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Bathed In A Yellow Glow
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: NSW Central Coast
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Melb north
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Totally computer operated transport, it scares the crap out of me .
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Join Date: Feb 2015
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If I got my self a Mercedes I would want to drive it.
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When in doubt, GAS IT!!
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Lower Eyre Peninsula, SA
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I'll call your Sydney drivers and raise you Adelaide. Try driving round Adelaide for a few days and see if you still think Sydney drivers are scary.
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sydney
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I disagree actually. I found Adelaide drivers to be very cautious and metered in how they drive, I wonder if it has to do the the many, many dozens of speed cameras they have???
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Shenanigans..............
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Footscrazy
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Forget automated cars, the computer has to fail before anything really bad happens, it's Camry drivers that scare me the most.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Melb north
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(cars ) on the road , there just seems to be a greater percentage of tool drivers per that brand car driven without any doubt. i wont name the car model/brand , but its not hard to work out. |
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Shenanigans..............
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Footscrazy
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Some Camry drivers aren't too bad, but twice already today, I've been delayed by Camry's, one who decides to turn right in a left turn only lane, blocking myself and others from a green light while waiting for right turn traffic to open a gap, me copping the red light.
Automated cars wouldn't do this. |
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Render unto Caesar
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: ::1
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Anytime we're held up, check the front of the queue, it'll be a Corolla, Camry or Kluger. Right lane held up on freeway, same as above but with the addition of a RAV4 or a Hilux. Waiting at an intersection to clear, always last car, trundling along, as above. It may be that Toyota's are popular and driven by a certain type of person but for me, the majority of the problems are Toyotas. So, logic (if any) from that would be, the sooner Toyota automate their drivers, the better.
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Shenanigans..............
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Footscrazy
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Kluger and Hilux drivers are (to me) the more aggressive drivers. Especially tradies in 4x4 Hiluxes, they always have to be in front. Automated cars would suit those currently displaying disabled parking permits best.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: NSW
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I saw a video today of a Tesla parking itself in a garage. It took 1 minute 17 seconds.
You could of done it yourself in 17 seconds. I also agree with Toyota drivers are useless sentiment. Usually a Corolla or a Camry. When you see a Corolla making a right hand turn, you can almost guarantee they will swing the wheel left into the straight ahead lane just before making the right hand turn. They must be a beast form the inside, they are also usually the ones lane sharing when making left hand turns. |
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Cruising...
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Perth
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Gone are the days when technological advances were something to look forward to! 4v per cyl, automatic chokes, 5 speed manuals and a 4sp automatic, waiting on the arrival of new and exciting car models etc now all we have to look forward to are more fwd city cars, Suv's and self driving cars.
Kill it with fire!
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