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You are just chipping away at the tip of the iceberg with a tea spoon, the problem is one of deteriorating attitudes in society, the notion that "I am untouchable, I can do exactly what I want", why? Parenting - the parents are just as bad in most cases, it's been going on too long and a g...

On a fast moving roads, where typically a NSL is maintained - or exceeded- a right turn with a painted box on the road extened by a generous length of hatchings allows traffic space to move onto the hatched area early when planning to take the right turn, which in turn allows following traffic to fl...

Would love to join in the fun but I just can't get out of the damn things posting.php?mode=reply&f=2&t=489#

Speary - check out this thread
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My RR Sport, when it senses the temperature drop, automatically re-maps the vital functions for normal, on-road driving. The one to be really wary of is the throttle response when, for instance, joining traffic from a side road or at a roundabout, as the sprightly pick up usually available is no lon...

Adamxck - are you an IMI qualified observer or maybe contemplating becoming one? Maybe I'm barking ujp the wrong tree as you have refered to Roadcraft being the course text, so that would indicated it's the "other" lot.

Yes you can but you've gotta catch it first. Mine, he just flops over on his back, legs akimbo for his tummy tickle.

It was back in 1963, my parents couldn't drive and I had a 175cc BSA Bantam ostensibly to get me to night school in the next town. My parents were fearful that I would end up as as a statistic so the deal was, you pass the driving test and we buy the car but you are our driver for shopping trips and...

You may be aware that the IAM Roadsmart are in the process of updating their Skills for Life course material, one of their objectives is to bring the training up to date, acll it "real world". The IAM's advice on steering is now:- • Hold the steering wheel in a way that allows for a full a...

I will drive up to the prevailing speed limit, road and traffic conditions permitting and I will use acceleration sense to achieve a lower speed approaching a lower restriction. If the guy behind chooses to overtake, so long as it does not impinge upon my safety, I will modify my driving position to...