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From: Harry Bloomfield on 10 Dec 2009 15:20 Keith has brought this to us : > There is a school of thought that says that drivers should be able to > stop in the distance they can see to be clear. > > If you're driving on an unlit road on dipped headlights, this is as far > as the light reaches. > > If you're driving on a straight road on a bright day and can see for > miles, you can drive as fast as you like as long as you can see your > path will be clear (no hidden side turnings, etc.) Yes, but we all know that in the real world most drivers a/ do not look any further ahead than the ends of their bonnets, b/ drive beyond their limits and c/ most are not very observant. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Harry Bloomfield on 10 Dec 2009 15:21 Silk expressed precisely : > On 10/12/2009 19:33, Harry Bloomfield wrote: >> Silk wrote on 10/12/2009 : >>> On 10/12/2009 18:15, Harry Bloomfield wrote: >>>> Silk pretended : >>>>> On 10/12/2009 17:29, Harry Bloomfield wrote: >>>>> Now I wonder which unlucky individual hit it? >>>>> >>>>> It had to be really. Are you not worried that this sort of thing is >>>>> becoming a bit of a habit? >>>> >>>> Er... What sort of thing? >>>> >>> >>> Not seeing stuff and running into it. >> >> I was simply a spectator to the event, it occurred on the opposite side >> of the road and beyond a barrier. > > You implied that it was you who hit it. Oh no I didn't! -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Silk on 10 Dec 2009 15:40 On 10/12/2009 20:21, Harry Bloomfield wrote: > Silk expressed precisely : >> On 10/12/2009 19:33, Harry Bloomfield wrote: >>> Silk wrote on 10/12/2009 : >>>> On 10/12/2009 18:15, Harry Bloomfield wrote: >>>>> Silk pretended : >>>>>> On 10/12/2009 17:29, Harry Bloomfield wrote: >>>>>> Now I wonder which unlucky individual hit it? >>>>>> >>>>>> It had to be really. Are you not worried that this sort of thing is >>>>>> becoming a bit of a habit? >>>>> >>>>> Er... What sort of thing? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Not seeing stuff and running into it. >>> >>> I was simply a spectator to the event, it occurred on the opposite side >>> of the road and beyond a barrier. >> >> You implied that it was you who hit it. > > Oh no I didn't! Oh... I'm not playing. ;-)
From: Silk on 10 Dec 2009 15:41 On 10/12/2009 20:20, Harry Bloomfield wrote: > Keith has brought this to us : >> There is a school of thought that says that drivers should be able to >> stop in the distance they can see to be clear. >> >> If you're driving on an unlit road on dipped headlights, this is as far >> as the light reaches. >> >> If you're driving on a straight road on a bright day and can see for >> miles, you can drive as fast as you like as long as you can see your >> path will be clear (no hidden side turnings, etc.) > > Yes, but we all know that in the real world most drivers a/ do not look > any further ahead than the ends of their bonnets, b/ drive beyond their > limits and c/ most are not very observant. Even more reason for you to do that Advanced Driving course.
From: Harry Bloomfield on 10 Dec 2009 15:49
Silk formulated on Thursday : > Even more reason for you to do that Advanced Driving course. No, no, I don't want to become obsessed with wheelie bins. :-? -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk |