Driving with thongs the foot type

[Gazza]

I was a involved in driver education for 2 years and to attain my licence in Vic Had to know the Road craft manual and police manual word for word and oddly enough there is no stipulation of what Kind of foot wear is required to take charge of a motor vehicle

actually the licence testers in vic used to recomend the girl take their high heels off and drive bare foot :silly:

just some interesting facts betweens States

Gaz

[Terry H]

Whats the ruling here for driving and footwear?

[dhess]

Not 100% sure but thought driving barefoot was ok in qld. Years ago when I was getting my license had the driving instructor suggest it to me.

Have heard from someone that it is meant to be illegal in SA!?!

[Terry H]

I don't see what's wrong with driving barefoot. If anything, I think it's better than wearing shoes.

[mackmauler]

its not easy trying to steer with thongs on while eating a big mac and talking on the mobile!

[dhess]

You should try driving in the Northern Territory!

You can drive as fast as you like (no spped limit out in the desert), half pissed (legal limit of 0.08) with your 14 year old girlfriend sitting next to you (14 years old was the legal age of consent). :silly:

I think they recently changed a few of these laws. :laugh:

[obone]

Yeh I heard on Triple J the other day that they have put in 130kph and 110kph zones. No more unlimited

Everyone is going nuts about it up there cause from what I can remember, in the couple of months since they have been enforceing it, it hasn't changer the road toll numbers.

Joel

[dhess]

Of course it hasn't. People driving at slow speeds in wide open spaces have trouble concentrating. Boredom.

A few years ago Italy increased its highway speed limit to 150kph for exactly that reason.

[Terry H]

I wish we had some 130km/h speed limits. or at least more 110km/h!

[obone]

Yeh I want to drive on an autobarn (I think thats how you spell it) in Italy!

Trouble is we could never have that sort of speed in Australia cause of our driving quality and the state of our roads.

[Schultzy]

When I was in Darwin at Christmas the local were seriously annoyed by the incoming 130kph limit. They reckoned that it would take forever to get anywhere \"dawdling\" along at 130k.

I don't think my boat trailer would hold together too long at that pace over Qld roads!

[Oceandonkey]

Alot of the guys on performance forum did a massive cruise out that way just before the new laws came in with speed restrictions.

Imagine Fast and the furious in the middle of the dessert perfectly legal, just going balls to the wall.

[Terry H]

How fast did they use to go in NT?

[Gazza]

When Travelling in NT I witnessed Bikes doing well over 200k's/p/h

When your trying to overtake some crawler doin 80 and you have a safe top speed of 95 (23 foot van loaded behind ya) and your trying to pass when a dot appears in front of you and it going that fast :woohoo:

Gaz

[Oztrav]

i prefer to drive barefoot as do most of my mates i never put much thought into it

next time im driving in heels though

[bootyinblue]

dhess wrote:

You should try driving in the Northern Territory!

You can drive as fast as you like (no spped limit out in the desert), half pissed (legal limit of 0.08) with your 14 year old girlfriend sitting next to you (14 years old was the legal age of consent). :silly:

I think they recently changed a few of these laws. :laugh:

DHESS.... I think you and I need to have a talk....LOL

As far as I know there is no restriction on type of footwear you are permitted and not permitted to drive in here in QLD. However (dont you like it, that there is always a however) if involved in an collision or the like and your footwear or lack of is deemed a contributing factor, then there could be smoke and fire.

DHESS - I havent forgotten the Techni Ice too. Are you going to Noosa?

[dhess]

:ohmy: :blush:

Unfortunately I don't think I will be able to make it.

Thanks again for the very generous offer and am sure we will catch up soon.