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PeterE
PostPosted: Mon May 22, 2006 21:39 
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I'm reliably informed the DfT are reviving a very successful road safety initiative from June 2004:

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DfT Information Release
Monday, 22 May 2006

Due to declining driving standards in England, the Department for Transport has devised a new scheme in order to identify poor drivers and give good drivers the opportunity to recognise them whilst driving. For this reason as from the middle of May 2006 those drivers who are found to be driving badly which includes...

· Hogging the middle lane of motorways
· Hogging the outside lane of motorways
· Overtaking in dangerous places
· Hovering within one inch of the car in front
· Stopping sharply
· Speeding in residential areas
· Pulling out without indication
· Performing U turns inappropriately in busy high streets
· Taking up more than one lane in multi lane roads
· Not indicating

...will be required to display a flag, white with a red cross, signifying their inability to drive properly. These flags must be clipped to a door of the car and be visible to all other drivers and pedestrians.

Those drivers who have shown particularly poor driving skills will be required to display a flag on each side of the car to indicate their greater lack of skill and general lower intelligence mindset compared to the general public. A flag hanging outside a house will indicate that a whole family suffers from this unfortunate condition.

Please pass this on to as many other motorists as you can so that drivers and pedestrians will be aware of the meaning of these flags.

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:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :clap: :clap: :clap: :drink:

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Sorry, I just can't see that sort of thing happening.

Who would make sure that those who are supposed to display "flags" actually do so?
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madroaduser wrote:
Sorry, I just can't see that sort of thing happening.

Oh, it does happen, about every two years or so ;)

madroaduser wrote:
Who would make sure that those who are supposed to display "flags" actually do so?

This is self enforcing.......

(consider the pattern of the flag very carefully...)
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whoosh!

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Pete317 wrote:
whoosh!


About 2' up I'd say :D

PeterE - Very good! And so true!

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Missed out taxis - will they be painted white with a red cross(a lot of councils feel that flags are dangerous)? :twisted:

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botach wrote:
(a lot of councils feel that flags are dangerous)? :twisted:


Why Dangerous? Because they're dangerous for motorist, or that they might cause social unrest?

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No, because they might injure people - this is what happened for Euro 2004: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/3785601.stm
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[quote="smeggy

(consider the pattern of the flag very carefully...)[/quote]

Then look at the remark on the flags and Taxis :P

And then we must allow/enforce the colour schemes on other vehicles :roll:

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Potential middle lane hoggers and drivers who don't like to let people overtake can be identified by their seat being as far forward as possible with backrest fully upright, and are of the female gender.

Such a common indicator (the seat, not the driver using their signals!)
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I've seen ladies driving like that - how do they get in and out?
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My mum drives like that - I have no idea how she can call it comfortable!

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Quote:
DfT Information Release
Monday, 22 May 2006

...will be required to display a flag, white with a red cross,


Family transporter is now proudly wearing a pair, thanks to my 11 year old son :oops:
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