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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Slow drivers |
| Squirrel |
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 01:11
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Replies: 45
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| Is it just in this area or have the summer holidays brought out a spate of slowtard drivers? Was driving up to Gloucester earlier, one guy in a Focus driving at 30-35mph all the way up the hill out of Wotton (B4058), a road where it's safe to do 50mph easily in a car with a "normal" perfor... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: SC Overtakes |
| Squirrel |
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 01:06
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Replies: 47
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| In my experience the situation in #2 happens far more often than the situation in #1 and therefore the lower risk option is to overtake suddenly without them noticing. Same in my experience, although the "I'm going to accelerate when he pulls out" brigade don't generally have much of a ch... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Damned learners! |
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Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 13:00
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Replies: 100
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| However, I would have told the lad, very calmly und politely with a reassuring smile (hopefully) to apply brain und COAST as there was a car .. moving slowly. He could not be sure if rolling in to park up or setting off after eating said kebab. Thus he should have pulled in to the space behind as t... |
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Forum: Polls Topic: Do you signal when returning to lane on motorways? |
| Squirrel |
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Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 08:16
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Replies: 49
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| you say, you sometimes drive a clapped out Mondeo, what happens in that when you don't indicate? Hardly "clapped out"... it was a 2 litre petrol and would shift when pushed. Although it didn't have anything like the mid-range acceleration of the A4. What happened (past tense as I've now s... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Should some people actually be allowed to drive cars at all? |
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Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 07:58
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Replies: 144
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| You missed the word potentially there, in the same way that walking down a flight of stairs is potentially dangerous, get is wrong and you break your neck and die. Don't worry about it, the guy's a moron. Well... to avoid an accusation of ad hominem... his arguments are moronic. *puts a big sign up... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Should some people actually be allowed to drive cars at all? |
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 08:32
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| So there we have it - insurance cause crashes. So what should we do about it? You are, without doubt, a complete and utter moron. Let me give you an example. Highly contrived but it's to illustrate the point. You come round a bend to be confronted by an overtaking car heading straight for you on yo... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Top 5 Tips for Safer Driving? |
| Squirrel |
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 00:18
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Replies: 49
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Here's 5 tips for you:
Concentration
Observation
Anticipation
Space
Time
All will become clear. |
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Forum: Polls Topic: Do you signal when returning to lane on motorways? |
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 07:15
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| That's all very well if you have a very fast car and have taken the time to check your mirrors but you would n't believe how many times I've been about to overtake a fairly slow car behind an even slower car when about to reach a long clear straight and the "person" in front has pulled ou... |
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Forum: Polls Topic: Do you signal when returning to lane on motorways? |
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Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 20:40
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| I did think about doing a poll on what do you consider the best safety feature/s on your car. I know that know one on this site would probably go for it but I do wonder how many people on the roads today, would tick their speedo and nothing else.... ;-) Ignoring the obviously facetious answer of &q... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Damned learners! |
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 19:03
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Replies: 100
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So are you saying that kebabs make you drive like a tosser? Or that kebab vans attract boy racers?  |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Damned learners! |
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:30
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Replies: 100
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| Not going to bother starting another thread but had another one last night. Not a learner but the kid looked about 18 so couldn't have been driving very long. So there I was parking up by the side of the road near the kebab van in Yate (Badminton Road industrial estate if anyone knows the area). I p... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Damned learners! |
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 19:00
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| Watching the speedo ( I meant speedo not stopwatch - you have to keep your eyes on it otherwise you don't stop the watch at the proper time) for a time trial is a lot different to trying not to speed. But that's a different discussion entirely, and a diversionary tactic by you. You don't have to wa... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Damned learners! |
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 00:21
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| Um, yes, because they are going to stakeout that road 24/7. It wouldn't surprise me actually. But I won't go into that here. There's so many things that can unexpectedly happen, while you are glancing at the speedo. I'm glad you admit this. How about someone coming out of a junction and not seeing ... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Damned learners! |
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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 18:05
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| No no no! Arrrghhhhh. Your driving attitude is becoming clearer, I was not on about anything to do with going faster than you. My point totally missed Point not missed at all. Hook, line and sinker. I ask again, if you think it's safe to do such a thing, please post the exact point (via google/msn ... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: silly old bag |
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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 15:11
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| While I think forcing old people to re-take a full driving test would be a step too far, I would support a regular assessment from the age of say 75 onwards (my understanding is that you already have to re-apply when you're 70, perhaps a medical could be introduced as well) to ascertain that one is ... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Damned learners! |
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Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 19:24
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Replies: 100
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| Did you not spot the tone dripping with sarcasm? |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Damned learners! |
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Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 13:35
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| Yep, dangerous. Unless you are not watching the speedo, which makes the test even more pointless, then your attention is not on the road at all. Sorry but the image of someone watching a speedo holding a stopwatch in one hand while trying to get an (in)accurate time test is not safe even on a strai... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Damned learners! |
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 20:29
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Replies: 100
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| When I get a chance I shall time the 40-70 acceleration again. Unfortunately on the occasion I did it I only got the one attempt before coming up behind traffic crawling along at 50mph... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Damned learners! |
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 17:53
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| 1. If you are using your full attention for it, it's dangerous on public roads. Please say which road you did it on if you disagree with this. B4509 for the 0-60 test. B4058 (on a flat straight section) for 40-70. 2. If you are not using your full attention it's going to be wrong. It's going to be ... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Damned learners! |
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 23:14
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Replies: 100
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Timed with a stopwatch - 40-70mph takes 3.8 seconds in 3rd gear with no passengers.
Again that's with a full tank of fuel, it may well be quicker with less fuel in the tank (and hence less weight). |
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