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From: Ray Keattch on 25 Nov 2009 18:45 Conor wrote: > In article <hehl7p$ub4$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Krusty says... >> Ray Keattch wrote: >> >>> Silk wrote: >>>> 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? >>> It doesn't need to say it - it is ruddy obvious that a following >>> driver would benifit from your own high beam. >> Not to Connor it isn't. Makes no difference apparently, & he's the >> expert[1]. >> >> [1] Or completely insane - take your pick. > > I'm not the one making a decision on whether its safe to overtake purely > based on the status of the headlights of the vehicle in front. The high beam helps the driver behind to see further ahead - the use of main beam is not being taken as a signal to overtake! -- MrBitsy
From: Ray Keattch on 25 Nov 2009 18:47 Silk wrote: > On 25/11/2009 20:49, Harry Bloomfield wrote: >> mileburner formulated the question : >>> No wonder the railways struggle to make money. They pay 50 grand for >>> some monkey to sit in a box pulling levers. >> >> They don't pull any more, they flip switches and push buttons. > > To be replaced by a computer in the near future. Not quite - the technology may be there, but implementation is years away. -- MrBitsy
From: Conor on 25 Nov 2009 20:33 In article <kverg5l9cats1c3o44pgjj84dkef4eanbb(a)4ax.com>, vulgarandmischevious says... > The classic not-very-bright truck-drivers response to any complaint. > The truth hurts does it? > So, I suppose you never complain about anyone else who provides an > essential service when they do it poorly? They're not doing it poorly. Just because you happen to get held up due to your incompetence doesn't impact on the fact they get the goods to where they're supposed to be going when they're supposed to get there. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Conor on 25 Nov 2009 20:35 In article <mn.cd5f7d9b607a0ace.106911(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk>, Harry Bloomfield says... > > Are you sure? It could be a long crest. > > If you cannot see a continuous strip of road ahead and long enough to > safely over take, you abort. I never attempt an over take unless I have > the obvious continuity ahead of me, because it could hide a hidden dip. How do you know its not just disappeared because thats where the beam pattern ends? -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Conor on 25 Nov 2009 20:36
In article <mn.cd6a7d9b543223f4.106911(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk>, Harry Bloomfield says... > > on 25/11/2009, Conor supposed : > > I hardly see any cars compared to 10 years ago. > > I saw only one abandoned caravan this year on the road side - A64 east > bound some way before the Eden Camp turn off. I have seen 3 abandoned > cars this month so far - Skipton bypass, Leeds north ring and one on > the approach to Ripon in a lay-bye this week. > > As you suggest not so many now, as 10 years ago, but I think the > councils have had to tighten up their removal procedures. 33,000,000 cars registered in the UK doing billions of miles annually. How many caravans are there in the UK and what distance do they travel? -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally. |