And their government allows it (for now).

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20091102/tod-skorean-cabbies-can-carry-on-viewing-7f81b96.html

Bod

"Bod"  wrote in message 
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> And their government allows it (for now).
>
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20091102/tod-skorean-cabbies-can-carry-on-viewing-7f81b96.html
>
> Bod

I drive and watch TV.  It's handy if you're stuck in a traffic jam and 
Emmerdale is starting.
Sometimes the digital signal breaks up a bit too in the city centre.  Most 
of the time I have
the TV on whilst driving to and from work, or to the shops at the weekend.
The garage sorted it so it didn't ony work when I was parked up - I paid 
enough for it as
an optinal extra.

Roger wrote:
> "Bod"  wrote in message 
> news:7ldlknF3do755U1@mid.individual.net...
>> And their government allows it (for now).
>>
>> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20091102/tod-skorean-cabbies-can-carry-on-viewing-7f81b96.html
>>
>> Bod
> 
> I drive and watch TV.  It's handy if you're stuck in a traffic jam and 
> Emmerdale is starting.
> Sometimes the digital signal breaks up a bit too in the city centre.  Most 
> of the time I have
> the TV on whilst driving to and from work, or to the shops at the weekend.
> The garage sorted it so it didn't ony work when I was parked up - I paid 
> enough for it as
> an optinal extra.
> 
> 
Yes, my son used to have a Merc with a small built 
in tv, he could only watch it when parked up 
though. I'm pretty sure that his was an analogue 
type. If I remember properly, only the sound would
work, unless parked up.

Bod

[This followup was posted to uk.rec.driving and a copy was sent to the 
cited author.]

In article , bodron57@tiscali.co.uk 
says...
> And their government allows it (for now).
> 
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20091102/tod-skorean-cabbies-can-carry-on-viewing-7f81b96.html
> 
> Bod
> 
I saw a TV show a couple of years ago about South Korea and technology. 
Some of their home market phones and Car stereos had full broadcast 
digital TV and proper 3D sat nav that even showed the real adverts on 
the screen billboard as you drove past the real one.

TV watching in the car isn't quite so silly in a Soeul rush hour as the 
traffic moves about half the speed of London, and you can watch a full 
feature film on the journey in.
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I followed a little red Nissan for ten miles down tiny little N Yorks 
back roads this morning.

I usually expect these cars and their owners, not to make much if any 
progress, but this one was not only making good progress, its driver 
knew how to make full use of the sight lines to maintain speed and 
safety through the bends. Little use of brakes and all the appropriate 
signals and positioning. I followed it all the way almost into Ripon 
centre, where it branched off about a mile out.

I got into the centre, to find this red Nissan rejoin me, but behind me 
and from my left. I was in shock as I took a good look at the driver 
who's driving I had not faulted for ten miles. I took a quick glance as 
I passed her on my left - it was a little old lady. She then followed 
me into local supermarket car park chose herself a spot and reverse 
parked it with amazing deterity - impressed I certainly was.

-- 
Regards,
        Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:28:39 +0000, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
> I got into the centre, to find this red Nissan rejoin me, but behind me
> and from my left. I was in shock as I took a good look at the driver
> who's driving I had not faulted for ten miles. I took a quick glance as
> I passed her on my left - it was a little old lady. She then followed me
> into local supermarket car park chose herself a spot and reverse parked
> it with amazing deterity - impressed I certainly was.

I remember once I saw a 'boy racer' type car (not sure of the model) 
racing up behind me possibly at 80mph. As we reached a queue of cars the 
driver quite dangerously overtook the queue accelerating heavily and shot 
off. 

It was the kind of thing you'd expect from a 17 year old that's just 
passed his test showing off to his mates.  But when I looked in my rear 
view mirror I saw the guy was about 70.

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:28:39 +0000, Harry Bloomfield hollered:

> I followed a little red Nissan for ten miles down tiny little N Yorks
> back roads this morning.
> 
> I usually expect these cars and their owners, not to make much if any
> progress, but this one was not only making good progress, its driver
> knew how to make full use of the sight lines to maintain speed and
> safety through the bends. Little use of brakes and all the appropriate
> signals and positioning. I followed it all the way almost into Ripon
> centre, where it branched off about a mile out.
> 
> I got into the centre, to find this red Nissan rejoin me, but behind me
> and from my left. I was in shock as I took a good look at the driver
> who's driving I had not faulted for ten miles. I took a quick glance as
> I passed her on my left - it was a little old lady. She then followed me
> into local supermarket car park chose herself a spot and reverse parked
> it with amazing deterity - impressed I certainly was.

Heh, I always like stories like that. My dad worked in Sweden in the late 
60s and early 70s in the steel industry. Plenty of tales of opposite 
locking grannies in old Volvos..

Mike P

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:28:39 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
 wrote:

>I usually expect these cars and their owners, not to make much if any 
>progress

Huh?

"Harry Bloomfield"  wrote in message 
news:mn.24187d9b8f4f992d.106911@NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk...
>I followed a little red Nissan for ten miles down tiny little N Yorks back 
>roads this morning.
>

You will get a name for yourself!

> I usually expect these cars and their owners, not to make much if any 
> progress, but this one was not only making good progress, its driver knew 
> how to make full use of the sight lines to maintain speed and safety 
> through the bends. Little use of brakes and all the appropriate signals 
> and positioning. I followed it all the way almost into Ripon centre, where 
> it branched off about a mile out.
>
> I got into the centre, to find this red Nissan rejoin me, but behind me 
> and from my left. I was in shock as I took a good look at the driver who's 
> driving I had not faulted for ten miles. I took a quick glance as I passed 
> her on my left - it was a little old lady. She then followed me into local 
> supermarket car park chose herself a spot and reverse parked it with 
> amazing deterity - impressed I certainly was.
>

Thank God the speed limit is only 30mph and she wasn't wearing her
glasses.


> -- 
> Regards,
>        Harry (M1BYT) (L)
> http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
>
>