Vic is the Nanny State!!!!!!!

[gareth_oau]

my son's girlfriend recently passed her lisence. and the whole education and test process, not once did she use the ABS.

what sort of training is that?

One day she will slam on her brakes, and theres a 50/50 chance she will remove her foot from the pedal because of the funny feeling she got

[Buller_Scott]

unfortunately it'll probably be something like *quick release of the pedal* "oh no something's wrong with the brakes!".

call me cynical/ bitter or whatever, but the whole "dont be a ****head" thing having to be launched as a viral campaign on the net due to ''inappropriate language'' for prime time tv? its a compromise, but a pretty piss poor one.

the roads would be much safer, of course, if it were harder to get your license in the first place, and/or if there were mandatory driving tests for each license holder every 3-5 years or so. as unfeasible as that may seem, it might just help address the root cause instead of simply "well, let people off themselves through negligence and driver miseducation, and if we can make some money into the bargain [speeding tickets, all victorian cops care about-that and canaries on chapel st. on a saturday night] then all the better!''.

it's whack. and not likely to change much.

p.s. gareth, it's getting cooooolderrrrr. any predictions on this season?