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I'm still not sure it would stand in the UK - the concern is that at the scene you might feel under pressure to admit blame (let's say the other driver is aggressive), or not realise that they are drugged/drunk. I filled one of these out in France once, early in my driving career. All it does is pr...

Mr Cholmondeley-Warner wrote:I think with Isettas, you got out, lifted the front, and turned it round yourself (then proceeded forwards to wherever you were going).

I'm surprised an Italian car didn't have a reverse gear - just in case they needed to retreat...

Horse wrote:There's video online (sorry, no link, someone else showed me it) of how the planes were choreographed to meet.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/raf- ... 82851.html ?

Horse wrote:wo of the fixed wing aircraft with the pivoting rotor tips - don't know whether they were setting off in preparation, or unrelated.

Those will be V-22 Ospreys, American things. Probably on their way to Fairford for RIAT this weekend.

http://www.bubblecarmuseum.co.uk/ - Boston. Lincolnshire ?

jont- wrote:

dvenman wrote:It says on the diagram "Driver can override the system by pushing harder on the accelerator"...

Read the circumstances in which this is allowed further down...

"Allowed"...not prevented.

It says on the diagram "Driver can override the system by pushing harder on the accelerator"...

Interesting article on The Register about male bling...

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/0 ... ale_bling/

Hmmmm...for racing driver tuition I can see an application.

However, for road use it's more limited. I could quite happily drive a speed into a brick wall - the only loss of smoothness coming at impact!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-26/speed-enforcement-detrimental-to-road-safety-study-finds/7965082 And as one who has had direct practical experience of the Victorian (Australian state, although perhaps applies to their approach to speeding enforcement) the general policing approach seems to me...