Cunting lorry drivers.
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From: Silk on 25 Nov 2009 17:13 On 25/11/2009 21:57, NM wrote: > Or they are pissed off with you calling them names, so they are > getting their own back. That wouldn't surprise me. Anyway, I've decided to go easy on lorry drivers now as I've discovered another group of road users much more deserving. These hells angel wannabes are much more fun.
From: The Older Gentleman on 25 Nov 2009 17:15 Silk <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > Bikers are simply a different breed and, apart from sharing the same > roads, have almost nothing in common with car drivers. Um. Some of us are both. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Conor on 25 Nov 2009 17:23 In article <mn.ccc87d9ba77086fd.106911(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk>, Harry Bloomfield says... > > Conor has brought this to us : > > But the subject was about cars overtaking HGVs so surely its more > > relevent that I was in a car and doing the overtaking? And as I said, I > > overtook plenty of HGVs in my car. > > Perhaps, but you could have got past more them , more easily and with > increased safety - had they used main beam. No because I have never used it as an aide to my driving. > In the same situation I do > it and I do not earn my living from driving. If I can give that > courtesy, why not the so called professionals? Because maybe they're not as incompetent as you so don't need to. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Conor on 25 Nov 2009 17:24 In article <mn.cccb7d9ba6445342.106911(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk>, Harry Bloomfield says... > > Conor presented the following explanation : > > Light travels in a straight line. On a bendy road, what use is high beam > > to the person following the truck? > > It might perhaps illuminate the bends don't you think? > But what good if its a left? > Or if you come to a straight, it would illuminate the straight. Are you sure? It could be a long crest. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Conor on 25 Nov 2009 17:28
In article <mn.ccd87d9b014c8e9d.106911(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk>, Harry Bloomfield says... > > Conor wrote : > > Looks deceptively straight, but in reality isn't, and is a uphill climb > > but it has a long convex curve as you head south west and reach the end > > of the woods. > > I know the road, but what is a 'convex curve'. Did you never go to school? > All curves are either > convex or concave, the difference being whether you are inside the > curve or outside. > I guess you didn't. > > > > IN BROAD DAYLIGHT someone heading SW (not a local as none of us are that > > stupid to overtake there) thought it was clear to overtake and it > > resulted in several people being killed. Someone using high beam heading > > SW wouldn't turn it off until someone heading NE came over the crest but > > for anyone behind the lorry heading SW, it would look clear to overtake. > > That makes no sense, to me despite knowing that road reasonably well. Why does that not surprise me? -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally. |