 or 66 on the radar and they book you. This does happen, it's completley unfair and suggesting the drivers behaviour is speeding or dangerous and warrant a fine is BS.
But whatever the tolerance level is just sets a new defacto speed limit. If I know I can do 65 in a 60 zone I will do 63-64 and a lot of others would too. The limit at which penalties start shouldn't be grey. The only reason now they have tolerance is to allow for inaccuracy in the measuring devices.
I think people are just asking for it to be fair, there has to be a grey area and some common sense applied. Booking people for such minor things is just stupid and achieves nothing.
Surely it achieves fear of penalty,causing people to modify their behaviour.I think people are just asking for it to be fair, there has to be a grey area and some common sense applied. Booking people for such minor things is just stupid and achieves nothing.
Please Biff let me knowPlease tell me you are not as stupid as your post sounds?
I didn't realise Mark Weber was referring to speed cameras when he made the Nanny State remark
Isn't the speed limit posted on a sign?How about speed cameras on freeway entrances where the actual speed limit is somewhat debatable or at the bottom of hills? But not at dangerous intersections no, they wont make as much money from that so why bother?