It seems every day we hear news of another fatality…or more…due to someone’s dangerous driving….drag racing, speeding, use of drugs or alcohol… There was a tragic double fatality last night apparently due to excessive speed…they weren’t able to identify the bodies till late afternoon. On a lesser note, there also seems to be more property […]
Driving to work yesterday, I saw two things…one gave me hope…the other despair… What I saw were two very different young drivers on P Plates. The first one….a girl….drove courteously, albeit a little too slow, but no speeding AND she gave the “thank you” wave when I let her in to the traffic. A careful […]
Bit of a rant for my Friday Five this week! I am usually a fairly calm driver, but there are a few things that stir me up when out on the road… Saying Thank You – I have written about this before, but why don’t people “wave” thank you? You sit […]
Last week to my surprise, I received my RACV Gold Card in the mail…for those who don’t know, RACV is the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria, which amongst other things, provides emergency roadside assistance. I have been a member since I got my license…way back in 1990. OMG – I had no idea that I […]
Today I nearly had someone run straight into the front of my car…well, technically I was driving my husband’s car! An elderly gentleman was so busy trying to read the street signs, that as he was turning left into the street that I was coming up in, he veered across into my lane. What made […]
In this city, the next few days after Christmas brings on a mass exodus, as frazzled parents and over excited kids pile themselves, heaps of luggage (including all the Christmas presents!) and the family pets into their cars and 4WDs, and head off to start their holiday on the coast. Although this year, it seems […]
We have moved into a neighbourhood where the streets are quite narrow, so you often have to wait to let people through….especially as there are an awful lot of big 4WDs that seem to take up more than their fair share of the road! What I have noticed that only about half, sometimes less, of […]
Ok, I am not loving the wet cold Spring weather we are experiencing at the moment, but what I am loving are the rather large puddles which have appeared….particularly along local roads! I just can’t help it…if I see a puddle, just have to drive through it…unless of course there is some poor person standing […]