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- Sat Apr 25, 2020 8:12 am
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Bikes
- Topic: A few more videos
- Replies: 209
- Views: 1084846
Re: A few more videos
PS I think you need a particular licence to fly them near roads ;) Not specifically - less than 400 feet from persons or property, yes. But any rational, well trained, sensible operator - of which there are some, but your average Joe probably isn't - will be aware of all that. Specifically? CAA say...
- Fri Apr 24, 2020 9:12 am
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Bikes
- Topic: A few more videos
- Replies: 209
- Views: 1084846
Re: A few more videos
Horse wrote:PS I think you need a particular licence to fly them near roads
Not specifically - less than 400 feet from persons or property, yes. But any rational, well trained, sensible operator - of which there are some, but your average Joe probably isn't - will be aware of all that.
- Wed Apr 08, 2020 11:23 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Empty roads
- Replies: 39
- Views: 36224
Re: Empty roads
Similarly: Sleights of Mind A fascinating insight to how your brain processes visual information. Looks interesting. Could you give a couple of examples from it that can be applied to driving? One famous one. Saccades. If the magician moves their hand in a sweep and you follow it, you miss other th...
- Fri Apr 03, 2020 3:25 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: YouTube channel recommendations?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7606
Re: YouTube channel recommendations?
And Ronald Finger - dedication to the restoration of a Fiero
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgvRHI ... Q4Dcl_9YqQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgvRHI ... Q4Dcl_9YqQ
- Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:37 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Empty roads
- Replies: 39
- Views: 36224
Re: Empty roads
I drove back from Scotland yesterday. Tebay to Bristol in a shade over 3 1/2 hours...no traffic issues at all, even in rush hour
- Thu Feb 20, 2020 5:21 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: EV batteries - where does the stored energy go after a crash...?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14981
EV batteries - where does the stored energy go after a crash...?
I saw this elsewhere - https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Publications-and-media/NFPA-Journal/2020/January-February-2020/Features/EV-Stranded-Energy In short, it starts with a description of a RTA in the US involving a Tesla Model X, and the complications that resulted (e.g. battery fire reignit...
- Mon Jan 27, 2020 1:45 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Rear Fog Light Etiquette...
- Replies: 26
- Views: 33638
Re: Rear Fog Light Etiquette...
jont- wrote:... over time idiots will drop the standard ever further
I disagree. Over time it appears idiots are becoming better idiots.
- Fri Jan 24, 2020 10:56 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Rear Fog Light Etiquette...
- Replies: 26
- Views: 33638
Re: Rear Fog Light Etiquette...
jont- wrote:It's just part of the wider question - why is society so tolerant of shit drivers?
So that's why people call me anti-social...
- Tue Jan 14, 2020 7:38 am
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: Smart Motoways
- Replies: 38
- Views: 31502
Re: Smart Motoways
I've had reason to travel the M42 in both directions 2 or 3 times a year over the past 18 months. Even on Saturday or Sunday mornings with little traffic, often the speed boards would be controlling the motorway down to 60 when from my perspective there seemed little need for it. Perhaps they're onl...
- Thu Dec 26, 2019 10:05 am
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: Technology leading to disengaged drivers
- Replies: 12
- Views: 25447
Re: Technology leading to disengaged drivers
Not for nothing were A320s called the "John Wayne aeroplane" in their early life. I've not heard that - what does it mean? Chops down trees. moves mountains and kills Indians. Habsheim during a low fly past, Air Inter 148 descending in the Vosges mountains, and Indian Airlines 605 on appr...