10 'facts' about motorways...

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10 'facts' about motorways...

Postby martine » Mon Nov 11, 2019 6:25 pm

From the BBC...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articl ... -motorways

Can you spot the mistake? Come on BBC, I thought you were better than that.

[Edited to correct weblink!]
Last edited by martine on Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:48 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: 10 'facts' about motorways...

Postby crr003 » Mon Nov 11, 2019 6:39 pm

Link?

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Re: 10 'facts' about motorways...

Postby Gareth » Tue Nov 12, 2019 2:04 am

Ah ha! The link is the mistake! Maybe this Ten speedy facts about motorways article?
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Re: 10 'facts' about motorways...

Postby akirk » Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:10 am

Mistake - no learners...

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Re: 10 'facts' about motorways...

Postby vanman » Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:12 am

akirk wrote:Mistake - no learners...

mistake 1959 50 yrs ago! :o

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Re: 10 'facts' about motorways...

Postby martine » Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:49 am

Weird - the 'shorturl' weblink was working last night but it's changed to something a bit weird!

Anyway - I've corrected the original post.
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Re: 10 'facts' about motorways...

Postby Horse » Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:04 am

Didn't spot the mistake, but worth mentioning https://www.pathetic.org.uk/ again, if anyone's interested in trivia and absurd!
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Re: 10 'facts' about motorways...

Postby Gareth » Tue Nov 12, 2019 12:12 pm

Maybe the article was written about 10 years ago and has been 'recycled' - would explain the two errors.
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Re: 10 'facts' about motorways...

Postby crr003 » Tue Nov 12, 2019 12:37 pm

1. The L thing. Even before the latest relaxation, LGV/HGV L plates were allowed.
2. The M25 is not a ring road.

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Re: 10 'facts' about motorways...

Postby Horse » Tue Nov 12, 2019 1:39 pm

The M25 is not a ring, it is the sigil odegra
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