Comments on: Driving While Bogan http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/03/18/driving-while-bogan/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 23 May 2012 13:58:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Timothy Albiez http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/03/18/driving-while-bogan/#comment-11811 Timothy Albiez Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:47:37 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1431#comment-11811 I am Australian and I would like to point out that the bogan you refer to could be classified as more relevant to their lifestyle and social standing, and not so much to their driving ability or lack thereof. I have at times been at the receiving end of some road-rage when I am driving by the rules. Being a family man that quite often has his wife and 3 kids in the car means I almost always have the welfare of those closest to me at stake, so I'm not going to bow to any intimidation. Many Australian youths have a period of reckless driving that usually curbs with age and/or experiencing an accident as a result of their on road behavior or that of a family member or friend. I am Australian and I would like to point out that the bogan you refer to could be classified as more relevant to their lifestyle and social standing, and not so much to their driving ability or lack thereof.

I have at times been at the receiving end of some road-rage when I am driving by the rules. Being a family man that quite often has his wife and 3 kids in the car means I almost always have the welfare of those closest to me at stake, so I’m not going to bow to any intimidation.

Many Australian youths have a period of reckless driving that usually curbs with age and/or experiencing an accident as a result of their on road behavior or that of a family member or friend.

]]> By: Hendrik http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/03/18/driving-while-bogan/#comment-11694 Hendrik Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:27:35 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1431#comment-11694 Funny. This reminds me of reading your own book (Traffic) where you write that we seem to have the need to give traffic offenders a face in order to tell yourself: "Ah, see it is a ..., that's why he/she is driving/acting like that" If it was only so simple to define traffic offenders with this short set of rules. Saddly we all know it can be anybody snapping like that (yes, even ourselves). Do this even only once or twice or year (because you are in a hurry/bad mood/traffic/whatever) multiply this times all the drivers and you will have an almost daily dose of aggressiveness in traffic. Funny. This reminds me of reading your own book (Traffic) where you write that we seem to have the need to give traffic offenders a face in order to tell yourself: “Ah, see it is a …, that’s why he/she is driving/acting like that”

If it was only so simple to define traffic offenders with this short set of rules. Saddly we all know it can be anybody snapping like that (yes, even ourselves). Do this even only once or twice or year (because you are in a hurry/bad mood/traffic/whatever) multiply this times all the drivers and you will have an almost daily dose of aggressiveness in traffic.

]]> By: Matt http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/03/18/driving-while-bogan/#comment-11676 Matt Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:09:34 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1431#comment-11676 I don't want to be the thought police, but in some ways the bogan piece is a bit of ugly writing. I suggest it maybe Kiwi in origin, rather than Australian. The tribal tattoo thing would suggest New Zealand, where moko, or tribal tattooing is more common. With that and the stereotypical view of Asian drivers, it is saying that the average bogan is racist (if the writer isn't racist himself), which may have some truth to it, but then the whole bogan term is stereotypical as well. The whole driver with personalised number plates being a bit of a dick stereotype is however completely valid on both Australian and New Zealand roads. The whole thing is written by a young writer going by that "The Katie Price" thing. That's like an English celebrity thing, and anyone in Australia or New Zealand following that kind of news is a bit of a cretin themselves. The young person car culture in Australia and New Zealand has definitely taken a turn for the worse since the days of the muscle cars, morphing into boy racers in their big exhaust, modified body, Japanese buzz boxes. All hail the Phantom Expander, superhero in the NZ town of Blenheim, who puts expanding polyurethane foam into their modified exhausts, so the good people of Blenheim can get a good night's sleep. I don’t want to be the thought police, but in some ways the bogan piece is a bit of ugly writing. I suggest it maybe Kiwi in origin, rather than Australian. The tribal tattoo thing would suggest New Zealand, where moko, or tribal tattooing is more common. With that and the stereotypical view of Asian drivers, it is saying that the average bogan is racist (if the writer isn’t racist himself), which may have some truth to it, but then the whole bogan term is stereotypical as well. The whole driver with personalised number plates being a bit of a dick stereotype is however completely valid on both Australian and New Zealand roads. The whole thing is written by a young writer going by that “The Katie Price” thing. That’s like an English celebrity thing, and anyone in Australia or New Zealand following that kind of news is a bit of a cretin themselves. The young person car culture in Australia and New Zealand has definitely taken a turn for the worse since the days of the muscle cars, morphing into boy racers in their big exhaust, modified body, Japanese buzz boxes. All hail the Phantom Expander, superhero in the NZ town of Blenheim, who puts expanding polyurethane foam into their modified exhausts, so the good people of Blenheim can get a good night’s sleep.

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