All the accidents I was in were caused by female drivers.

My sister is an over–cautious driver who will get cleaned up by a semi one day.

Hah! Me and my business partner used to drive to Goolwa every weekend to work on the two houses we were building. Sis gets divorced and a bit later on gets a car. Wanted to drive mine to Goolwa (L plates) to get practice. So, Fri evening we get to the servo and I make her fill the tank, check the oil, coolant, battery and check the tyres.

My partner’s wife was saying I was cruel making my sis do all that, partner said she lived by herself so had to do all this herself, better than the wife driving all week with the oil light flashing 

Sis has driven the same car for like 20 years now, guess she still does all the checks.

In spring on Willunga Hill, a long steep climb on the way to Goolwa, we used to see a dozen cars easy, waiting for engines to cool down so they could add water supplied by the RAA. Idiots obviously thought “nice weather, lets go for a drive.”

Redmond Neck wrote on Mar 5^th, 2015 at 9:37am:


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look at it this way red.. women like to make^ men feel useful and important.. if she did all that you would feel unwanted and useless......now as far as I know there are a few women who happen to be married to men who are useless in the extreme...you will find thee women mending the roof..unblocking the drains...taking the kids to the dentist and getting haircuts shopping cooking cleaning gardening even finding the remote when the master of the house has mislaid it.....

tell us about it?

Redmond Neck wrote on Mar 5^th, 2015 at 9:37am:


I'm not much better. I know that I have to check the oil, since I use the airconditioner a lot. The tyres are constantly checked for inflation, since I'm conscious of petrol usage. But the last time I changed my tyres, one of them was bald enough that it showed metal. Wheel alignment and change of tyres, and it's been really good. Oh, and the cleaning of the car is only when I can't see out of the windshield beyond the windshield wipers' reach. Or the inside is only cleaned out to find my drink water bottles that need to be washed and refilled for freezing. As for servicing, my car hasn't seen the inside of a mechanic's garage since June last year, since I decided that taking the car ever 4 months isn't really economical for me. And I haven't had a break from work to find time.

I happen to be 36 years old, and on a time and money budget.

St George of the Garden wrote on Mar 5^th, 2015 at 9:33am:


It must have been 10 years ago when I was over town for a job. On my way back, it was dark when I came across a poorly lit street. I checked both ways at an intersection before driving forward, only to hit my brakes for an oncoming car to my right. Some woman decided that driving with no head lights on was such a bright idea. She also had hit the brakes too, and we both had come to a stop relatively safe of collision. I gave her a mouthful of what I thought of her. Then she let loose to tell me that she doesn't swallow, or whatever she was ranting about. Then after she had finished her 10 seconds of verbal desperate defensiveness, I had to point out that she STILL had not activated her head lights, and that she was arguing futility. I drove on, taking right of way off of her. She followed down the street after me to high beam me. I would have road raged her that night, had it not been for my non aggressive nature.

How do you deal with someone like that who can't be reasoned? A .22 or a .44 caliber bullet?

UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 5^th, 2015 at 3:55pm:


Ring the cops is my advice!

Setanta wrote on Mar 5^th, 2015 at 4:23pm:



ah! the usual spiteful personal attack.