Afternoon, my internet name is "Flynn" unless it's already taken on a forum I visit, have loved cars all my live from the way they look (at least between 1980-2000, they seem to be getting rather ugly now) to the thrills excitment and freedom they provide. I have no time for people who dislike cars, if we listened to them we would still be in the stone age. And I can quite simply not understand how they ignore all the benefits they provide, I wouldn't even entertain the idea of creating a list there are simply too many.
I am 18 year old lad, nearing the end of my "learning to drive career" and plan to take pass plus after getting through my L test, having mostly payed for lessons from my Education Maintence Allowance that I get from college, luckily most of my work is computer based meaning that I don't need much in the way of stationary. However it means going without lunch a few times, but hey, it'll be worth it in the end. After that I am going to have a look at advanced driving. I also don't like those tiny dodgem like cars which most teenagers like. A Focus or Corolla or 306 is the smallest size I would choose.
Something that annoys me is the scandalously high insurance prices for young drivers, we are not all chazy yobbos you (insurance companies) know!
As for all this speed obsessiveness that the government are going on about, I champion the idea of a "speed appropiate for the conditions" policy. I am sure everyone knows the ins and outs of that on this forum. I would like to see this policy implemented on the motorway and trialled on other roads although I realise implementing it in a town for example would provide more challenges than the motorway. I also want to see all the limits which have been unfairly reduced increased back to appropiate speeds on all roads if the "speed appropiate for the conditions" policy is unworkable on those particular roads. It's not fair that the government blatantly ignore the fact that speed is a contributary factor in a small percentage of most road accidents, and even then, it is
inappropiate speed for the conditions.
I take a hard line against environMETALISTS saying "Oh, cars are bad for the environment" because road transport in general counts for a fifth of all emissions and that includes trucks and buses which is not nearly enough to need to compromise machines as great and beneficial as cars.
I also hate all the dumb government campaigns with that kid who says "If you hit me at 40, there's an 80% chance I'll die etc" well if you look both ways thus seeing the car coming and don't blindly step out there's a 100% chance you'll live! If they don't understand that then their parents should not dream of letting them out in the first place. Even the most basic cave men learnt to dodge boulders because they could make the connection that a fairly heavy object moving fast is going to hurt you if you stand in it's path. Although it is a bit dumb the way the driver never reacts in those adverts either, pretty poor show all round. And adults who wonder aimlessly out into the road, you should know better, roads are for cars, sidewalks are for pedestrians.
And I hate cyclists who go on the environmental side and say "I'm goood for the environment, blah blah blah" and they think just because they go out of their way to brave the elements and get all hot and puffed out riding up a hill everyone else should! No thanks, I've got a car! When I get up the hill I'll send you a post card and you'll still be at the bottom
The simple fact is when you upgrade to an engine you'll never want to go back. I used to cycle off road for the thrill, but then when I tried Motocross I didn't look back! Not for a second!
Finally, I love most motorsports involving cars, although the ones I follow are; the British Touring Car Championship, the World Rally Championship and Formula One, but not nearly as much as the first two.
I have no time for the people who drive cars and then moan that they feel "guilty" and say it's not "green" yet continue to drive them around, all I can say to them is be careful what you wish for! I would love to take their cars away, I doubt they would even last a few days without them before begging for them back!
Normally they are posh people who think it's trendy to just moan about "green" (I hate that stupid buzz word, btw) issues. Also I don't like the posh people who complain that the roads are too crowded and that tax should be raised even higher to get all the bad drivers off, they just want it for themselves the greedy so and so's
If you want the right to drive then you should let everyone else have that right, if not it is simply hypocritical and selfish. We motorised vehicle users in general need to stick together
At the end the day, if people are putting forward reasonable proposals then if I don't agree I will put in a reasonable counter argument, but if it is completely blantantly single minded like "speed kills" or "cars are bad for the environment" or "lower the speed limit to stop people who don't give a damn and are obviously going too fast for the conditions anyway" (infact there was an article which was using that stupid logic in my local newspaper just this week) then I get very, very angry
There are also other issues which I cannot even remember right now! Wow, this post has got long, I just keep adding things lol