How safe is driving at night?

[scottishcelts]

Originally Posted by oddball

I would mind your rather sarcastic tone sire , many a true word has been spoken in jest . Spiders ; there are a multitude of realy scarey spiders in Australian gardens that would likely scare the bejeebers out of you if one suddenly dropped in your lap whilst you were driving . That being said , the bite of cheranthium(yellow sac)can be very painfull and last up to 10 days , whilst the bite of atrax or hadrychone (funnel-web) can cause severe envenomation,no antidote that realy cures !!! There are others that should also be avoided , but you can waste your own time looking those up , has to be info on the web someplace . Colin

Em...........helloo..............you really are an oddball aren't you Colin! Why so serious? If the only way to communicate with someone is to try and be a smart alec then i'd forget it if i were you and look myself in the attic and throw away the key for a very long time. Why should i bother looking up those words when you have clearly already done so (hence the smarty pants attempt). For your information, i have done heaps of research on oz beasties as i am not a fan. I am also female, so be careful how you reply...............

[oddball]

Originally Posted by scottishcelts

mmm.......................ok now i'm a wee bit scared....................just a tinsy winsy tad scared. I'd be more likely to crash if a spider (i hate even writing/typing that horrid word) crawled over me inside the car. I will definately have to blowtorch the inside of the car first in oz before i even think about drining!!!!!!!!!

I wrote you a logical response to your night driving query and you responded with this drivel and you have the audacity to call me smarty pants ? Please madam, remove your rose coloured glasses next time you look in the mirror to straighten your pointy hat .

[scottishcelts]

er......what? typical response from a man to even suggest i'm a witch

[scottishcelts]

o.k. Colin, i hold my hands up, maybe i was a tinsy winsy tad too harsh on you. I do apologise, sincerely. x

[shimmy]

Umm, having been a passenger in a car being driven down the freeway to sydney by a spiderphobic male, windows down etc and having said spiderphobic chap freeze when seeing a funnelweb wander up his door and into the car (rather than just hitting the button....) having car then swerve all over the show and finally stop in the fast lane while all other occupants pile out screaming except (possibly stupid) me, I can see your point scottish!

What happened next you ask? I whacked the bugger as it was climbing over the front passenger seat towards me. Had to do it several times to kill the thing but we survived, which was nice.

[scottishcelts]

No way, as much as the story is hilarious, i just would have died with shock, i mean it! This is the reason i've been having nightmares, so i think i'll avoid Sydney altogether. I know they are in Queensland as well, but are the Funnelweb not predominantly in Sydney?

They are also huge big mean looking mothers aren't they! So i assume these things are quite 'thick' - body weight i mean. Do they crunch when you hit them (urgh i'm not eating anything for the rest of the day now). How fast are they. I think i'm going to need to carry a spade or something with me at all times!

I'm being serious Oddball if you read this. x

[Aussiejock]

Originally Posted by scottishcelts

No way, as much as the story is hilarious, i just would have died with shock, i mean it! This is the reason i've been having nightmares, so i think i'll avoid Sydney altogether. I know they are in Queensland as well, but are the Funnelweb not predominantly in Sydney?

They are also huge big mean looking mothers aren't they! So i assume these things are quite 'thick' - body weight i mean. Do they crunch when you hit them (urgh i'm not eating anything for the rest of the day now). How fast are they. I think i'm going to need to carry a spade or something with me at all times!

I'm being serious Oddball if you read this. x

Don't let funnel webs put you off coming to Sydney. I've lived here for over 41 years and haven't seen one. The really big spiders you get most often are huntsmen and they are good to have around because they eat the mozzies etc. They are more scared of you than you are of them. Only people I've heard of freaking out at the sight of spiders are newly arrived expats. I was one of these once.

[scottishcelts]

Oh, I know Aussiejock, i'm still coming to Oz no matter what, i just worry too much for my own good!....................Still going to carry a beastie self defence thingy! Or i'll invent one if i can't find anything brutal enough!!!

[Queenslander]

Drunk driving question from a Scot - that's a bit rich isn't it? I'm from Brisbane but spent last Hogmanay in Thurso. I have never seen so much drinking in my life and not just beer like you would in most Australian outings - it was whisky - lunatic soup. But I didn't see much drunk driving. I didn't see much at all really after the whisky. Not sure that helps but it was fun writing it

[Dolly]

Night......Day......makes no difference. The Australians do not differentiate between the two - they drive like nutters all the time

Dolly