"DJ" <
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> There was a survey done once about 2 or 3 years back by the NRMA regarding
> who were supposed to be the safest allround drivers on the road in
> Sydney......I was tottally flabbergasted when the results came back as
> Tradesmen are generally the safest and I thought WTF???? who are they
> kidding? I reckon they'd have to be among the worst I've struck whilst on
> my bike.
>
> From the bloke doing the local lawn cutting job in a hurry to get as many
> done before the sun goes down to the young builder's apprentice who has
just
> gotten his P Plates back somehow able to get his **** behind the wheel of
a
> black SS Holden Ute, to the Luigi's in their early 80's hilux van with
paint
> dripping from the back door yackin away to his offsider........the list
goes
> on....they are among the worst with one exception............the BLOODY
> VOLVO driver!!
>
> DJ
I can understand about the tradies. I often drive (sometimes ride part-way)
to work early in the mornings (5.30/6am). The roads are full of tradies and
other blue-collar workers. Traffic is fast and thick (everyone is in a
hurry!) but there seems to be a tacit understanding of who's doing what.
Much less agression and with (the appearance of) more control, albeit 20kph
over the limit. Traffic flows and I get NO grief when riding.
I wonder if tradies and blue-collar, manual workers are more spatially adept
than others and have better proprioception than non-manual workers, leading
to a better use of the space on the road.
Come 8am, traffic slows and becomes a little thinner, slower and bloody
dodgy on a bike. Office workers, shop-assistants and parents taking kiddies
to school come out to play. If I'm due in at work later and am on the road
after about 7.30, I drive. Too fraught with the non-manual people driving
and their lesser spacial intelligence.
Just a theory...
Frank
