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Apart from it being "a dark and rainy morning", we're given no other clues. What clothing was the child wearing? Was she concentrating on her phone or listening to music? Was the driver keeping with the flow of traffic? Was the car in electric (ie silent) mode? Was there a dashcam to verif...

What do we think about this?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/c ... 69965.html

Totally agree, the few cars I have driven I have not even looked at the touch screen. Bad enough finding light switch on Fords (bottom right) why not on the stalk. :soap: Because they've been puting it there for at least 25 years (VW & Mercedes put it there on some models too). Shame Ford have ...

Another ADI offers advice: https://youtu.be/X4-PoCp8GPE He's a sensible chap, partly because he has/had a VX220. This is interesting. He's a local instructor who I often see and his examples were all on roads I'm very familiar with. With local knowledge I'd be very wary of his examples at 5.42 and ...

This is on a par with the surveys where a given percentage of drivers swear they NEVER exceed the speed limit

I'm almost surprised he didn't stay out for the 5th.....

Darwin is alive and well

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angus wrote:Having seen videos of the DPG

SEG Special Escort Group?

Yes - I thought they were called Diplomatic Protection Group - either they were or I imagined it....

Triquet wrote:Looks like two gendarmes clearing a route for the camera vehicle probably an emergency ambulance (sapeur-pompiers)

Apparently the camera vehicle is blood or organ transport

Having seen videos of the DPG, seen the DPG in action escorting Boris on the A12 (didn't know who it was until that evening's news) and the combination of police and "amateur" bikers escorting and creating a rolling road block for the women's cycle tour last week, I felt that was awful. Dr...