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Over Half Of All baneities Occur On Rural Roads
This is what an advert on the local radio starts with. It goes on to tell...

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The Enforcer Actually, I generally haven't found them too bad around here. Actually, most of them are pretty empty. I'm now doing a...

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Same here in East Anglia. Scares the Sh**e out of me most of the time. As...

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Check your maps - the A543 from Llansannan to Denbigh used to have regular baneities. On one occasion I was driving down to Denbigh and approaching a sharp...

What a p*****k 5
On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 23:37:27 GMT, Harry Bloomfield Of course, but the car park was 90% empty - the guy behind has no real way...

What a p*****k 6
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 23:44:45 GMT, Harry Bloomfield OP can clarify, but I saw it as the other driver carrying on past him. Another curiosity to...

What a p*****k 7
Ed Chilada wrote on 21-03-2006 : I'm not actually sure myself whether it was a reaction to being overtaken or something entirely unconnected which caused the later 'performance'. 1, 2 and 3...

What a p*****k 8
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:57:57 -0000, "Brimstone" "gobbing off" "shut the f*** up" Hmm...

What a p*****k 9
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:00:52 +0100, Harry Bloomfield Got it. Got to say, after all I've been saying about the madness...

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On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:35:10 +0100, Harry Bloomfield It's based on photos! Have your tried Google Earth Harry? If you could see it as I can see it perhaps...

What a p*****k 11
OK, I said "Tomorrow", but I didn't expect Google Video to take 4 days to "verify" my video... so here...

What a p*****k 12
Ed Chilada laid this down on his screen : The reasons for your obsession with this leave me more...

What a p*****k 13
How do you pbutt cars 1 and 2 without first pbutting car 3, if it is showing no sign of attempting to overtake? Well, driver 3 (allegedly) overtook on a roundabout using...

What a p*****k 14
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:09:29 GMT, Harry Bloomfield So the guy turned off immediately after being overtaken...

What a p*****k 15
Ed Chilada brought next idea : I remained quite some distance behind him all the time, just keeping him within sight, you...

What a p*****k 16
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:45:39 GMT, Harry Bloomfield How do you know? What defines the limits and how do you know what your limit is anyway? Surely to crash...

What a p*****k 17
Ed Chilada presented the following explanation : When it is absolutely safe to do so and sight lines permit it - I do as a...

What a p*****k 18
Ed Chilada laid this down on his screen : He was gaining on the straights, but loosing out on the bends and when meeting any hazards. Which was why I caught up with him, nothing at...

What a p*****k 19
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:47:56 +0100, Harry Bloomfield Hi again Harry. I'm curious as to...

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were saying : Indeed. Because drivers forget about the fact there may be a hazard such as a horse just around...

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On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 23:37:29 +0100, Harry Bloomfield The opposite? Surely the opposite is to try and lose him by letting him go, but perhaps I'm arguing about an ill-used phrase. Extreme...

Reporting bad driving
I suspect that a lot could be done to contain some of the worst driving if only there were a quick and easy way for other motorists to report them - effectively. That ability...

Campaign to Further Frustrate BMW Drivers CFFBD
within the space of 30 mins I was tailgated & flashed by some twunt who was apoplectic with rage, shouting...

so, do you own a gas guzzler Approved: wibble
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:41:42 GMT, . was popularly supposed to have said: Oh stop being a berk...

You all trying to kill me
Had a tanker on the last couple of days. So far... Tuesday. M60 Eastbound where the lanes narrow. Silly unpleasant woman in...

Serious Motorway Accidents and Stopping to help
Yes... and no. A few years back, I was on the M25 - when suddenly my side of the mo'way reservation. f***ADOODLEDOO. Before I knew what I was doing...

Annoyance of the day: Right turner on main artery
Not disputing the legality. It's when given the choice between causing a traffic jam, and going a few hundred more metres up the road thereby NOT causing a traffic jam, she, just...

OK that's enough
I have just flipped this morning. Living in a rather quiet residential estate, which has a long winding road running...

nearly taken out by driver using mobile got a result
I'm on a roundabout and I notice that the car approaching the roundabout has a blonde at the wheel with a mobile phone clamped to her head. did she see me ? no...

nearly taken out by driver using mobile got a result
Our estate sounds similar in layout. We have chicanes and speedbumps every 100 yards or so. Hasn't modified...

Premium" Fuel Con
Hey, quick post just to say I've been researching this matter for some time, and although it may give a...

OT Sued for flaming
Silk So? You're wrong, there is no legal concept of the "weight" of the defamation when it comes to apportioning blame. Weight, where it applies, is considered when...

Compulsory daytime dipped headlights
Found this article in my local free newspaper: ---- Daytime Lights On The Horizon For All European Motorists Drivers in the...

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Clive George This is a very tricky area, as the notion of doing things unconsciously is a bit of a misnomer. People get into very slack habits...

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Very good. So why are you getting it wrong? Risk compensation depends on the un-subconscious to work - although that may not be in the strict...

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Clive George OK, this is yet another, seperate issue, you are butterting this is true...

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Clive George How does anything like that work? If it could work for you, it...

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Ok, I haven't mentioned the missing bit here - that there is a reward (percieved or otherwise) for...

Compulsory daytime dipped headlights 39
Clive George Well, isn't that simply a pavlovian kind of pay-off? Driver thinks the car is more capable, drives faster (but could still...

BBC1 Traffic Cops 40
What gets me is this. If you take a gun and you go point it at...

BBC1 Traffic Cops 41
Does it matter? In *this* circumstance, it probably wasn't, but how could the police know...

BBC1 Traffic Cops 42
Initially at least, that isn't *strictly* true. When you start to drive, you're not individually...

BBC1 Traffic Cops
Showers are a nice-to-have. I've only had the option of using one in one place of work - but that...

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We talked generally about people who can't afford their premiums. We've never fully established the demographic. I appreciate that 17yo do have higher premiums but if...

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were saying : Yes, we did - you claimed that it was unfair that 17yos had such high premiums and that they were all lumped together...

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Yeah, we've talked about various demographics, I've talked about my 18yo brother of course, but like I say, we've not really established the demographic that's the worst for not paying insurance (or do...

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were saying : Yes, I do. It's criminals who see no problem in breaking the law. No, the only thing...

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I'll get around to replying to the rest when I have more time, but this bit made me laugh *so* much, I had to reply...

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Well I certainly have to tell them enough details about myself. I can't imagine there's too many people of...

BBC1 Traffic Cops 51
Ed Chilada I think you brought it in with you. I have yet to see a long drawn out thread where there is more than you on...

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They allow the car to be tracked at a distance where the driver doesn't realise he's being tracked. When the car pulls up, the tracker will be only a few seconds behind...

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What people? What chase? Conor simply asked: "Ever watch TV programmes where it shows the Police trying to...

Speeding Ticket 55
were saying : NIP - Notice of Intented Prosecution. The "You've been naughty, and we've gotcha" letter which asks you to cough as to...

Speeding Ticket 56
Adrian you don't understand ? why didn't you just say so. allow me to explain: have you read the sentencing guidelines for magistrates ? do you...

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Adrian some notes:itallics are my comments Article 6 ˆ Right to a fair triali.e has procedure been followed? Fixed penalties If a fixed penalty was...

Using the wrong lane
Steve Smith To be fair it may require a bit of local knowledge, the road...

LondonEdinburgh fastest route
If you have to leave on the M11 anyway then straight up the A1 is probably sensible. Just...

What the L
Me approaching roundabout in L2 of 2, indicator on and both lanes empty except for me intending to turn right...

YOU MUST KNOW THIS MAN
In The Name Of Allaah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful YOU MUST KNOW THIS MAN MUHAMMAD (May peace and blessings of God Almighty be upon him) You may be an atheist or an agnostic; or you...

Fastest route from ringwood to clapham
For a start, when are you doing the journey? (or has it already happened?) For starters, unless you're going at a particularly quiet time, you'll...

Accident question
They said "It's a bad junction, this is the fourth one so far this year" "We've asked the council to...

Gritting on motorways
Last night, around 7.30 pm, I drove from Bolton to Northwich in Cheshire using several motorways in the process (M60, M62, M6, M56). Every single one of them...

no uturns on sign only
Near me there's a 40mph dual carriageway that has a traffic light controlled junction with a side road into an industrial estate. I...

Jings!!! Is it just me
Currently doing a trunk run down to Carlisle and back each night and on the return trip I have to cross the 4th road bridge. Normally there are 2 toll...

VEHICLE SPEEDS IN GREAT BRITAIN: 2005
Is it any wonder that so many people get end and injured on our roads when...

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Most speed limits can be exceeded by 100% totally safely under the right conditions. Most can be...

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iiiiDougiiii" wrote in message Motorways are much safer than the alternative, which is to use 'A' and 'B' roads. Many of which go through villages and other populated areas. Now you're getting silly...

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vulnerable road-pavement users they run down. Nonsense, never heard of the Euro NCAP tests which...

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iiiiDougiiii" wrote in message It is the height of the bonnet and the clearance from the bonnet to the engine that makes the...

s being overtaken 72
Similar thing happened to me yesterday, 2 lane motorway and a snail of lorries at 56 mph together with a line of...

s being overtaken 73
Adrian sounding much like they were saying : What is wrong with people - I drove correctly and safely - Maybe the van driver didn't see it that way. If he was...

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JNugent" wrote in message Where does it say that? HC105 says to keep at least a 2 second gap from the vehicle in front. That is in the section talking about stopping distances. HC144...

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JNugent" wrote in message Here is a link to HC105 which deals with the 2 second gap...

Some of you want your heads testing
But have you taken on board the point made by "Knight of the road"? Have you...

Another accident query
Hi all, Earlier on this week, I got a hire car at Heathrow, and they only had automatics available...



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