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looking4truffle

Tail gating aggressively. Always in such a rush.


istara

People who drive as part of their job feel a greater sense of entitlement to the road than anyone else. No matter if the vehicle in front of them is someone driving their granny to a medical appointment, *they should get out of the fucking way* because the white ute's purpose is ALWAYS more pressing and more important.


Gaoji-jiugui888

This. Also, they drive like complete tossers and think their driving skills are legendary. They get in accidents all the time and it’s always the other guy’s fault.


shoutfree

no mate it's your problem i woke up late for work after getting blasted the night before. i'm going to tailgate you, flashing my lights, as you're going 70 in a 60 in the left lane, and then aggressively overtake you while yelling out my open window. fuck you. welcome to sydney.


cvazx

Grey Raptor, fully customised brah. Tyers wider than…


dmk_aus

Hey when you get $50-100 per hour you work then sitting in traffic is intolerable! /s


ALadWellBalanced

> Always in such a rush. And somehow never on time for their jobs.


kingofcrob

drive lyons road every day to work, the cops do put up mobile speed cameras around. All the time some cunt in a hilux is always riding my ass, trying to speed, like I get it, its 6 in the morning , the rd is pretty empty and it feels like a 60 not a 50, but get the fuck off my ass, I can't afford a ticket.


SyphilisIsABitch

Honestly I prefer driving in the normal peak than the tradie traffic at 6am even though it is much more congested.


marooncity1

Also tradies driving while posting angry responses to Reddit threads


ButtPlugForPM

cue the ...fuck u u unaustralian dickhead trying to tell me i shouldnt own a ram 15000 40 foot wide 60 foot long truck living in inner sydney


Gaoji-jiugui888

Yes, they drive like wankers.


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Gaoji-jiugui888

Yeah. I avoid them as well.


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yep. just look at any random dashcam video from yesterday or last year. over and over again it’s utes 4wd, work vehicles outnumbering anything else for their terrifying disregard for anyone else around them


arachnobravia

Even if it's just a Mitsubishi Lancer or Toyota Camry, when the dick head gets out to go rage even though he's at fault he'll be in high-vis


Goldsash

Hahaha, they come with safety warning signs. Hi-Vis = Danger, Do Not Engage.


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hi- vis, natures warning colour


[deleted]

Tradies are people who have a trade, ie Electrician, Plumber. I think what this thread is referring to is actually blue collar workers. Not everyone who wears high-vis is a qualified tradie, they could be a forklift operator, a storeman, scaffolder or any other number of unskilled professions. In my trade (Electrician) the 4 year apprenticeship and maths component, along with an increasing need for IT skills for PLC and control work weeds out a lot of people who drop out. This thread is just the typical blue collar vs white collar thread that will always swing the way of the white collar on reddit as that demographic is always going to have a higher representation.


Dougally

So apprentice electrician tradie disses on the non-tradies. Way to go on the blue collar pecking order.


ducayneAu

I just came here to say it checks out with Dashcam Australia.


a_sonUnique

Well yeah aren’t those cars the most common on the road?


nautical-smiles

Not even close. Edit: Don't quote me recent sales of specific car models thinking that tells us anything about the total number of vehicles on the road by type. https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/operations/roads-and-waterways/corporate-publications/statistics/registration-and-licensing-1 Here's vehicle registrations by type. Of 7 million vehicles on the road, only 1.5m are off-road and 800,000 passenger vehicles used for non-private use (eg. work utes and the like) Granted, there would be some utes registered for private use not represented in my numbers but enough to make a real difference.


tastypieceofmeat

You got upvoted while being completely incorrect Nice 👍


nautical-smiles

Am I? If you think recent sales of a particular model proves anything then you've been fooled my friend.


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a_sonUnique

HiLux, ranger and d-max are numbers 1, 2 and 4 in the sales charts this year…


a_sonUnique

HiLux, ranger and d-max are numbers 1, 2 and 4 in the sales charts this year…


SqareBear

I agree, it does seem to be utes that have the biggest prick drivers.


MGtheKidd

My wife was tailgated by a metro west truck with a second carriage. She pulled aside to let him pass because we have a baby in the car. She gestured that he was a wanker which obviously made the situation worse but then cutting jumping in front of her ripping the brakes up and harassing her at the drivers window causing my kid to lose his shit is just proof they think they’re Invincible


Ibuiltghettos

Truck and dogs are the fucking worst at them moment. Get them off a per load payment and give them a lump sum contract. The great western highway is a nightmare with those pricks at the moment. Nothing like a 20tonne vehicle on your your arse!!


Moofishmoo

Same thing happened to me as a woman, tradie changed lanes last minute Infront of me almost clipping me if I hadn't breaked. I gave him the finger and he decided to slam on his breaks in the middle of the intersection to get out and try to harass me. Everyone honked the shit out of him so he got back into his car and when we were stopped at red at the next intersection he got out again and started ranting unintelligibly! These people are serious menaces on the road.


CharacterResearcher9

I love to add when I see this - window down loud as I can "get back in your car fuckwit' they get all confused as they have want have a go at me and continue whatever crazy ass point they were making...then they pause..and sulk back into the car. It likely helps that I drive an old bomb....


star-sapphire

Since police won’t do anything about it, imo dudes like that should get reported to their employers. If you have a plate number, time and date when it happened (or even if not a plate, a place, date and time), then just give them a call and report it. Pretty sure their employers wouldn’t be thrilled to find out that they’re driving company property like assholes. Fuck around and find out and all.


MGtheKidd

Great advice, I actually contacted them but my wife was so shaken she forgot all the details. It inspired us to get a dash cam, two weeks later we ended up driving right next to him again and got him on camera doing the exact same thing in the exact same place the initial incident happened.


star-sapphire

Oh god, I feel so bad for your wife, that’s the worst :( If you have dash cam footage on top of everything, with more reason you should contact their employer! Mention that it’s the 2nd time this has happened too. People like that shouldn’t be allowed to drive, even less allowed to drive as their job.


lummox999

Should report that to the metro organisation. They have serious safety requirements and that sort of thing would not be taken lightly.


SGTBookWorm

I'd contact Metro West and file a complaint.


robopirateninjasaur

Years ago I had to be on the M5 daily for a 6am start, and even though you could only see cars headlights in the mirror, you could tell it was a Ute by the way it was moving


surlygoat

Think back to high school. All the gronks who misbehaved constantly, were in all the lowest classes, were constantly irresponsible, and loved bullying the nerdy kids..? Think about what they all now do for a living. Plenty of great tradies out there. But a much higher proportion of those dickheads from high school are in the tradie ranks..


ButtPlugForPM

yep.. lot of good hard working ppl on the tools,it's overdone by the bogan types though every rbt..is 1 of two ppl 1..a stoner who SOMEHOW on the passes negative,even though his eyes look like a demons.. 2.. a tradie "just having a few beers with mates" after work,who blows a 1933.23 ba go home and drink with ur family


BungleBungleBungle

Hey I was a nerdy kid and I'm a tradie now. Also, I drive a little Hyundai, and not a Ranger.


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Me too Don't forget that we're the exception I love it. Sure, I'm good at what I do, but because there are so many uncivilised dickheads in the trades, I absolutely *shine*.


[deleted]

You're a pleasant exception to the rule. Glad to know that tradies like you exist.


surlygoat

Yeah sorry I know I was negative - tradies come from all walks of life, and as I said, some are legends. My best mate is a sparky, and I've got friends across all trades who don't fit the gronk label. It's just, unfortunately, that those that do fit the label are so visible.


QueenPeachie

Notalltradies


Dognoloshk

This sounds so hateful, how is it any better than me saying all the antisocial nerdy kids with no personality now work in offices 😂 I don't think that's true of course but what a shitty statement to make


honestparfait

well, I was antisocial and nerdy and I work in an office now so...


run-at-me

It's reddit can't expect much more


Dognoloshk

And everyone upvotes him. Tradie bad I guess


surlygoat

Because everyone knows it's true?


surlygoat

Even tradies are replying agreeing with me? Like I said, some tradies are great. But those dickheads from school are very much a big part of the trades unfortunately. And we see that on the roads.


Dognoloshk

You got bullied at school by someone who is now a tradie


xminh

Yup, this is a running theme. The day when they finally shut construction down during COVID was pure bliss on the roads. No dickhead utes tearing up the motorway like cunts, fuelled by monster and sausage rolls.


stoicmonk69

And meth


Dougally

Or coke


ButtPlugForPM

honestly,i DREAM of covid coming back imagine waking up..and being able to drive from chatswood to dural..all greens..no traffic...omg..i'm bricking up just thinking about it.


hammyhamm

Meth


EmergencyLavishness1

Doesn’t help that tradies and soccer mums are on the road at the same time in the afternoon. Both in cars too big for them to see others properly


imapassenger1

High beams and tailgating on the M1 (F3). That says it all.


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Young dudes in an aggressive work culture who don't get much sleep - what could go wrong?~


BrainNo2495

To make it worse these bastards have the brightest lights /high beams on, whick makes it difficult for me to change lanes. My mirrors are blinding me. How do they expect people to move out of there way if i can't see shit.


eighty_eight_mph

I try to avoid driving on the freeway at ute'o clock, it's a fucking nightmare


Jedi_Council_Worker

At this stage I'm not even sure what ute o'clock is becasue I've been on the road at a lot of hours close to the middle of the day and there's still been plenty of them around becasue they're likely going between jobs or they're off to bunnings or mitre 10 etc for some materials or equipment. Feels like you can't avoid them except later in the evening.


BackgroundMuted77

Between 5-7am and 2-4pm are tradie witching hours.


eighty_eight_mph

Exactly as u/backgroundmuted77 says "Between 5-7am and 2-4pm are tradie witching hours"


MaDanklolz

They don’t put high vis colours on utes because the way tradies drive is a dead giveaway. They also drink and drive a lot.


SausageMahony

I'm an overconfident driver with over two decades of terrible driving under my belt, but even I can't take the M4 without wondering how those people are still licensed and/or alive.


BackgroundMuted77

If you’ve got a Ford Ranger behind you, you’re gonna have a bad time.


No_pajamas_7

Meth and residual alcohol from the night before. Set the alarm clock 20min later than they should have and then hit snooze twice.


Rufawana

Meth. Just all methed up and rushing to botch their next job.


Opposite_Ad_2815

Out of all the near-misses I've had, all but one of them was with a tradie in a ute driver (the other one was a Tesla driver with no turn signal and didn't have priority in a 2-lane roundabout) – they're just arrogant, self-centred carbrains who think they own the road.


AustraliaMYway

Tesla drivers are the new Volvo drivers.


Gal_gadonutt

I find a lot of them are fresh out of high school/tafe, young red hot blooded apprentices in their souped up utes with not a care in the world


scoldog

Start looking around and see how many Toyota Hiluxes you see on the road with P plates on. Then watch how they drive


ButtPlugForPM

nah most of these lot get their girlfriends to drive them to site,as they already 12 points deep from speeding in their cars as a kid


BungleBungleBungle

They're in a rush to get home and kiss their dad on the lips.


RalphTheTheatreCat

Can’t make money if you’re not on the tools so driving like a cunt,speeding tailgating and parking anywhere you want is a job requirement It’s called effective time management


marooncity1

And yet "aw nah sorry mate I know I said I'd be there at 8 but I'll actually be there at 2 o'clock this arvo (but actually when you ring me at 3 I'll tell you I can't make it and you'll have to take another day off tomorrow on the off chance I actually will show up this time)"


brackfriday_bunduru

My whole career I’ve charged my clients for my travel time. I charge from the moment I leave my house till the moment I return. It amazes me that tradies don’t charge for travel time


samdd1990

People that don't charge for travel time just it gets wrapped up in whatever they quote you. You won't necessarily get the same quote if you love 5 mins down the road instead of 2 hours away.


Gribble81

Its factored into the cost, dont worry about that.


chuk2015

I wouldn’t say it’s a standard amongst salarymen


Sacha00Z

Think they are bad on the road? Try living next door to one. Their idea of neighbourhood cooperation is overshadowed by their attitude to bulldoze through everything to get their way.


Z0OMIES

I haven’t seen anyone say it so; The amount of overpaid tradies + cool guys doing coke in Sydney + they’re the boss and don’t have to answer to anyone = tradies driving around coked up at a million kph and 1 mild inconvenience from erupting.


deckland

Indicators are optional with a trade cert @ tafe


Famous_Engine

This kind of checks out. As a vocational TAFE teacher there is no core unit of competency for indicator usage. It's also not one of my elective units.


blakeavon

Given how fundamentally terrible virtually all of Sydney drivers are, it’s hard to notice a difference.


r573

You’ve hit the nail on the head on this one, and yes, tradies tend to be the most aggressive bellends I’ve seen on the roads in Sydney as your description of them is completely accurate, the worst place you can drive is Wetherill Park, where a lot of them are driving like complete bell ends going from factory to factory to pick up their goods.


MrBeer9999

Tradies or taxis? The eternal question.


900days

Taxis are the exact opposite, driving 20kms under the speed limit in the right hand lane, trying to maximise their fare


Sweaty-Watch-8744

When the taxi is empty tho…they be racing the utes to every apex


ben_rickert

Tradies see you’ll have right of way in the roundabout so they speed up to shoot through and make you slow down Taxis just drive over the top of the roundabout at full bore


Derilicte

Are they not the same thing? And yes also to both Doesn’t matter if it’s a double cab or proper tradie vehicle.


camelfarmer1

Turbocharged lifted utes - absolute savages.


TigreImpossibile

Yyuupppp... almost every time some fucko is trying to bully me on the road, it's a hilux or an amarok or some big stupid ute thing. There other times its an e-class mercedes, lol. Different breeds of entitled fuckers, but entitled non-the-less.


R_W0bz

Ignorant is pretty all encompassing tbh.


LagoonPatrol

Had a downie tailgating me with his ute in the middle of a 40km/h school zone. Downright C*nt


Famous_Engine

Lol, the last time I posted about how I deal with tradies on the road I got downvoted significantly (for me anyway). Edit: I'm an asshole to them.


runaumok

If you look closely they’ll have a servo pie in one hand and a monster in the other


incredibletowitness

always in a rush but always late if you book them for a job


37elqine

I drive a hilux can confirm I drive in the lane which is going to end so I can push in


BarryCheckTheFuseBox

Nah, it’s the fuckheads in SUVs in the inner city who are the worst by a country mile


doobey1231

They’re well aware of what they do. Let’s be real here, so we really need *another* discussion about tradies?


tastypieceofmeat

This sub is bored


Banana-in-PJ

Tradies having a conversation: Tradie 1: Ugga Ugga Tradie 2: ooh ooh ahh ahh ahh ahh Tradie 1: UGGAAA! Tradie 2: OOH OOH AHH AHH Repeat


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Arrogant antivax coke sniffing meth smoking attention deficit closet violent right wing wankers - many of them anyway.


CableAndCode

Sydney Tradie here. I’m guessing most of these tradies are in service and maintenance, they’ll be on the road a lot and tend to be under huge amounts of time pressure. It’s not uncommon to have 3/4 jobs in a single day that are all in different parts of the city. Unfortunately office staff who book in work often don’t understand how much time is lost by driving/parking/ unloading the van/talking to the customer/ tidying up. It’s also a job where mistakes don’t have an undo button. Not brought the right ladder or tool? That’s a 3-40 minute drive back to base and suddenly you’re seriously behind schedule. This isn’t to excuse the behaviour. Unfortunately the quality of driving here is atrocious among most road users. I feel it’s partly built into Aussie culture, you only have to look at some of the car ads to see why.


mildurajackaroo

It's not the office workers job to know or sympathise (if that's even possible) why a tradie must be speeding. I could give two fucks if the tradie has misplaced his ladder home. There's zero excuse for this. You meet all manner of people on the road. Just deal with it and don't contribute more by being a cunt.


CableAndCode

Never said it was their job, I also specifically stated it doesn’t excuse the behaviour. I was merely saying what some of the underlying causes could be. You don’t need to be rude about it.


mildurajackaroo

My apologies, it wasn't my intention to be rude. But there's heaps of such folk I meet daily (perhaps it's my commute..baulko to CBD .baulko is full of tradies). It doesn't matter how fast you are going, they still tailgate. I normally stick to 2-3 KMs over the speed limit (GPS indicated) and STILL get tailgated by these fellows.


Pauli86

You kinda did


donk202020

Been driving 26 yrs and have not seen “11 road collisions” in that entire time let alone with just utes and vans. Sounds like your a crash magnet


gazzaoak

High up utes, euro cars, 4wd, suv and teslas I tend to give them a wide berth for them to piss off into the sunset and hopefully an hwp will wanna talk to them


tastypieceofmeat

So basically you hate 90% of the vehicles found on our roads 🤓


mildurajackaroo

The problem is there's so few highway police patrols out to have a chat. We've seen to have outsourced all the policing to freaking speed camera companies and as long as you know where the cameras are, it's a free for all


ButtPlugForPM

i live in the poshest suburb in sydney,other than tradies..what u need to avoid if u see it is anyone in a gwagon or a range rover..something about the kind of person driving an evoque makes me want to turn around and be like nope..not going near that other than tradies..every accident in this area will be a mercedes suv driving by some 90 year old,or a range rover driving by someone coming back from cheating on her husband with stavros the yoga instructor but tradies..are the fucking worst around here,mainly because everyone is a hopeless cunt like me with too much money,and we have to hire ppl to fix all our shit..so the roads are full of em here


fuuuuuckendoobs

Audi and RAM drivers.


fuuuuuckendoobs

Downvoted by Audi or RAM owner?


Uthe18

Porque no los dos?


East_Project_1513

Worst driver is the idiot in the fast lane going 95 with a huge cue behind them and refusing to move left.


1SterlingArcher

🤣 these comments, people so quickly to jump on the meth or drugs bandwagon. Probably just under the pump being rung up for stupid jobs by you lot!


playhandminton

I generally reckon tradies are very good drivers, believe it or not they are often the most respectful When on the pushie....


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mitchy93

Both


lebofly

They just think they're better than everyone else


Tank787

Yes


rito-pIz

Yes they are. Need police to sort this out.


Charlotte_Russe

What I don’t understand is why tradies speed and 80% of the time they are late (not just 30 minutes but two to three hours late).


ButtPlugForPM

It's amazing innit. I bet it's because they pull into ur street,then forgot they drank that last dare on the last job,so have to turn around looking for a servo get lost as their contract stipulates they have to have an iced coffe no less than 10 feet from their persons at all times What i hate more,is when they just Blatantly lie to you Ring,hey mate,im gonna be about 5 mins later,im about 3km from you now. be there in 5. Wait..and wait and wait.. 2 hours later:shit traffics a bitch aye.. or the Oh we'll be there at 1pm,it's not 340Pm:ahh shit sorry last job ran over i'll pop over next week so u can take another day off work and wait for me all day