Cars & Transportation Vent about all things traffic

[Frank Bunn]

This is a good thread for venting but you have to take account of people making mistakes.

Yesterday I was on a dual carriage road that I was unfamiliar with and heading towards a roundabout. As I got closer I was passing a static line of cars in the left lane and I'm thinking oh shit that's the lane I probably need to be in to take the first exit. But at that stage you're an arseh*le whatever you do. Stop as soon as you realise with your indicator on blocking the right lane?

I decided to keep going and go all the way round the roundabout. Except the first exit was blocked because of a train crossing, and that's why all the cars were backed up, duh! So now I'm blocking up the right lane at the roundabout with a **** off truck behind me. I decided to drive across the roundabout and squeeze into the first exit area. I'm guessing the first guy in the correct lane at the roundabout was annoyed with me because he drove up my jacksie for a couple of kilometres. But there are times when you screw up and it's impossible to apologise to everyone for your mistakes.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Traffic at Tullamarine Airport. Took 40 minutes of non-moving vehicles, and horns blaring, to get into the correct lane to return a hire car because if you don’t you end up going the wrong way and having to be redirected by randoms. No signs of course, until you’ve almost gone past

 

[cats_09]

Traffic at Tullamarine Airport. Took 40 minutes of non-moving vehicles, and horns blaring, to get into the correct lane to return a hire car because if you don’t you end up going the wrong way and having to be redirected by randoms. No signs of course, until you’ve almost gone past

A couple of years ago I was returning a hire vehicle to Brisbane airport, put the info into maps and it started directing me to a random shed which may have been a former off site HQ for the car company

Thankfully I wasn't running late, as it was an unnecessary, out of the way the detour but finally got back towards the terminal and then crossed fingers I'd get in the right lane

 

[nobbyiscool]

I don't understand people who don't seem to adjust their driving at all in deplorable weather. Were they taught poorly, or are they just selfish pricks?

On days like today I feel like 90% of us are preventing the other 10% from causing absolute ****ing carnage.

 

[rocker_oz33]

People driving well under the limits.
Then we'll over the limits on overtaking lanes.
Seen some interesting driving.
Some dangerous.

Funny I went somewhere every car bar mine reversed it in...lol.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

This is a good thread for venting but you have to take account of people making mistakes.

Yesterday I was on a dual carriage road that I was unfamiliar with and heading towards a roundabout. As I got closer I was passing a static line of cars in the left lane and I'm thinking oh shit that's the lane I probably need to be in to take the first exit. But at that stage you're an arseh*le whatever you do. Stop as soon as you realise with your indicator on blocking the right lane?

I decided to keep going and go all the way round the roundabout. Except the first exit was blocked because of a train crossing, and that's why all the cars were backed up, duh! So now I'm blocking up the right lane at the roundabout with a **** off truck behind me. I decided to drive across the roundabout and squeeze into the first exit area. I'm guessing the first guy in the correct lane at the roundabout was annoyed with me because he drove up my jacksie for a couple of kilometres. But there are times when you screw up and it's impossible to apologise to everyone for your mistakes.

A good trick for this (without a train) Go up the right lane do a full loop in the round a bout and exit the the first exit. Cars in the train think youre coming from the opposite direction

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

When it's wet, you're doing 80 in an 80 and some campaigner pulls out from a side street or whatever nearly causing you to die.

Bad enough in the dry

 

[cats_09]

I don't understand people who don't seem to adjust their driving at all in deplorable weather. Were they taught poorly, or are they just selfish pricks?

On days like today I feel like 90% of us are preventing the other 10% from causing absolute ****ing carnage.

I was glad I was nearly home this evening when I saw an idiot red p-plater turning left at the intersection I was stopped at, who was happily revving his car while waiting to turn and accelerated like an idiot to cut off a car - not sure how far he was traveling, but glad to not be sharing the road with him

But earlier on my drive there was a couple of patches of significant water over the road - one area we still had a partial lane we could get into, and the 4WD behind me couldn't wait to get past that and put his foot down

A couple of KMs down the road, there was no visible road with the bike lane, two straight ahead lanes & the turning lane all under water. I could see up ahead cars stopping and not exactly a clear lane of traffic so I slowed on my approach, but others were happily doing 80km until they had no option but essentially stop - we were going about 10km through that area and in a makeshift lane rather than the traditional two lanes

 

[Cruyff14]

I went well under today cos I could barely see. The rain was crazy.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

When it's wet, you're doing 80 in an 80 and some campaigner pulls out from a side street or whatever nearly causing you to die.

Bad enough in the dry

And if you don't have a dashcam.. "ohh you ran into the back of me "

They are just stupid sometimes.
You get behind them in the side street, there are no gaps as big as they want. Then they see a slightly bigger gap, they think about it , then pull out way too late.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

People who confuse people trying to let them into traffic when there is no cars behind them.

 

[Cruyff14]

Saw a person driving one of those big 4WDs that have a step to get in. They had a disabled sticker. Did genuinely confuse me.

 

[Gralin]

Saw a person driving one of those big 4WDs that have a step to get in. They had a disabled sticker. Did genuinely confuse me.

Why?
Also we talking like a dodge ram?

 

[Cruyff14]

Why?
Also we talking like a dodge ram?

Cos I guess (for me), a disabled sticker means you're most likely physically disabled in some way. And being able to climb up into a car would surely impact that.

It wasn't a ram, but it was a large four wheel driver of some sort. Maybe a Merc, can't remember.

 

[Gralin]

Cos I guess (for me), a disabled sticker means you're most likely physically disabled in some way. And being able to climb up into a car would surely impact that.

Kind of a weird take

 

[cats_09]

Regarding the above discussion, this is from the Transport Victoria website and their Accessible Parking Permits page:

Australian disability parking (ADP) permit for individuals​

• This Australia-wide permit allows you to park in:
• accessible parking bays for the time shown on the sign
  standard parking bays for twice as long as shown on the sign.

Eligibility:
Your medical practitioner must note you have either:

• a significant mobility impairment that requires a mobility aid or device, and need more space than a standard parking bay allows
• a medical condition that makes walking short distances (up to 100 metres) difficult without stopping due to pain, extreme fatigue or imbalance
• a significant cognitive, behavioural or neurological impairment that prevents you from safely walking without continuous support.

You may be issued a short-term or long-term permit, depending on your medical condition or disability.

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The other common one is

Double time (DT) permits for individuals​

• A DT permit allows you, as driver or passenger, to park in a standard parking bay for double the time on the parking sign.
• It is a Victorian permit that can’t be used interstate.
• It does not allow you to park in accessible parking bays.

Eligibility:
Your medical practitioner must note you have a significant mobility impairment or illness that:

• affects your ability to walk more than 100 metres
• means that you need regular rest breaks while walking.

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I know from experience with my mum who has back issues that require weekly physio sessions, that for her getting in & out of a sedan isn't always the easiest because the seats can be a bit lower. Over recent years with a few family weddings & funerals, we've been intestate when I've hired a car and ended up with a SUV or 4WD and she's found them easier to get in & out of because of the height of the seats

At the moment she has a double time permit because she can have trouble if needing to walk longer distances but she doesn't require the use of a mobility aid to get around - though she rarely uses that permit. What she struggles with more is the limited space in standard car parks as there's times where she needs extra room to get in and out of the car


I've seen accessible parking permits on vehicles from little hatchbacks, to SUVs & even converted buses, from convertible Ferrari's to a 4WD I'd love to buy. We don't always know why someone had a permit, but from my own point if view - as long as the person whom has been issued the permit is the one using it, I don't see the issue with the type of vehicle being driven

What I take issue with is when there's a company issued accessible parking permit, no clients in the car and the staff member still parks in a disabled bay because it's closer, or when the kid takes their parent to the shops but leaves mum/dad in the car while they go do whatever - I don't see any valid reason for parking in disability bays in those situations

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Cos I guess (for me), a disabled sticker means you're most likely physically disabled in some way. And being able to climb up into a car would surely impact that.

It wasn't a ram, but it was a large four wheel driver of some sort. Maybe a Merc, can't remember.

Maybe he/she hurt themself falling out of their vehicle.

 

[emuboy]

It's not a driving vent - possibly more suited to the 'Things In Life You Don't Get' thread - but this really puzzles me.

Obviously the Melbourne CBD and innermost suburbs aren't an easy place to drive - narrow streets, one-way streets, tramways, busy traffic, seemingly never-ending roadworks and construction - but one intersection seems to bring drivers unstuck more than others and this is the intersection of Lonsdale and Swanston Streets. More than any other intersection in the city you see drivers blocking the intersection and subsequently the trams, nearly running into cars, pedestrians and bicycles, running the red light, cutting off buses and trucks, road rage and some people losing their heads altogether and illegally turning onto Swanston Street in a panic.

Yet Lonsdale Street is one of the wider streets in Melbourne's CBD, trams don't run along it and there are specified bus lanes. The other intersections on Lonsdale Streets have cars running along them - Swanston Street does not save some authorized and emergency vehicles - and you don't seem to see the same problems there - it is busy yes but not the same insanity you see at the Swanston Street intersection.

Does anyone have any theories why the intersection of Lonsdale and Swanston Street seems to send people nuts?

 

[Chicken Treat]

Ute speeding through the roundabout after I entered it, then going along at 50 in a 60 zone.

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Ute speeding through the roundabout after I entered it, then going along at 50 in a 60 zone.

Just showing you who's alpha dog on the road

 

[eddiesmith]

Ute speeding through the roundabout after I entered it, then going along at 50 in a 60 zone.

Its like the ones who go up the short lane at an intersection, speed away on the green light then slow down when the road merges into 1…

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Outside tailgating I think my biggest hate are morons who can't position their car in narrow streets. Too close to the centre

 

[rocker_oz33]

We stayed in a tiny house that was in the backyard of the person who owns them.
Had off street parking only 2 cars can fit between each driveway.
Some knobheads park right in the middle so no other car can fit..

 

[rocker_oz33]

Its like the ones who go up the short lane at an intersection, speed away on the green light then slow down when the road merges into 1…

That happens alot in terms of left lane closed ahead.
Cars move to right lane.
Then cars roar up the left lane and push in..

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Cos I guess (for me), a disabled sticker means you're most likely physically disabled in some way. And being able to climb up into a car would surely impact that.

It wasn't a ram, but it was a large four wheel driver of some sort. Maybe a Merc, can't remember.

It could also be for the passenger.
My mother has a disabled sticker on account for her multiple Stokes. My parents have two cars. A Ford Everest for towing a caravan and a Holden Commadore wagon.

Both cars before they were bought my mother had to prove to my dad she could get in and out of both.