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The smallest car you can get in Victoria is a Kia Picanto or a Suzuki Ignis. We're talking under 900kg. They're usually driven by the very young or very old.
I get around Melbourne in an old Ignis. The government frames us like we're the unsafe ones. The road blimps are getting out of hand.
Fun story: I annoyed a guy in a Silverado last month by (gasp) getting in front of it so I could see. He pulls up next to me and starts yelling at my roof. I couldn't even see the dickhead's face.
I drive a Swift and a motorbike in Melbourne. I'm convinced 2 out of three drivers in Melbourne have zero ability to recognise they are part of an ecosystem and that the road doesn't uniquely belong to them.
And tell me about being blamed for our own safety. Can't even go for a decent ride any more because I've seen potholes that can swallow a man. And now they have.
The potholes were definitely not caused by motorcycles and Swifts. I can't believe the hypocricy of people who buy a 3 tonne rolling whale and complain about the prevalence of potholes.