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A Celebration of My Ennoblement Greetings to my subjects! The news arrived this morning by telephone from Tony Blair himself that he has awarded me a prestigious nobility in gracious thanks for the large cheques I have forwarded the Labour... GATSO 2: The revenge of GATSO.Pt2 LONG Oh gosh, 58 in a 50 - the end of the world is nigh! Sorry to hear about that Ray, this damned speed camera business really is sheer nonsense. Anyhow... oh me Surely not This item is taken from Aberdeens Press and Journal local rag - I've just seen the clip on Scottish TV. Seemingly the paper didnt tell the same story as the TV did. What... motorcyclists more aware than car drivers 1457 Cessna172 Not every time , no. Because in the real world it is all too easy to find yourself slipping into less than perfect habits. With nobody there to remind you every time and no... motorcyclists more aware than car drivers 1458 Because it's dangerous...? Oh, exactly. I didn't-don't want that for my children, thanks. I prefer them undamaged. Er... no. I'm fraid that it's very much... Serious Road Accident caused by a Dog 1459 Mr X Conservation of momentum. The upper bound for a perfectly elastic collision is pretty extreme. buttuming for the moment a perfectly elastic dog in an ideal collision. Before... Serious Road Accident caused by a Dog 1460 nonsensical physics No. I build the engines for them and have spent a fair amount of time on or around race tracks but I wouldn't call... Serious Road Accident caused by a Dog 1461 You have a comprehension problem. Please point out where I said I was incapable of learning from any accident. You asked me what I'd learned from... Serious Road Accident caused by a Dog 1462 rabbit. I That was the Ford Granada back in the mid 80s. One of the... Serious Road Accident caused by a Dog 1463 I think the bottom line is, it depends on how much thinking time you have. I would accept that if I were in the habit of swerving onto... Serious Road Accident caused by a Dog 1464 Mark Foster Like you I get the odd bird - mostly pheasants round here, rabbits, stoat-weasels, hedgehogs and squirrels. Never... Serious Road Accident caused by a Dog 1465 No, I don't think the CICA would cover it. Has to be a crime of... Serious Road Accident caused by a Dog 1466 Strictly speaking threshold braking, as the name suggests, is braking right up to the limit of adhesion without going beyond. Cadence braking is a pumping of the brake pedal... Serious Road Accident caused by a Dog 1467 Willingly" is not a good choice of words for a start, and I don't have only the toddler to consider. I have myself, my pbuttengers and other road users to consider. The... Serious Road Accident caused by a Dog 1468 Hitting the dog will kill or injure one innocent dog and damage a vehicle. The alternatives are reported... Warn If you're approaching a junction with a waiting car, and you're doing say 60mph (with a 60mph limit), and you suspect that the car may pull out, what would you do? Give a short flash... Driving insurance madness Got my renewal quote for next years car insurance from Budget yesterday. Quoted me £60 more than last year which included a £20 arrangement fee - for what? Doing feck all as far as I could... Taxing without V5Already taxedLONG sorry Hiya, My usual car broke down last week on the motorway (timing belt snapped!) and I can't afford to get it fixed or get a 2nd hand engine put into... Lights in fog 1472 Uno Hoo! You were lucky. Last night I had the dubious pleasure of having to drive from Reading to... Lights in fog 1473 I was driving in the very early hours of Sunday morning along the M25 (Surrey section) in fog which went from thin to quite thick in... GATSO 2: The revenge of GATSO. Pt1 LONG Me thinks someone has their maths wrong 400 Yds. In Cheshire alone which has some somewhere... Motorway Drivers No, it's believing that you know what's about to happen before it does. I've yet to have to make a major motorway swerve. I've hard-pulled into another lane, which whilst not as... pipeline fuel card Questions and answers from the MSE forum - "Pipeline facts and fiction Thank you to all of you who have signed up. Our membership is growing and we are really grateful to Martin for his support... an interesting experiment An interesting experiment with some interesting outcomes, and some totally predictable. Driving the argument home By Sean Coughlan BBC News A campaign is under way to lower speed limits to 20mph in urban areas... Higher Performance Bulbs headlights Why should other drivers or road users give a toss? They are correctly adjusted, and do not dazzle when dipped. I have checked, and can... stand by for chaos Lots of luvverly snow on the way. Who wants to bet the usual privatesheads will get stuck abd blame someone else.? (Not... Anyone want a Laguna 2.0RT for sparesrepair Free to a good home :- N regd Laguna 2.0 TR in Dark Green.. Good engine, transmission and bodywork. The Story.. Girlfriends car, started to get... what a load of tossers A slight dusting of snow and the country grinds to a halt. Bloody useless!! Hundreds stuck on snow-hit moor Hundreds... what a load of tossers Approved: wibble On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 11:07:17 -0000, Conor was popularly supposed to have said: In Lancashire, Plod being too busy to attend is actually something of a blessing. A year or two back, I and... Good riddance to my Citroen C5 In June 2002 I bought a new Citroen C5. Under its 3 year warranty it had... Good riddance to my Citroen C5 at I paid £12,500 as the Citroen website carried a £3,000 voucher that needed to be presented to the dealer... Bill of Rights contest 1485 Be still! and revere Dave, who blessed us with their presence on 29 Nov 2005... GO DAVE! GO DAVE! GO DAVE! GO DAVE! GO DAVE! GO DAVE! GO DAVE! GO DAVE! GO... Bill of Rights contest 1486 Be still! and revere Phillip Kyle, who blessed us with their presence on 30 Nov... Bill of Rights contest Approved: wibble 1487 On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:38:40 +0000, Alistair J Murray was popularly supposed to have said: The Bill of Rights is actually no bad thing at all. It prevents the authority of the... Bill of Rights contest Approved: wibble 1488 On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:43:50 +0000 (UTC), Brimstone was popularly supposed to have said: Years and years ago, from... Bill of Rights contest 1489 It can't be worse than McGonagall A Humble injectione Twas at the Seige of Matagarda, during the Peninsular War, That a... Bill of Rights contest 1490 Thank you for visiting soc.culture.scottish in pursuit of education. Today's (Dec 10th 05) poetic gem is Mcgonagall's An Address to the New Tay Bridge BEAUTIFUL new railway... Bill of Rights contest 1491 Thank you for visiting soc.culture.scottish in pursuit of education. Today's (Dec 10th 05) poetic gem is Mcgonagall's... Bill of Rights contest 1492 It can't be worse than McGonagall Today's Scottish Cultural Gem is Mcgonagall's: A Humble injectione Twas at the Seige of... Right hand screwy drivers Why is it some drivers think the RH lane is somehow a default place to be? Going into town yesterday in my low-power-machine, I kept in the LH lane and pulled up at... Right hand screwy drivers Really? I have been driving for 35 years. Cars include Lotus, a works BMW 325i and many others. I... Right hand screwy drivers dave came up with the following;: And she would know you're waiting for her, how, exactly? Why did you wait? Almost any car available can and will 'beat' most 4x4s from lights by... Driving in Germany Given where you are going, pay attention to weather conditions and signs. It is an offence to go into the mountains without snowchains and there will be signs to let you know when you are... Digital TV in cars I-Newswire) - London, 1 December 2005: Frontier Silicon - the leading fabless manufacturer of semiconductors for mobile digital... oil radiators: any opinions OIL = ENERGY Living creatures cannot exist without ENERGY. A million Iraqi's have already died in the war to own and... unusual sideways moment 1500 Ian What sort of 4x4? You seem to be the cautious type ;) Couple of years ago, I got stuck in Edinburgh with bad snow everywhere. I had... unusual sideways moment 1501 An interesting link. However it doesn't give details of the techniques used by the drivers without ABS... unusual sideways moment 1502 Heh. Ouch. My recent roll (not my own doing I have to add in here) illustrated that even a slow speed collision (inside 30 mph) can cause a dramatic and tragic loss... unusual sideways moment 1503 Brimstone Or hit ice. I've been pbutting a truck; gone from 30-80 in the length of a large... unusual sideways moment 1504 Apparently on date Mon, 05 Dec 2005 11:51:52 +0000, Mark Foster Quite, he controlled it fine... unusual sideways moment 1505 Boy racers duelling? - No. Moderate drinking within the limit? - Yes. An 'on the move' blow job? - No, it hardly seems very practical anyhow. I must say some of you folk do seem to... police going too far uU\|GdfHK8Zr48 FFS... He CAN'T be prosecuted for illegal use! 1. It's a TOY. From the Avon & Somerset Police website... hazard perception test hints Hi, I have my theory test on Tuesday, and need lots of help with the perception test. I can consistently get 35-35... hazard perception test hints 1508 Spencer It's hard not to click once a second... I tend to fall into patterns with stuff like that. I'll see if I can... hazard perception test hints 1509 SimonJ I wrote some software which showed me each sample clip, with the countdown on the screen 5,4,3,2,1 and started to work out what... hazard perception test hints 1510 PC Paul An experienced driver will click on the approaching hazard early enough anyway... someone with little experience might wait for the actual hazard to... My first drive with RoADA Had my first drive with RoADA on Sunday morning. I will keep you posted of my progress, and my thoughts on how the training is different to the IAM. First... My first drive with RoADA 1512 Cessna172 expressed precisely : That would be entirely a matter of opinion. It would be wrong to jeopardise the cyclists by risking the other driver being able-willing to stop. Usually it is a matter of... My first drive with RoADA 1513 No maybe not, but as with many situations it depends on speeds, distances, space available, rate of closing etc. I believe there are times when you can legitimately use the... Oooh! Icy Going along a straight wide NSL "B" road in the sunshine at about 9 a.m. Frost on the verges (had... OMG!!1 WTF!! THE FOG IS BAX0R a lane, Yes I know, it can be very frustrating, though I'm a bit more laid back about these situations than... www.pipelinecard.org update It's now December and Pipeline has been going for just over a month, so it's time for an update. Firstly, thank you all... Speed Camera detector Question The problem I see with databases like this is that they are primarily compiled by you and me, ie Joe Public. I have them on... Figures reveal 'speeding police Wednesday, 7 December 2005, 13:32 GMT Figures reveal 'speeding police' Eslove Police vehicles were caught on speed cameras more... Bright rear lights 1519 I've never got that using park when waiting on the road, during driving thing - but then I can recall having this discussion... Bright rear lights 1520 Well my suggestion being that it's (the gearbox) probably doing an awful lot more of 1st... Bright rear lights 1521 Uno Hoo!" wrote in message I use cruise control quite often as it helps to keep under the speed limit without the need to keep checking the speedo so often. Especially useful on... Bright rear lights uU\|GdfHK8Zr48 1522 That's about the same here. If I know that the stop is going to be of the order of several minutes (like if I get... Bright rear lights uU\|G*dfHK8Zr48 1523 I think that, as noted in the RoSPA advice, that will ultimately generate more wear on the gearbox than simply waiting... To the man in the Green Corsa, just south of J15 M40 last week Yeah, I think he was OK, couldn't have been doing more than 25 mph when he finally hit the barrier and he bounced off it, rather than come to... Roundabout right of way question To enter the roundabout you must cross a 'give way' line, which has the following meaning in the TSRGD2002 Section 25, 'no vehicle shall proceed past such one of those lines as... Road positioning Though occasionally it is necessary when turning in or out of narrow roads. In fact, turning left out of a... How does one know the shocks need replacing There you go again. Making buttumptions based on ignorance. The failure was over a very short period of time. And in my case it's it's shock, singular, not shocks. Shocks do deteriorate over... The beginning of the end Is this the beginning of the end for speed cameras? What will poor hard done by car drivers... The beginning of the end 1529 Actually, the report undermined itself, albeit in a very underhand way... The "proper research" was detailed...

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