Re: If I took a driving test today
Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:52:00 +0000
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:39:52 +0000, Bod <bodron57@tiscali.co.uk>
wrote:
>Yesterday on the M25, a woman in a little red car
>was cutting in and out of lane 1 to lane two with
>no signalling and forcing other cars to brake.
>She was also uncomfortably close to traffic in
>front of her.
>She was in a world of ...
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Heavy goods speed?
Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:51:55 +0000
Noticed a juggernaut type lorry yesterday on the
motorway and I clocked him doing 65mph. I thought
it was law for HGVs to be restricted to 56, or are
there exceptions?
Bod ...
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Re: Three out of five existing drivers would fail current driving test.
Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:12:34 +0000
On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:31:35 -0000, "Ret." <xxx> wrote:
>Harry Bloomfield wrote:
>> Ret. used his keyboard to write :
>>>> I don't know what all the fuss is about, it
>>>> makes sense to be shown the feeding technique when
>>>> you first start driving, but when you've had a
>>>> fair bit of experience, you a ...
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Re: Three out of five existing drivers would fail current driving test.
Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:05:57 +0000
On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:55:36 -0000, "Ret." <xxx> wrote:
>Bod wrote:
>> Mike P wrote:
>>> On 26 Oct, 23:35, Harry Bloomfield <harry.m1...@NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Mike P formulated on Monday :
>>>>
>>>>> Exactly. And if you did that quickly, at speed, as Bod says he
>>>>> needs to, to avoid twats ...
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Re: Speed camera detectors?
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:27:35 +0000
On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:17:25 -0000, Elder
<carl.robson@bouncing-czechs.com> wrote:
>In article <7kjooiF35tcu1U1@mid.individual.net>, bodron57@tiscali.co.uk
>says...
>> Most folk enjoy nice scenery on the way, it breaks
>> up a boring long drive.
>>
>I don't have time to take in the scenery, I'm too busy pa ...
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12 examples of (mostly) parking incompetence for your amusement.
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:16:03 -0000
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/6440323/12-worst-parking-error-videos-on-YouTube.html
--
Alex
"I laugh in the face of danger , then I hide until it goes away"
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Christening
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:14:00 +0000
Christened my new Tom Tom today.
Very impressed.
I am converted.
Bod ...
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Turning right on a roundabout
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:19:52 -0700 (PDT)
See if you agree with animation on this site:
http://www.2pass.co.uk/roundabout.htm
Try the turn right scenario. When you exit the roundabout should you
aim for the outside line of the dual carriageway? I have often
wondered about this. My preference is to change lane when passing the
last but one exit so ...
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If I took a driving test today
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:32:01 +0000
I'd have to train myself to feed the steering
wheel when turning, remember not to do any hand
signals and remember not to change down the gears
when slowing down.
None of these I would personally class as wrong or
dangerous in any way, but I'm sure I would fail if
I didn't do it by the book.
My 44 yrs of b ...
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Traffic police - what a waste of space they are
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:28:27 +0000 (UTC)
I was driving down the A120 towards braintree yesterday. Dual carraigeway,
perfect conditions, light traffic - and naturally there he was. The knob in
the dayglo jacket pointing his little laser at all the oncoming traffic
Is crime really so light in Essex that they can spare some dick to stand at
the side of th ...
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