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Should 4 wheel drive owners have to have an extra specialised test before driving one?

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Foxy,

"You're only going to end up as incompetent as the
person who taught you".

Wrong, should read as incompetent as the examiner that passed you, or, perhaps as incompetent as people who drive so close behind 4x4s that they can't be seen in the side mirrors.
Posted by Is Mise, Thursday, 9 November 2017 1:34:23 PM
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Is Foxy riding a kid's tricycle? My sedan lets me see cyclists , Subarus and little old ladies in the rear view mirror . Do we need special rules to survive being on the same road as a Kluger with design faults and 337 Nm of overkill?
Posted by nicknamenick, Thursday, 9 November 2017 2:37:20 PM
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//Why belittle a kangaroo's thinking capacitys//

Because they are amazingly stupid animals. Although apparently, they're not alone. 'Capacitys'....

//They have survived on the planet way longer than humans, and in one of the toughest environments on the planet.//

So have bacteria, and they don't even have brains. You don't have to be smart to survive. That's not how natural selection works.

//I have had 1 driving ticket for 7kph over the speed limit and 3 accidents only one of which I was to blame. Not as good as Foxy but I am doing my best.//

Sounds like you're a crap driver.

My Dad has driven 4WD's since long before I was born, and has never been booked. My Mum, unsurprisingly, has driven the same car, and has had only one accident in which she was not at fault.

If 4WD's are so hard to drive and my parents have such a good driving record, what does that say about your driving skills that you can't even handle a 2WD as well as they've handled their 4WD's? Maybe sort out your own shite before you go around criticising other people's driving abilities, you sad little hypocrite.

//Maybe with 4x4s it's an iq thing//

That would seem to be the case: an irrational opposition to 4WD vehicles appears to be correlated with a low IQ.

//Men who still haven't grown up need big ones to overcompensate for some part of their bodies that may under-perform//

Maybe it's because they're Asian women because they're all terrible drivers, lol!

//Have a look at this report on a blitz by NSW police.//

Yeah, that picture has been photoshopped. Maybe stop and have a think about the physics before you automatically push the 'I Believe' button.

Gullible people should be required to get a special licence to use the internet.
Posted by Toni Lavis, Thursday, 9 November 2017 3:11:26 PM
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//It seems that one of the primary motives behind the
purchase of a 4WD by most inner-city residents is that
4WDs are somehow "safer" than regular sedans.//

No, the reason why people who live in the inner city and never go off road buy 4WD's is because they're expensive. There is a certain school of thought that if you have money it is important to show it off, lest people mistake you for being poor. Which would be unthinkable, because poor people are scum. So they buy a better type of car, to show off their wealth.

4WD's are better cars, but the ways in which they are better are irrelevant for city driving. But if you want an expensive car which still has room for little Phoenix, Arbuthnot & Hephaestus, plus Phoenix's lacrosse stick, Arbuthnot's double bass and all the shopping bags full of kale... a sports car isn't big enough, a Rolls is a bit too pricey, and everything else looks too much like a commoner's car.

//Now if we only could stop mums from parking their 4WDs
in no stopping zones in front of schools, or driving into
school yards - it might also help reduce accidents.//

Yeah, the problem isn't the car: 4WD's are fine in the right hands. That's why a lot of emergency services vehicles are 4WD. The problem is some of the dicks behind the wheel who think that cars are status symbols rather than tools.
Posted by Toni Lavis, Thursday, 9 November 2017 3:13:54 PM
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What about special liscences to drive 6x6s?

Foxy,

6x6s are generally ex-military vehicles with big, heavy bumper bars (they don't need bull bars and there are plenty on the roads 'C' class licence, then there is this Trojan and road registered.
https://www.tradetrucks.com.au/search/type-trucks/subtype-trucks/class-ex+military
Posted by Is Mise, Thursday, 9 November 2017 3:16:12 PM
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Opinionated2

Perhaps you should go and test drive one. At least then you will have some idea of what you are talking about.

My daughter drives one and the features it has blows me away. It even has active cruise control which means one can essentially be a passenger, not that I recommend that.
Posted by rehctub, Thursday, 9 November 2017 3:19:33 PM
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