tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post4307569454441376087..comments2023-11-05T18:46:32.295+11:00Comments on Baino's Banter: Geriatric JalopyingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-40767153145025189662008-04-04T20:07:00.000+11:002008-04-04T20:07:00.000+11:00Sorry meant NickSorry meant NickBainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-65548667096965305592008-04-04T20:06:00.000+11:002008-04-04T20:06:00.000+11:00Ian: sent you a long email. Explainig what's what!...Ian: sent you a long email. Explainig what's what!<BR/><BR/>Anony: I know it doesn't seem fair. My father in law has NEVER had a ding in his whole live. He's just turned 75 and will now have to be tested. He's uber cautious and if visiting us from the central coast always leaves about 5am to avoid traffic. I feel for older driver's in Sydney . . city driving is scareeeeee!<BR/><BR/>Ian: the new laws (120 hours etc.) come into effect in July but my two had to have 50 hours up their sleeve, log books signed by their 'passenger' and poor Adam still hasn't got his black licence because it costs $175 . .he'd rather spend it on other things. I hear it's not just the republic. You can get your licence in Dublin and it's good in Belfast! Crazy!Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-15089434292352848602008-04-04T19:10:00.000+11:002008-04-04T19:10:00.000+11:00Three separate tests before you get your full lice...Three separate tests before you get your full licence? Jeez, that's strict. In the UK there's just the one test and that's it, though it was tightened up recently with an extra written test. Yes, the licence situation in the Republic is complete anarchy - and add to that the industrial quantities of alcohol taken. Result: carnage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-20943837716130090912008-04-04T09:32:00.000+11:002008-04-04T09:32:00.000+11:00Hhehhehheeee, love the video! There are going to b...Hhehhehheeee, love the video! There are going to be a lot of older people just giving up driving because of the test. There is still going to be a massive cue to do the test! Only read this week about a backlog of test waiting people. This will really affect my parents, they go travelling in their campervan a lot - are both still great drivers but to be tested every two years ... it will ruin their retirement!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14732532158833146797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-5605459274931431392008-04-04T08:22:00.000+11:002008-04-04T08:22:00.000+11:00Ha, Baino, Thrifty hasn't told you the half of it!...Ha, Baino, Thrifty hasn't told you the half of it! One quarter of our drivers are on provisional licenses and most of them drive unaccompanied.<BR/><BR/>I have a colleague who failed the only test he took, got a full license during the amnesty; moved to Northern Ireland and swapped his full license from here for a full license from there; drives around in an Audi A6 without ever having passed any test.Ian Poultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11606642647879307839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-28234184694989926732008-04-04T06:10:00.000+11:002008-04-04T06:10:00.000+11:00Thrifty: "handed out licenses without a test" WHAA...Thrifty: "handed out licenses without a test" WHAAAAT! Only in Ireland I suspect! Here you have to do a test to get your "L" plates! Another for your Provisional and another to qualify for your 'black' or proper license. <BR/><BR/>Mother's in law drive deliberately badly to frighten their sons in law. It's the tie that binds us! Now just keep that to yourself.Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-24975159586595857392008-04-04T06:00:00.000+11:002008-04-04T06:00:00.000+11:00My grandfather managed to drive competently until ...My grandfather managed to drive competently until he died, so to a large extent I am with you. But here we had a driving test amnesty some years back (the number of people waiting for a test got too large so they handed out licenses without a test). So now there are quite a few older people driving about who never did a test. Like my mother in law. I wont get into the car with her. And I don't scare easily.Thriftcriminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05067935732217300979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-11548020722391363472008-04-04T05:29:00.000+11:002008-04-04T05:29:00.000+11:00Ian: good point. Mind you wouldn't want to get stu...Ian: good point. Mind you wouldn't want to get stuck behind them on a bendy road!<BR/><BR/>Red: So you have Camry drivers in the the US also? Actually the crash rate for Asian's in Australia is pretty low but they insist on driving slow in the fast lanes and anecdotally are pretty dire when it comes to pedestrian crossings!<BR/><BR/>Nick; I think we should all face some sort of re-test. Much as it scares the pants off me to contemplate it. The road rules have changed significantly since I was 17 and acquired my license (on the second go I might add)<BR/><BR/>Ropi: it's true, not all youngsters are careless drivers and I'm glad you are a safe driver but the figures bear out that young men between 17 and 25 are in a very high risk group particularly for speeding. I've yet to see an 80 year old in a souped up subaru playing doof doof music and cutting through traffic at speed!Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-23864652515726713352008-04-04T04:26:00.000+11:002008-04-04T04:26:00.000+11:00I wouldn't say that olds are not taking risks and ...I wouldn't say that olds are not taking risks and young people do. For example I, myself rarely take risk and if I do then there must be serious problems. However they may be eldery people who may think they are still young and fit so they may do things to prove it which would be impossible for even Superman.Ropihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214991557644729165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-10007354902660504802008-04-04T01:35:00.000+11:002008-04-04T01:35:00.000+11:00Well I wholeheartedly agree and not just because I...Well I wholeheartedly agree and not just because I'm a sexagenarian. As you say, the accident rate among drunken, reckless youngsters is colossal which is why their insurance rates are so high. I've lost count of the recent media stories about the tragic road deaths of teenagers in the small hours (i.e they were drunk). It's certainly ageism because as you say again, many oldies are very competent, sensible drivers. It's the youngsters who should face the restrictions and re-tests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-88537383880908704502008-04-04T00:07:00.000+11:002008-04-04T00:07:00.000+11:00I love that video! I LOLed at the part about Camry...I love that video! I LOLed at the part about Camrys. So true...as much as I'd like it not to be.RED MOJOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14724459820113337438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-87406799792755413332008-04-03T23:49:00.000+11:002008-04-03T23:49:00.000+11:00The first time we went to Canada (July 1998), we h...The first time we went to Canada (July 1998), we hired a 24 foot camper van/RV and went up into the Rockies (the good lady of the house driving, I wouldn't have contemplated it, I don't even drive in France). The first campground we got to, I was trying to hook up the water, electricity, drainage, etc and an American came over to help. Their van was the length a fifty seater coach would be here in Ireland and they were towing a six seater pick up truck (your ute?) behind it. They had driven up from Oklahoma to got to the Calgary stampede, were then touring the Rockies, before heading south towards Vancouver, with a plan to be in California in the autumn.<BR/><BR/>The man was 80.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com