Comments on: Australian Driving by State, Age, Gender & Car Type https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/home/australian-driving-by-state-age-gender-car-type/ News and views about cars in Australia Fri, 19 Jun 2020 16:05:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.5 By: Don https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/home/australian-driving-by-state-age-gender-car-type/#comment-723 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:14:33 +0000 http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/?p=226#comment-723 I have a young apprentice and whilst working on a large construction site in Sydney
the foreman was telling me that they had 13 apprentices of which all 13 had to be
drug and alcohol for working on-site, 13 failed and all these are driving cars as well.
This is a concerned as they had 4 weeks notice that they were getting tested and failed the drug test.
So what test should be conducted for the on road RBT if this is happening at work sites, all the apprentices lost the apprenticeships.

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By: Robyn https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/home/australian-driving-by-state-age-gender-car-type/#comment-722 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:12:17 +0000 http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/?p=226#comment-722 STOP SPEEDING YOU WEIRDOS! THERE IS A SPEED LIMIT ON THIS ROAD SO STOP TAILGAITING ME. I WILL NOT BREAK THE LAW. I WILL NOT DRIVE FASTER FOR YOU. WHY ARE YOU IN SUCH A HURRY TO GET TO WORK ANYWAY?

WHAT SORT OF SOCIETY DO WE LIVE IN WHERE WE PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH LAWS WE WILL FOLLOW? IF THE LAW SAYS STEALING IS WRONG – DO NOT STEAL. IF THE LAW SAYS SPEEDING IS WRONG – DON’T SPEED. SIMPLE. THIS IS JUST TOO COMPLICATED FOR THE AVERAGE AUSSIE IT SEEMS.

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By: Josephine https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/home/australian-driving-by-state-age-gender-car-type/#comment-721 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:05:08 +0000 http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/?p=226#comment-721 I drive to and from work every day in a semi-rural area in QLD that has hills, sharp bends and bad road conditions. I have lost count the number of times I have been tailgated and bullied on the road.

People are crazy and it’s mainly young women in small cars, young men/tradie’s in utes and soccer moms in SUV’s that are the worst drivers EVER.

Here is a solution. Driver’s get fines and demerit points when they do something wrong and it doesn’t stop them from doing it again. So why not do the opposite? Any driver caught doing the RIGHT thing gets bonus points on their license and a checque from the government. Basically saying ‘thank you for being a good driver.’

If people get a stick for those doing wrong, there should be an equal carrot for those doing right!

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By: Carol Buchanan https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/home/australian-driving-by-state-age-gender-car-type/#comment-717 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:19:13 +0000 http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/?p=226#comment-717 I am surprised that your survey picks Mazda drivers as the best because as a sales rep ,I have done a lot of driving and I have noticed that the Mazda drivers are becoming as bad as Holden and Ford drivers. The younger ones predominately. The seem to want to pass anything that is in front of them and then cut in when they feel like it. With all due respect there are a lot of idiots on the road and no amount of talking to them and trying to educate them is going to help. Once an idiot, always an idiot.

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