Comments on: Ten Worst Driving Habits https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/driving/ten-worst-driving-habits/ News and views about cars in Australia Fri, 19 Jun 2020 16:06:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.5 By: Steven Diala https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/driving/ten-worst-driving-habits/#comment-824 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:38:07 +0000 http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/?p=154#comment-824 My non-favourite bad driving habits, hmm let us see….

1) The rear view mirror is not your vanity for applying your make-up in traffic, lady
2) Keep those arms in the cars, please folks
3) Cutting bikers off is a really bad idea lady

As a motorcyclist I’ve been jostled and bullied and pushed off the road like you just can not believe. People’s cars are so full of toys that they seem to think they are in their lounge playing playstation whilst driving.

Some of them should rather remain in the lounge, doing just that, because people might get hurt.

Catch you all later.

Steven

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By: Paul https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/driving/ten-worst-driving-habits/#comment-204 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:16:06 +0000 http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/?p=154#comment-204 Leaving a space between you & the car in front is all very well, but you know that some dickhead will always change lanes into that space, even if there are no cars behind you.

And why do they teach learner-drivers to change lanes by swerving now?

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By: Margaret https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/driving/ten-worst-driving-habits/#comment-161 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:44:33 +0000 http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/?p=154#comment-161 I dislike bring intimidated by truck drivers who apparently cannot cope with a small car ( . . .and one driven by a woman!) going past them on a dual carriageway, and come thundering up, travelling almost on top of the line between the lanes, to go past and re-assert their “right” to be ahead.

I also feel that truck drivers who cannot drive skilfully enough to keep their vehicle fully within their own lane (apart from when they are changing lanes, of course) are a serious danger to other traffic, particularly small vehicles. They need to either take some more driver training, or give up driving large ad potentially lethal vehicles and find some safer occupation.

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By: Ian https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/driving/ten-worst-driving-habits/#comment-159 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:34:39 +0000 http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/?p=154#comment-159 “Having just spent a few weeks in the UK, this issue is even more apparent and almost seems to be a cultural difference between the two countries.”

Frankly, that is absolute rubbish. I drove around 2000 miles in the UK up to two weeks ago and the lane discipline and general driving standard was terrible. A distant truck in lane 1 meant that lanes 2 and 3 were full of crawling drivers, whilst lane 1 was empty. The standards of driving in the UK have plummeted as a result of passive policing and speed cameras. Indicators were used exceedingly rarely and trucks pulled out without notice of any sort.

My pet hate is people that are incapable of smooth progress at a consistent speed.

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