Oz driving has destroyed my love for cars in only a year
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Does anyone else from the uk feel the same way? I have always had sporty cars and enjoyed driving since passing my test at 17 and now at nearly 41 I have lost my love for cars and driving after only one year in WA. I don't want to sound like a winging Pom but they are the worst divers I have ever seen and the speed limits for these huge roads are ludicrous !!!!! Instead of keep lowering the speed limits invest time and money on better driver training. Everyone should learn to drive in a manual for coordination and concentration reasons, the amount of people here that can not drive a manual is criminal ! Lol If a born and breed WA driver went and drove on the uk roads they would be terrified. What is the point of owning a nice or sporty car here as it will either get hit or have to drive at 100ks max most of the time. Why do they treat speeding like it was murder here?!!!
There we go I have had my moan lol sorry everyone, needed to get it off my chest .
There we go I have had my moan lol sorry everyone, needed to get it off my chest .
200bhp said:
I dont think the standard of driving in Perth is any worse than most UK cities I've driven around (Nottingham, Derby, Birmingham, London). The whole merging thing that people get hung up on is, in my opinion, due to the road layout and markings at merge points and not just the drivers.
Overall I find driving here pretty relaxed.
The two things that have killed my love for driving are:
1) You have to drive a bloody long way to find an interesting/fun road here. In most parts of the UK you can find somewhere pretty close to home for a good drive or at least a few sweeping bends.
2) Traffic lights. Why do they love traffic lights so much??
You are so right, any interesting roads are miles away and because of the stupidly low speed limits it takes forever to get anywhere. Why are theses huge double lane roads all 70km ?! And when you do eventually get somewhere good you are too scared because of hidden cameras. Miss the good old empty country lanes :-(Overall I find driving here pretty relaxed.
The two things that have killed my love for driving are:
1) You have to drive a bloody long way to find an interesting/fun road here. In most parts of the UK you can find somewhere pretty close to home for a good drive or at least a few sweeping bends.
2) Traffic lights. Why do they love traffic lights so much??
I think the problem for me is how far I have to go before you get to any kind of corners at all. There are so many double carriage way roads that are 70km limits and back in the UK they would all be 70mph or 112km and most people are doing 80 lol.I think accidents are caused by the limit being to low in places because the roads are so big and you are driving so slow your brain turnes off out of boredom and that is when the lack of attention comes into play. I personally am far more road alert when driving faster.
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