lorries v cars 1223
I don't know the figures, but I would happily take a bet that the majority of those thrown out could be easily repaired. Or are still working but owners simply...
lorries v cars 1224
Multidrop as currently practiced. Example: Full cap load of paper reels to go to Leeds from Hull. I'm going to use...
NCAP pedestrian protection observation 1225
DavidR" wrote in message So how would you measure the difference between the risk posed...
NCAP pedestrian protection observation 1226
Unit distance seems reasonable as long as conditions are genuinely like for like. The links Nick Finnigan gave suggests conditions are not too dissimilar then. However the...
3 accidents in a week
What is it about this time of year and road accidents? In the last week I have witnessed 2 accidents and come across a third just after it happened. Normally I can...
Aircraft pollute so tax the motorist
NeedforSwede2" wrote in message says... The toll is for everyone using the M4, most of whom won't be going to or from the airport. If people stop flying, which you say is...
Don't you just hate it... N!rmpbcBiyXn8GRV.z60~gpz0J#a0P_LaB.sV
If you have been that way you may have noticed that the entire route now has large refuge...
8 years for car over a sea wall person
The sentence seems about right to me although my usual complaint about concurrent sentencing stands...
8 years for car over a sea wall person
Daytona came up with the following;: Whilst on the face of it this sounds bad, I also...
Pedestrian jailed for walking into road
One for Doug ... care to tell us all how the car driver was obviously responsible for the accident...
Tips for driving across Europe 1233
You'll get lost in Belgium on the way there and arround Dusseldorf on the way back. Signage is terrible! Don't rely on the Yahoo Route Planner. Those things...
Tips for driving across Europe 1234
BrianW Not really, but since there's no equivalent (that I know of) in English I'll let this one slide. The closest resemblance I can come up is the...
Tips for driving across Europe 1235
It's really very easy driving on the right hand side. You'll be amazed how easy it is. A few...
Tips for driving across Europe 1236
Christian McArdle That is very good advice. It is mainly a problem when there is no other traffic about...
End the body counts uU|G*dfHK8Zr48
This was forwarded to the the RoADA list for "comments". I wonder what response it will get here (as if I couldn't guess :-) THE BODY COUNTS! www.slower-speeds.org.uk-endthebodycounts The Slower Speeds...
End the body counts
tim (moved to sweden)" wrote in message I have taken the time to read through their website. Their main concern appears to be that...
Road rage bus driver caught on camera! 1239
Brimstone Oh absolutely - I like the thinking. Unfortunately, for the general public, you can't demand it - merely encourage it. However, for a "professional" in a service industry, that's why I believe the apology should...
Road rage bus driver caught on camera! 1240
Douglas Hall But how do we know that normally he's not the most placid, laid back, couldn't give a...
Road rage bus driver caught on camera! 1241
Brimstone Nonsense. I'm making no such buttumption there - read what I wrote, rather than what you buttume I wrote. But as you've raised the issue of the...
ABOUT TIME 1242
You can't park a car on the street a get leave 'borrowed' it Does your policy actually say that, or is that simply the way you choose to interpret that...
ABOUT TIME 1243
car, car, clearly to that the should That may be the case in general, but as far as whether you are insured or not, is not up...
ABOUT TIME 1244
Ian Dalziel" wrote in message Not necessarily. One common situation where someone might drive a car not owned by them is when they go to have a look at a car for sale...
The worst drivers in the UK
Conducted by lads' magazine FHM, the survey also showed that Belfast had the drunkest drivers, and Bristol the safest. The calmest young drivers came from Lincoln, while the cars with the least modifications were owned...
Most beautiful car
The thing is, Dan, every truck driver on this ng is used to a very simple concept- specifying a vehicle to do a particular job...
Two incidents in two miles
1. Small car driven by female approaches traffic lights, left turn indicator goes on during the approach. Front wheels give some indication of turning, then straighten up...
Two incidents in two miles
I had one today. I'd been at a birthday party in a town about 15 miles away. A Punto behind us took exception to doing 30...
Any thoughts
Comfortably Numb My initial impression is that they would stand a much better chance of being taken seriously if they didn't have the "my car is better than yours" atbreastude...
Maniac to avoid
Friday afternoon, I'm driving back from a holiday with a full pbuttenger load and a full boot. Heading on the A685 towards the A66...
Exceeding the speed limit vs uninsured driving 1251
Nick Finnigan Right about the point where it details the vehicle covered. Ok, what would happen if your wife (buttuming you're married) took your insurance certificate naming you as the driver with...
Exceeding the speed limit vs uninsured driving 1252
be Car TAX, VED for the private motorist. You try taxing a car at a post office, if...
Exceeding the speed limit vs uninsured driving 1253
Traders do it. If private motorists got an insurance policy which covered the car without explicitly mentioning, I don't see...
Exceeding the speed limit vs uninsured driving 1254
My insurance does meet the requirements of the RTA - because the car I took out the policy for, is covered for all purposes. Cover for "other cars" is...
Exceeding the speed limit vs uninsured driving 1255
stonechip? "caused it"? By driving down a road, and some stone getting flipped up from my tyres? Sorry, I'm not seeing the negligence there. I don't see as a driver how I...
Exceeding the speed limit vs uninsured driving 1256
For a private motorist - ie not a trader, it's not sufficient that they have a policy...
Exceeding the speed limit vs uninsured driving 1257
Bollocks. Do not get an "Any Car" policy confused with the catch-all "Somebody else's car" clause on most policies. No. The driver must have...
Exceeding the speed limit vs uninsured driving 1258
What is? What's the MIB about then? What about case law regarding unattended cars on public roads that weren't...
Exceeding the speed limit vs uninsured driving 1259
That bit above. It's a database of some vehicles that have insurance policies with their registration numbers explicitly...
Exceeding the speed limit vs uninsured driving 1260
It IS sufficient that they have a policy that allows them to drive any car. It's about compensating people for crashes caused...
Exceeding the speed limit vs uninsured driving 1261
David Taylor Then why do households families that have more than one car need anything more than insuring a...
Exceeding the speed limit vs uninsured driving 1262
13:14:47 -0700: Mine just says (words to the effect) 3rd party cover to drive other vehicles. No more qualification on the duration, or the insurance state, or the ownership of these other vehicles. From...
Exceeding the speed limit vs uninsured driving 1263
Adrian So? What's the salient difference between this and an "any car" policy? My policy doesn't say I'm only insured to drive another car for 5 minutes...
Exceeding the speed limit vs uninsured driving 1264
Maybe in some cases, but not all my policies have stated this. Going back over time, I used to note that the clause used to mention being covered to drive cars insured elsewhere...
I Failed! 1265
Clive George I think it was because I was nervous, and tired. The main reason was because it wasn't smooth enough. This...
I Failed! 1266
It happens that Peter formulated : Nervous is natural, but you should learn to settle down quickly. Do you take many other driving pbuttengers out...
I Failed! 1267
After serious thinking Peter wrote : Even I am slightly nervous with a new pbuttenger. They have to...
SPECS questions Approved: wibble
On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 10:34:26 +0100, Tim Downie was popularly supposed to have said: I don't know for certain how the units work, but a best guess is as follows: In each unit, you...
SPECS questions 1269
says... OK...I think if you see one it'll explain it better. Here's one I scanned in a while ago: You enter them manually however I'll refer you...
SPECS questions 1270
says... They're stored, by the vehicle, in the traffic office for the haulier. The traffic...
It *must* be the fault of the brakes
On one car forum I read someone has just posted this... " Okay here's the issue....I don't like the brakes of the Fabia and never have but never made anything of it...
The Law and legality of Parking Tickets
Some brief extracts from The Bill of Rights Act of 1868 plus 1 section 12 states:- "That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures...
Be honest
One, 20 years ago, nipping round to the estate agent to put down the deposit on my first house. Was trying not to lose...
A note about all the polluting 4x4 drivers
Went to the local dump today to get rid of some old packaging, you know the rubbish created by visits to Ikea etc. Our dump trys to encourage people to sort out there...
A note about all the polluting 4x4 drivers... 1275
were saying : Which very few people need to do. Which very few people need to do. Which very few people need to do. For you. They block sightlines for others far more than "normal cars...
A note about all the polluting 4x4 drivers... 1276
they were saying : So very few people would find that a requirement in a vehicle. So it's irrelevant to the vast majority of people at best. Perhaps you ought to take advantage of the...
A note about all the polluting 4x4 drivers... 1277
they were saying : Not at all. They serve a purpose*. Would you buy a Merc Actros to go to Tesco to pick the shopping up? Of course not. * - Unlike...
A note about all the polluting 4x4 drivers... 1278
they were saying : OK, the figures I found on Google were wrong. So that's the 2.5 Forester, managing the sparkling heights of 26mpg combined and 250g-km... Mmmm. But don't forget this bit :- Make that...
A note about all the polluting 4x4 drivers... 1279
they were saying : That mind of yours really IS closed, isn't it? That, in general, 4x4s-SUVs are larger, heavier, and far less efficient than the equivalent "normal car"; that they don't actually do anything...
You must die a fiery rest
buttuming the one flash is not from a Landrover driven by a complete nutter:- I watched in my mirrors as a white Landrover gradually...
60mph to 0 in a mbuttive cloud of smoke
is the above likely to damage the tyres in any way ? flat spots ? delamination ? some twunt...
60mph to 0 in a mbuttive cloud of smoke
During my time in the police I underwent an accident investigation course. One way to work out how fast a car was going prior...
Fresh off R4
Adrian I think it sucks, personally. If they want to stop "unscrupulous motorists taking out cheap policies on a low risk car...
More rest wishes
Approaching a 4-way mini roundabout last night. Cars approaching it to my right have quite an open view of THEIR right, so tend to approach at speed at times. Because of this...
ABD Francis Right To Silence Cameras Has anyone had case postponed 1285
Just be even about it. From the Traffic Commisioner's Annual Report for 2003-2004: "As in 200203, when licences in SEMTA reduced in number by 2...
ABD Francis Right To Silence Cameras Has anyone had case postponed 1286
says... I can drive extremely fast. Not as fast as when I used to have a RACMSA licence but still...
ABD Francis Right To Silence Cameras Has anyone had case postponed 1287
It's nothing to do with a spine. According to EU(?) law, you're not obliged to incriminate yourself, but these forms encourage or even demand it. FWIW, when I was done for...
ABD Francis Right To Silence Cameras Has anyone had case postponed 1288
Why do you say that? If she? loses the case, presumably she'll have to pay...
ABD Francis Right To Silence Cameras Has anyone had case postponed 1289
is it apparently so side-swiped I think you are missing my point. I don't think it's unreaonable for an owner to made...
ABD Francis Right To Silence Cameras Has anyone had case postponed 1290
I don't think that it is unreasonable for a government to say: "Ownership of a motor vehicle carries with it grave responsibilities and the use of motor...
ABD Francis Right To Silence Cameras Has anyone had case postponed 1291
to of motor that are Because I am looking at it from a different POV. You are looking at it simply as a means...
ABD Francis Right To Silence Cameras Has anyone had case postponed 1292
I'm sorry but I don't believe that it is. Speed limits have always been enforced...
ABD Francis Right To Silence Cameras Has anyone had case postponed 1293
Lets face it, in general, the standard of policing of our road networks is utter pooe these days...
ABD Francis Right To Silence Cameras Has anyone had case postponed 1294
Firstly it would be impossible to create a machine that could determine whether speed was excessive or...
ABD Francis Right To Silence Cameras Has anyone had case postponed uU|G*dfHK8Zr48 1295
That is your prerogative, but I can butture you that it is true. If all speed limits...
ABD Francis Right To Silence Cameras Has anyone had case postponed 1296
I don't agree. As you are aware, any 'profit' that the camera partnerships make is ring-fenced to be used for additional cameras or other road-safety initiatives. By all accounts they...
ABD Francis Right To Silence Cameras Has anyone had case postponed 1297
Uno Hoo! Indeedy! Every driver is facing different circumstances. I know that my tyres are correctly...
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