jalalski
Date Registered: 02-2004
Location: SUTHERLAND, SYDNEY
TOTAL POSTS: 29100
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Re: Boo Hoo - My Exys Gone To Heaven Today
Sorry to hear about your loss (and it will be a write am sure), Lucky nobody was hurt though.
Somehow I can't see you doing the Bunnings runs in the maxima
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30/Nov/2006, 2:46 pm
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basshead
X-TRAIL HOLIC
Date Registered: 02-2004
Location: Panania, Sydney
TOTAL POSTS: 2852
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Re: Boo Hoo - My Exys Gone To Heaven Today
Sorry to hear about the bad news. I see this kind of driving almost on a daily basis (what is it with these people?) and I regularly frequent the Idiot Driver Website but unfortunately I don't think the police have the time or resources to bother checking the website, and actual statements need to be made at a police station (although I haven't yet tried calling the Police Assistance Line (131-444) to see if they accept statements over the phone). It wouldn't surprise me if the idiot drivers are the ones that get off without a scratch, and all the other drivers are the ones involved in the accident by trying to make allowances for, or avoid the idiot in the first place. One of my friends owns a very nice Mazda SP23 (which she loves) and she was forced up the gutter by another driver, ruining her wheels and some of the underbody of the car. When she reported it, the insurance company said that without the registration details of the other vehicle, they had to assume she was at fault and there was no other car involved (and basically accusing her of attempting to make a fraudulent claim to get out of paying the excess). She was spewing!
The more people that report these idiots, the less chance they've got of causing accidents and/or injuring/killing people. It feels like the number of idiots is increasing, and there's never going to be a time when there's no idiots on the road, no matter how many get reported.
Sorry for the thread hijack, but it's something I'm passionate about.
--- Rich. X-013(c)
'04 S2 ST Auto. Nudge_roofracks_tow_tints_Lightforce_GME_YokoGeoA/T-S_TBS_bashplate_50mm-spacer-lift
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30/Nov/2006, 3:59 pm
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BRETT72
X-TRAIL HOLIC
Date Registered: 10-2005
Location: Orange. NSW.
TOTAL POSTS: 1999
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Re: Boo Hoo - My Exys Gone To Heaven Today
quote: Rich wrote:
I see this kind of driving almost on a daily basis (what is it with these people?) and I regularly frequent the Idiot Driver Website but unfortunately I don't think the police have the time or resources to bother checking the website, and actual statements need to be made at a police station (although I haven't yet tried calling the Police Assistance Line (131-444) to see if they accept statements over the phone).
Rich, to answer your question YES, this site does get checked, but only the extremely dangerous ones are acted upon. As for PAL, no they wont take any statements for traffic matters, but this may change soon. Even if someone attends the station and gives a statement setting out a driving complaint, the investigating police then have to place a form-of-demand upon the driver (by law the car owner MUST know who has control of their car at all times) to identify the driver. If they refuse (or cannot nominated someone), they are breached for 'fail to comply', which is a slap on the wrist. The insurance company can't act upon that person as the nominated cause of the accident, so after many hours or fruitless work, the poor victim of the original accident is no better off.
Again, we are let down by the system and red tape.
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1/Dec/2006, 8:21 am
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