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

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Op2,

Your opinion of me is just that - and opinion, and a very immature one at that. You really should be doing your school work rather than wasting time here.

I can assure you of one thing: no semi-literate kiddy like you is going to make a damn of difference to 4WD ownership and activities. You are too stupid to know that. You need to move into the real world and not the fantasy one you are in now.
Posted by ttbn, Thursday, 9 November 2017 10:20:13 AM
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You have made so many guesses about me ttbn and all caused you to make an absolute fool of yourself on anther thread.

So if I was "just a schoolkid", you have had everyone of your arguments destroyed by a pimple faced bart... It doesn't say much for you Mr. grown up! lmao

Of course I am not a school kid but keep guessing... Perhaps you should go back to school and become smarter...lol

Sorry to hear that you hit a kangaroo Is Mise ... I hope you had insurance. Are you sure you weren't driving and getting something from the glove box at the same time? It's OK I don't work for your insurance company...lol

Why belittle a kangaroo's thinking capacitys... They have survived on the planet way longer than humans, and in one of the toughest environments on the planet.

So some idiot species comes along and builds roads all over the place and drives things that kill many innocent animals and themselves and the kangaroo is the pea brain?

It's simply about perspective...

I don't hate 4x4s much... Blaming the vehicle for the underqualified driver seems a bit weird to me.

The smaller sedan type 4x4s don't bother me nearly as much. Unless they have bull bars for decoration...

Now I know the tragedy only happened a few days back but would an ordinary sedan have driven through the wall of the classroom so easliy?

One paper I read described the vehicle as a "A sports utility vehicle" so I wonder if it had bull bars? Does anybody know.

When terrible tragedies happen, it is wise for all of us to reflect and see what small changes might avert further tragedies in the future. This sadly, is one of those events!

YES! Some of those changes might simply be personal changes whilst driving.
Posted by Opinionated2, Thursday, 9 November 2017 10:56:58 AM
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Contrary to what is being implied here, the frontal protection must be ADR compliant and like other traffic offences, police and Dept Transport inspectors are very active in enforcement.

'Drivers in Hats'
This thread reminds me of the many targets of road rage bigotry over the years. What had happened to the 'hatred of male drivers wearing hats', that were abused and inconvenienced wherever possible by the self-certified 'expert-driver' lairs that are so numerous in some quarters? The 'meeja' motormouths, the earlier versions of the idiots of 'The Project', were to the front in servicing the prejudice and adding some.

'Old drivers'
The despised 'Drivers in Hats' merged into the prejudice against elderly generally, although some here would narrow that to 'old white men'.

'Cyclists'
Even where they are obliged to travel on roads, cyclists cop regular sprays, which makes it difficult to isolate the few who might offend.

'Students'
Well, they cops sprays from the feckless 'meeja' for everything else, so they might as well cop some dumps here too.

It is amazing how a prejudice can bog the sufferer down in manure for years, maybe until their dying day, which will come years sooner through the sinister effect of the unresolved stress on the immunity and organs of that bigotry.

Honestly, as if a Kluger is a 'four wheel drive' as reported to unnecessarily and crudely 'sex-up' a tragedy. Of course the media are all so tabloid now as they fight in the only way they know how against the inevitable slide of people to other more reliable sources afforded by the digital revolution.

Mabe sporting 'more tatts than teeth' is only second as an indicator of how easily led a person is and believing the 'meeja' comes first.
Posted by leoj, Thursday, 9 November 2017 10:58:39 AM
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Good Morning Everyone,

And what a beautiful morning it is in Melbourne.
I really don't have much more to add to this
discussion except to say that 4 wheel drive
owners should have extra specialised tests before
being allowed to drive one. We have special licenses
to drive buses, trucks, et cetera - the same should
apply to 4 wheel drives. My daughter-in-law's mum
recently bought a 4 wheel drive (her husband died a
few years ago and she's taken to indulging herself
with things she's always wanted). However she's not
a very tall lady - and I worry about her capacity to
be able to drive a 4 wheel drive. According to my
daughter-in-law - the vehicle is huge. So yes, a
test would be appropriate for her besides which
she's always been a very nervous driver.

Dear Paul,

What you've described sounds like the scene from the
film "Pretty Woman," with Julia Roberts. Silly
shop-girls. I would not have let them off that easily.
I would have said (with a sweet smile)
- "Yes, I hope you can help me
I'm buying a gift for someone very special.
What do you suggest for an elegant grandmother?"
I would have turned the tables on them and got them to
do their job. Also, I would have taken my time in trying
quite a few of the expensive perfumes before walking out
of the store.

"Brown skin and colourful" - sounds great to me. You're
a lucky man.
Posted by Foxy, Thursday, 9 November 2017 10:59:04 AM
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WE have kangaroos in our estate and I have nearly hit one whilst coming home.

Luckily for me and the kangaroo, I was driving under the speed limit and so easily managed to stop. Bush turkeys and kangaroos often make a run for it in front of cars... Well the kangaroos make a hop for it...lol

Our estate speed limit is 50kph and I very rarely travel even that fast due to kids in the estate.

Kids and Kangaroos often get in the way of cars so I am very wary and alert.

Many of the people in this estate have bull barred 4x4s and even when they have kids themselves they still barrel along without a care.

Maybe with 4x4s it's an iq thing... Men who still haven't grown up need big ones to overcompensate for some part of their bodies that may under-perform... lmao...

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.
Posted by Opinionated2, Thursday, 9 November 2017 11:07:38 AM
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https://www.lexus.com.au/models/lx/features/safety

Can't go past this at $159k.
Posted by diver dan, Thursday, 9 November 2017 11:49:50 AM
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