Comments on: QLD Transport Doesn’t Support Car Enthusiasts

By: Leo

Leo — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 03:06:07 +0000

I am 49 and agree with alot of what has been said here. Do the authorities really want it to be and US and THEM society. These boys have been denied any dangers in schools for the past 20 years -cant go canoeing, cant run on the cement, cant run near poles, no swings not nothing -now no cart wheels and red pen. Few had male teachers in primary years and none had them at child care. Then we wonder why they want to do something dangerous when they are 18??? Then we wonder why this age is suicide prone??? I for one have had enough of the over regulated workplace namby pamby laws that exist all over Australia for the sole purpose of just making somebody a dollar and restriccting others freedoms. We face this regulation in nearly every area of life. When will the madness stop? Its not the Australia I grew up in. Not to mention we will sue you over anything. We cant even have loacl shows anymore. The liability insurance is too high. Will some REAL MEN in senior policing and other ares of Government read this and realize that you need the population WITH you if your going to continue like this. Prove to these young Australians that you not just money hungry picking on the best car in the street. Man I cant even put pump up shocks on my car to tow the boat anymore. Please -is somebody listening? I dont think anybody is. Last May Queensland Transport canned the most fuel efficient vehicle on the roads -(the 4 stroke motorized bicycle-I agree with axing the 2 strokes) Lets get rid of something that has been around over 30 years. Actually Honda started as a motorized bicycle company. Please guys stop the regulatory rot in Australia -in building, councils, water, roads , tolls, and the list goes on. What will it take for councils, state Govts and federal Govts to listen???? -think about it.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:40:23 +0000

One More Thing Just Incase Some Dont Understand The Thing ABout 200kw etc

This is just an example i dont know the acctuall Weight

a 800KG car @ 200KW (E.G. CRX) is going to go faster than a
1600KG Car @ 200kw Even Tho This Car IS Supercharged (E.G. Supercharged Commodore)

and the CRX would be less safe than the commodore

Teenagers are still Going to kill Themselves in a 64Kw FWD Shitbox (Its Called a Hand Brake) So These Power Rules Make No Sense Unless They brought in a KW-Weight Ratio It Would Make Alot More Sense and make things alot safer

If Anyone From The Transport Department or Anyone Who has anything to do with these laws Please Contact Me My Email Is Kyleiam@hotmail.com

Thanks
Kyle

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:34:18 +0000

Hey i am a 17 year old teenager i just got my P’s and i think its stupid they try to bring in all these laws to make money and they dont change statistics at all and with all these P Plates rules under 200kw no turbo/supercharger etc its the stupidest thing ive ever heard so i can spend alot of money on a CRX or a MAZDA 121 and get it to 200Kw legally and leggally drive a small unsafe powerful car yet i cant even hop in a standard Rx7 because not aloud a rotary over 1184cc or something close to that yet a rx7 is bigger sfaer less powerful same with a V8 Commodore safer yet would still be slower and its 195Kw (VE) yet very safe

Also to THE GIANT

Just Because Someone Likes to Drift Doesnt Mean They Treat There Car Bad Most Drifters Are Car Enthusist i am and i love Drifting My Show Car i Find More Satisfaction knowing i can do that in such a nice looking car and not break it it adds a whole lot more meaning then just looking at the car if you are a real car enthusist you would like looking driving drifting (Unless you to crap your gonna crash it)and everything to do with cars and also Drifting isnt Hooning If you do it on Private Roads or Tracks Hooning Is Basicly Putting other peoples lives In Danger By Speeding or Drifting on Public Roads

Sorry not trying to be mean Just expressing my feeling like you have

Thanks
Kyle

By: Geoff

Geoff — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:14:03 +0000

People enjoy owning/driving/competing in different types of cars and different forms of motorsport. Drifting has its origins in rallying which arguably demands the widest driving skill set which relates directly to commuter driving.

Investment may be in measured in the pleasure derived from participating in such events rather than just the $$$ you may get when a car is sold.

Also look at the cottage industries that surround motorsport, the technologies involved and the skill sets required. Now compare that to say cricket or football (no disrespect to these codes).

Motorsport is not hooning. Hoons are a subculture that expresses itself in various ways, have a look at the problems has football at time.

Airports have the same issues, yet in the US there are airport communities that realise the benefits that can be had from supporting such operations.

By: The Giant

The Giant — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:16:05 +0000

Sorry I am a CAR Enthusiasts and I think Drifting S-?-s
really why can’t people grow up and get a life.
Looking after a Car as an investment is not revving the guts out of it to justify a form of hooning.
The Noise from these stainless steel exhaust systems should be banned and not used on public roads.

By: Daniel Ibrahim

Daniel Ibrahim — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:15:04 +0000

i’m a 17 year old guy with a crappy old car and i’ve completed the driver training course for the sole purpose to be able to go and do the drift course afterwards. however, thanks to the stupid queensland authorities, i can’t have some fun in a safe environment. its stupid acts like this that disable any motoring future for kids without a fortune to blow. if any figure in power reads these coments then please have a heart and some common sense and let us DRIFT! better there then on some street where a five year old gets run over!

By: Me.

Me. — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 06:33:41 +0000

I can’t get over that Mt Cotton has so much there, I go
past it allmost every weekend.

By: Frank Main Jr.

Frank Main Jr. — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:43:24 +0000

I think that too many incompetent fools with absolutely no skill at all are being permitted access to our roads (which we payed for). For too long the government has gotten away with revoking the safer driver’s licence while envoking (corrections please) an unskilled driver’s licence. I was to move to QLD in 2 months, and make sure that for each hour of on-road practice, I get an hour of advanced driving training. Instead, it looks like I shall have to make do with regular driving courses from my parents and learn everything through practice at the track. Ah, Peter Beattie and Paul Lucas, Grow some balls so I can kick them.

By: ROBERTO

ROBERTO — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 02:42:10 +0000

Responsible Motorist… how true what you state

By: John

John — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:56:31 +0000

You think you have it hard…try riding a motorbike on our magnificently maintained country roads and highways…

By: Responsible Motorist

Responsible Motorist — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:41:16 +0000

Paul Lucas (and the zealots in Qld Transport) are a bunch of absolute morons.

They wouldn’t know or appraciate a decent car even if you gave them one.

The sooner he is sacked and replaced with a someone who actually understands and appraciates cars the better.

If we had a premier with a brain, he/she would be embarrassed by Paul Lucas’ idiotic behaviour. Instead we have a premier who is past it and cant think for himself, so the tabloid media scumbags run the the state by default.

By: R

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:31:17 +0000

Enjoy your early deaths you pathetic fools.

Please. What a joke. Driving is a privilege, not a right.

I shudder to think that you morons are driving around out there while I am.

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:46:59 +0000

Help S.A out and sign this

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/DRSA/index.html

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:29:37 +0000

I feel the same thing will happen here in W.A before long,raceways are being built or have been built in some paddock years ago ,away from suburbia.Then ..suburbia closes in on the race track and THEY GET THE BLAME FOR BEING NOISY!!!!!!!!!! Go build you 4 x 2 somewhere else ,if you don’t know your next to race track then thats tuff. Some of us would like FOOTBALL bloody Ovals not to be in the Middle of a City too ,but like those BOGANS get first F…. option where to be located. Motor Sport is big buisness in Australia now and STILL, does not get the recognition it deserves. I mean how much coverage does Yobo Football get on the News on Sat or Sunday ??? Compare that to Car racing of any description { yep not prime time time ha}. After all how many Car racing stars get banged up or are re-hab . It’s time Car Racing Fans stood up to these wankers.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:52:55 +0000

The same thing happened to Darlington Park Raceway which used to be nearby. A v8 supercar grade race track that was closed down due to a few complaints from people nearby.

By: chris

chris — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:16:44 +0000

the other thing to realise about these new rules is that they are going to stop people under 25 competing in legal CAMS santioned motorsport that involves road use. by that i mean primarily rallying. CAMS is asking for a ruling on this but the law is the law. where does this leave Queensland Rallying… in the dark ages i guess. if this law was in place 5 years ago Chris Atkinson would never have made it to the WRC.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:32:08 +0000

I agree that the way the Government forms and implements its policies is purely for PR and getting votes. Based on performance they have failed miserably.

The Government’s strategy of demonzing a minority and only using the stick to change people’s behaviour is arrogant and misguided at best, alienating and deadly at worst.

Reality is that while the motorsport fraternity remains divided into hundreds of splinter groups, small but loud minorities of selfish individuals will be able to call the shots on the future of our sport.

Someone, please prove me wrong.

By: sam kendall

sam kendall — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:11:58 +0000

I think these news rules are fucking bullshit john howard and the transport department get go get fuck and jump off a bridge . who gives a fuck if some dumb fuck head kills them selfs it should make the rest of us suffer with these new fuck head laws . any1 who likes these laws is a fuck head i don’t give shit if some kills them selfs in there car its there fault.
if anyone from the transport deparment reads this contact me and then go shoot your self in the head before i do

By: SteveK

SteveK — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:11:22 +0000

I would have told the police to bugger off! The noise must be measured at the nearest residence to determine whether it’s a nuisance! (I’m a lawyer)

By: troy

troy — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:44:39 +0000

what these knobs will never understand, is that 90% of the trouble on the road isnt comitted by highly modded vehicles. its usually backwards hatted 17 year olds in standard commodores with full sick clear tail lights etc etc.

then the police turn up, book the most modded cars, and leave, whilst the kids return and get away with it all over again.