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- Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:00 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Cycling two abreast
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7862
Re: Cycling two abreast
...might even be regarded as best practice. Where I have a preference, I'd probably prefer they were two abreast and the group was shorter in length. I'd guess the cause of animosity for many drivers is that side by side means they have to overtake rather than barging past those in single file. In ...
- Sun May 28, 2017 6:48 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Driving in the middle of London
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16618
Re: Driving in the middle of London
jcochrane wrote:I find it relaxing which may seem strange
I'm with you on this, and that aiming for calmness while surrounded by chaos seems the best way. Attempting to overcome that with aggression seems counter productive.
Besides, it isn't Naples
- Fri Jun 03, 2016 6:18 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The state of roads.
- Replies: 87
- Views: 71772
Re: The state of roads.
Didn't the Spanish government spend a huge amount on road and other civil engineering projects a few years ago? That would have given them great road quality to start with. Non scientific observation (a holiday a couple of years ago) would suggest that their major routes have significantly lower tra...
- Mon May 30, 2016 7:04 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: Government Think survey
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15982
Re: Government Think survey
akirk wrote:as we know it is only on this forum that we are totally unbiased and reasonable
Indeed.
- Mon May 30, 2016 6:55 pm
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: How does advanced driving deal with a modern manual gearbox
- Replies: 52
- Views: 54733
Re: How does advanced driving deal with a modern manual gearbox
We also agree that the gear-change indicators are set to maximize economy. My 3 cylinder petrol engine doesn't just indicate up or down, but specifies which gear it would like you to select. Moderate acceleration will ask for one or even two gears lower so while there is a bias towards economy it i...
- Mon May 30, 2016 1:51 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: Government Think survey
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15982
Government Think survey
It's statistics, so can probably be made to mean anything you'd like, so how do you interpret: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/525931/road-safety-biennial-survey.pdf Apparently the only things the public consider to be less dangerous than driving at 90mph on...
- Wed Mar 30, 2016 9:18 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: RoSPA launches website to keep older drivers safe on the roads
- Replies: 108
- Views: 92159
Re: RoSPA launches website to keep older drivers safe on the roads
A stranger is just a friend you haven't met.
- Sun Mar 20, 2016 5:58 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: RoSPA launches website to keep older drivers safe on the roads
- Replies: 108
- Views: 92159
Re: RoSPA launches website to keep older drivers safe on the roads
I have been looking for some device that would monitor speed against limit to give a back up warning. The "old" TomTom UK app on iPhone had audible alerts for camera locations and for straying over the limit. I say "old" because it has just been replaced with TomTom Go which, as...
- Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:19 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: Removal of white lines
- Replies: 16
- Views: 18660
Re: Removal of white lines
I can sort of understand it in well-lit urban areas with no requirement for directing the traffic into lanes for different routes, but on a dark, wet rural road surrounded by nasties such as trees and ditches, I find the benefit hard to discern. Seems many of the trials have been villages rather th...
- Tue Dec 29, 2015 6:46 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: Learners - motorways, night, bad weather
- Replies: 56
- Views: 55334
Re: Learners - motorways, night, bad weather
The worst being lorry drivers who seem to think that they can stop 44 tonnes in less than a few car lengths. I'm not convinced this trait is exclusive to lorry drivers - stopping distances seem to be very low on the list of priorities for most motorway drivers. Joining from a slip road, lane use, i...