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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Joining a Motorway and Highway Code Rule 233 |
| Rixxy |
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 16:16
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| Yes, I should have explained... If I exceed 45 I WILL get my license taken off me... I choose to stick to 45 and keep my licence... Over here we have a system of R plates, where for a year you are restricted to 45mph, no matter what type of road you are on... 65mph is a perfectly acceptable speed t... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Joining a Motorway and Highway Code Rule 233 |
| Rixxy |
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:47
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mikes1988 wrote: Rixxy wrote: What, and getting under the feet of wagons instead? Motorways flow around 75mph not 56 and not 65 either.  Driving at 65mph in a car on a motorway is asking for trouble. I drive at 45 
Well you're just a ******* t*t and need your licence taking off you. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Joining a Motorway and Highway Code Rule 233 |
| Rixxy |
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:47
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| I assume you're just trying to wind people up, but if she was in Lane 1 then very often "going with the flow" is driving at 56 mph. What, and getting under the feet of wagons instead? As wagons are limited to 56 mph I fail to see how driving at 56 mph is going to end up getting under thei... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Joining a Motorway and Highway Code Rule 233 |
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 16:56
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| They are laid out in a way which makes it very obvious that the idea is to merge (even though the merging lane has a give way symbol) and give plenty of space for this to be achieved. That is the point - the road design is such that drivers are encouraged to behave co-operatively rather than adopti... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Joining a Motorway and Highway Code Rule 233 |
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 05:30
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If she was driving as a sensible speed instead of crawling along at 65mph then she wouldn't have had that problem, period. If she refuses to drive with the flow then I suggest she gets off the motorway and uses back roads, or better still, sell the car and get a bus/taxi.
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Average speed cameras & HGV 40. |
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 16:39
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| We have GATSOs that can distinguish based on either vehicle height or (I think its more likely) axle weight. There's one on the A420 that will flash a truck at 40mph and everything else at 60mph. I haven't heard of the same technology being used on SPECS systems but I can't see any technical reason... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Give Way lines? |
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Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 15:36
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Replies: 192
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| Shaky / Boss, I agree with the idea of m-way testing for car drivers, IMO the current car drivingtest is inadequate, I passed my test friday, drove to Cornwall saturday. I feel we should have a multi stage test where stage 2 is m-way/dc/fast road driving. A pet hate I'm finding is that a lot of car... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Four lanes to three on a motorway. |
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Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 15:30
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| What don't work are outside lane merges, lane 4 into lane 3. Two spring to mind here - the top of the M621 and the M62 eastbound at the top of Windy Hill. You can virtually guarantee it every time that some numpty will be in the next lane doing aboug half your speed and you've got to ease right off... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Give Way lines? |
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 04:04
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Replies: 192
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| Can I try make this as simple as it really is? Simple, given all the possible permutations of junction layout, main carriageway traffic densities/speeds, slip-road traffic densities/speeds, and performance of your vehicle??? I can join the motorway in my car without causing a pile up or without cau... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Four lanes to three on a motorway. |
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 03:36
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| They should be like they are on the top side of the M25. You get a crawler lane at the bottom of two of this hills and then fizzles out back into lane 1 at the brow. It works well generally, speaking as a trucker. What don't work are outside lane merges, lane 4 into lane 3. Two spring to mind here -... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Give Way lines? |
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 16:31
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| I too have to confess to being a Pro wagon driver, and in all honesty did register here to quote specifically on this thread.. I see what's happened, someone has posted elsewhere and we've had an influx of one-thread wonders who have not taken the time to read round the site before wading in with b... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: motorway speeds |
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 15:25
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| When I'm in my own motor I do like to get where I'm going pretty quickly, because I drive all week for a living and have no desire to do it in my spare time as well. If the conditions allow, I usually sit at 85-90mph on motorways and keep a good look-out for pigs. If I do any less than 80mph, I feel... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Give Way lines? |
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 15:16
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Replies: 192
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| Like some other contributors to this thread, I am also a wagon driver. You can twist and turn the Highway Code rules as much as you want, but the fact remains that regardless of whether the dotted lines mean "give way" or "give priority" it's one and the same thing. No it isn't. Er, yes it is. If y... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Give Way lines? |
| Rixxy |
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 15:06
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Replies: 192
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| ..it's no good being in the right if you've got a car/bike/truck embedded in the side of your car/bike/truck. being right isn't going to save you an hour on the hard shoulder, a late delivery, a trip to the body shop/garage/ A&E. same as any other 'right' you have on the road. you have a respon... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: tailgating a truck |
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 03:28
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| I hate car and van drivers that do that. I do quite a lot of air freight and cash n carry work and when you've a retail figure of six to seven figures in the trailer, you don't want suspicious vehicles tail-gating you as there's a good chance they're waiting to hijack you. It's even more frightening... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Give Way lines? |
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 02:46
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Replies: 192
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| :? Well I've never read such a load of drivel from so called professionals in all my life! Like some other contributors to this thread, I am also a wagon driver. You can twist and turn the Highway Code rules as much as you want, but the fact remains that regardless of whether the dotted lines mean "... |
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