High-tech Driving

Observing the life in Melbourne, it is one of the most futuristic places I’ve experienced. The government of postal area code 3000 seem to have automated all the vehicles on the roads and strategically made them all drive on the wrong side of the road so as to minimise the risk of possible crashes on the right side of the road. They have taken great precautions in making it seem as though everything is normal by placing a dummy steering-wheel on the other side of the car and programming the car to drive slightly over the road lines every once in a while. Even though this should make it possible for children to also sit in the passenger seat with a dummy wheel, a Melbournian under the age of 21 years is not allowed to be seen behind it. Everyone who has passed their “make-believe” driving instruction lesson, is certified to make the tourist industry believe that the driving situation in Melbourne is just as normal as anywhere else. However, there are those foreigners who insist on bringing their own car and thus need to identify themselves with a “Professional Driver” tag, signified with a capital white “P” on a red square. Australians, who really want to drive by themselves, however are identified by a “Low-Profile” tag, signified by a capital black “L” on a yellow square, and will always have a supervising “make-believe” driver in the passenger seat. The one faulty thing the government has not programmed in the system yet though, is bicycle and animal recognition, which can prove to be very risky for any Australian faulty helmet wearing, dangerous, low-seated, bent-legged cyclist.