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martine wrote:But back on topic, how about immediate and permanent confiscation of their phone?

You could make the penalty immediate and permanent confiscation of the vehicle (but you'd end up with a DM sob story no doubt ), but it won't make any difference if people don't think they'll get caught.

It's irrelevant when there's nobody out there to enforce it (and people don't think they will get caught).

I still would love to have answered the question: "how does any manufacturer believe that they can deliver autonomous cars / lorries / buses etc. when we still don't have a network of driverless trains?" I've ranted about this before, but we do in some places (eg DLR, airport shuttle trai...

My interpretation - Tesla are now rolling their own algorithms. They [yet] don't have the knowhow mobileye have, so until they have enough data, they can't roll things out. In the meantime older cars with mobileye cameras can carry on. The newer cars will have the hardware (cameras) built in, but th...

An HD version was remastered a couple of years ago.

Still one of my alltime favourite petrolhead videos.

It was a while ago but my addled memory can bring up a few things: ... This list is not complete! Sounds like he'd have been better off driving himself (which is the point I'm getting to with our airport taxis - their driving is so abysmal it would be less stressful to drive myself. Only problem is...

GTR1400MAN wrote:Hmmm, lets think ... Offsiding.

How would that look to a non 'Advanced' driver/rider?

How many are looking far enough beyond the end of their own bonnet to notice?

sussex2 wrote:I sometimes refer to it as when a driver 'puts the car on' rather than 'gets into it' as if they become part of the thing rather than an addition.

You drive a Caterham too?

The only way to ensure an overtake not being perceived as inconsiderate is to do it when the road on the offside is completely empty. At least in the UK, you may still find the person you are overtaking gets upset ("I'm a safe driver, ergo anyone going slower than me is a doddery old sod, and ...

One of the things we cover on the IAM course is being courteous. Don't forget UK roads are more congested and it is not always possible/safe to wave an arm leg at the time. I personally don't like vehicles moving over to 'help me' overtake (other than filtering in congested towns). They invariably ...