This guy didnt look..heres the PROOF
The lorry driver who merged behind me yesterday certainly did nothing to improve my impression of that group. I was third in a line of four...
Big camera on toll booths Forth Road Bridge
This is what FETA are really interested in - big wage packets... Plan put forth to give bridge chief 6.4% pay rise THE man in charge of the Forth Road Bridge is...
Road Tax
PC Paul How to be a consultant. A shepherd was tending his flock in a...
OT: Plagued by boy racers
I just found this article - perhaps motorists fed up with rude boys and boy racers in their Corsas and Fiestas could retaliate against their 10Kw...
SMIDSY advert cheaters
There's an advert on at the moment telling you to watch out for bikes - shows a car pulling up to a junction...
SMIDSY advert cheaters
Adrian much like they were saying : On a quick glance - which is all you get from the majority of people - it can and will AND DOES hide a...
SMIDSY advert cheaters
I pour scorn onto your paranoia. They've been "lying" like this for years. Did you...
Camera Vs. Cash
From todays Scotsman... Speed trap puts brake on rests ALASTAIR DALTON TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT THE biggest speed trap in Britain has had a...
J14 M5 traffic lights
Anyone commute via Junction 14 on the M5? I use this every day to join the M5...
J14 M5 traffic lights
I'm not blaming individuals, they are the point of contact within the highways agency. I have talked with Dave and Lisa previously about the situation. I was...
checking insurance status from reg. no
Conor that was my first reaction but there are no witnesses. the mrs's first thought was to shoot off after the ofending driver instead of asking the surrounding vehicles...
Forth Road Bridge Voucher Replacement Restrict: noexternalarchive
NeedforSwede2 wrote in ed.general about: Re: Forth Road Bridge - Voucher Replacement Hmm, let me see.. 40 pbuttenger (typical) bus load, length = 12 m...
Forth Road Bridge Voucher Replacement 1694
If the public transport was better between say Fife and Edinburgh maybe more motorists would be tempted out of their...
Forth Road Bridge Voucher Replacement 1695
Brimstone That's not quite how it was. The plan as proposed had some incredibly stupid ideas. For example, take the London congestion charge zone - it's around a relatively small, highly congested, business and tourist heavy...
Forth Road Bridge Voucher Replacement 1696
Before people could afford cars, they used to live within walking distance or local bus trip to their place of work. Cars are the only things which have made cars...
Pc cleared of dangerous driving
David J. Button You armchair judges ought to be ashamed of yourselves - you were not there - the police officer has been cleared by a...
Slightly OT: Brake pad change gone wrong
Spencer wrote on 19-02-2006 : That is reasonably even wear.... It sounds as if the piston is sticking out, once it is pushed...
Electronic handbrakes
To someone who is used to doing hill starts without the handbrake this never causes a problem. When parking...
Drinkdriver 'can't recall' crash
A young driver, who was so drunk that he could not remember knocking down a pedestrian in...
Outrage as hitandrun person gets three months
Brimstone in response to: I shall return to this... You are, for once, quite right. I now see (having re-read the original news story) that I was...
Essential documents to carry along while driving... 1702
Roger Mills (aka Set Square) the ex traffic cop who wrote 'save your driving licence' advises drivers to never carry their...
Essential documents to carry along while driving... 1703
Rob PC Paul Perhaps you misinterpreted that sentence. The meaning was " If you have a legal (or Statutory) defence (ie.one that means that you are automatically not guilty)......then no offence...
Fantastic Afternoon Drive
Mark Hewitt oh, yeah, I forgot. this newsgroup isn't aboutdrivingit's aboutcomplaining-. silly me ! and well doneyoufor reinforcing that point ! control message sent: uk.rec.driving to be changed to : uk.moaning.about.other.peoples.driving removing...
Wanted car thief end in crash
A prolific car thief who washed and valeted cars before abandoning them has died in a road accident. Colin...
Speed camera loophole
March 1 2006 Speed camera loophole Nearly all speed camera prosecutions are based on inadmissible evidence and can therefore be...
This Afternoons Blatt
This afternoons blatt started, effectively, at Rowsley a few miles north of Matlock. I turned right off the A6 onto the B6012 Chatsworth...
Women just don't have the brain to handle an automobile
No flames here....but I think the problem lies partially with the fact that when a heteroloveual...
Driver Other Peoples Cars
Peter Depends how far I am going. To nip round to the shops probably no more than a cursory glance to make sure...
Driving Technique 1710
Far from it - it would much more be an exercise of "active dumbing-down" IMHO. Generally, I choose my own speed and tend to treat limit signs...
Driving Technique 1711
Brimstone do you have a job ? how many. exactly ? see question 1 *marvellous* ! one question answered, several to go. make, model. see question 2 no, I don't watch soaps (see how freely I answered...
Driving Technique 1712
Ghastly place! :-) Actually, you're as likely to find me driving under the speed limit as over. I have a clean licence, so I can't be missing too much! I could almost certainly do...
Driving Technique 1713
It's very dodgy territory when some people claim pbutt-fail "quotas" but the DSA are only doing a job (to keep people who are not up to the prescribed...
Underage legal driving
My daughter will be 16 next week (aarrrggghhh!!! I'm not old enough!) She's not likely to win the "world's most co-ordinated person" prize in the near...
Well, that was interesting
I've just returned from Italy, or rather I got back into the UK at 11AM on Monday. We decided to hire a motorhome for our visit because the builders have removed every source of heating...
satnav blamed for increased traffic!! 1716
Base data. All augmented by the mapping suppliers. Next time I'm at MCE Feltham where the OS gets a...
satnav blamed for increased traffic!! 1717
PC Paul excellent. don't forget to share. information wants to be free ;-) refer to the tomtom interviews that have been in the...
Foreign drivers brought to book
About time ... Police are due to be given new powers to clamp foreign drivers who break British laws and refuse to pay fines. Under a new amendment to the Road...
Getting more practice
Going for my third attempt at a test next week (first time examiner didn't see me look - wasn't told about the moving head trick - and gave me 2 minors...
Getting more practice
Tony - You are making to much out of this. In my area only 30% are pbutting first time now, well below the national average, admittedly. I...
why cyclists don't use cycle lanes
Well done. You've just descended into the kind of petty name calling you accused me of. Now please point out where I did the same to you. Hint : at no point have I...
why cyclists don't use cycle lanes
And yet again you fail to point out where I've engaged in petty name calling. Looks like your accusation is baseless. How about an apology? I've explained elsewhere in this thread (my messages...
why cyclists don't use cycle lanes 1723
Clive George In your opinion. OK, people who do not share your opinions, aka TheTruth(tm...
why cyclists don't use cycle lanes 1724
Not really. As someone who has spent roughly half his adult life in London and the other half in...
attention satnav users
Brimstone yes, where appropriate. remember: rules are made for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools ;-) no...
Morning after' drinkdrive fears
A company which rehabilitates convicted drink-drivers claims longer licensing hours may be adding to the problem. The TTC Group...
Runaway BMW
Dave Plowman (News) I had a student friend in the 80's who did. He...
More Satnav misdirecting Approved: wibble
On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:18:50 -0000, PC Paul was popularly supposed to have said: There is a tale of another yank...
Who's to blame
My friend was driving along a wide, straight, national speed limit single carriageway, and was being held up by a woman in a 4X4 driving...
Who's to blame 1730
Nick Finnigan that's what they tell you what actually happens is a different matter. the last time I was involved in a collision my insurers legal advisory...
Do AntiLock Brakes reduce stopping distances in a straight line 1731
like they were saying : He's getting sharp... Bollocks. No. You can do that anyway. As long as you...
Do AntiLock Brakes reduce stopping distances in a straight line 1732
Not true. The car pbutted its MOT with this problem known. The ABS light only comes on after about 10 minutes of dual carriageway driving. Apparently an MOT is...
Do AntiLock Brakes reduce stopping distances in a straight line 1733
Not true. The car pbutted its MOT with this problem known. The ABS light only comes on after about 10 minutes of dual carriageway driving. Apparently an MOT...
Indicating on the motorway 1734
Ed Chilada The Highway Code doesn't seem to have a definitive answer. My own view is that it depends on the particular circumstance. 99% of the time your way is how I...
Indicating on the motorway 1735
Ed Chilada ah, one of my pet hates: motorway etiquette: section3: incorrect indication ! indicating is not a request for permission, it's a notification...
Benefits Of Double Declutching
My clutch cable snapped! Just got to the end of the road where I work, and suddenly the pedal appear to vanish when I was...
Drunk jet pilots get 2 12 and 5 years in prison 1737
That surprises the heck out of me, considering that later in the same article it says that Claritin...
Drunk jet pilots get 2 12 and 5 years in prison 1738
Snow Pilot over-ride it seems. Check this. "A number of audible information inputs we get while operating the...
Drunk jet pilots get 2 12 and 5 years in prison 1739
On 7-24-05 7:42 PM, in article I am far closer than that, junkie: My father and brother are pilots. My father is a retired air force and airline pilot of about 40,000...
Drunk jet pilots get 2 12 and 5 years in prison 1740
On 7-26-05 6:25 PM, in article Thank you very much, dave. I really appreciate that. I knew that all this time you could not possibly hold the kind of contempt for me that you...
Drunk jet pilots get 2 12 and 5 years in prison 1741
But you are not correct, as I have laid out. They cannot take off by themselves. They cannot complete a flight after take off without someone there too operate the computer. Getting to a...
Taxing Drivers By The Mile
States Mull Taxing Drivers By Mile CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 14, 2005 (CBS) College student Jayson Just commutes an odometer-spinning 2,000 miles a month. As...
Taxing Drivers By The Mile 1743
FREE is an obscene four letter word beginning with F. There is no free lunch. If you...
Taxing Drivers By The Mile 1744
Cartlon Shew "Free" parking is provided for a restaurant and people park there and eat in the restaurant down the block. I'd call that abuse. People eating at the restaurant that...
Taxing Drivers By The Mile 1745
That is a better definition of inversion than the traditional weather phenomenon. Where I live now, there are multiple sources of funds...
Taxing Drivers By The Mile 1746
Thanks for the GW Parkway reminder about where I USED to live. We also had the Beltway, I-270, I-95 and its siblings. Plus Dulles Access, National access owned and operated by FAA...
Taxing Drivers By The Mile 1747
Matthew Russotto fares. taxes Apparently not often enough, given the shortfall. It's been about 15 years here...
Taxing Drivers By The Mile 1748
Matthew Russotto the November How so? Presenting voters with a specific list of projects and a specific finance plan to pay for them...
Taxing Drivers By The Mile 1749
RJ for on build, must What for need creatures. owned you Well, RJ, I think it would be delievered by.... let's see? Maybe an automobile? That's...
Taxing Drivers By The Mile 1750
For the subtopic of transit. Most areas that operate transit have a dedicated reliable steady source of income. The people that live near that transit have decided that...
Taxing Drivers By The Mile 1751
To me, profit of transit is not the question. The question is: Are the people getting their money's worth? Only the people that have...
Taxing Drivers By The Mile 1752
Brent P) No, YOU suck one. In one breath you claim that $40 parking lots don't exist, and then in the very next sentence you admit that they might...
Taxing Drivers By The Mile 1753
And how many people want to walk 10 blocks to the bus stop or train station and wait for 20 minutes in 30 below windchill? There are many reasons for transit, good reasons...
Taxing Drivers By The Mile 1754
I don't know how far the average Chicagoan walks to get to the train station, but millions of them every year wait under the heat lamps. I used to be one of them. Not in...
Taxing Drivers By The Mile 1755
The argument in favor of GPS tracking is that then they will only charge you for the miles you travel in your state. For...
Taxing Drivers By The Mile 1756
Matthew Russotto) That's because most of the costs of driving are subsidized, and therefore "hidden" from you. If you look at...
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