Cars and driver licences

Max9

Joh you always need to be able to break immediately when you drive.

youdontknowme

Max9 But depending on how close to the car they jump out, you might not be able to brake in time. Which is the reason why we tend to have lower speed limits in cities than on highways, and even lower speed limits near schools.

Sin

Joh I found it very scary to drive through the country in the evening and see the big red kangaroos near the road on the grass. If one of them jumps into your car ....

Yep they're such moronic creatures. At night they see the light from your headlights and they jump straight into your path. Driving at dusk on country roads is a recipe for disaster.

Max9 you always need to be able to break immediately when you drive.

You won't even see them coming! They bound in from the sides of the road through heavy bush and BAM!

Avery How about koala bears. They are just about my favorite animal.

Nah we cooked all of them in the fires last year. They barely even exist now. :-(

Max9

youdontknowme that's true. You must never drive faster as the situation allows it. That's why there are fences among the Autobahn. To prevent deer from jumping on the road.

Avery

Sin It's just that ours have kangaroos on them occasionally!

How about koala bears. They are just about my favorite animal.

Vanessa

Joh

Surprising!

It would be useful,at least for the basis of driving...

Avery koala

Very cute!🙂

Sin We get Quokkas so that balances everything out in the cute department.

I didn't know these;they're cute,too,yes!🙂

Max9

Sin You won't even see them coming! They bound in from the sides of the road through heavy bush and BAM!

That's why you may slow down when you see a bush ahead if there are no fences along the road

Avery

Sin Nah we cooked all of them in the fires last year. They barely even exist now. :-(

Bummer. I remember hearing about it and people giving money to help. A real tragedy.

Sin

Max9 That's why we don't have autobahns... Maximum speed is 110km/h. Lots of heavy bush (forest) and no fences.
:-(

Joh

Max9 It is difficult. Would I do it and slow down to the speed I can stop my car in any situation I would need two or three times longer. Have in mind the distance are much larger. Melbourne to Sydney is around 1000km and from West to East around 4500km.

Sin We get Quokkas so that balances

Oh, they look cute. I have never been in West Australian and didn't know them.

Max9

Sin we also have a lot of forests, but we just build fences that get checked on regularly. We have a smart traffic control system, a tower where cameras and sensors show at what place did happen an accident or when there's a traffic jam so that they can limit the speed and slowly slow traffic down when there's something ahead. We also have long acceleration lanes to bring the cars to the usual speed before entering the autobahn itself ... and to slow cars down when leaving the autobahn without slowing the whole traffic down. As well as special laws, like the obligation to always drive on the very right lane except when overtaking someone, as well as that you are only allowed to overtake on the left side. We also have very straight and plain lines and wide and easily visible curves... that all makes it safe to drive at high speed. A lot safer as on most roads in most of the countries in the world... only the Autobahn systems in foreign countries with tolls are safer ... because hardly anyone drives there due to the fee.

Sin

Avery They're full of Chlamydia anyway... We don't get them where I am. We get Quokkas so that balances everything out in the cute department. 😁

Avery

Sin We get Quokkas so that balances everything out in the cute department. 😁

Wow, those are really cool. I don't think I remember hearing about them before.

Avery

Jen there's heaps of koala crossing areas near me - lots of road signs - but I've never seen one on the road. But if you go for a bush walk you can see them Sin

Wow. Australia is such an interesting place. And Australian chicks are in high demand here.

Jen

Avery there's heaps of koala crossing areas near me - lots of road signs - but I've never seen one on the road. But if you go for a bush walk you can see them

Max9

Joh Melbourne to Sydney is around 1000km and from West to East around 4500km.

Oh, that's really a long distance. For 1k km I usually need about a day (ok, I do a lot of sightseeing), so let's say about 2k km for 24h (a real lot for one day) ... means that you have to sleep one night in the car if you want to drive from east to west.... when slowing down at bushes you would have to sleep one more time in the car.

Sin

Avery Australian chicks are in high demand here.

lol sweet, Jen and I are coming for a Chastity Chick Contiki as soon as we can escape our island prison. 😁 Not sure how popular we'd be though!

Avery

Sin lol sweet, Jen and I are coming for a Chastity Chick Contiki as soon as we can escape our island prison. 😁 Not sure how popular we'd be though!

It's all about expectations. Make sure to come when our unis are in session (not your winter).

Joh

Max9 Oh, that's really a long distance. For 1k km I usually need about a day

You need around 10 hours for the 1000km with only short breaks. Than you are done with driving for this day.
I stayed one night in a motel instead of driving through.
For east to west you need much more days. I expect min 7 days. Normally you would fly.

Angelina

youdontknowme eally all depends on how much empty space your country has.

then i don't need to hope for any relief in germany, the number one bureaucratic country. 😂

Sin

Max9 we have similar technology on our freeways (limited speed though). The problem is when you get out into the country, the distances are just too vast to fence. And kangaroos can jump! We would need BIG fences to be roo-proof.

To put things in perspective... if you and I left home at the same time and drove at 110km/h for 24 hours, I would still be on the same road in the same state. You would reach Istanbul!

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