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- Fri Jan 13, 2023 10:49 am
- Forum: Learner Driving
- Topic: Young Drivers (again)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8371
Re: Young Drivers (again)
Part of my day job often involves identifying and hiring facilities. There is an ever-decreasing number available. FWIW Bruntingthorpe, no longer available, 100% car storage Longcross, ditto, Netflix studios TRL Crowthorne, housing estate Duxford, available but on borrowed time, housing Upper Heyfo...
- Sat Dec 17, 2022 2:56 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Forum Names
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7657
Re: Forum Names
See my signature :) On another forum I'm on, the admin has been known to change login names for folk who have used a similar scheme then update their vehicle :lol: Mine is Jon T... but on one forum "jont" was taken, so I stuck a ''-' on the end. Seemed easier to keep using it elsewhere too.
- Mon Oct 24, 2022 9:47 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 20 limits - 'the facts'...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 17101
Re: 20 limits - 'the facts'...
• Smoother driving, with fewer accelerations and decelerations, generates fewer particulate emissions from tyre and brake wear. 75% of road transport particulate emissions come from tyre and brake wear, not exhausts Time to scrap all the speedhumps then :hit: What does the evidence say about traffi...
- Sat Oct 22, 2022 7:30 am
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: Speeding protection racket now fully legalised
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2160
Speeding protection racket now fully legalised
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-63322848 Really, just fine folk, no points? Can't be any sort of danger from speeding at all then :roll: If that's not the definition of a protection racket I don't know what is. I'm sure councils will be rolling this out nationwide as soon as they can. U...
- Sat Oct 15, 2022 7:42 am
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: Drivers woefully overestimate hands-free driver tech, study shows
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5246
Re: Drivers woefully overestimate hands-free driver tech, study shows
I've long thought anyone who thinks these sub-autonomous systems are a good idea almost defacto proves they don't understand driving enough to be allowed to keep a license.
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 5:37 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: 61% of drivers haven't read the new highway code
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4225
Re: 61% of drivers haven't read the new highway code
So how could that effective promotion be achieved? There's been quite a lot of adverts, posters in service stations etc about "go left" for when you break down on the motorway (god knows only why they missed the opportunity to also say "keep left when you're not actually overtaking&q...
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 6:49 am
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: 61% of drivers haven't read the new highway code
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4225
61% of drivers haven't read the new highway code
according to the AA: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62789079 so 35% of drivers are liars? I'd be amazed if it's anywhere near 4% never mind 40% that have read it. Some might be aware of these changes via news articles but I'm at the point where I wonder why we even bother with legislation and driving...
- Thu Sep 01, 2022 6:57 am
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: Truss on traffic
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2599
Re: Truss on traffic
No one is going to be able to afford fuel or electic to drive that fast anyway.
- Wed Aug 31, 2022 5:36 am
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: You have to admire the ingenuity
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3036
Re: You have to admire the ingenuity
How can they tell it's making motorists slow down? Because if there's another plod unit observing, it might be that one the motorists are reacting to,
- Thu Aug 25, 2022 5:54 pm
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
- Topic: Comments from ADI...
- Replies: 36
- Views: 17882
Re: Comments from ADI...
Don't know about anyone else, but how I drive (speed etc) can vary considerably. When I'd just collected Filly from hospital after a major operation and she was close to screaming with the pain, I drove as slowly as I needed to. Well I hope you didn't hold anyone up who might have been rushing to h...