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Hi Everyone.

Please read the below when you get some time.

The past few weeks has seen some quite odd weather without a doubt.

What it has highlighted me personally is the safety of all Skyline Owners out there, and anyone else out there for that matter.

The fact of it is, there is a large number of you guys who are driving cars that quite highly powered compared to most other road going cars.

Also a fair portion of you have only been driving these cars for less than 2 years so your not the most experienced out on the roads either.

It would be unfair on yourselves to say you are all experts and safe drivers (that goes for myself aswell)

It takes only a second to be in dire trouble on the roads.

In the past few weeks there have been a number of unfortunate accidents.

Luckily nobody has been injured or hurt, just damage to the cars themselves.

Whilst not the greatest thing, is better than losing ones life.

I would just like to take the chance to appeal to you all to take a little bit of care from now on as the weather now gets from sunny and hot to wet and slippery.

The roads have been dry for a number of weeks at a time, so when it rains, the roads become far more slippery than they normally would.

This being due to all the exhaust film build up on the roads during the heat.

Just take care out there, especially when it gets wet. I would hate for a fellow SAU member to be in a fatal accident.

I have made many many great mates from this club, and i'd hate to lose one of you!

Since i came on-board waaaay back in 2002 there has not been one person from SAU Victorian Forum that i know of that has been in a fatal accident.

Lets try keep it that way by using common sense :laugh:

Lets have another safe 2006.

Cheers - Ash

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Nicely said Ash.

Also.......

At the end of the day, no matter how much "experience" you may have, you still don't know what the other cars around you are going to do. So PLEASE keep it safe, especially in residential areas, in traffic, on major roads, and most importantly round school zones.

We all bought our cars to enjoy them, but as stated numerous times, there is a time and place and when either one is wrong the enjoyment ends very suddenly and it may even become a burden (not just talking financially).

Stay safe, keep alert and see you all at future events.

Cheers well said, i couldnt agree with you more ash, some people seem to think you can drive on freshly wet roads, like completely dry roads. I see cars fishtailing commonly when it is wet. Try to be sensible, driving too slow can also be a bad thing todo. I have seen in front of my eyes, many stupid things, some resulting in accidents.

In my experience, the best way to learn how a car can react is to try and learn its limits off the street. In a carpark, or just a sensibly safe place, some of you may say you shouldnt do that. But its always best to know how easily your car can slip out of control, how quickly it can aquaplane and understeer terribly.

Keep good tyres on you car ... And just drive sensibly ...

We want to make a good name for ourselves. Not just another HOON car catagory, we can only do this with sensible driving.

All the best out there, stay safe :laugh:

Lets try keep it that way by using common sense ;)

Lets have another safe 2006.

Cheers - Ash

Hopefully benno uses some of that not so common sense and keeps your shitbox off the road just that little bit longer then :laugh:

hahahaahahah

But so true, please keep it safe on the road, especially lots of you recently licensed drivers, the wet is a whole different ballpark and can/is extremely dangerous.

It may seem appealing to go drift your car in the rain or whatever, but beleive me, when the cars wrapped around a pole or on the side of a gutter with a strut hanging out the side of it, its not good on your mind, ur driving record or your hip pocket.

Lots of people including myself sometimes forget this, but good winter tyres should be used this period of year. I dont drive my car as a daily, but I usually have a good brand of tyre on the front and rear. Tyres are often overlooked. After driving for over 5 years, I can safely say tyres are a massive influence on how your car drives/handles in the wet. With powerful LSD equipped rear drive cars, even off the throttle on a corner or roundabout can cause the car to move sideways with crappy tyres.

Is a couple of hundred dollars invested in tyres too much for the amount you have spent on your pride and joy?

Just a couple of things to keep in mind.

Safe Driving

Kim

Yep I agree , I have had a few high powered cars for a while now and with alot of close calls. I know where your coming from ASH , I think you are spot on in what you say and hopefully all will be good for everyone in this coming year and beyond..............

Just so you all know Ash put a car on its roof once so he's not being condescending to anyone but rather speaking from experience.

Even the 2005 WRX Club Motorsport champion managed to have a small incedent with a barrier late last year in the rain and this guy really knows how to drive better than pretty much anyone reading or writting this (as he recently proved by winning the Co-Driver Outright in the WA Dutton Rally) but was still caught out so really don't think you are infallible.

Keep it safe! :/

Here Here.

It doesn't take much ot have a bingle and be paying it off for the next two years. It also doesn't take much to die onthe roads.

Then only at fault accident I've had was in the wet where (in a VN Commodore, back when I was 19) I locked up and slid into the back of someone. Every other accident I've been involved in, has been someone else running into me, half of them in the wet.

It's not just yourself you have to worry about on the roads, it's everyone else.

It really heartens me when I see an import or highly modified car driving slower and more sensibly than all the other company cars on the road. It shows that we only enjoy our cars at the right time.

Stay safe.

BASS OUT

Well said Ash.

Just use common sense to stay safe. Increase the gap in poor visability/weather and take that bit of extra time. If you would normally just pull into a gap that would be a bit tight in the dry, hold off for a bigger gap in the wet/poor visability. Another gap will come along and it might just take you an extra 30 seconds to get to work. And remember its not just about your skills as a driver, its about making yourself seen to other drivers out there so drive defensively. :/

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