Free Google sat-nav shakes market
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:23:06 -0700 (PDT)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8331824.stm
Shares in sat-nav device companies have fallen substantially after
Google unveiled its free live sat-nav for mobiles on Wednesday.
US firm Garmin fell 18% after details of Google Maps Navigation were
revealed. Dutch firm TomTom fell 9.5% when markets closed on ...
|
Lorry v car
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:04:20 -0000
I approached a roundabout in lane 2 of 3. The roundabout was marked as lane
1 for left, lane 2 for ahead and lane 3 for ahead and right. The lane
markings bend to the left on approach to the roundabout. The roundabout
comes into view approx 100 yards away after a sharp left bend. As I rounded
the bend, I o ...
|
Re: Three out of five existing drivers would fail current driving
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:00:55 +0000
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:40:22 -0000, "Ret." <xxx> wrote:
> I cannot think of any occasions over the 12 years I have been
>driving autos when I have thought: "I wish I'd had a manual to better cope
>with that situation."
I can, London to Aberdeen during threatened petrol supply strike.
--
Mike. .. .
Gone b ...
|
Re: If I took a driving test today
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:48:02 +0000
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:46:41 -0000, "Ret." <xxx> wrote:
>TBH, this is one procedure that I have no strong feelings on either way.
>Certainly on police advanced driving courses, if you gave unnecessary
>signals it would be marked down as poor observation/lack of attention - but
>I agree that giving a signal wh ...
|
Re: Three out of five existing drivers would fail current driving
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:22:56 +0000
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:47:39 +0000 (UTC), boltar2003@yahoo.co.uk
wrote:
>To be fair a manual can be fun on an empty road when you can give the
>car a good thrash , but even then I get bored after 20 mins.
I never "thrash" the LR but I quite like selecting the gear I want for
the hill/bend, mud/snow.
>Ulti ...
|
Re: Three out of five existing drivers would fail current driving
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:16:56 +0000
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:47:39 +0000 (UTC), boltar2003@yahoo.co.uk
wrote:
>Thats a good analogy , I'll have to remember that one :)
as long as you accept the remote costs ¡ê2000 and ¡ê10 a week.
--
Mike. .. .
Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine. ...
|
Re: Three out of five existing drivers would fail current driving test.
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:46:11 +0000
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:33:57 -0000, "Ret." <xxx> wrote:
>I'm not convinced that all these cars are Ex-police. If you look at the
>Lexus, for example, it's described as 1 registered keeper and 1 owner.
>Whilst strictly true if it was owned by a police force - it's a little
>deceptive!
dunno about police, bu ...
|
Re: Three out of five existing drivers would fail current driving test.
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:55:18 +0000
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:14:52 GMT, "zaax" <zaax_guard-groups@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>my car didn't brake because of diesel on the road and I (with the help
>of ABS) swerved around the car in front and didn't have an accident. If
>I didn't have both my hands on the steering wheel i would have hit the
>car in front - t ...
|
Re: Three out of five existing drivers would fail current driving test.
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:53:49 +0000
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:43:01 -0000, "Ret." <xxx> wrote:
>wouldn't it be more
>> sensible and a second or so quicker, if plod is in
>> the correct gear already?
>
>I don't believe so - and clearly neither do the advanced driving
>instructors.
then you should demonstrate it in logic, bods point seems cast ir ...
|
Re: Three out of five existing drivers would fail current driving test.
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:52:32 +0000
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:42:45 -0000, "Ret." <xxx> wrote:
>So once again I pose the query: Traffic officers have far more need to make
>maximum progress on far more occasions than ordinary motorists and they
>*never* change down through the gears when slowing down. Why is that?
because their version of maximum ...
|
