TAC wipe off Scum

[Six Pack]

The responsibility lies with the driver. He might have questionable taste in mates, but he cant look for excuses.

 

[the golden]

The responsibility lies with the driver. He might have questionable taste in mates, but he cant look for excuses.

dead right he could have refused if he felt he was over and if the others drove then it would have been them who were the idiots for driving drunk

 

[Tiger74]

couldn't happen to a better club. Stuff the Pies, and nice to see the wheels are beginning to wobble a little on the Buddy-wagon

 

[the golden]

couldn't happen to a better club. Stuff the Pies, and nice to see the wheels are beginning to wobble a little on the Buddy-wagon

i reckon buddy better sell it it has been dirtied by a collingwood player

 

[Tiger74]

i reckon buddy better sell it it has been dirtied by a collingwood player

:cutelaugh seriously though, Buddy should start playing nice and getting to bed at a decent hour. If the rumours going around are half true, he is a head shave away from become the AFL version of Britney Spears.

 

[the golden]

:cutelaugh seriously though, Buddy should start playing nice and getting to bed at a decent hour. If the rumours going around are half true, he is a head shave away from become the AFL version of Britney Spears.

there probably will always be rumours about him i give up trying to stop them as i think i would go insane if i did there are always rumours out there about different players just look at crawf and how long he has had to put up with the gay rumour which he sometimes just stirs up for the fun of it that has been around for years now that tag can't be put to buddy as i have seen the flirts chasing him at the B+F which i am happy to say he left with none of them !

 

[GoodOne]

I really don't understand TACs stance. Surely if they were concerned that AFL players might drink-driving then they should have never sponsored footy clubs in the first place as it's gonna hppen sooner or later. Just think of the players who have been caught, how many are there weren't caught I would have thought it would be better to use the player as an example of what not to do and continue the message out there then pull sponsorship all together. Just doesn't make alot of sense.

 

[the golden]

I really don't understand TACs stance. Surely if they were concerned that AFL players might drink-driving then they should have never sponsored footy clubs in the first place as it's gonna hppen sooner or later. Just think of the players who have been caught, how many are there weren't caught I would have thought it would be better to use the player as an example of what not to do and continue the message out there then pull sponsorship all together. Just doesn't make alot of sense.

very good post :fing32 been happening for years really players drinking that is

 

[Baloo]

very good post :fing32 been happening for years really players drinking that is

Not sure about that. We weren't called the Tetley Teetotalers for nothing.

 

[mopsy fraser]

Actually Rosie there's an absolute truckload more that both the TAC and Plod could do to cut the road toll.
The first and most blatantly obvious would be to force the Govt. into putting all revenue from fines and rego/ins back into PROPER driver training for all young people trying to obtain a licence.
I upgraded my licence a few years ago from car to medium truck, all the training was focused on exactly how to drive to pass the test not on actually driving competently in traffic.
The Goddess recently got her licence and was required to drive for only sixteen minutes in bright sunny suburban traffic, perfect conditions. She drove according to her trainers feedback without fault but even then the tester insisted on deducting points for errors that don't exist in the road rules.
Unless kids parents get out and put in a stack of hours getting some practice into them ( and how many really do put in more than lip service ) we put our children onto the road with virtually no idea how to drive in heavy rain, fog, night, sunset or sunrise, freeway or highway or beat up country roads and coastal or mountain roads.

It's never been the speed that kills it's the ignorant *smile* doing the wrong speed at the wrong time / place that kills.
Sorry if it sounds like I'm having a crack at ya Rosy it's just that I've had more than a gutfull of mobs like the Govt. Plod and TAC just chanting slogans and jingles and enacting legislation for sheep because it absolves them from doing the correct unpopular things to rectify the problems.

spot on.

if they were fair dinkum about cutting the road toll,they would make everyone do a defensive driving course before getting their licence.
even people who already have their licence.


and this kid wasn`t hung out to dry,that`s a ben cousins type excuse.
he stuffed up,pure and simple.

but gee he must be feling bad,he`s just cost the biggest club in the land half a million.
they also had pretty much tied up a new 1 million dollar deal with the tac as well.
so $1.5 mill he`s cost eddie, and he`s only a rookie.
i wonder if there will be any jokes and cartoons about it on the footy show like there was when jay schulz got caught.

 

[feisty tige]

You could get everyone to do a defensive driving course but as I have heard before, you cannot police stupidity.

Give some a defensive driving course and they may think they are better than they were before and go even more nuts on the roads.

Double edged sword IMO.

 

[TigerMasochist]

You could get everyone to do a defensive driving course but as I have heard before, you cannot police stupidity.

Give some a defensive driving course and they may think they are better than they were before and go even more nuts on the roads.

Double edged sword IMO.

Not just defensive driving but a heap of practical properly taught experience in all conditions plus close up education as to the results of what happens when you seriously stuff up on the road. As for the stupidity factor, blind legislation will never, ever have an effect on stupidity. Proper training and education will.
I'm not sure what the requirements are nowadays but just as an example of what pisses me off aout our driver education systems.
Way back in the dark ages, just after I got my car licence I applied for a motor bike learners.
Simple, after answering half a dozen motorbike specific questions I was handed a learners permit and allowed to get on any size bike I liked and try not to kill myself.
Just after that I met up with a bloke who had exported backwards and forwards a few times from Holland and he obtained his bike licence over there. He had to do a full riding course with an instructor as pillion passenger. Once he passed he was fully licenced, no P plates with the old 80k restriction and able to carry passengers from day one. Unlike in Oz where you had to survive a years riding before you could carry a passenger again with no practical training as to the handling variations two up.
The only safety measure I can think of that they put on bikes was to restrict the capacity to 250 cc engines to slow the hoon factor a bit.
If there's been any advancements on this in recent years I haven't heard of them, but I believe car drivers with a certain amount of years experience can get a bike licence without any capacity restrictions. Never mind the fact that they may not have been on two wheels for twenty or thirty years and then nothing tougher than a pushie.

 

[GoodOne]

The only safety measure I can think of that they put on bikes was to restrict the capacity to 250 cc engines to slow the hoon factor a bit.

Go to the motorbike Grand Prix and see how much slower the 250cc are than the 500cc. It aint alot. Restricting capacity means nothing.

The solution is to make kids visit trauma units and morgues once a year. It eventually sinks in.

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

The solution is to make kids visit trauma units and morgues once a year.   It eventually sinks in.

At primary school we were made to watch a video showing graphic footage of road accidents. Shocking - caused a couple of kids to vomit - but effective. Would almost certainly result in litigation against the school these days, however.

 

[Furycat]

No team should take the TAC Money as footballers like a drink after the game, to take the money is is like waiting for a train wreck, not on.

 

[JR8]

No team should take the TAC Money as footballers like a drink after the game, to take the money is is like waiting for a train wreck, not on.

Wholeheartedly agree Fury one. TAC should never sponsor any football club ever again.

In fact I reckon the best sponsors for footy clubs would be: breweries (for the drinking), boxing associations (for the fights) and brothels (for the sex)!! :hihi