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Nice to see you keeping well back, so the van can see you in it's mirrors. Far too many bikers come up too quick and close for the overtake, giving little chance for the van to be aware of their presence before they overtake. Given the acceleration available there should be no need to get so close o...

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Totally agree, the few cars I have driven I have not even looked at the touch screen. Bad enough finding light switch on Fords (bottom right) why not on the stalk.
Hyundai's are good, from a maintenance point of view, dull drive but you can't have everything.

Roadsmart Skills Days "The sessions are open to both IAM RoadSmart members and the general public, allowing attendees a rare chance to learn precision driving and riding techniques on a racing circuit, and to develop new skills that they can use when back on public roads." Just wondered wh...

When I was using a bike on a regular basis (some 20 yrs ago) I had a car turning right in front of me at night. They stopped short of the turn and said they hadn't seen me, as I was lost in the headlights behind me. After that I always used a Sam Brown reflective belt ag all times. Still here!

Could be tricky, what with traffic (lorry and car facing right) London driving is getting more and more hazardous, I tend to use TomTom BUT have fallen foul and turned right as instructed into a bus only lane £65 the poorer. :flail: What with congestion charge and ULEZ imminent time to give up the c...

The membership card for scraping ice off screens. No need to risk your credit card chip nor your store card QR/bar code let alone smudging your signature. Does not snap (yet), however there is a slight delamination of the thin protective cover but the plastic underneath appears sound and it is not b...

Possibly seen out of season, we must protect the cow parsley at all costs.

[/quote]What do you want them to gain from it?[/quote]

Absolutely everything, the sooner the better to learn the controls without spending weeks on the road with an instructor. Ok a lot to learn when on the road but at least one could use the controls safely!!

Time to scrap all the speedhumps then

What does the evidence say about traffic moving from 20mph roads to 30mph roads to skew the stats?[/quote]

Perhaps the monies gathered from speedsters over 20 will pay for the removal of the speed humps.