From: Marc on
Conor wrote:
> In article <heh3fj$u8r$1(a)aioe.org>, Silk says...
>
>> If you really want to see people busy doing nothing, you need the Civil
>> Service.
>
> I was offered a job in June working for DWP Jobcentreplus. I declined
> it.
>
Back too bad to move paper around?
From: Conor on
In article <7n2staF3k6d16U1(a)mid.individual.net>, Bod says...

> Many roads have gradients and troughs where a car
> in the distance cannot be seen because it is in a
> dip in the road.

However you'd see the "halo" of light from their headlights...


> Without seeing a long way ahead
> it would be stupid to overtake any vehicle in
> front without clear line of sight.
> For that reason alone, it makes sense for the
> vehicle in front to put their main beam
> on(whenever possible) to also assist any vehicle
> behind.
>
Nope, still not even remotely convinced.



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From: Silk on
On 24/11/2009 19:58, Colin Irvine wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:45:20 +0000, Silk squeezed out the following:
>
>> Of course, "good" driving is a different thing
>> altogether, as we can include things that come under the general heading
>> of technique, such as courtesy
>
> such as briefly putting your headlights on main beam to help a
> following driver overtake you?
>

Where in the Highway Code does it say to do that?
From: Colin Irvine on
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:23:43 +0000, Silk squeezed out the following:

>On 24/11/2009 19:58, Colin Irvine wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:45:20 +0000, Silk squeezed out the following:
>>
>>> Of course, "good" driving is a different thing
>>> altogether, as we can include things that come under the general heading
>>> of technique, such as courtesy
>>
>> such as briefly putting your headlights on main beam to help a
>> following driver overtake you?
>>
>
>Where in the Highway Code does it say to do that?

Since when is courtesy restricted to the contents of the Highway Code?

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From: Steve H on the road on

"The Older Gentleman" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1j9p87l.ebb1vx165fc07N%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk...
> SteveH <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Silk <me(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Let's be honest, you have to have a bit of a screw loose to want to get
>> > on one.
>>
>> No moreso than you have to be to aspire to driving a Skoda minicab.
>
> Steve, where did you dig up this idiot? Even by normal Usenet standards,
> he's a bit 'special'.

uk.rec.driving.

By the standards of that place, he's relatively sane.

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In Cheltenham.