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TheInsanity1234 wrote:If I stop, it increases the possibility of the overtaker going ahead and overtaking.

So what? If you have positioned more towards the crown of the road, without crossing a centre line, it lets the waiting driver assess whether it is safe to emerge.

titian wrote:Through a 90 degree right hander

Your memory is playing tricks on you; this bend is fairly gentle.

Germane to the discussion, though, is what speed you could reasonably expect a fast motorbike to be approaching.

I couldn't see it while just looking at the complete image - my eye was repeatedly drawn to the differentiated snowmen - but it was easy enough to spot when I scanned row by row, as in, I didn't skip over it during the systematic search. I wondered if there was a correlation between the inanbility t...

Astraist wrote:An alert instructor can place his or her foot under their own brake pedal.

A good recipe for a mashed foot - I speak from experience, although I was the one doing the mashing. I'm sure 7db would prefer not to recall the experience ...

Horse wrote:sufficiently aware and involved to take over swiftly and appropriately.

I think there is sufficient evidence to say that we know the answer to this one.

how can you guarantee recharging when you don't have a driveway and the LA haven't provided charging points next to the places you can park. If the brave new world includes a charging point with every car-parking space, it'll allow warming up the interior prior to departure in winter. FWIW I saw a ...

Synchromesh wrote:it's far more efficient to generate power en masse in a power station than it is to have thousands of ICEs.

Does this take transmission and storage losses into account?

TheInsanity1234 wrote:the Yeti makes a fair amount of unpleasant noise at any engine speed over 2500 rpm

Maximum power is at, maybe, 4400 rpm but you won't use it?

TheInsanity1234 wrote:and it's got no power below 1500 rpm.

The power you are missing has been located further up the rev range

A couple more thoughts ... But that's an awful lot of gear changing between 3rd and 4th on a normal country road where your speed varies between 30 and 50. You'll be needing to change down more often than necessary if you habitually try to use a lowish engine speed; try working in a slightly expande...

waremark wrote:If at a mini roundabout the first exit is the one at 12 o clock, I intend to take that exit, and there is a vehicle approaching from 12 o clock, I would give a left signal on approach.

I do this; it seems courteous.