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by hir
Wed Oct 05, 2016 12:43 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: BGOL question
Replies: 41
Views: 36257

Re: BGOL question

... Lots of car drivers get away with their bad habits only because the vehicle itself is inherently stable and not that heavy. The next phase of my argument is that if one can separate braking and changing gear then one can jump into a vehicle with a crash gearbox and drive the thing. If you canno...
by hir
Wed Sep 28, 2016 3:27 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Live Fast, Drive Hard - My RoSPA Diary
Replies: 72
Views: 64234

Re: Live Fast, Drive Hard - My RoSPA Diary

Congratulations.
by hir
Tue Sep 27, 2016 11:03 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Replies: 14
Views: 14312

Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

The forum is 1 today :) ...In that year we have managed over 10,000 posts (I might be guilty of a few of those!) across 400+ topics, have acquired 188 members and an active forum with interesting content every day... and a great bunch of people posting - thank you all... :cheers: Alasdair And, than...
by hir
Sat Sep 17, 2016 9:28 am
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Two Chevron rule
Replies: 61
Views: 65117

Re: Two Chevron rule

Looking for the collective wisdom please on the sign that says "Keep two chevrons apart" If the first Chevron is numbered one, and the next one, teo, three, etc, is the sign meant to be interpreted as follows; If my vehicle is on top of chevron one, then the car in front is on chevron thr...
by hir
Sat Sep 10, 2016 7:29 am
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Just curious
Replies: 32
Views: 28588

Re: Just curious

If Porsche or the like offers free driving instruction to purchasers of their cars - and only purchasers of their cars - who hold a full licence and in order to assist them in driving a high-performance car is that paid-for instruction that requires the giver of the instruction to be registered not...
by hir
Thu Sep 08, 2016 3:19 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Just curious
Replies: 32
Views: 28588

Re: Just curious

... No tutor / observer should ever accept money from a candidate, except, as Mike says above, for fuel expenses in motorcycle tuition, where the observer has to ride their own bike while observing the candidate. This is not a universal practice. Some say... that biker persons get their payment in ...
by hir
Mon Sep 05, 2016 5:12 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Smee's test - specifics
Replies: 38
Views: 32698

Re: Smee's test - specifics

I do this too and I like the 'wake them up' concept, but ......surely the sole purpose of the joining slip is to join..... it's not like we're there to park, get the car washed by east european ladies and gentlemen (other ethnicities are available) or even have a picnic, so why do we indicate, or i...
by hir
Sun Sep 04, 2016 10:37 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Smee's test - specifics
Replies: 38
Views: 32698

Re: Smee's test - specifics

... Similarly when joining a motorway, is a signal really necessary? It's obvious that your joining the carriageway, your not going to crash through the Armco barrier, are you? I would always signal to change lane, except possibly moving back from lane two into lane one. Is there an inconsistency h...
by hir
Sun Sep 04, 2016 9:25 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Requirements for paid driving work
Replies: 17
Views: 15937

Re: Requirements for paid driving work

Smeeagain wrote:
Thanks. Yes there have been suggestions that "I'll be fine", but im a beltnbraces kind of guy and I take insurance, my liberty, and ultimately others lives very seriously...



Excellent. In which case I shall stop worrying for you. ;)
by hir
Sun Sep 04, 2016 8:34 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Requirements for paid driving work
Replies: 17
Views: 15937

Re: Requirements for paid driving work

I presume that a company's employee driving a customer doesn't come under private hire, it may depend on how you structure the relationship with the restaurants... Alasdair Years ago, landlord of a local bought a minibus to take 'tired' customers home. Service ended abruptly when he was told he nee...

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