What surprised you while Driving

[LG17]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Wouldn't know where to start on this subject.
One memorable one was big red standing on the edge of the grass centre verge of the Hume waiting patiently to cross behind me as I passed him.

The one I'm talking about jumped off a roadside cliff (cutting) between Cloncurry and Mt Isa. I don't think he even felt anything.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by 73 4V XB

I get surprised on a regular basis by self entitled ****ers who think they own the roads.
https://youtu.be/Kswd8XvHJX4

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

I get suprised by nongs who can't stay in their own lane, and drift from side to side. Probably too busy texting to realise they are a foot over into the wrong lane.

Originally Posted by snap0964

Retards who drive at night with no lights on.

Originally Posted by Sioso

Dip****s who realise they were doing 20km/h under the speed limit the second I overtake them and then decide to tailgate as though I'm holding them up!

Originally Posted by hayseed

Driving Down Parramatta Road in the truck one Day. Look down beside Me & "Ol Mate is receiving "Fellatio" from His female passenger..

Originally Posted by Tassie f100

And fellow retards who drive with headlights AND (usually) misaligned fog lights all on at the same time

Originally Posted by BENT_8

I get surprised whin i find that there are actually a few courteous drivers still getting about, the dickheads don't surprise me as they're plentiful in numbers.

Originally Posted by hayseed

Retards who Don't Dip their Lights 'til the last possible second, Or come up behind you & Don't Dip them at All.

Originally Posted by stig_3754

Or the ones who turn on their high beams BEFORE passing you

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Like the young chick who killed a cyclist while texting?

Originally Posted by Bevsta007

Nothing much surprises me these days on the roads, I know if you put your indicator on to change lanes that make the person in the other lane accelerate..

But Recently I've observed that the emergency lane on the freeway is a special lane for some impatient drivers - the surprising part was someone doing it in a sign written ute.

Originally Posted by Trevor 57

people overtaking road trains on a right bend only to have me coming at them from the opposite direction and miss each other by a bees dick

Originally Posted by Mr Brooksy

That driving with Queenslanders is almost as dangerous as driving in Asia where road users and rules are fairly new in comparison. The worst drivers I've experienced in Australia by a country mile.

Originally Posted by .:4:.

Well today i missed a fool facetiming with headphones in by a poofteenth of an inch. So the pedestrian lights for the safe direction were making noise, but this bloke just heard noise and walked out in the wrong direction. I missed him. He had an oh **** moment. But really, it was a graphic representation of ignorance. He walked out well after my light was green and i was in second turning right, so clearly i was under way for enough time, but no, he walked out anyways. I mean, my car would easily win, the utes running well over 2 tonnes as it sits. But its not a fight with a person i want to prove. I did do a pants check next red light. I was fine.

My bad everyone

[hayseed]

Originally Posted by LG17

I don't think he even felt anything.

Most of 'em Don't...

[Franco Cozzo]

The one for me is the moment it rains, Melbourne slows to a crawl like they all forgot how to drive, big *** smooth freeway lets all drive at 50km/h all of a sudden cause water is coming out the sky, makes me wonder if they have showers at home.

Given the smell of public transport, probably not

[BENT_8]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

The one for me is the moment it rains, Melbourne slows to a crawl like they all forgot how to drive, big *** smooth freeway lets all drive at 50km/h all of a sudden cause water is coming out the sky, makes me wonder if they have showers at home.

Given the smell of public transport, probably not

At least they slow down, in Adelaide you can set your watch by the sound of the first emergency services siren, all you need is a Friday afternoon and add rain after lunch, hey presto, must be 5pm.

[DJR-351]

Long ago learned to expect the unexpected so nothing surprises me anymore......

[Adamz Ghia]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

The one for me is the moment it rains, Melbourne slows to a crawl like they all forgot how to drive, big *** smooth freeway lets all drive at 50km/h all of a sudden cause water is coming out the sky, makes me wonder if they have showers at home.

Given the smell of public transport, probably not

The Point Cook Bend. I don’t know why, but drivers can’t handle that bend when it’s dry, add some rain and boom, everyone shytes the bed!

[snap0964]

Originally Posted by hayseed

Driving Down Parramatta Road in the truck one Day. Look down beside Me & "Ol Mate is receiving "Fellatio" from His female passenger..

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

My bad everyone

I think this one's an honest mistake though .

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by Adamz Ghia

The Point Cook Bend. I don’t know why, but drivers can’t handle that bend when it’s dry, add some rain and boom, everyone shytes the bed!

Melbourne's Western suburbs are plain wild to drive around at the best of times - the new wild west

Sydney has the gentrified inner West - we've got Caroline Springs and Truganina

[Fed]

Twice in the last Year while going straight through a roundabout I've been overtaken by people driving straight across the top of it, do you think they're trying to tell me something?

[danzvtil]

I saw a tradie in an old hilux with an iPad mounted on the dash. He was watching YouTube, scrolling and interacting with it while going 60kph in full view of other drivers. I couldn’t believe someone could be so brazen.

[asagaai]

Originally Posted by asagaai

Driving past a highway patrol car going the opposite direction while I was doing 190 kph and the policeman not batting an eye.

Should add that I did not break the law.

This was when I was living in Northern Territory with unrestricted speed limits.

Was driving from Katherine to Darwin along Stuart Highway, and just out of Katherine there was a downhill- and I was trying to crack 200 kph in my modded Ford TE 4.1.

Felt odd blasting past the Highway Patrol car at some 190 kph- having come from Nanny Victoria the sphincter did an involuntary clench.

[Citroënbender]

Spoiled your own story! I was preferring to think it was George Booth Dr.

[Sprintey]

Driving up a work track in SE Tassie once, I saw a bushfire whilst being in the midst of slight snowfall. That spun me out.

Also, one site there I went up the track, when I came back down a large tree had fallen across the only road out. No chainsaw, so I got creative.

Working Port Hedland once, a wheelchair fell off the roof of the Cruiser in front of me, bounced on the road about half way between the Cruiser and my work ute, then narrowly missed my head as it went past the drivers side section of my ute cab. No time to react.

[mitch]

Originally Posted by hayseed

Retards who Don't Dip their Lights 'til the last possible second, Or come up behind you & Don't Dip them at All.

I apologise Hayseed, could have been me.
I have new Narva LED spotties fitted to my Ranger, and they are as bright as the sun.
I used to dip for oncoming traffic coming over the rise at night before they crested, because I could see their lights shining over the hill.
Because these LEDs of mine light up everything within a square KM I just don't get the warning that other traffic is coming anymore. Makes night driving so much easier and safer for me, but I admit I have been caught out by someone cresting a hill in the other direction

My bad, not saying that's right but could be why

[stig_3754]

Originally Posted by mitch

I apologise Hayseed, could have been me.
I have new Narva LED spotties fitted to my Ranger, and they are as bright as the sun.
I used to dip for oncoming traffic coming over the rise at night before they crested, because I could see their lights shining over the hill.
Because these LEDs of mine light up everything within a square KM I just don't get the warning that other traffic is coming anymore. Makes night driving so much easier and safer for me, but I admit I have been caught out by someone cresting a hill in the other direction

My bad, not saying that's right but could be why

You should be dipping when you're getting close to the rise anyway just in case.

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by wodahs

ive seen asian tourists in a turned over car scared of a croc , was a racehorse goanna
ive seen a large black cat (the size of a small car) walk cross the road in the middle on nowhere
ive seen the nullarbor nymph
ive seen a ufo abduct a cow (and still happy they didnt return her back to me)
nothing surprises me no more

I'll bet you've seen an LSD tab too

[roKWiz]

I bet this savy Sydney motorist was slightly surprised when he tried to race the truck through the corner.

Everyday while there you hear air horns blasting due to boofheads at
this intersection.

[hayseed]

Originally Posted by mitch

I apologise Hayseed, could have been me.
I have new Narva LED spotties fitted to my Ranger, and they are as bright as the sun.
I used to dip for oncoming traffic coming over the rise at night before they crested, because I could see their lights shining over the hill.
Because these LEDs of mine light up everything within a square KM I just don't get the warning that other traffic is coming anymore. Makes night driving so much easier and safer for me, but I admit I have been caught out by someone cresting a hill in the other direction

My bad, not saying that's right but could be why

I'll forgive you Mitch , Thousands Wouldn't though...

I'll buy you a beer if We ever Meet & compare Notes..Besides you're not the only Bloke out there with set of Narva Spotties....

[Trevor 57]

How awesome it feels doing 245 km/h in our 1983 XE Falcon, with the Clevo singing....














on Phillip Island race track a couple of years ago lol

[GASWAGON]

I been seeing 'young' drivers mostly lately wearing ****ing headphones while driving.....Big LOL and also huge ...

How are they going to hear a firetruck or Ambulance or even better Police screaming up from behind them like this????

FFS it should be illegal like using phones is!!!!!!!!

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by QUIKXR6T

I been seeing 'young' drivers mostly lately wearing ****ing headphones while driving.....Big LOL and also huge ...

How are they going to hear a firetruck or Ambulance or even better Police screaming up from behind them like this????

FFS it should be illegal like using phones is!!!!!!!!

I see cyclist wearing them as well, talk about accident waiting to happen.

[Adamz Ghia]

Originally Posted by QUIKXR6T

I been seeing 'young' drivers mostly lately wearing ****ing headphones while driving.....Big LOL and also huge ...

How are they going to hear a firetruck or Ambulance or even better Police screaming up from behind them like this????

FFS it should be illegal like using phones is!!!!!!!!

They’re not allowed to use their phones for music, so they use headphones that they can control hands free. I’m not sure the law has kept up with headphone tech, especially wireless like AirPods.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by QUIKXR6T

I been seeing 'young' drivers mostly lately wearing ****ing headphones while driving.....Big LOL and also huge ...

How are they going to hear a firetruck or Ambulance or even better Police screaming up from behind them like this????

FFS it should be illegal like using phones is!!!!!!!!

Forget police and ambulance how are they going to hear me coming up at a million miles an hour behind them in my clapped out wogmobile with mighty boat anchor 304 about to throw its rods out after its peak power of 4200 RPM when they're in the right lane doing 20 under the limit

All 160RRWKW (rear right wheel kilowatts)

[anobserver]

Taking an unpaved shortcut to a winery recently. A tree had fallen over the road so i had to turn around and consult the map again. Got there eventually.

The fallen tree already had a bloke onsite to clear it. But it was big and recent and was going to take a while to clear.

[wodahs]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

I'll bet you've seen an LSD tab too

got no idea what your talkin bout
honest

[.:4:.]

Today it was simply just a check engine light, powertrain light, and the traction control fault light. So i limped the car to the pub as it was in limp mode, turbo diesels with no boost suck. . My kid was the throttle man. Once again it was a sticky wastegate solenoid. Cant work on that when things are hot. Yeah fixed it, the mechanics who work on the car must be visually impaired as they had it for 2 weeks, got it back and its broken down 3 times in a week since. After looping a piece of data cable around the thing of the thing and getting boost back, mad. But it was unexpected.

[XR Martin]

Was in my EL XR8 a few years ago and was next to a Fiat 500 at the lights, didn't pay much attention. Anyway lights go green and next thing I know we're neck and neck. Hmmm, that was no normal 500... Googled it when I got home and it was 595 Competizione version.

And a long time ago in my EA, was next to Mercedes C class with a big ricer wing and bodykit. It smoked me... Worked out it was an Evolution 2.5 cosworth.

[arronm]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Like the young chick who killed a cyclist while texting?

The cyclist should not have been texting

[Mechan1k]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

I bet this savy Sydney motorist was slightly surprised when he tried to race the truck through the corner.

Everyday while there you hear air horns blasting due to boofheads at
this intersection.

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Looks like Market and Sussex street intersection to me.