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Most people know how to ‘control’ a car – but when it comes to actually ‘driving’ a car, most people come up severely lacking.

Right from proper cornering techniques and maintaining and shifting balance to knowing how to release locked up brakes in a non-ABS car.

Query many young drivers and ask them: “What is ABS? What is traction control? What is Active Stability Management? What does a LSD do? At what speed does the traction control and active stability management on your car cut out?”

Most of them will not be able to answer you. Some may be able name what ABS is – either saying Anti-Lock Braking System or Anti Brake-Skid – which have both been used in car magazines and news paper reviews. Some will be able to rearrange the questions to say: “It’s a management system which actively manages the stability of your car,” or “It controls the traction of the vehicle.”

To the final question, you will most likely get the response: “It cuts out?”

Starting by educating young drivers on these features, what they do, how they keep you safer, and what it’s like to drive without all these things, would save an incredible amount of lives.

Young drivers, just into their first early 90’s car, may have seen someone in a more recent model do all sorts of interesting things. In a monkey-see-monkey-do manner, they may try to emulate these things – not realising how the recent model driver was assisted by his ABS system, Traction Control, Active Stability Management, and some fancy new Viscous Limited Slip Differential or some such thing (I personally think VLSD kills all fun) – not to mention his experience.

It’s ironic how so many people have these features in their cars but have no idea what they actually do. Young people no lesser.

I was lucky enough to do a defensive driving course about 3 months before getting my licence. Although I knew what all these things did before I did the course, it was amazing how my classmates had me clear up some of their misunderstanding of their functions.

To think that so many youth get on the road without even a basic education on the functioning of a car scares me.

These things should be learnt along with the road-rules – before the drivers even get behind the wheel.

Road rules are only half the matter.

And you shouldn’t be angry because you got a speeding ticket, that’s your stupid fault – you should be angry because cops are always c@#$s.

If you like paying good hard earned money into the Government coffers when you don’t need to then go right ahead and keep paying. As for me, I dont like paying taxes that I don’t need to.

As I said before, “I used to drive like you once, one day you will drive like me.”

Cheers
Ian.

“If a well signed camera slows people down in a known black spot, I think it’s done it’s job.”

I 100% agree mate, I am all for Speed Cameras in blackspots, the problem is Police are abusing their power, they are waiting down hills on roads where accidents do not occur,

I do take my car to the track, and I agree 100% that public roads are not for drag racing and speeding,
however here in QLD, the QLD government doesn’t like us on their tracks anyway, have a read of this,

http://www.caradvice.com.au/22.....thusiasts/

So they are pushing us of the track and onto public roads.

Good on you QLD government.

In my opinion using public roads are a privilege, not a right. If you have issues with the rules, catch a bus. I call it a privilege because you have to pay taxes and get licences to drive. Think of it like a club; you have to pay to get in, and if you act up you get kicked out.

Alborz you said
“..drivers in performance cars, like myself, will never be bullied away by speed cameras or fear campaigns that the government pushes down on us, the speed camera phenomenon is simple, its to raise money, not to save lives.”

In my opinion, that’s the kind of attitude that gets people killed. It isn’t about bullying; it’s about doing what they can to control a problem that’s out of their control. Some of the time their actions are questionable, but some of the time they get it right. If a well signed camera slows people down in a known black spot, I think it’s done it’s job.

If you buy a performance car, spend some money and take it to the track for your jollies. Stop being cheap and putting other people at risk when you feel like pushing your envelopes.
What’s the point of buying a performance car? Most of them aren’t fuel economical and are expensive to run when you consider tyres and spares. If you say it’s your choice and you should have the freedom to buy what you want, then great. Just don’t subject me to your mistakes.

I own a motorcycle myself and use it as my regular commute. I also go on track days when I want to stretch it’s legs and have some fun. If you think young people in cars have a chip on their shoulders when it comes to police attention, try talking to anyone in the bike fraternity.

People like Paul probably live with the consequences of other peoples’ actions everyday. I know ambos and trauma nurses who’ve changed so much from having to deal with kids who think they’re bullet proof and are entitled to drive 200kw cars.

Back to my original question; what’s so hard about keeping to a speed limit?