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Forum: Cycling Topic: Number of cyclists in court for ignoring road signs doubles. |
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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 04:20
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| I've been away a long time - my interests have widened and camera hypothecation has settled down. The level of them is too high and there are veiled threats of an increase rear their heads every do often, but on the whole I devote my "public service" attention to different causes these day... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: Belfast Telegraph: Belfast Cyclists Safety Fears Grow |
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 01:52
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| A reminder to all - please discuss issues without feeling the need to score cheap shots at one another - we are, after all, adults... |
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: Which? Conversation... |
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Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 21:16
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: No hard shoulder on a stretch of the M25 |
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Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 04:10
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Are you saying that the M42 already has the hard shoulder converted to a live lane with overhead signs to depict breakdowns? |
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: No hard shoulder on a stretch of the M25 |
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 21:43
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| <Meldrew voice mode> I don't believe it </voice mode> They claim that if they turn the shoulder into a live lane that, no matter which lane a car breaks down in, they can play with signs to make that lane a no fly zone. WTF?? This indeed should be safer for the (extremely small) percent who break do... |
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: Pot holes - class action? |
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 22:55
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| <snip> again I'd say find your county councillor ( e mail address usually on county web site) and pass on your concerns .And between now and May is a good time to raise the issue,and possibly a letter to a local paper. No local politician likes to be seen to allow poor use of public funding. Thanks... |
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: Pot holes - class action? |
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 14:32
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| Go through your insurance, they should be able to claim off the council for you. If not claim thought the small claims court, it will only cost you about £30 if you lose. Yup - appreciate I can do all of this. HOWEVER.. Insurers will not bother the council, but just log one strike off my no claims ... |
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: Pot holes - class action? |
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 13:54
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| Last winter in Essex (and I'm sure elsewhere) many potholes appeared almost overnight following the snow and frosts. It became almost a standing story/joke on the local radio. Well, eventually these were filled. I witnessed some of this work. If I'm polite I'd say repairs were palliative. However, k... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Traffic Calming Island |
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 20:32
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| Thinking out of the box, could you saferly have moved to the right of this broken obstruction or was there traffic coming towards you? |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Channel 4 news this evening |
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 19:52
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On Channel 4 news this evening (around 7:46 for 4 minutes if you have "+1") there was the shocking revelation that some cameras have not actually saved accidents. Well I never.
Was a good piece - at least until the BRAKE lady degraded it. |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Fit to be tied |
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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 21:23
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I stand corrected. On both legs  |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Fit to be tied |
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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 02:00
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| :rotfl: Variation on Pete and Dudley sketch.. You have a very good right foot. As feet go it’s one of the best I’ve seen. I have absolutely nothing against your right foot. Unfortunately, neither do you. :D I remember that. But why do I recall it as a Sellers moment? Or did he do something similar? |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Brake claim "Drivers blame everyone else for bad driving" |
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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 04:35
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jannypan wrote: You will note that No 7 is the only "down" in the list.
Yes - it could just as easily have said "slow up" though. |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: 30 seconds to impact.... |
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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 13:11
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SafeSpeedv2 wrote: I had my car once slide after getting out (plus dog) [...] (Happily when I left I was OK and it reversed ok - at least I had LSD but that was all - scary though!) 
Obviously a rewarding trip |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: 30 seconds to impact.... |
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 23:40
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Wow!
I am learning lots here.
My (and June's) Hondas have what is acronysed as VFD. There is a press-button to disconnect - and I only did it once. I thought the engine was missing - but I realised rapidly that it was backing off keeping me straight! |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: 30 seconds to impact.... |
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 13:46
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| Assuming a conventional manual gearbox, engine braking is "digital" - watch it. Better to keep it in a high gear and use the brake pedal gently than the gears. |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: 30 seconds to impact.... |
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 10:40
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| You can still get pedal kick-back with ESC - it still uses the ABS pump to lock / unlock whatever wheel is appropriate to what it's trying to achieve. Unless they have got very sophisticated of late, the ESC applies brake forces to wheels that are losing drive (on the driven axis) and to an imperce... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: 30 seconds to impact.... |
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 06:58
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| I must admit that the worst thing that I find about driving on snow, is that ABS brakes seem to cause more problems than they solve on snow, I've often thought about removing the fuse at this time of year. The problem with that is that, unlike on non ABS cars, these days they don't fit a brake bala... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: 30 seconds to impact.... |
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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 21:50
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| Interesting. First of all, you needn't worry about it running out of puff. The pump keeps making more as required. It uses a fair amount of power too. When the ABS pump kicks in on my wife's car, I can see the headlights dim momentarily! On earlier generation ABS cars, the kick-back pressure was bu... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: 30 seconds to impact.... |
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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 00:19
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| Yeah, I've been far more scared going down hills than up them in this weather. And unfortunately, they're something of a fact of life round here! Did the car have electronic stability control? My preferred option (I think!) would have been to keep the middle pedal planted and leave the ABS and othe... |
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