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[hnpcc]

We've been travelling.

Hopefully some backdated entries to come.

In the meantime - happy New Year!

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[sand-l.livejournal.com]

And the same to you too :-) Hope that y'all had a great trip...look forward to the updates ;-)
Saw Sidney's fireworks on the news at lunchtime yesterday, wow!
[Mind you, unusually there were loads here last night, not on the same scale obviously!! but it was hard to hear the ships over all the fireworks, in spite of the cold we all stayed outside staring at the sky for quite a while.]

[numbat.livejournal.com]

I trust you travelled safely given the usual Christmas/new Year road toll. A happy (if belated) New Year to you too.

[hnpcc]

Given the road toll in Victoria this year that's not a bad hope. We had a huge road toll, God knows why.

But Dean and myself had no hassles - and it was lovely being on roads with only 1 or two other drivers... :-)

[numbat.livejournal.com]

The Victorian roadtoll was exactly why I typed what I did. It's news like that which makes me glad I've never had a license.

[hnpcc]

I have to admit I find the whole thing completely bizarre. Accidents do happen, yes, but the increase over Christmas/New years always amazes me.

I guess more people are travelling, there's more likelihood of drunk drivers being on the roads, and generally speaking people are frequently on roads that they don't generally use or aren't concentrating on roads that they use everyday.

Country drivers in Melbourne and Melbourne drivers in the country are equally hazardous I find - country drivers generally speaking don't cope very well with trams, let alone other interesting Melbourne driving rules and Melbourne drivers don't adapt their speed to the conditions of weather and/or road. And some motorcyclists give the rest an incredibly bad name - we were passed on double lines while driving down Mt Buffalo - there's a sheer cliff to one side and absolutely no view around the corner (double lines).

Still - I guess the converse view is that there are about 2 million people with a current drivers license in Vic and only 22 deaths... compared to Thailand at least that's not a lot... *sigh*

[numbat.livejournal.com]

It's interesting to note the claim that more country people die on country roads than visitors from the city. Something about familiarity breeding contempt no doubt.

Don't forget that during Christmas/new Year many people are also driving much further than they normally do. They aren't use to being behind the wheel for hours at a time and so lose concentration.