September 2008
by: Anman
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RACV letters, September 2008
Hardly any letters in the magazine this month. A lot of bullcrap non car related stuff though. But I have something to say about most of the letters so its not so bad.
LIGHT WARNING PLEASE (I one finger salute this letter)
With safety being a priority these days, would it not be prudent for all cars to have built into their computer programs a warning light that indicates that rear lights are not working properly? Every time I go out on the roads I see at least two vehicles with faulty rear lights. It is very dangerous, especially at night.
Enid Houghton, Box Hill South
My personal response:
There is a warning light. ITS THE REAR LIGHT ITSELF DIPSHIP. And what the hell is putting a light into a COMPUTER PROGRAM going to do? WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU NEED A COMPUTER TO ACTIVATE A LIGHT THAT TELLS YOU THERE IS NO LIGHT! ARE YOU DUMB? YOU MAKE ME FEEL DUMB JUST READING THIS! AND HOW IS NOT HAVING REAR LIGHTS DANGEROUS AT NIGHT? YOU HAVE FRONT HEAD LIGHTS? YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU? Eeeeehh. People... dumb.. angry...
CANDID ON CAMERAS (I have... feelings... about this letter)
I must disagree with Leo Morrisy (RA, July) who calls speed cameras hidden in parked cars "underhanded" and says they "do nothing for safety". There's nothing underhanded in catching dangerous and speeding drivers and I believe it does plenty of safety. Why advertise the cameras in advance so drivers can slow down until they have passed them?
Pamela Crosthwaite, Beechworth
My personal response:
We will fine you for going 3 kms over the speed limit. But it's not illegal to have a car that reads 100kmph even though its going 110kmph. I think it's not so much the fining itself, its the TOLERANCE of these fines. Also, I find it odd that you have to mention both SPEEDING and DANGEROUS driving. Tell me, if you're so smart in putting a DIFFERENCE between the two, then you OBVIOUSLY are a DANGEROUS driver. I speed a lot and I'm much safer than the grandma going 5kmph through a roundabout. A roundabout the size of a small oval that I have gone 80kmph through on my own easily without any difficulty. We need a camera that goes off at stupid and dangerous drivers. Like, if you have a sticker on your window that says "Bitch on board", or if you own a piece of shit Hyundai Excel with a cannon, then BAM! Your ass is fined. Its odd that we have events such as DRAG racing where the idea is to go as fast as you can, but we don't have any events called Bullshit pathetic grandma driving. DANGEROUS and SPEEDING are different things.
A LIGHT SOLUTION (I feel the pain in this letter. It fuels my dark agonising desires. No one understands my pink hair)
Once tried and tested way to reduce fuel consumption is the synchronization of traffic lights. When you pull off from one set and drive the speed limit, the next set should turn green by the time you reach it, thereby reducing the continual stopping and starting that occurs on most
Barry Rogers, Caulfield
My personal response:
Hasn't anyone in
TRAINING TRUCKS (This letter is sub par)
As a retired locomotive driver, it surprises me that the major trucking companies have not at least experimented with diesel electric trucks. If, as on locomotives, the diesel engine was used to drive a generator, which in turn would drive traction motors on each power axle, then each of these traction motors would become generators when coasting down hills, charging lithium iron batteries to assist the vehicle up the next hill or to power the vehicle on the flat. All of this would be controlled by an on board computer system. If this were used in conjunction with bio diesel, it would not only save a great deal in fuel costs but would also save an awful lot of carbon emissions.
John Darke, Frankston
My personal response:
Yes, lets put trains ON THE ROAD. Never mind the fact that rail tracks are always placed in specifically levelled locations and freight trains are shit at stop start traffic. Yes, lets spend tonnes of money inventing a truck to do EXACTLY what our current trucks do. Yes, lets get more giant un-disposable batteries into the world. Theres a reason why you are retired.
LONG LIVE CAMERAS (I despise this letter)
It makes me see red to have drivers continually harping on about revenue-raising speed cameras. They wouldn't raise a cent if people obeyed the law and stayed within the speed limit. We are continually confronted with the statistics that show speeding drivers are the biggest killers on the road. Long live speed cameras!
Vern Poole, Ararat
My personal response:
ARARAT!? What they hell do you know about speeding? You're from one of the many many assholes of
DIESEL HYBRIDS NOW! (duuuuhhhh)
I read with astonishment the other day about Audi's contention that its diesel cars were more economical than hybrids. well, why aren't they making diesel hybrids that have better economy than either?
Simon Hunt, Mornington
My personal response:
You.. are.. dumb.. I'm going to take YOUR expertise of cars and engines over a FULLY established car manufacturer with a DESIGNATED team of engineers. Diesel is fuel economical, but its also weak. That is why Volkswagon have a super charged AND turboed 1.4 litre (or 1.2, I cant remember) diesel engine. And don't even get me started on how dumb hybrid cars are. They are weak and shit and the pollution involved creating them is worse than fuel it saves. So lets take a weak fuel type, with an even weaker power delivery system... You're going to burn twice the amount of fuel just to get your POS car up to the speed limit. Shut your stupid face, you silly girl. I guess you have no option anyway, since my foot is in it. (your face)
About the Author
Anman is a hoon and CLEARLY drives his expensive car dangerously so he can have a crash and
- Destroy his expensive car
- Kill himself
- Prove that his driving skills were in fact NOT far superior to the average middle aged divorced single mother.
Rating: 5.00