- I am not a lawer.
- I am not a driving instructor.
- Any advice given on this website is for informational purposes only. Use it at your own risk.
- I live in South Australia, and as such any references to road rules apply only to this state. In fact, treat any stated road rules as totally incorrect until you look them up and verify them for yourself.
- You are strongly urged to find and read a copy of the road rules applicable in your own state/country. These documents contain invaluable information that everyone should read.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Disclaimer
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Long time listener, first time caller
Welcome to the Drive-By Shouting blog. You're new here, and so am I, so let's get acquainted.
Who am I?
An oft-asked question by the relative minority. I'm just an ordinary guy living in an ordinary place in the extraordinary country of Australia——as if my accent and frequent use of the phrases "g'day mate", "fair dinkum" and "crikey" didn't give me away.
Who are you?
I shudder to think, but let's move on and assume that you're someone with an interest in driving, perchance driving in a manner that doesn't elicit cries of terror from those around you. You're willing to learn, to break old habits, to put in some effort where required and most importantly to refrain from suing me based on anything that I write on this site, owing to the fact that it may be complete rubbish. I'll try to be accurate, but those of us who strive for mediocrity sometimes fail with the best of them.
What's this all about?
In a few words, driving. I like driving, but as a general rule dislike drivers. Well, that's not really true. I guess I dislike the way that anyone with opposable thumbs thinks that they have the unalienable right to drive, regardless of their inability to operate a spoon, let alone a motor vehicle.
I live in a city that has a well-earned reputation of having lots, and lots, of bad drivers. If you firmly believe that you are a god-like creature that deserves to have the entire population pull over and grovel while you drive by doing whatever the heck you like—road rules be damned—then you're likely to be welcomed to this fair city with open arms. But, umm, we're full up right now, and aren't accepting any applications. You might have better luck in Italy—I hear it's real nice there this time of year!
A while ago I decided that it might be a good idea to share my wisdom on driving. I'll pick a topic per post and write down a few thoughts on what I see happening and why it's good or, more likely, bad. I'll then try to provide some useful ideas on what I think is the correct, or at least better, way to handle the situation.
Why should I bother reading this?
Well, there's no good reason other than you might agree, or it might make you think, or miracle-of-miracles it might make you a better driver. And of course you'll laugh, you'll cry and ultimately make me rich and famous, with screaming hoards of fans praising my unfathomable wisdom on the art of driving. Thanks in advance for that by the way. Much appreciated.
Things to know
Now, all I need here is some witty and yet incredibly insightful tagline for the end of each post...
Drive on!
Well, maybe next post.
Tim.
Who am I?
An oft-asked question by the relative minority. I'm just an ordinary guy living in an ordinary place in the extraordinary country of Australia——as if my accent and frequent use of the phrases "g'day mate", "fair dinkum" and "crikey" didn't give me away.
Who are you?
I shudder to think, but let's move on and assume that you're someone with an interest in driving, perchance driving in a manner that doesn't elicit cries of terror from those around you. You're willing to learn, to break old habits, to put in some effort where required and most importantly to refrain from suing me based on anything that I write on this site, owing to the fact that it may be complete rubbish. I'll try to be accurate, but those of us who strive for mediocrity sometimes fail with the best of them.
What's this all about?
In a few words, driving. I like driving, but as a general rule dislike drivers. Well, that's not really true. I guess I dislike the way that anyone with opposable thumbs thinks that they have the unalienable right to drive, regardless of their inability to operate a spoon, let alone a motor vehicle.
I live in a city that has a well-earned reputation of having lots, and lots, of bad drivers. If you firmly believe that you are a god-like creature that deserves to have the entire population pull over and grovel while you drive by doing whatever the heck you like—road rules be damned—then you're likely to be welcomed to this fair city with open arms. But, umm, we're full up right now, and aren't accepting any applications. You might have better luck in Italy—I hear it's real nice there this time of year!
A while ago I decided that it might be a good idea to share my wisdom on driving. I'll pick a topic per post and write down a few thoughts on what I see happening and why it's good or, more likely, bad. I'll then try to provide some useful ideas on what I think is the correct, or at least better, way to handle the situation.
Why should I bother reading this
Well, there's no good reason other than you might agree, or it might make you think, or miracle-of-miracles it might make you a better driver. And of course you'll laugh, you'll cry and ultimately make me rich and famous, with screaming hoards of fans praising my unfathomable wisdom on the art of driving. Thanks in advance for that by the way. Much appreciated.
Things to know
- I like to use correct spelling and grammar. This is not to say that I always get it right, but I do try. If this somehow offends you then you should first berate your English teacher at length, and then move on to the 99.9% of blogs out there that are sure to fulfil your low expectations of the English language.
- If this is the only post on this blog, and it's dated 6 months ago, then I gave up on this whole idea. To be honest, this blogging craze fairly annoys me sometimes. There's so much drivel out there. And let's face it, this is likely to be exactly the same, if it ever gets off the ground of course. So, having built your expectations up to fever pitch there, let's move on.
- I live in Australia, and as such use Australian spelling, units of measure, date/time formats etc. I'll try to convert where relevant, but if not, deal with it.
- I like to try to use humour, which may or may not seem funny to the vast majority who read this—and with a total readership of approximately zero, I think you'll agree that I can't even attempt to please all of the people all of the time. So I guess the moral is, if you're offended by something, or don't understand some strange reference, assume I was attempting to bring the funny and just move on.
Now, all I need here is some witty and yet incredibly insightful tagline for the end of each post...
Drive on!
Well, maybe next post.
Tim.
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