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by Jonquirk
Fri Mar 19, 2021 4:39 pm
Forum: In The News
Topic: Smart Motoways
Replies: 38
Views: 30890

Re: Smart Motoways

There appears to be three lanes going ahead and a slip lane, so four lanes if you stretch a point.
by Jonquirk
Tue Mar 02, 2021 12:05 pm
Forum: This Website
Topic: I'm back
Replies: 11
Views: 21635

Re: I'm back

That’s a long time to be enjoying hospital food. Glad to hear that you’re on the mend.
by Jonquirk
Wed Feb 03, 2021 10:21 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Stopping an auto smoothly
Replies: 43
Views: 36918

Re: Stopping an auto smoothly

It is rather like stopping on a hill. During the last phase of braking pedal effort is proportional to speed so is reducing as the car’s speed reaches zero. In a manual car, on the level, the car would stop smoothly just as the brake pedal is released. On a slope it would start to roll. The creep of...
by Jonquirk
Mon Jan 18, 2021 7:50 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Bikes
Topic: Corner lines - thoughts?
Replies: 19
Views: 14238

Re: Corner lines - thoughts?

I got the impression from the screen grab that the bike was on the “wrong” side of the hazard markings as a result of straightlining the two minor bends. Without a riders eye view it is difficult to say how advisable that would be, but the slow marking on the road suggests that it would not be witho...
by Jonquirk
Sat Jan 16, 2021 9:39 pm
Forum: Technology
Topic: What gear is best?
Replies: 37
Views: 28139

Re: What gear is best?

Lifting off will reduce the load on the transmission. Reapplying power will be sensed as an increase in load; the box will downshift to meet the expected demand for power and remain in that gear until the load eases again. On an unrelated note: I used to drive John Deere Gators, which are utility ve...
by Jonquirk
Thu Jan 07, 2021 12:19 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Blimey it's quiet...
Replies: 32
Views: 18021

Re: Blimey it's quiet...

I have an extra set of wheels for my Yaris and winter tyres. I have seen the benefit a couple of times, once watching a Focus slide wide turning left while I stayed on course, and once where I was on a wet and muddy field being used as a car park. The last time we had significant snowfall I passed u...
by Jonquirk
Tue Dec 15, 2020 10:08 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Santa bringing you anything driving/riding related?
Replies: 5
Views: 3705

Re: Santa bringing you anything driving/riding related?

I recently saw a motorbike with a top box on a rack. There was a rack on top of the top box, just crying out for a smaller top box to go on it. And so on, ad infinitum
by Jonquirk
Fri Dec 04, 2020 8:54 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Driving in the dark
Replies: 48
Views: 49415

Re: Driving in the dark

During my motoring career nothing has lit the way ahead as well as a pair of driving lamps on the roof of my Land-Rover.
by Jonquirk
Tue Nov 10, 2020 12:16 pm
Forum: In The News
Topic: Insurance during lockdown
Replies: 13
Views: 10754

Re: Insurance during lockdown

If this silly story was true, anyone who parks on the street would have to remove their vehicle to an off-street parking place before lockdown started. Insurance doesn’t only provide cover while the vehicle is being driven
by Jonquirk
Sun Nov 08, 2020 3:39 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Oh dear oh dear ....
Replies: 7
Views: 5122

Re: Oh dear oh dear ....

I don’t suppose we should take a space filler article in the Daily Fail too seriously, but I think some of those steering techniques would leave the driver open to being charged with not being in proper control of the vehicle.

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