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Thread ID: 109756	2010-05-21 21:43:00	Wake Up Boy Racers.	Trev (427)	PC World Chat

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887046	2010-05-27 00:23:00	Buy a Holden so they can check your airbag control unit when it happens :P I do have a Holden!...Supercharged VT	SolMiester (139)
887047	2010-05-27 00:33:00	LOL, you should of been use the engine to brake!, not the tyres...LOL and would have compression locked the rear end and 360ed it into the traffic. its not a big rig i don't have 16 gears i can go down through. i already was in a low gear engine braking for the corner to start with. also add in that its a lifted vehicle with mud tires on :punk point is..... no matter how good you are you always get caught out a bit now and then and thats where your defensive driving skills really get used. a big problem is people don't practice stopping. you only have to drive down the highway and look at all the skid marks that go into the drain to see that.	tweak'e (69)
887048	2010-05-27 08:56:00	Yes, but there's a difference. One is a sad accident, one is a crime. How, pray tell, is backing over (your own) child an accident. Just as careless as any other form of dangerous/careless driving...	timaru07 (14928)
887049	2010-07-28 02:07:00	I'll have to disagree with you here too . I'm working under the theory that he was drifting around the corner . " A statement of facts released today said witnesses described the movement of Austin's car as a " controlled drift " . Austin said that he was just trying to keep up with the speed limit in first gear, and while changing into second gear at high revolutions, his wheels spun up and kicked out . He felt he was too quick with the clutch and the road was wet, and it was not his everyday type of driving . He was not speeding and was not under the influence of alcohol . The vehicle inspector's report showed Austin's car had been modified suspension " only suitable for a controlled environment like a race track " . It was found the car's modifications had " compromised the safety " of the vehicle . Defence counsel Jonathan Eaton submitted that his client's " drifting " was not deliberate and he asked that this be taken into account during sentencing . " . stuff . co . nz/national/crime/3965143/Teen-admits-killing-boy" target="_blank">www . stuff . co . nz How many poor excuses start with " I was just . . . . " ?	PaulD (232)
887050	2010-07-28 03:11:00	i'm a little lucky due to country gravel roads, your aways sliding around. putting in correction in is just 2nd nature you don't even think about it. I tend to agree. I learned to drive in a 1955 Volkswagen on narrow and winding country (gravel) roads. A more-tail happy car you couldn't imagine, with no power to drive out of trouble. You learn to have a very sensitive touch, making small corrections and often when driving close to the limit, which wasn't very fast at all I might add! To this day I have maintained a sensitive backside and keep a light grip on the wheel, but I don't know how you can teach that to today's learners. Once my my kids get enough road experience to be confident behind the wheel I'll be sending them to advanced driving school to get some 'woops' skills, it may save their life one day, or somebody else's life. Loss of traction should not result automatically in loss of control. Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
887051	2010-07-28 03:27:00	" a " controlled drift " . just trying to keep up with the speed limit in first gear, while changing into second gear at high revolutions too quick with the clutch and the road was wet car had been modified suspension the car's modifications had " compromised the safety " of the vehicle . How many poor excuses start with " I was just . . . . " ? Hah, first thing I said to my partner when we saw the story was " bet it's been set up for drifting " . So, inexperienced driver in a modified car driving inappropriately for the conditions / situation . :yuck:	inphinity (7274)
887052	2010-07-28 04:08:00	I learned to drive in a 100E on only metal roads up the Graham Valley and West bank of the Motueka valley (now sealed). Started age 13 going up and down the drive way and around the sheds and from driving tractors got my licence on my 15th birthday. My son might miss out getting his licence because his 15th birthday is on Pearl Harbour day this year. New law might come in before he can get booked in for learners if it does I will never vote National again.	prefect (6291)
887053	2010-07-28 05:12:00	I learned In an ancient beddy flatbed truck. Personally I feel that the majority of people are unfairly tagged as "boy racers" and recieve a lot of discrimination because of this. if it was some 80yr old lady who killed the kid people wouldn't jump up and down and say crush the elderly peoples cars. I have plenty of friends who are perfectly respectable drivers who fit the stereo type of "boy racer" because they enjoy customizing their cars. In reality the "boy racers" are a very small population who give the rest of us a lot of bad rep.	The Error Guy (14052)
887054	2010-07-28 05:29:00	I tend to agree. I learned to drive in a 1955 Volkswagen on narrow and winding country (gravel) roads. A more-tail happy car you couldn't imagine, with no power to drive out of trouble. You learn to have a very sensitive touch, making small corrections and often when driving close to the limit, which wasn't very fast at all I might add! Aaah, but they were real good once you got the hang of driving them!!! Ken :thumbs:	kenj (9738)
887055	2010-07-28 05:36:00	I have plenty of friends who are perfectly respectable drivers who fit the stereo type of "boy racer" because they enjoy customizing their cars. The problem is, a lot of people seem to "customise" their car by degrading the safety of it, without understanding why or how, or how the changes affect the way the car needs to be driven. I too know a lot of people who some would classify as "boy racers" but who aren't, because they know what they're doing, and it isn't just whatever makes the most noise & smoke. Modifying a car in such a way as to dramatically affect traction and handling, and NOT understanding the change, is a recipe for disaster - moreso with an inexperienced driver.	inphinity (7274)
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