How's your driving skills?

[Andy Mac]

Ride a motorcycle most of the time and am still alive, so not doing too bad considering daily evasive action taken to avoid being run over.

Seems there are two types of motorcycle riders, one of them survive. Just last week I was cruising down the busiest road in Toowoomba, 2 lanes each way, traffic lights even where they don't belong and almost at the 60kph, when suddenly in the rear vision mirror I see a young hoon just fair up it, on a large road bike. Not swapping lanes, he was going so fast he was flipping lanes, treating cars and trucks like a slalom course. I reckon he was well over 100kph at 5 in the afternoon, and if you've driven in Toowoomba you know that half of the road users aren't the most predictable! Surprisingly enough he got through a couple of blocks without an accident (I had this horrible feeling he was going to get nudged by someone changing lanes), before the red lights stopped him. Anyway, I pulled up behind him and was shaking my head at his antics, 'cos I'm getting older and its my right, and have lost mates on motorbikes doing silly things, when this young bugger started shaking his helmet back at me!! Talk about misplaced concern, but I hope I'm not the one around when he's tangled up in some street furniture.

Regards,
Andy

(Sorry, bit morbid tonight... went to a funeral today, for one of the most talented young cabinet makers I've ever met. No it wasn't a car accident, lets just say it wasn't natural causes. Such a terrible waste of a young life. RIP David C)

[paul collins]

been driving a bus here in brisbane for 27 years,i have seen it all.all i would ever ask anyone is to obey the highway code.impatience is the biggest bug on the roads.this is true some years ago i was slowing to pull into a stop a combi van overtakes me he is indicating so no problem. thing is he was turning into his driveway from right hand lane i tboned him overturned his vehicle,had people on bus in hospital. combi driver was just shaken.thing is he couldnt understand why i didnt see him turning.he thought it was quite ok & that i should have braked for him to let him turn.
there are no end of idiots out there so BEWARE.just take your time.i dont claim to be a better driver than anyone,just one who takes his time .i could go on 7 on but i wont.