Total Nutjob - still entertaining

snshami · Postby **snshami** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:19 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gIwYnqiAm0

People like this should be locked up and their cars taken away. They are one day going to kill an innocent person. Having said that it does show the handling characteristics of the car

deviant · Postby **deviant** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:36 am

Looks like Mulholland Drive around LA. I have dríven some of it and it is an epic string of road. There are lots of videos of people getting bits of that road badly wrong though.

I have no issue with people driving quickly and I have no issue with using the full width of the road however from what I could see in that video those drivers had absolutely no idea what they were doing. From that vantage point a lot of those corners were blind and they were constantly braking mid-corner as they were not looking far forward enough.

snshami · Postby **snshami** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:40 am

I totally agree with you. The issue is not how they use both sides of the road but rather how they disregard the rights of others by taking risks around blind corners.

ForceMajeure · Postby **ForceMajeure** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:55 am

deviant wrote:Looks like Mulholland Drive around LA. I have dríven some of it and it is an epic string of road. There are lots of videos of people getting bits of that road badly wrong though.

I have no issue with people driving quickly and I have no issue with using the full width of the road however from what I could see in that video those drivers had absolutely no idea what they were doing. From that vantage point a lot of those corners were blind and they were constantly braking mid-corner as they were not looking far forward enough.

Are you serious? You have no issue with racing on the wrong side of the road!

:shock:

deviant · Postby **deviant** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:58 pm

ForceMajeure wrote:
deviant wrote:Looks like Mulholland Drive around LA. I have dríven some of it and it is an epic string of road. There are lots of videos of people getting bits of that road badly wrong though.

I have no issue with people driving quickly and I have no issue with using the full width of the road however from what I could see in that video those drivers had absolutely no idea what they were doing. From that vantage point a lot of those corners were blind and they were constantly braking mid-corner as they were not looking far forward enough.

Are you serious? You have no issue with racing on the wrong side of the road!

I didn't see any racing in that video.

If you have clear visibility and you are able to stop within the distance you can see to be clear in front of you then it doesn't matter which side of the road you are on. In fact I would argue that on some roads it is safer to use the full width of the road.

snshami · Postby **snshami** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:25 pm

I don't think we disagree. What I do believe in very strongly is that no one has the right to take a chance with other peoples' safety. Our fun must never come at the expense of others. If it has nothing to do with how much road one uses and everything to do with ensuring we take responsibility for safety.

As a consequence I never drive outside my lane on a blind corner or crossing double white lines. Even though I act more conservatively I still enjoy driving immensely. I have also learned to always drive so I can slow down for very slow road users such as heavy trucks or bicycles.