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I say this because at times there are posts which don’t really warrant a new thread on its own as such*. If the QQ happens to have more meat than expected it could always be split with an apt title I guess.

For instance, I have had a couple of questions recently which may fall into this category which I haven’t posted until now..

QQ1: Since I have sold my car, a few months ago now, I haven’t renewed my insurance and it has lapsed. Is there something I can do, or ask of any insurance company, to preserve my NCD? I remember when I lived abroad for two years and came back here I found that my full 70% NCD had gone and I had to start all over again.

QQ2: My introduction to the latest clock change nearly resulted in me being side swiped by a driver who didn’t see me until the last second coming back from work. I was ready to get my leg out of the way and jump off in fact! When I got home, I got off the bike and looked at it as he must have seen it in the same light.

Now while there is no excuse for not keeping your eyes wide open I had some sympathy with him because you really can’t see very much. I then walked to my local main road at cars and found a similar thing; many of them are actually pretty ‘invisible’ from the side.

This got me wondering why on earth don’t they use some kind of illumination on the sides of vehicles, a bit like they do on some HGVs only better? After my near miss, and having seen my bike how others must, I now fully intend to fabricate some kind of strip light across both sides. Motorbikes are the worse for this but some cars are bad too. I especially noticed vans and 4x4s were bad in the short time I watched them going by. Others have headlights which extend around the sides, which help, but not like having a bank of LEDs would across the doors, for instance.

I’m surprised Volvo haven’t picked up on what I think is a very obvious problem with a simple and inexpensive solution. (I bet you know Mole? )

QQ3: As I was writing this, Outlook highlighted the sentence above* with an error in English useage saying “Reflexive Pronoun Use”. What’s that? (I bet you know Pete? ) It looks good to me

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The views expressed in this post are personal opinions and do not necessarily represent the views of Safe Speed.
You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.

Mixing singular and plural? Should read "there are posts which don’t really warrant a new thread on their own"

But I would prefer simply: "there are posts which don’t really warrant a new thread."

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When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells
When I see a youth in a motor car I do d.c.brown

Ah, I remember you’re an English wiz too I did think about it afterwards and came to the same but I think my head flipped out there for a second because of the modern culture rubbing off on me and dumbing me down.

I remember a work colleague from the 70’s, who is a Math’s teacher now, and he once told me an amusing alternative to a famous poem you may like, which I remember to this day.

Scintillate scintillate globular orborfic
Fane who I fathom thy nature specific
Loftily posed in aether capacious
strongly resembling a gem carbonacious.

Can you guess it? (Silly question)

PS. It should have just said "mixing singular with plural" then.

PPS. And don’t get me started on mixing past and present tense's tenses' tensi. The English language is weird. Oh and don’t start sentences with ‘and’. What’s that about?

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The views expressed in this post are personal opinions and do not necessarily represent the views of Safe Speed.
You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.

Sounds like a Babelfish translation.

(Said with a twinkle in my eye)

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Malcolm W.
The views expressed in this post are personal opinions and do not represent the views of Safespeed.

IMV any question worth asking is worth asking in its own thread – and is more likely to attract an answer.

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"Show me someone who says that they have never exceeded a speed limit, and I'll show you a liar, or a menace." (Austin Williams - Director, Transport Research Group)

Any views expressed in this post are personal opinions and may not represent the views of Safe Speed

Comes of been married to a proof-reader and editor.


No. I already know it but I won't spoil it .


On reflection I am not sure that the singular/plural is wrong. It is arguable whether the subject is "thread" or "posts". Which is why I preffered to rephrase the sentence.. I think that outlook has got it wrong. I can't see a reflexive pronoun in that sentence.


All languages are. In many respect English is simpler than many - no gender, for example


That is like a lot of the so called rules of modern grammar, such as not boldly splitting infinitives. The great classicists of the 19th century, such as Arnold, who founded the public schools insisted on apply the logic of Latin - which they held in great esteem - to English grammar. You can't split an infinitive in Latin therefore thou shall not split an infinitive in English. Most of those rules are discredited in modern Clear English, where the acid test is whether the meaning is clear. Except apostrophes - they still go ape about the proper use of those even though they rarely add to the meaning of a sentence.

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When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells
When I see a youth in a motor car I do d.c.brown

I'm with you on this one

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Only when ideology, prejudice and dogma are set aside does the truth emerge - Kepler

You meant "preferred", of course

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Only when ideology, prejudice and dogma are set aside does the truth emerge - Kepler

So what happens and who attributes, and what criteria, are attached to something new?

Le or La Ipod?

How the hec the human race got this far with words is beyond me!

I think we should go back to just grunting at each other and the biggest grunt wins! I have one of them at work Until he met me

Big Tone Grunter (That makes me sound Germanic )

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The views expressed in this post are personal opinions and do not necessarily represent the views of Safe Speed.
You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.

Don't forget that the Babelfish in the HHGTTG was the single cause of more wars and destruction than anything else in the history of the Universe as it allowed beings to understand what others were saying about them.

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Malcolm W.
The views expressed in this post are personal opinions and do not represent the views of Safespeed.

Soz Malcolm, and I'm sure it's just me, but I don't know that one sorry

But I do know that the poem I quoted was long before the intertubes.... (Circa 77ish)

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The views expressed in this post are personal opinions and do not necessarily represent the views of Safe Speed.
You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.

Or der, die or das iPod?

I think they just settle on the consensus - what best rolls off the tongue for most people. After all, that's probably how things came about originally, seeing languages are spoken first, written second and analysed third.

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Only when ideology, prejudice and dogma are set aside does the truth emerge - Kepler

Would the name Douglas Adams help?

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Driving fast is for a particular time and place, I can do it I just only do it occasionally because I am a gentleman.
- James May

You are not helping my fine image on SS Toltec!

No, I don't know Douglas Adams - yet. Can we do this in private please?

I'm just a working class guy here; cut me some slack for goodness sake!

Oh, BTW... I am thinking about the best post of the day award. I don't want to give anything away, but it's not you this time dcb, so far


Hint.. Pete is looking good

I reserve the right to be the only member who can give this award since I invented it here on SS - okay?

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The views expressed in this post are personal opinions and do not necessarily represent the views of Safe Speed.
You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.

How about this for a contender, Tone.

I think that Big Tone is a lovely, lovely person who has everyones interests at heart and doesn't say a bad word about anyone....

Come on now, Tone, how much creeping must someone do on here...lol...

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My views do not represent Safespeed but those of a driver who has driven for 39 yrs, in all conditions, at all times of the day & night on every type of road and covered well over a million miles, so knows a bit about what makes for safety on the road,what is really dangerous and needs to be observed when driving and quite frankly, the speedo is way down on my list of things to observe to negotiate Britain's roads safely, but I don't expect some fool who sits behind a desk all day to appreciate that.

Two can play that game

..er, where's the <DEL> key, ...er ...ooerr ....

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Only when ideology, prejudice and dogma are set aside does the truth emerge - Kepler

Paypal me later Grabs

That's not me at all and TBVH but I don't think being me has served me well in life if I am honest...

So speaking as small tone, which is what I am in fact, in my small way I would like to say that if I have any award-giving weird right here I would absolutely give it to Pete tonight for this..

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The views expressed in this post are personal opinions and do not necessarily represent the views of Safe Speed.
You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.

Why, thank you Tone And after those 'orrible things I just said as well I really didn't mean them, really really really I'll just sneak out and hope nobody notices...

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Only when ideology, prejudice and dogma are set aside does the truth emerge - Kepler

No prob Pete and thanks for the money

Seriously! I think you made a serious post there and although I think I got it wrong again, (my opening thread), I agree with you Peter , but maybe it's worth it if we learn about how others think....

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The views expressed in this post are personal opinions and do not necessarily represent the views of Safe Speed.
You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.

By Big Tone

Thinking aloud - will your bike company honour it . If not - it'll be a case of shopping around - a lot of companies will give intro discounts - and with a clean licence, and over a CERTAIN AGE a lot of companies can be persuaded to offer better terms/improved intro discounts to get business( and let's not forget for the brokers = commission) from your group. I've just had two brokers cut throats to get mine - both of the "over 50's "lot .

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lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on