Toorak Tractors
The other day I was travelling through a well-to-do middle-class suburb of Melbourne (incidentally, the federal electorate seat for Peter Costello). I found it amusing to see a Range Rover dealership in these parts. Somebody pointed out to me that in Melbourne they call 4WDs "Toorak Tractors" - named after the neighbouring affluent (or perhaps effluent) suburb Toorak. According to The Age, the soccer mums best beware when driving these suburban tanks:
Drivers of four-wheel-drives are more than three times more likely to die in a rollover crash than those in ordinary passenger cars, new research reveals.
A study by Victoria's peak motoring group, the RACV, shows four-wheel-drives are over-represented in high-speed rollover crashes and deaths, with young drivers aged under 30 most at risk.
The RACV wants Electronic Stability Program (ESP) technology to be standard in four-wheel-drives to curb the death toll.
The report, 4WD Drive Vehicle Crash Involvement Patterns, examined more than 660,000 recent crashes.
Now they just need a electronic device to save the pedestrians and people in normal size cars when they are struck by these Toorak Tractors.
Drivers of four-wheel-drives are more than three times more likely to die in a rollover crash than those in ordinary passenger cars, new research reveals.
A study by Victoria's peak motoring group, the RACV, shows four-wheel-drives are over-represented in high-speed rollover crashes and deaths, with young drivers aged under 30 most at risk.
The RACV wants Electronic Stability Program (ESP) technology to be standard in four-wheel-drives to curb the death toll.
The report, 4WD Drive Vehicle Crash Involvement Patterns, examined more than 660,000 recent crashes.
Now they just need a electronic device to save the pedestrians and people in normal size cars when they are struck by these Toorak Tractors.
posted by Engels at 3:20 pm
6 Comments:
gee!
Interesting. Imagine your Range Rover has a few extra blindspots too...
Corolla's will rule this world one day.
Does it frustrate you, Grogs, to be in a land where the average car engine is half the size of the Aussie average? Probably just consolidates your frustration of pommie-land even more.
The blue monster is holding together ok. Its in dire need of a service tho. Problem is the funds go towards fuel for her (and me - stupid beer), so I can't afford to get it tuned up.
I've got a nice Griffith Gladiators car sticker to throw on her now too. She'll love that! (Gladiators stickers available for $5 to anyone who requests :P)
Don't get him started... every time we drive anywhere I get that "observation.."
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