Today's entry in the "Shouldn't Have a Licence" files

At the servo today - I'd already paid for my fuel and was
just putting my helmet & gloves on when I noticed this car
coming in at what seemed a fairly quick pace. I thought to
myself "I hope she sees that I'm here, and doesn't try to
zoom into the pump where I'm standing". Fortunately she
didn't try to go where I was, but zoomed in on the the other
side of the pump that I'm standing at... And straight into
the arse of the car that was stopped at the pump in front!

From what I could see, her vehicle was the only one that
suffered damage, and only minor at that. I had to get back
to work so didn't hang around to see the outcome, but heard
some choice language from the owner of the front car!

 

Encourage her to smoke while at the pump.

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Brake failure.

She didn't depress it.

Sylvia.

 

She likely was depressed.

Women and motor powered objects == no.

 

¿Que?...

 

The police may be interested in a sworn statement from the driver of the car
in front. Several of those statements build a case for licence suspension.

JD

 

It's a moot point whether the area concerned is a "road related area".
If it's not, then there would be no grounds for licence suspension, and
unless there's some reason to think the crash was deliberate, no reason
for police involvement at all.

Sylvia.

 

nothing moot about it , publis has access the rules apply

damage and failure to stop indicate a fine and near certain loss of
points

 

The definition of "Road Related Area" appears in

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_reg/rr2008104/s13.html

Relevantly:

"(d) an area that is not a road and that is open to or used by the
public for driving, riding or parking vehicles."

While members of the public undoubtedly drive their vehicles over the
area adjacent to the fuel pumps, it's less clear that it is used for
driving. Its use is for fueling vehicles, which have to be stopped there
for the purpose.

Nor do I think that a vehicle is parked there while it is stopped.
"Park" is defined in the dictionary, albeit in a way that raises
questions about whether it applies to the definition of road related
area. It embodies the concept of allowing the vehicle to stay. I don't
think a vehicle being refueled can be said to be parked.

So I think it's at least arguable that the area adjacent to the fuel
pumps is not a road related area.

Sylvia.

 

The whole servo may be regarded as a road related area from what Ive found
(theres a new topic above)

 

I saw one this morning.

Driver in lane 3 wanted to go to lane 2, but there were other
vehicles.

Other vehicles were slowing down, so a long truck carrying cement
powder was already WAY too close to the car in front for 70KPH.

So driver attempted to sqeeze in front of it with about 2.8M between
the rear of car and front of truck.

What interested me most was I got some kind of bizarre psychological
reaction from watching it happen where I SO didn't want the driver to
do what they were doing, I was shaking my head - as if that would do
any good.

She thought better of it and went into a larger gap in the line, three
cars further ahead. Phew!
I had a look in the side window and it was a ~25yo blonde woman
holding her mobile to her right ear.

 

He can hate the Government all he likes, it's not like there's any
alternative...

 

So it seems that it would be relevant to hand the police a sworn statement
if a driver ran into your vehicle in a service station because the road
rules apply to road related areas. Road rules 2008, part 2, division 1,
rules 11 and 13. It would be a little perverse to declare an area for
parking cars a road related area and a service station not a road related
area.

John Dwyer

 

Ashey, she already got a sworn statement.

Al

 

If you saw how one of my relatives drives, you'd get off the road.
Thought she could just barge onto the freeway without giving way, also didn't
know what the curb side yellow line meant until I told her 'don't *****ng park
there'.
Nope won't do a road rule refresh. She can drive.

Al

 

She can drive until the police charge her of she has an accident and then
the police charge her. Sadly some innocent person may be badly injured
through no fault of their own.

John Dwyer.

 

I asked QT by email and they basically said, drivers not knowing the road rules
was not their problem :-O

Not much chance of road rule refresher courses then.

Al

 

ffs syliva why don't you just piss off and kill your self..
and that's rhetorical
in Qld you are wrong .

 

Well since you mention it...
Reckless behaviour, creating unnecessary expense, ignorant
of what is going on around her, incompetent, ... sounds to
me like she is qualified for life membership along with
Hawke & Whitlam.

Cheers!

 

*applause*!


GB