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crr003 wrote:

Jonquirk wrote:We call it estate fencing, made of steel, https://www.thetraditionalco.co.uk/estate-fencing/

It's used at bends and junctions (should be kept free from foliage). It allows more progress which is the Cheshire way.
https://goo.gl/maps/v6H76fs8rAvcojjJA

Give or take a hedge on the apex

Horse wrote:

crr003 wrote:

Jonquirk wrote:We call it estate fencing, made of steel, https://www.thetraditionalco.co.uk/estate-fencing/

It's used at bends and junctions (should be kept free from foliage). It allows more progress which is the Cheshire way.
https://goo.gl/maps/v6H76fs8rAvcojjJA

Give or take a hedge on the apex

I did say should be kept free from foliage! That fence is probably older than me.
I knew I should have found a better photo!

Hey - I least I looked, so it was worth posting

crr003 wrote:Part 2 already:

Some horns!

There were a couple of times elsewhere he could have used his.

Have to say he is very trusting of parked cars and waiting vehicles.

GTR1400MAN wrote:
Have to say he is very trusting of parked cars and waiting vehicles.

Did he say, as he moved off and out to pass a parked stopped vehicle "get away before he does"?

That suggested to me that it was either:
- said for comic effect
Or:
- seemingly ignoring that the car night move while he was mid-pass


Edit:

As I clicked to post, I thought "will anyone reply that it's easy to pick holes?"

But then I thought about the standard that was being demonstrated.

Horse wrote:

GTR1400MAN wrote:
Have to say he is very trusting of parked cars and waiting vehicles.

Did he say, as he moved off and out to pass a parked stopped vehicle "get away before he does"?

That suggested to me that it was either:
- said for comic effect
Or:
- seemingly ignoring that the car night move while he was mid-pass


Edit:

As I clicked to post, I thought "will anyone reply that it's easy to pick holes?"

But then I thought about the standard that was being demonstrated.

I thought similar to both of you. Then remembered my time as an IAM Observer, long ago now and my Observer checker, a local Class 1 and some of the things he "taught" me.
I wonder whether Reg is still in a bit of the same mindset.
One thing my checker did insist on was thumbs not around steering wheel, yet Reg does that and said it's ok. My checker told me he had attended RTCs where folks had thumb injuries.
On the same, Ted Clements, remember him, came to my group to give a talk and answer questions.
Roadcraft with the red cover was the then current issue, he held it up and said, "yes we've had lots of comments about the front cover picture".

WhoseGeneration wrote:One thing my checker did insist on was thumbs not around steering wheel, yet Reg does that and said it's ok. My checker told me he had attended RTCs where folks had thumb injuries.

He's not the only one, I've seen other videos showing it.

Not sure whether I've heard the same injury stories or, for me, if it is a hang-on from being taught how to hand-start my Dad's moggie minor

OK, here's another:

Limit point. Furthest bit of clear, visible, road surface so the longest braking distance available.

Isn't it actually 'see is clear and expect to remain so'? At least, that's how I thought the explanation went (and taught it).

However, in the first video and (I think) an earlier one, he leaves of that qualifier.

WhoseGeneration wrote:One thing my checker did insist on was thumbs not around steering wheel, yet Reg does that and said it's ok. My checker told me he had attended RTCs where folks had thumb injuries.

I've heard that quoted before. In motor racing it is usual to have the thumbs round the steering wheel and in more than 40 years of preparing reports of motor racing accidents I never came across an incidence of thumb injury caused by this. Legs, internal organs and neck injuries were the most common.

I have wrenched a thumb due to it being hooked on the spoke but it was off-road in a Land-Rover. It was a combination of low-geared steering and sudden impact with a rock in a rut that imparted a sideways force to one wheel. With current steering setups, including power assistance, I don’t see this as being a likely occurrence when driving on the road.

Jonquirk wrote: ... a likely occurrence when driving on the road.

Although could doing (and trying to cling onto control during) an unintentional off-road excursion create the situation?