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Rolyan wrote: P.S. If mini roundabouts make the roads more hazardous for the average motorist, perhaps that's where the problem lies.

Roads are not hazardous but incompetent drivers are and, FWIW, incompetence is not age related.

Perhaps they have learnt to be patient and are hoping some of it rubs off on other road users.

Triquet wrote:It's push-pull in LHD drive car, .......

Not in mine it's not!

.... but I think the argument is that they rely on vehicle wheels to roller the chippings into place. Hence the "loose chippings" road signs and low speed requests - they're not there to reduce vehicle damage but to slow vehicles down to roll the bits in and not sweep them away. :popcorn:

Certainly not the most fuel efficient, but it makes sense, as if you get the accelerating job over and done with as fast as possible, you can get back into the most fuel efficient gear, which is better than gradual acceleration in too high a gear! Exactly - well said Insanity! That is a point I oft...

Going away from the thread a little, but I found on switching to a more powerful automatic version of the same model it was much more difficult to maintain a set speed without reference to the instruments, and in urban situations I prefer to keep all my attention on the road and its surroundings. I...

It is not too difficult to stick quite closely to a chosen speed using the speedometer. Is choosing to stick to an indicated 33 a problem? Has anyone failed an advanced driving test for that level of excess over a limit? As an IAM Observer, I tell my Associates that they must practice obeying speed...

I agree with Whosegeneration that it can be difficult to stick to the limits - cars are more powerful now than in the old days when the rattles and wheezing engine tended to limit progress. I disagree with this bit. Provided the car is in the appropriate gear and the driver is concentrating, the ca...

The biggest issue that the moment is inlet valve carbon build up on direct injection vehicles. Both car manufactures and the oil companies are working to try to find a solution to the problem. The problem of course is because of a lack of a wash effect from the fuel. Unless you could produce an oil...

jont- wrote: ...so I think we need a new definition of anti-social speed. If you're doing 35 on an NSL road with a long queue behind you (and conditions are good), you're driving at an anti-social speed.

So, what is the current definition of "anti-social" speed and where would it be listed?