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On my way to work I have a left turn at a roundabout, taking me off a busy stretch of Dual Carriageway. The DC ends just after the roundabout and traffic is often static and backed up in the left hand lane waiting to go straight on. The right hand lane is generally completely clear - few people tur...

I've been a BSL user my whole life, and I've signed for longer than I've been talking (signing since about 1 year old, and talking since about 5. Still haven't shut up in either language :mrgreen:), so the amount of "thought processing" I've got to do in order to use BSL is probably equal...

true blue wrote:Indeed - I don't recall ever seeing a multi-lane roundabout with just a painted rather than raised central area.

Come down to Bournemouth - we have several.

e.g. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.7458504,-1.9428689,190m/data=!3m1!1e3

Good advice above. Also, tell them NOT to fall in to copying other drivers when it goes against what they've been taught! I've sat next to novice drivers who go down through the gears when slowing..."it's not what my instructor taught me but I just copy everyone else" - doh! It must be di...

As requested by Mr C-W a quick introduction now that I have finished the miserable job of changing my nearside dipped headlight bulb by torchlight - bloody thing blew on my way home on unlit roads having only checked it yesterday on my day off! Plus as I only had one I will have to do it all again t...

1) Start the descent in 3rd, and stay there until the bottom. Brake as necessary, declutch if speed drops too low. 2) Start the descent in 3rd, braking as required to control speed/balance. When 3rd is no longer viable, declutch, select 2nd and re-engage clutch without using throttle to rev match. ...