Oh the shame...

**Uncle_Ken** · 13-04-2010, 08:14 AM

Posted this in the AU section but thought I would share with the rest of the forum..This is what happens when you do 80 in a 110 zone..

My son was on his L's on the way back from Canberra when this happend. The vintage car was doing around 90.
UK

**Luke Plaizier** · 13-04-2010, 08:18 AM

....he went so fast he nearly ripped your bloody arms off.....

Lukeyson

(Blame that on the Aunty Jack avatar....)

aussie muscle · 13-04-2010, 09:03 AM

at least it wasnt' a 1980s corona

it's cool to see old vintage cars on the road

deesun · 13-04-2010, 09:18 AM

Nothing shameful about teaching your learner to keep left when travelling on a multi lane road AND sticking to the speed limits. Prolly had the cruise on though did he. I would keep my eye on the rear and make mine pull off the road when holding up traffic on a single lane road. I can't stand the ignorance of some learner parents/teachers. I followed one once and the line up behind it was further than the eye could see, more than 30 cars and trucks that I could count.

**Uncle_Ken** · 13-04-2010, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by deesun

Nothing shameful about teaching your learner to keep left when travelling on a multi lane road AND sticking to the speed limits. Prolly had the cruise on though did he. I would keep my eye on the rear and make mine pull off the road when holding up traffic on a single lane road. I can't stand the ignorance of some learner parents/teachers. I followed one once and the line up behind it was further than the eye could see, more than 30 cars and trucks that I could count.

Happy to let him find out what two lane high driving is all about. Didn't let him use the crusie control, made him use the pedal all the way. Crusie can be a pain when the traffic is busy.
Uk

Smoke Pursuit · 13-04-2010, 09:23 AM

I past a heap of vintage cars heading to Melbourne on saturday, some even had vintage caravans behind them.. According to the truckies they werent doing 90 tho :P

ralphy · 13-04-2010, 10:12 AM

Haha thats funny...i was going along the F3 and an old holden came past me (was on my green p's at the time), and a few k's down the road there was him, on the side of the road, steam pooring out the front of the car

302 XC · 13-04-2010, 10:20 AM

so the AU got dusted by a vintage car !!!!

seriously great teaching the boy correct road rules

deesun · 13-04-2010, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by nerida67

so the AU got dusted by a vintage car !!!!

Yeah and the vintage car had better looks.

Onya for not letting him use cruise too.

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Jim Goose · 13-04-2010, 12:09 PM

Poor boy I bet he felt shamed!
But good to see good road manners being taught.

And great to see something that old can do 90!!!

I remember seeing an XP coupe on the freeway north of Brisbane once.
It had to be a 6 cyclinder car as the tail pipe was only an inch or so in diameter.
He was merging onto the freeway... I was sitting on 110.
He over took me on the merge and kept going.
Im guessing 120... not bad for a little 6cyclinder.

StrokedXT · 13-04-2010, 12:16 PM

When i saw the first pic i thought it was the shame of wearing driving gloves.

Jondalar · 13-04-2010, 12:59 PM

Coming from a state where the L doesn't involve an 80 speed limit the concept seems very silly indeed. For one thing it creates huge speed differentials as shown in a 110 zone, for another how is the learner going to cope if they've not been taught to control the car at 100? I've come up on a learner in a 110 zone on the Hume while towing my caravan and couldn't believe how slow they were going.

DBourne · 13-04-2010, 01:00 PM

Driving gloves huh?

But would of been a funny moment no doubt haha

"Dad can I speed up"
"I want to say yes, but dont"!

SM1DY · 13-04-2010, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Uncle_Ken

My son was on his L's on the way back from Canberra when this happend.

Your son is Niko Bellic?

Falcman0o7 · 13-04-2010, 01:49 PM

Don't worry buddy, All HSV drivers do that.

XAGSV8 · 13-04-2010, 11:11 PM

Probably the most right lane action the vintage car has ever seen.

XR Martin · 14-04-2010, 12:57 AM

Looks like an Austin 7, and it only just has more hp than its name sake

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**Uncle_Ken** · 14-04-2010, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

Looks like an Austin 7, and it only just has more hp than its name sake

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It was traveling with a mate (same vintage different make). It was faster and had already overtaken us (twice on the same day..Oh the same..

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Uk

EDManual · 14-04-2010, 08:37 AM

freeways are the safest places on the road, no on coming cars.

Going by making learners do 80 on them, maybe they should be doing 15 or so in 100 zone 2 way roads?

Stupid govt...

aussie muscle · 17-05-2010, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by EDManual

freeways are the safest places on the road, no on coming cars.

Going by making learners do 80 on them, maybe they should be doing 15 or so in 100 zone 2 way roads?

Stupid govt...

i agree, making learner drivers become rolling roadblocks, slows the rest of us down.

**Uncle_Ken** · 17-05-2010, 05:18 PM

We did go the F3. Timing was a big issue getting up and back (fitting in with other people etc) so going the Pacific Hwy was out.

I agree that doing 80 in a 110 zone is a pain, but he law is the law.
With 3 lanes most of the way we got overtaken by everything (including trucks).

My big issue is getting all those hours in the book without:
1. making hours up and
2. 100s of little 15 min to the shops and back driving on the same road very time to get milk (just to get more hours in the book again)

I spent more time talking to my son about cars and driving going to Canberra and Belmont than I ever did at home with Foxtel, phones and the Internet getting in the way as per usual.

UK

**TUF_302** · 14-04-2010, 01:47 PM

Theres no shame in that, your teaching your son the rules and he is following them, i say good on you both!

ZDI-970 · 14-04-2010, 10:27 PM

haha id say them only being able to do 80 or so is a good thing, its easy enough to be doing 110 in a 100 zone so what would happen in a 110 zone with plenty of empty road?
edit: glad im victorian :thebirds:

KR1STO · 14-04-2010, 10:31 PM

chuckle every time i see these pics!!!

**Uncle_Ken** · 16-05-2010, 04:55 PM

Having survived the trip from Sydney to Canberra with my son driving and his L's and (and being overtaken by a vintage car) we did another trip today.
This time from Sydney to Belmont. Saw a few AUs on the way up and back and some cool muscle cars on a weekend cruise.

With the Canberra trip my son has only 3 hours left before he can got for his licence.

UK

Tribal · 16-05-2010, 06:03 PM

Good on you for putting in the effort to make sure he is ready to be out there by himself.

**TUF_302** · 16-05-2010, 06:15 PM

It would be good if all parents did the right thing and taught there kids properly how to drive, not just a few small trips and dodge up the rest of the hours, you should be proud mate

Keepleft · 16-05-2010, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Uncle_Ken

This time from Sydney to Belmont.
UK

F3 or Pacific Highway?

If F3 and the three-laned section, which lane were you guys in typically?

Any overtaking opportunity on that northern run?

Long trips are great for getting those hours down.

stev3n · 16-05-2010, 06:30 PM

I'm assuming you and your son drove on the F3? Sydney to belmont?

I often wonder what parents are trying to teach their children by driving at two thirds the speed of the majority of traffic?

Think it must be terrifying for the poor kids if they looked in the rear view mirror.

If the parents took the learner driver along the Old Pacific Highway, they would get a chance to learn more than how to be an obstruction, at the same time the journey would take longer giving the kid more accumulated hours for their logbook.

sneaky · 16-05-2010, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by stev3n

If the parents took the learner driver along the Old Pacific Highway, they would get a chance to learn more than how to be an obstruction, at the same time the journey would take longer giving the kid more accumulated hours for their logbook.

how fast do you think the motorbike's will be moving on the old road? i'm guessing the approach speeds would be higher than the f3, and the visibility wouldn't be anywhere near as good.

as for the muscle cars you saw, there was an american muscle car show at terrigal today. that could explain some nicer cars out and about (hope they got back in the shed before the rain started)