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by jont-
Thu Mar 23, 2023 5:36 pm
Forum: In The News
Topic: An interesting, if unsettling, development.
Replies: 29
Views: 24033

Re: An interesting, if unsettling, development.

About the only upside is the police being swamped by so many reports they can't possibly process them all. And hopefully owners of such devices will be prosecuted when they inevitably speed themselves (find me a driver who /never/ speeds). Afterall, if catching bad driving is so important, why shoul...
by jont-
Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:43 am
Forum: In The News
Topic: Hyundai keeping buttons
Replies: 7
Views: 2945

Re: Hyundai keeping buttons

vanman wrote:Hyundai's are good, from a maintenance point of view, dull drive but you can't have everything.

i30N is quite entertaining :gear:
by jont-
Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:10 am
Forum: In The News
Topic: Hyundai keeping buttons
Replies: 7
Views: 2945

Hyundai keeping buttons

https://www.thedrive.com/news/hyundai-p ... -dangerous

Shame the legislators can't see the danger and just ban the bloody things. IIRC Mazda have also said the same.
by jont-
Thu Mar 16, 2023 5:15 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Dissertation survey
Replies: 95
Views: 208943

Re: Dissertation survey

From camera location, to the hatching separating slip road from main carriageway / start of bend is about 60 metres. HC says braking distance at 70mph is 75m (which a modern car on decent tyres should exceed). I'd assume you're not stopping completely, and there shouldn't be any reaction time as yo...
by jont-
Thu Mar 16, 2023 5:48 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Dissertation survey
Replies: 95
Views: 208943

Re: Dissertation survey

And some of the A34 off-slips are ridiculous. If you go A34 North to the A4 West, many people have visited the Armco ... Off slips are fine, most cars are competent at stopping. Joining there heading south is much dodgier, especially if you find someone dithering down the slip road and expecting to...
by jont-
Sun Mar 05, 2023 8:08 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Dissertation survey
Replies: 95
Views: 208943

Re: Dissertation survey

Motorways increasingly seem to have empty lane 1s, never mind hard shoulders. Maybe "smart motorways" is just seen as a cheaper approach than educating all the MLMs to use the full capacity of the road already there :roll:
by jont-
Tue Feb 21, 2023 4:05 pm
Forum: In The News
Topic: Highway Code Review for cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders
Replies: 80
Views: 538136

Re: Highway Code Review for cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders

And there's more: https://youtube.com/shorts/hPLNAP_kgWQ?feature=share "...and although it doesn't make it clear in the Highway Code.....". But this is the only document a normal road user will reference. No, no they won't. I'd put good money on a "normal" road user not having l...
by jont-
Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:14 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Off-siding
Replies: 52
Views: 112159

Re: Off-siding

These are the type of driver that shouldn't have a driving license /efa. The problem is not a lack of technology. The problem is a societal unwillingess to take driving licenses away from people not prepared to put in the minimum requisite effort to be worthy of holding one. And I'd include relying...
by jont-
Mon Jan 30, 2023 8:26 am
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Off-siding
Replies: 52
Views: 112159

Re: Off-siding

On a reasonably empty motorway, I'll often stay in the centre lane. It's away from the centre but also gives a margin from the left too. But ... If someone is closing from behind, I'll move left until they've passed. Do you ever get caught out by not noticing someone closing from behind? It feels l...
by jont-
Mon Jan 23, 2023 9:26 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: New Members.
Replies: 54
Views: 235914

Re: New Members.

Some context for my previous post, about 'time'. We had one particular trainee taking CBT (very basic skills, enoughto get on the road solo). Nominally / usually than can be completed and signed of in one day. However, at that training centre we did 2 hour sessions, so you would expect it to take l...

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