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Forum: General Chat Topic: What is the highest speed ever caught a speed scamera. |
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 15:01
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Forum: General Chat Topic: What's your favourite road to drive on in Britain? |
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 04:27
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Replies: 28
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Minehead to Lynmouth over porlock hill.
Just a fabulous drive in summer. |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: It seemed like a good idea at the time... |
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Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:06
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Replies: 26
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Handheld (?) laser based tailgating camera |
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:11
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Replies: 14
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Lorry crash sparks A1 traffic jam |
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:05
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| I'll leave out the obvious ranting about Polish lorry drivers and ask why the hell there were four people in an astra van.... :o You can get Astra vans fitted with rear seats. It is after all just an Astra estate with no rear windows. I have been in one, and also nearly had one from new as a compan... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: IAM, automatics and handbrakes |
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 16:59
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Replies: 106
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| I am part way through the IAM process and looking to take a test soon. For several tedious and boring reasons, I am switching from a manual to an automatic. I know at least one of the members here either gained, or is working towards observer status, and would appreciate thoughts on the following qu... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Top Tips - Driving an auto? |
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:27
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| The handbrake on my auto Omega won't hold at much above idle, and a Merc E class auto I got my hands on a few years ago similarly had no difficulty in moving off with the parking brake fully applied, with just the slightest of dabs on the accelerator. The hand brake on my XJR and XJ40 will hold the... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Just a bit of fun - what does YOUR car say about YOU? |
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 15:41
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Replies: 33
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handy wrote: That I wish I had as much parking space as you?
It gets a bit cosy when Mrs Scrote brings the company car home.....
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Just a bit of fun - what does YOUR car say about YOU? |
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 15:13
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| Hmm, I have two pertinent philosophies 1. Reliability by volume 2. Use an appropriate tool for the job I think these two philosophies coupled with what is probably some sort of mid life crises and plenty of space leads me to the following admission '95 Jaguar XJR '90 Jaguar Sovereign '99 Lotus Elise... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Real-time messages for M6/M5 |
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 14:23
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Replies: 15
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They say things like
Travel time to JXX (PLACE) 26 mins
but mostly they say
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Introducing folk with a special interest in Motorcycling |
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Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 17:31
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Replies: 50
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overfinch 630R wrote: um...it's got both!! vw car engine, bike front, jaguar bodyshell, everything else home made!!
Thats sounds rather interesting, do you have any pictures of it ? |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Advanced Riding Skills for 125s? - er, no |
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Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 14:00
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Replies: 13
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| Should I be trying to get the rules changed as a large chunk of motorcylists are being left out? I don't think so. Higher speeds demand and promote higher levels of skill, and higher speeds may expose limitations in less skilled riders. If we weren't in PC speed obsessed times, I would have thought... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Advanced Riding Skills for 125s? - er, no |
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Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 13:52
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| As an IAM Observer in a car I have to be au fait with the IAM rules and regulations. As the owner of a Honda XR125L I am not allowed to take the IAM Bike test because in order to do so the machine has to be capable of maintaining national speed limits. My 55-60 mph is therefore not enough. A CBR125... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Introducing folk with a special interest in Motorcycling |
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Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 13:44
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Hi,
I ride bikes  |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: The drawback of "always on" lights |
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Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 13:38
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Replies: 45
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| My two 53 plate bikes have the lights permanently on, with no switchgear. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Merging onto the motorway - M6 toll northbound |
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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 21:19
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Replies: 14
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I went through this section on Friday at about 19:30, on two wheels. I didn't find any issues with visibility as I merged onto the main carriageway.
I didn't find it at all stressful either. I can see the point your making though. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Four lanes to three on a motorway. |
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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 21:15
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Replies: 23
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| Interesting, the only similar place I recall driving through something like this is on the M25 clockwise between the M4 and M1, here when 4 lanes merge to 3, it is L1 and L2 that merge. As a car driver being in L4 that becomes L3 it always struck me as a much safer way. If it all went pear shaped in... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Four lanes to three on a motorway. |
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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 15:05
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Replies: 23
Views: 11478
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Four lanes to three on a motorway. |
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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 13:42
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Replies: 23
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| I'm thinking about the M5 just south of Bristol, where 3 climbing lanes have just been finished. The warning of lane merging is (IIRC, will check later) only 400 yds. When you get to the point where the merge happens, the lane divider dissappears and about 50 yds later white hatchings emerge from th... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Four lanes to three on a motorway. |
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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:55
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Replies: 23
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| At the end of a hill climbing lane on a motorway, do you think it is safer to merge fast moving traffic in lanes 3 and 4 with no escape route, or merge slow moving traffic in lanes 1 and 2 with the hard shoulder as an escape route ? My personal opinion is that merging the fast moving traffic with no... |
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