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I also worked with Mollys wife (Passed away) and kids many years ago at Tuckerbag / IGA.
Great family. (Heard something about Molly on bus trip to footy or something with some of the boys years ago - Good Laugh, Ask him about it)
Still see Molly every now and then as I pass him on my way to work while hes out mowing his lawn around the corner from me... :)
Also worked with another collegues son at the factory in my office - He was on work experiance.
Just to add a touch of unreality to all this.
Donkey's years ago, when the very first speed cameras were introduced, a motorcycle magazine showed a photo of one of their journalist's exceeding the speed limit. The thing is, by the time the photo was taken, he'd already fallen off (locked the brakes when he saw the trap) and was photographed sliding down the road on his back. Funny pic. Didn't send much of a message of course, but funny just the same - you have to remember that in those days, if you didn't travel at 80 kays around Squidley you were abused whether you were riding a bike or driving a truck (I lived there for some time).
Then there was the bloke many years back in WA who got booked, by radar I think (twas a long time ago) for doing 230 on his new bike. His answer, on television, was that he'd only just bought the bike (new) and had heard that it could do those speeds and wanted proof that it could ... so he found a radar trap to prove it. He lost his licence for some forgotten period and was still smiling, claiming it was worth it. Takes all kinds to stuff up a world.
Cheers
Richard
Seen one similar to that right before the bike slid under an oncoming truck. :eek:
Dan
No, you don't want to do that. It hurts apparently.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanP
I saw a double fatality in the blue mountains years ago. An E-type jag went under a semi. The E-type was unmarked except just in front of the no longer attached windscreen. The driver and passenger were ... well, you can work that out. Funny thing was, I was in an open MG at the time.
Richard
They say speed cameras are only there to raise revenue, an attitude I tend to support, BUT, and this is a big BUT, for the first time in living memory, everyone travels at something like the speed limit. I'm serious. I've owned three MGBs and it's only with the third one that I've realised that top gear is too high to travel at 60. With my first, in Squidley, I'd often travel around with the overdrive on and I wasn't fast relative to everyone else.
Arrr, the joys of being and old bastard who can remember the good old days when cars and bikes were so shocking that you could explore their limits with some hope of surviving. These days, you have to go so fast to find those limits that you are unlikely to survive the experience despite all the air bags and crumple zones and such like.
Yes, I was a rat bag in my youth ... well, middle years. I was a nerd in my youth - used to drive a Hillman Minx ... like they were designed to be driven. But once I discovered sports cars (I blame my Mini for that, even if it was an ex PMG van) and then motor bikes. Well, let's just say I'm glad I'm a lot older than Dan P is (he would have enjoyed booking me). I was exploring scraped footpegs and bevelled boots in days when it was still possible to do that. The last really fast bike I had was the second GSXR 1100 and I couldn't walk on those boots thanks to the bevels ... all earnt on the race track I might add. But in those days, it was possible to scrape a footpeg on the road. It wasn't long after that that if you touched a footpeg down, you'd fallen off. And it's got worse. I spent nearly ten years teaching kids to ride and even in my last days, I could outride most of those around Mallala race way on my old SR500 when they were riding the latest rocket ships, rocket ships that I knew I'd never even attempt to wind out to their limits - we used to get new bikes to test then and they scared me.
And cars are as bad. I went from bikes back to MGs - had the two side by side for a long time, and the performance vs lack of ability of the drivers shown on driver training days had me worried. It's worse now.
It doesn't matter how 'safe' cars or bikes get, it doesn't matter how 'good' they get, in the end, it's the idiot attempting to control the thing that counts.
And I'll wind up this little rantish sort of waffle by relating the story of a mate of mine who used to terrorise the lads in their sports cars in the blue mountains outside Squidley ... in his MORRIS MINOR. **** I was scared on those drives :D
Cheers
Richard
have to dash, the home made pasties are ready for tea :D :D
speaking about speed cameras have a look at this site http://www.speedcam.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index2.htm
the best pics are those of the damn things blown up.
Richard...did you take part in the MG auction last night?Quote:
Originally Posted by Daddles
No. Didn't even realise it was on until I saw a spot on the news, not that I could have anyway with young kids. How about you?Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwigeo
Richard
determined to raise money over there arent they? Love the placements of some of the cameras (hidden behind signs, in trees etc etc)...and the shots of them blown up are pretty good too ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Guy
Reminiscent of Johnny English, British Superspy and the rocket launcher :D :D :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by womble
All spare cash currently being funneled into workshop fit out. I have a soft spot for the MG though....love the MGA....nobody's really made a sexier car body IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daddles
I don't have a problem with speed cameras. They are all clearly signposted long before you get to them so if you get pinged you are probably getting fined for being dumb rather than speeding. Speed cameras are usually placed in 'black spots' and I think there should be more of them and they shouldn't be signposted.
I do, however, have a problem with the positioning of some radar traps. I travelled down to Lake Cathie the other day and passed a number of crosses on the side of the road in the 100kmh zone. About 50 metres into the 50kmh zone at Lake Cathie there was a radar trap. If that's the local area commander's idea of good policing then we are in serious trouble.
Here in SA, the signs are after the camera, not before it, they aren't all that clear and you do see occasional efforts to disguise them - that last bit isn't the norm so I'm guessing it's one or two operators with a **** attitude to their job. They are supposed to be at black spots but they aren't, not even close. They are always at places where they will catch the most drivers. Whether that is a bad thing or not, I'm not sure as it's not too often now that you see them used as obvious traps, more just sensible placement.
I don't like them but if used sensibly, like most seem to be here, I'm not getting too worked up. The average speed on the roads has clearly dropped so they are working that way. Whether this relates to a reduced road toll is questionable. There just aren't enough people killed here to make statistical judgements - the sample is too small for the number of variables.
If however, the placement and the issued fines are abused though, the operating department deserves to get kicked hard. I've only had three camera fines and the last of them about eight years ago - it was for doing 64 in a 60 zone, on a downhill run. That sort of thing seemed to be rife in those days but doesn't seem to be now here ... unless I don't go through enough cameras :D
Cheers
Richard
When I did my training to become a m/c instructor, we were given a report on accidents, not just fatalities, but all reported accidents. The most dangerous speed proved to be ... 60km/hr. Mind you, our instructor was quick to point out that this probably owed more to the fact that everyone who has a bingle immediately claims to have been driving at the speed limit, rather than admit they'd been speeding :D
Richard
Obviously never been to VIC. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by adrian