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NIP arrived. 996 What Normally there are several such causes. These are then factored into a range of recommendations. Any accident is the result of many occurences, all of which were required to cause that particular accident... NIP arrived. 997 Are you suggesting that I should not ever use the right hand lane of a 2 lane roundabout if going straight on? I has been more or less alongside this car for perhaps a quarter... NIP arrived. 998 I think that there are several things that could be done. When I drive on the continent, I experience driving standards that are worse than ours, so although I wouldn't argue with trying to... NIP arrived. uU\|GdfHK8Zr48 999 Correct. And all we are suggesting is that a perfectly sensible way to start reaching those drivers is to stop using language that pbuttes the buck... Is this common Standard traffic light controlled cross-roads. Waiting behind an Astra indicating right, the lights go amber, I knock on my right indicator, lights go green. First... Is this common 1001 other their From the highway code. 157: When turning at a cross roads where an oncoming vehicle is also turning right, there is a choice... Is this common 1002 MrBitsy submitted this idea : I don't follow that logic behind that theory at all. I do the MSM thing without fail at every turn or deviation... Is this common 1003 As I said, if the signage isn't clear, then it is worth indicating - if you're the last car in the queue. If there could be any... to the contrary Many discussions are about people's competence, or lack of it, and their willingbess to accept that they were in error. Here's someone who has admitted they fould up, but had the presence of mind... NIP arrived. 1005 Yes, there are a small number of drivers who either cannot handle their vehicles well, or who lack experience or observational skills or who think they are more competent... NIP arrived. 1006 I agree that we need to encourage a culture of driver responsibility and self-improvement. If we could... NIP arrived. 1007 like they were saying : I'd put it the other way round - "safer" roads can be driven safely with less care. "So what's the difference?" - the difference lies in the presumed starting point. It... NIP arrived. uU\|GdfHK8Zr48 1008 I'd be happier if people just stopped pbutting the buck at all :-) No. I understand that The Inland Taipan can be quite dangerous :-) But... NIP arrived. uU\|GdfHK8Zr48 1009 Yep. That has nothing whatsoever to do with the road. Nutters are likely to be found... NIP arrived. 1010 The "danger" is the risk of being harmed. If there is more risk it is more dangerous. Whatever I do, there... This guy is asking for it Glasgow. Saturday afternoon. Very busy. Just crossing the River Clyde on one of the many bridges which has 4 lanes. 2 for turning left and 2 for straight ahead. Im in a 44 tonne artic... This guy is asking for it... 1012 On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 11:29:35 GMT, a particular chimpanzee named produced: Two lanes. You're in the outer lane. Is the sharp left evident from the back of your lorry to the... This guy is asking for it... 1013 Hugo Nebula I cant stay in the RH lane - the trailer will automically move to the left as I drive the tractor unit in the RH lane. Jump the lights? Noooooo... This guy is asking for it... 1014 On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 16:25:14 GMT, a particular chimpanzee named produced: You're buttuming that the victim of your tirade realised... One less nutter.... 1015 Well I won't comment on this case as we don't know the facts, however I do wonder why some motorbikes seem addicted... How the scamera partnerships spend the money On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 01:30:48 -0700, Dave Babb Try driving the 35 mile stretch of the A77 with the specs cameras. It is a f**ing nightmare now, to... Derbyshire helicopter speed enforcent PC Paul More info from 'Police Aviation news', May '05.... "ESlove: Eslove Police is about... Derbyshire helicopter speed enforcent N!rmpbcBiyXn8GRV.z60~gpz0J#a0P_LaB.sV Yup. I drove into London yesterday, in a FoB 4x4 just to pee off Duhg and his ilk. An interesting feature was that at one point there were three people on the street with... I don't see speed cameras Been flashed twice now and got one nip. Been trying my best to keep below all speed limits and I am finding it quite difficult. What I used to do was always... I don't see speed cameras Approved: wibble On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 09:21:26 +0100, MrBitsy was popularly supposed to have said: There is a company, to which I am not in... I don't see speed cameras 1021 MrBitsy Speedo-gazing is not the answer. IMO the best way to get caught by speed cameras... I don't see speed cameras 1022 My sentiments exactly. There is this myth floating about that thousands of 'innocent' motorists are being... I don't see speed cameras 1023 No, clearly it wasn't. But, as I have pointed out many times before, you are mistaken in believing that the number of traffic patrols... I don't see speed cameras uU\|GdfHK8Zr48 snip Personally, I really don't care what the speed limit is when is comes to choosing an appropriate speed. I just drive according to the conditions... I don't see speed cameras 1025 Obviously you haven't driven in North Wales or Cleveland then. I got done for 35... 90 mph limit for motorways. 1026 Examples in other countries where this has been done suggest that this is not the case... 90 mph limit for motorways. 1027 If you want speed limits to be taken seriously, they should only be applied where it is actually dangerous to exceed them! Otherwise, people WILL regularly exceed them, and although... Techniques for new drivers was: NIP Arrived Second try... new post this time rather than followup. Duh! OK. I'll Bite and here it is, a new thread... Techniques for new drivers was: NIP Arrived 1029 I replied to the other one before I spotted it wasn't a new thread... Mark Foster advanced techniques and heuristics should be taught to new drivers? Hmm! I... Techniques for new drivers was: NIP Arrived uU\|GdfHK8Zr48 1030 Yes, sorry about that. I posted a followup before I realised that decent newsreaders (like this one) will thread on references rather than just the subject line. Sorry, I fail to see how any... Techniques for new drivers was: NIP Arrived 1031 Mark Foster I think it is still taught at basic level, but is the corresponding correct behaviour learnt as a result? Evidence... Techniques for new drivers was: NIP Arrived uU\|GdfHK8Zr48 1032 But all can be taught. Whilst they are a little verbose with full text, I think it does add a necessary degree of elaboration for first time readers... Techniques for new drivers was: NIP Arrived uU\|GdfHK8Zr48 1033 And? Why should someone who lives way out in the back of beyond and has never been on a fast motorway standard DC let alone a motorway... Techniques for new drivers was: NIP Arrived 1034 sounding much like they were saying : Let's get this back to where it was - You weren't talking about "not being allowed to use Motorways" - you were talking about not being allowed to... Techniques for new drivers was: NIP Arrived uU\|GdfHK8Zr48 1035 I simply proposed a few ideas to raise the standards of driving on the roads. I am... Techniques for new drivers was: NIP Arrived 1036 sounding much like they were saying : You want an hour of driving test. To include motorway, that means a maximum of twenty minutes - guaranteed, all day, every day, from every test centre... Missus is going to North Wales today, any Arrive alive hotspots On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:13:28 +0100, Sleeker GT Phwoar Those maps cover a fairly small area - the Arrive Alive vans tend to park up inside the areas shown on the maps. The areas... absolute clbuttic crash I have been driving from Welwyn Garden City to Luton airport every evening this week. Last night I had just left Welwyn towards... absolute clbuttic crash Similar, but not quite the same. It's all down to impatience and plain stupidity. My... Safety Camera Partnerships cost recovery criteria Conor "You'll be waiting a very long time. I manage to do 400+ miles per day all over the UK down unfamiliar roads... IAM drives I've had two sessions with my observer so far. The first was an buttessment, and the 2nd was a 'proper' observed drive. For some reason I've been driving worse than usual on the drive... So what went wrong here then PC Paul" wrote in message Were there any arrows or other signs on the approach to the roundabout to indicate which lane was appropriate for going in which direction? If there were it... Insurance costs You may remember me moaning about having to pay an extra £180 for business cover a few weeks ago. I've just visited the local branch and it's looking more like £15... Insurance costs You may remember me moaning about having to pay an extra £180 for business cover a few weeks ago. I've just visited the local branch and it's looking more like £15... so it seems that not all coppers are Big "aaaaah" everyone ...... Here's at least one copper who's human, maybe. M11 closed to retrieve cuddly toy Police closed a section of the M11 to rescue a girl's soft toy after it flew from... Insurance ads on TV Conor Lol worse: Stockton on Tees... Before the high street was pedestrianised the centre was car parking, with two lanes up and down each side (you'll probably remember it bec ause of your travels... Petrol Cost 1047 net: I studied computer science at uni, studied hard and got good results. A guy I got friendly... Petrol Cost 1048 I'm sure I remember that episode as being completely the other way round. Rubbish. In 1950, we had had the first six years of the postwar educational settlement (pbutted... Petrol Cost 1049 Well I only looked at the maths and history papers. A number of the more difficult concepts... Radio 2 now On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:30:57 +0000, Adrian Why? Who's going to pay for these... I like driving in my car sounding much like they were saying : Really? So all that Armco (four times the distance of road, don't forget) is free? The people installing it are doing it for free... Mobile Speed Cameras Brimstone Rules are there to be broken?? but if you do!! accept the consequences. Driving from Norwich to Dunstable today, a route i... It's only cyclists that jump red lights, you know so I must have been hallucinating this morning on my way in to work. I was at the Alexandra Gate traffic lights, waiting to turn right into traffic. As they went amber, I noted... It's only cyclists that jump red lights, you know Another idiot who doesn't realise that amber means STOP. "You may go on only if the AMBER appears after you have crossed the stop line or... NSL Sign 1055 Brimstone Of course you do. If its a load unloading only road, then when you pbutt that road you know that you are free to drive on any road you like... NSL Sign 1056 Perhaps. There is a better example though; The traffic merges from the left (or right) sign; The one that you usually see... rubberneckers screened At long last the Highways Agency is doing something about rubberneckers. (Pity they can't simply be taken to the side... OT "it can't happen to me A wonderful example of the clbuttic "it can't happen to me" head in the sand (resulting in sand in the head) atbreastude that demonstrates the stupidity of so many people. Beach goers spurn safety... Anyone drive and LPG car 1059 We have 2 LPG vans in our fleet, a Vauxhall corsavan and a transit connect. Both are factory built, and are fantastic. I have my doubts about the online calculators though... Anyone drive and LPG car 1060 It's much cheaper than petrol, but lose a bit of power. You still have a petrol tank, so it's great for driving when you might not be... Breakdown cover 1061 Is it just me, or is anyone else slightly suspicious of companies who use local contractors? Look at it this way... Breakdown cover 1062 In an earlier contribution to this discussion, A lot of insurance companies sell breakdown cover as... Dangerous Roads" 1063 Mike G But if you take the statistical probability of having an accident on a given piece of road and then... Dangerous Roads" 1064 Following up to Mark Foster LOL A few other people don't know what inanimate means so that changes everything, does it? A fair number of... Dangerous Roads" uU\|G*dfHK8Zr48 Who says it's only "a few"? It's not about trust, it's about which is definitive... Which car to buy I need to choose a new car. I can only choose one car to keep for... New driving phenomenon Peter, to certain extent I have to agree with Mark. I pbutted the advanced test and six months later I took observer training. This included how to "observe" and a lot of extra... Satellite Navigation 1068 Conor I stopped driving seriously in 1992. I'd been a plater for a couple of year until late '92 and in '93 I did some... Satellite Navigation 1069 Brimstone laid this down on his screen : Ah, ah.... Well Tomtom is just one of the systems, there are others. Imagine a little box a little bigger than a 20 pack... Dangerous Roads" 1070 On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:59:55 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" They are not side issues. There was...

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