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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Fiesta numpty.. |
| osgerby |
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 20:36
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| He was at a grater distance away from her drive Than I he stopped after she had pulled out and stopped accros the flow of traffic. Iam not saying Im perfect not by along way but if you read my post 1 I was already well under the speed limit as I consider 30 for this road at the time of day is excesi... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Fiesta numpty.. |
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 20:08
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| Because of the trees there was no way to see up the drive as I approached it (these are Layandi they are like a large hedge also the bottom has a small wall) only saw her as she crosed the pavement at what i consider was not a slow reverse but quite fast for reverse, also I was travelling slow as th... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Fiesta numpty.. |
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 08:27
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| Or the numpty mum backing out of her drive straight in to my path of travel looks through passinger front window after she has stopped blocking road in both direction of travel to see to Red Laguna also just stopped (also found out ABS works at about 25mph) then lowers said window and using the f wo... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Road Death Calls for More Speed Restrictions |
| osgerby |
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 20:30
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| Yes the accident happened almost oppisit the only layby if leaving Endon towards Leek just where the 40 ends and the NSL starts its the only place if you get trapped behind a lorry or slower traffic that if road is clear and it is safe to overtake said lorry or slow traffic before a very sharp lefth... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Road Death Calls for More Speed Restrictions |
| osgerby |
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 17:17
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| Link to 'The Sentinel' This road must be one of the most heaverly speed cameraed roads in the country from Leek to the A500 at Eturia theres at leasted 18 cameras and the speed limit varies from Leek 30, 40, NSL, 40, 30, 40, 30 40 to Etruia A500 which is DC back to NSL. I drive this road quite a lo... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Taxi's |
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 20:28
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| When the law changed allowing them to use bus lanes it just made it legal to do so, they had already been doing that for years here and getting away with it. A few years a go I worked for a well known local bookshop in Hanley and was the keyholder for the building, was called out by alarm company (R... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Taxi's |
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:56
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| Has the law changed in regard to Taxis and one way streets ? Went to fetch the wife from work last night at 10pm (She works in a part of my city called Hanley) I go around one-way system and turn on to a street which is a part time pedistrian way during the hours of 10am to 5pm (Local Council call i... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Tired Driver ? |
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 23:59
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| I do agree that thinking about it it might have been a lot better to have warned him in some way light flash or hoot on horn but we all see things better with after sight and I prob would respond differently next time as my dad said when I pased my test they taught you pass the test now you realy st... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Tired Driver ? |
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 23:41
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| Yes I do a lot of that where I live in Stoke what with the A 500 and it ass road works soon to be completed I hope lol. Generaly I find that the standard of driving in Soctland is a whole lot better than down here in all of the 360 miles that I and my wife drove that day (she did the first 180 miles... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Tired Driver ? |
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 18:49
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| On the 11/03/2006 I was travelling to a weeks holiday in Fort William on the A82 (Rannoch Moor) about 10 miles south of Glen Coe over took an Astra and lorry and closed on a Mec Estate. We crosed a bridge and there was a small pot hole which he swerved right on to the other side of the road to miss,... |
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