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From: John on 12 May 2010 13:37 "Mike Barnes" <mikebarnes(a)bluebottle.com> wrote in message news:y8m69otQqr6LFwy6(a)g52lk5g23lkgk3lk345g.invalid... > Man at B&Q <manatbandq(a)hotmail.com>: >>Like many a dictionary, the HC has simply faied to keep up with common >>usage. > > There's a fundamental difference between the HC and a dictionary. The HC > describes how we *ought* to behave. A dictionary describes how we > *actually* use the language. > > -- > Mike Barnes I flashed to say "Pull out behind me" and he nearly hit me!
From: Mortimer on 12 May 2010 13:54 "John" <Who90nospam(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:KXxGn.83740$rc7.51766(a)newsfe19.ams2... > >> >> I make a clear distinction between a quick double-flash to signal "I will >> wait for you" and a long single flash to signal "I am here" (a visible >> version of the horn). >> >> But I'd prefer a totally separate set of lights (green?) on the front of >> the car that I could flash in the first situation. > > But how will I know it is YOU with your particular meaning? I was thinking of something that would be described officially in the HC so everyone uses it in the same way. In other words, remove the ambiguous uses of the headlamp flash (though 99% of people seem to distinguish them correctly) and replace them with two unambiguous signals: headlamp-flashing which only means "visible horn - I am here" and green lights (or whatever signal is chosen) which only means "I will wait for you". After all, everyone understands the meaning of flashing amber lights on one side of the car or bright red lights plus a third high-level one on the rear of the car, because they are described in the HC and taught for the driving test.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 13 May 2010 02:54 On Wed, 12 May 2010 18:54:16 +0100, "Mortimer" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >which only means "I will wait for you". I would say "the car with green light is giving way to somebody (it may not be you)". Then by teaching what the risks are you make everybody aware so you should get a better system than the present head in the sand - there is no giving way signal. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 13 May 2010 02:56 On Wed, 12 May 2010 15:26:24 +0100, Mike Barnes <mikebarnes(a)bluebottle.com> wrote: >There's a fundamental difference between the HC and a dictionary. The HC >describes how we *ought* to behave. A dictionary describes how we >*actually* use the language. very true, but when almost everybody demonstrates the need for a ruling, shouldn't it give one? -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 13 May 2010 02:56
On Wed, 12 May 2010 18:37:00 +0100, "John" <Who90nospam(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: >I flashed to say "Pull out behind me" and he nearly hit me! hardly surprising. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine. |