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Right on. TRSGD says: "Diagram 1040 Part of the carriageway which vehicular traffic should not enter unless it is seen by the driver to be safe to do so" No mention of necessary . I would imagine if the Police were to get involved it would be because of something a little more demanding t...

"Areas of white diagonal stripes or chevrons painted on the road. These are to separate traffic lanes or to protect traffic turning right. If the area is bordered by a broken white line, you should not enter the area unless it is necessary and you can see that it is safe to do so." Can so...

akirk wrote:... I find both my BMWs comfortable, but the newer is over 14 years old...


Alasdair

... which was built just before BMW went exclusively runflat.

... The problem is, the car looks fantastic inside and out but it was so uncomfortable to drive I'll probably have to pass. Seats hard, ride hard, gear-change stiff, steering heavy. In other words, extremely disappointing. Everyone else I took out in the car said the same. ... Am I missing somethin...

Nothing to do with overtaking. OK. I'm not going mad. After some digging I now find numerous references in discussions on overtaking to this thought process / learning aid by Waremark on the old forum. I say you should generally plan to be in by one-third of the distance you can see to be clear - o...

Putting my arty hat on, you may have heard the 'rule of thirds' as a way of composing pictures (your camera may evenhave a grid overlay in the viewfinder). The idea is to, for example, align the horizon with a line or put the subject onthe point where two lines cross. Similar to driving, it's not a...

I've only heard of 'thirds' in the context of using the 'view' ahead: 1 Accelerate 2 Constant 3 Braking I didn't get along with it - didn't like the focus seeming to be to ignore the mid-ground. It's the above, as explained by Horse. Nothing to do with overtaking. To elaborate just a little: Firstl...

Thank you Alasdair for taking the trouble to organise this.

Certainly in our group any observer using the words "You need to do this on test" would be beaten severely. :hit: Oh how times have changed! I'm looking at my old Observer Training Manual page 5: "........The other option (when all else fails) is to explain to the Associate that this...

I thought the user base of this ridiculous technique from days gone by were gradually dying out as age catches up with them. I'm saddened to hear the gene pool is being contaminated again. Agreed. But what we don't know is whether or not these "youn'uns" are still dipping into that ancien...