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by vanman
Tue Dec 27, 2022 6:57 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Christmas Quiz
Replies: 10
Views: 6179

Re: Christmas Quiz

Could be tricky, what with traffic (lorry and car facing right) London driving is getting more and more hazardous, I tend to use TomTom BUT have fallen foul and turned right as instructed into a bus only lane £65 the poorer. :flail: What with congestion charge and ULEZ imminent time to give up the c...
by vanman
Sat Dec 10, 2022 12:42 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Benefit of being an IAMroadsmart member
Replies: 1
Views: 2461

Benefit of being an IAMroadsmart member

The membership card for scraping ice off screens. No need to risk your credit card chip nor your store card QR/bar code let alone smudging your signature. Does not snap (yet), however there is a slight delamination of the thin protective cover but the plastic underneath appears sound and it is not b...
by vanman
Mon Nov 28, 2022 6:46 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Traffic calming?
Replies: 8
Views: 4119

Re: Traffic calming?

Possibly seen out of season, we must protect the cow parsley at all costs. :roll:
by vanman
Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:31 am
Forum: Learner Driving
Topic: Young Drivers (again)
Replies: 18
Views: 8754

Re: Young Drivers (again)

[/quote]What do you want them to gain from it?[/quote]

Absolutely everything, the sooner the better to learn the controls without spending weeks on the road with an instructor. Ok a lot to learn when on the road but at least one could use the controls safely!! :soap:
by vanman
Tue Oct 25, 2022 3:21 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: 20 limits - 'the facts'...
Replies: 19
Views: 17843

Re: 20 limits - 'the facts'...

Time to scrap all the speedhumps then :hit:

What does the evidence say about traffic moving from 20mph roads to 30mph roads to skew the stats?[/quote]

Perhaps the monies gathered from speedsters over 20 will pay for the removal of the speed humps. :o
by vanman
Wed Aug 17, 2022 8:34 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Comments from ADI...
Replies: 36
Views: 18657

Re: Comments from ADI...

Fairsnuff, Too close granted, but my issue was with him not liking moving out to improve vision.
by vanman
Wed Aug 17, 2022 5:43 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Comments from ADI...
Replies: 36
Views: 18657

Re: Comments from ADI...

Oh my, what a prat. Obviously not been taught to overtake safely. Intimidating the ones in front? rubbish it lets them know you are perhaps intending to overtake, also how else can you see safely past to assess if the overtake is on or not. If he is an example of driving instructors in general, then...
by vanman
Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:11 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Driving day Newbury
Replies: 4
Views: 3656

Driving day Newbury

Thought we had best try and get one of these in before 2023!!! :car:

Saturday 15th October.
See members driver network for continuations.
by vanman
Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:26 pm
Forum: In The News
Topic: The nightmare has arrived, or has it?
Replies: 12
Views: 6756

Re: The nightmare has arrived, or has it?

What ... .... was wrong with that, as pointed out above bags of space between. Loads of view, I would be more that happy to do that overtake in my 79bhp Micra!! :soap:
by vanman
Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:35 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: The Mind Boggles ...
Replies: 7
Views: 4943

Re: The Mind Boggles ...

It takes real guts to drive one of those at that speed. Sadly the guts are probably what is left for the NHS to sort. :vomit:

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