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Old 20-04-2008, 08:11 PM   #1
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Adelaide Sunday Mail page 4 Its Official Holden Drivers have been named Hoon Drivers and the most Dangerous on the road by a new survey Mazda owners are the safest
1 Holdens
2 Mercedes Benz Drivers
3 Voltswagon Drivers
4 BMW Drivers
5 Ford Drivers
Survey was done over 2,500 drivers and this is the outcome of that survey Questions asked were; Talking on mobiles while driving, Texting while Driving, Drink driving, Speeding and Misdemeanours

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Old 20-04-2008, 08:13 PM   #2
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well obviously, they make up the biggest percentage of cars on the road. Im surprised Ford didnt come first with all those bloody taxi drivers...
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Old 20-04-2008, 08:13 PM   #3
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I was wondering how long it would take for someone to post this. hehe
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Old 20-04-2008, 09:19 PM   #4
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2500, a really insignificant number when you compare how many drivers there are on the road.
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Old 20-04-2008, 09:22 PM   #5
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who cares!!! we can gloat about it and make ourselves feel good!! :P
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heheha half the time i am a better driver then the missus and the half the time not.
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Old 21-04-2008, 10:15 AM   #7
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I am single handedly trying to raise Mazda driver rankings on this survey.....

I must try harder in future, surely Mazda can knock off VW with all its MPS models...
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Old 21-04-2008, 11:59 AM   #8
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3 Voltswagon Drivers
the peoples electric car?
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Old 21-04-2008, 12:05 PM   #9
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the peoples electric car?
*smirk* - 3 volts too, not 12!

surveys like this mean nothing, and as said, 2500 people is no way to guage a trend.
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Old 21-04-2008, 12:23 PM   #10
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Does this really surprise anyone? The thread will get it's knockers saying that you can't stereotype blah blah blah but really, Holden were always going to win this one. I'm just amazed that we didn't atleast get second :(
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Old 21-04-2008, 12:33 PM   #11
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does anyone have a link for this or was it only in the hardcopy print?
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Old 21-04-2008, 01:37 PM   #12
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And its Adelaide as well
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Old 21-04-2008, 01:41 PM   #13
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Didn't the same survey also report that Ford drivers wre most likely to take drugs as well....
Surveys can be twisted to suit anything.
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Ford drivers are more likely to brag about it whether they placed first or fifth in a poll. we dont need a poll for that statistic.
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HAha! Its a list in decending order of how powerful each manufacturers cars are! ;-)
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I just took a survey of the two people in my household.
neither of us care.
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Slow news day in Adelaide?

What no one was murdered?
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599...from=public_js
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What no one was murdered?
there's still a few hours left in the day ;)
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Adelaide Sunday Mail page 4 Its Official Holden Drivers have been named Hoon Drivers and the most Dangerous on the road by a new survey Mazda owners are the safest
1 Holdens
2 Mercedes Benz Drivers
3 Voltswagon Drivers
4 BMW Drivers
5 Ford Drivers
Survey was done over 2,500 drivers and this is the outcome of that survey Questions asked were; Talking on mobiles while driving, Texting while Driving, Drink driving, Speeding and Misdemeanours
yay i knew we'd be number one at something.
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Its official, Adelaide has hoon holden drivers, bodies in the barrels mass murders and shock horror, reports of incestuous behaviour. :togo:
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Hey leave us alone!! haha!! ;-)
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Im surprised to see Merc VW and BMW in there lol!
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Im surprised to see Merc VW and BMW in there lol!
the badges were probably stolen and put on a commodore. :P
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