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- Sat Apr 10, 2021 3:21 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Importance of surprise horizon
- Replies: 42
- Views: 21496
Re: Importance of surprise horizon
Instead of posting speed limits on sections of road that are rarely correct at all times and in all circumstances I propose that they are removed entirely. Instead of attempting to achieve compliance with arbitrary limits by occasionally measuring the speed of a few road users and prosecuting those ...
- Fri Mar 19, 2021 4:39 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: Smart Motoways
- Replies: 38
- Views: 31853
Re: Smart Motoways
There appears to be three lanes going ahead and a slip lane, so four lanes if you stretch a point.
- Tue Mar 02, 2021 12:05 pm
- Forum: This Website
- Topic: I'm back
- Replies: 11
- Views: 26993
Re: I'm back
That’s a long time to be enjoying hospital food. Glad to hear that you’re on the mend.
- Wed Feb 03, 2021 10:21 pm
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
- Topic: Stopping an auto smoothly
- Replies: 43
- Views: 49275
Re: Stopping an auto smoothly
It is rather like stopping on a hill. During the last phase of braking pedal effort is proportional to speed so is reducing as the car’s speed reaches zero. In a manual car, on the level, the car would stop smoothly just as the brake pedal is released. On a slope it would start to roll. The creep of...
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 7:50 pm
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Bikes
- Topic: Corner lines - thoughts?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 20019
Re: Corner lines - thoughts?
I got the impression from the screen grab that the bike was on the “wrong” side of the hazard markings as a result of straightlining the two minor bends. Without a riders eye view it is difficult to say how advisable that would be, but the slow marking on the road suggests that it would not be witho...
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 9:39 pm
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: What gear is best?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 37905
Re: What gear is best?
Lifting off will reduce the load on the transmission. Reapplying power will be sensed as an increase in load; the box will downshift to meet the expected demand for power and remain in that gear until the load eases again. On an unrelated note: I used to drive John Deere Gators, which are utility ve...
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 12:19 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Blimey it's quiet...
- Replies: 32
- Views: 18794
Re: Blimey it's quiet...
I have an extra set of wheels for my Yaris and winter tyres. I have seen the benefit a couple of times, once watching a Focus slide wide turning left while I stayed on course, and once where I was on a wet and muddy field being used as a car park. The last time we had significant snowfall I passed u...
- Tue Dec 15, 2020 10:08 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Santa bringing you anything driving/riding related?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3850
Re: Santa bringing you anything driving/riding related?
I recently saw a motorbike with a top box on a rack. There was a rack on top of the top box, just crying out for a smaller top box to go on it. And so on, ad infinitum
- Fri Dec 04, 2020 8:54 pm
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
- Topic: Driving in the dark
- Replies: 48
- Views: 62073
Re: Driving in the dark
During my motoring career nothing has lit the way ahead as well as a pair of driving lamps on the roof of my Land-Rover.
- Tue Nov 10, 2020 12:16 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: Insurance during lockdown
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11150
Re: Insurance during lockdown
If this silly story was true, anyone who parks on the street would have to remove their vehicle to an off-street parking place before lockdown started. Insurance doesn’t only provide cover while the vehicle is being driven