Random thoughts and observations
The South Australian Government defines defensive driving as “driving to avoid being involved in an emergency or crash situation”. There’s an official training course, which teaches hazard recognition, driver awareness, crash avoidance space, vehicle control and road law knowledge. The course should be compulsory to obtain a licence or for anyone who infringes a road [...]
Roundabouts are like a microcosm of society. Some people go through them too aggressively and some are too defensive. Not enough are sensible like me. In Mount Gambier, authorities prefer roundabouts on major roads because truck drivers don’t like red lights. At the town’s worst unmitigated intersection, the transport boffins reckon it will cost a [...]
You often hear that emergency services personnel dread attending car accidents and informing families about fatalities. They are no joy for journalists either. You sort of become hardened after a while, but it’s never easy to write about a life being lost, especially if it was a young man speeding. Nothing can restore a young [...]
I’m guessing a little with these cars now, but I’m going to say this one is a Toyota Corona. We may have even owned it, because it appears in a couple of photos. I’m wearing the school uniform of St Michael’s Primary, so I think the photo was taken in 1972. The uniform was shorts, [...]
This picture shows me with my cousin Leanne in 1970. I don’t know for sure what the cars are, but the one on the left looks like a Mini and the other might be a Zephyr. Even if I’m wrong, I want to mention the Ford Zephyr, because when I was young I rather liked [...]
