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- Sat Feb 02, 2019 4:24 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Smart Motorways
- Replies: 37
- Views: 41229
Re: Smart Motorways
IME they do work. Not everyone drives like a kn*b. The M42 around Birmingham has been improved greatly since the introduction of variable speed limits. On other motorways perhaps it's still taking time to become the norm to obey (more or less). Re refuges, I could count on the fingers of one hand, t...
- Fri Nov 30, 2018 5:38 pm
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: New Audi A6 - not able to switch off Stop/Start function
- Replies: 15
- Views: 28264
Re: New Audi A6 - not able to switch off Stop/Start function
Ah, right. I thought it was a sporty one.
- Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:38 pm
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: New Audi A6 - not able to switch off Stop/Start function
- Replies: 15
- Views: 28264
Re: New Audi A6 - not able to switch off Stop/Start function
GTR1400MAN wrote:My RenaultSport Clio 200 has an off button ... it is a bl**dy annoying feature that is useless at RABs, hill start junctions, poor visibility junctions and in heavy stop/start commuter traffic...
Your stop start activates with the car in gear and the clutch down? That's a serious flaw!
- Wed Nov 28, 2018 12:58 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: Change in police pursuit policy?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20030
Re: Change in police pursuit policy?
I guess many will already have seen this but it tickled me
- Sat Nov 24, 2018 10:33 pm
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
- Topic: Second thoughts on offsiding
- Replies: 100
- Views: 102868
Re: Second thoughts on offsiding
Must be true then . The college of policing have not sent anything out to say that they are making drastic changes to driver training for cars there is a few changes to motorcycles. But I will stand to be corrected. Google finds a couple of items to support the change. Skipton IAM newsletter: https...
- Fri Nov 23, 2018 7:36 pm
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
- Topic: Turn left?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 26696
Re: Turn left?
crr003 wrote:imagined the op to be more of a thought provoking exercise.
Yes, I understood that, but then the OP seemed to be arguing strongly that the distinction between "legal" and "guidance" was so important that I gleaned the impression that it was indeed more of a personal question.
- Fri Nov 23, 2018 8:56 am
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
- Topic: Turn left?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 26696
Re: Turn left?
If we're just looking for excuses to be anti-social and p!ss other drivers off, while secure in our pedantic "I'm doing nothing illegal, officer", is that an advanced attitude? Converse question - under what circumstances would taking the first exit from lane 2 provide any advantage? I can...
- Fri Nov 23, 2018 8:27 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: BBC News article - Highways England launches campaign to stop tailgating
- Replies: 22
- Views: 21761
Re: BBC News article - Highways England launches campaign to stop tailgating
German autobahns have had following distance cameras for at least 10 years.
- Fri Nov 23, 2018 8:24 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: On being too polite
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11624
Re: On being too polite
I'm always looking to merge behind my "target", but with very short slip roads this can be difficult due to the lack of vision and planning time. Even harder when the target then slows. However accelerating is always a higher risk strategy, and as others have pointed out, it's a give-way s...
- Thu Nov 22, 2018 7:53 pm
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
- Topic: Turn left?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 26696
Re: Turn left?
"Drive" along the dual carriageway and tell me what paint/signs says I can't. Apart from all the writing that says "Woodbridge ONLY" then? And the traffic separation zone approaching the r/a And the lane markings that clearly narrow to one on the r/a (bounded by hatching) and on...