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From: Clive George on 26 Nov 2009 17:07 "Harry Bloomfield" <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:mn.d5297d9ba09cd718.106911(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk... > boltar2003(a)yahoo.co.uk explained : >> Anyone who says a curved road is >> safer than a straight one and would make the slightest difference to >> whether >> a driver falls asleep at the wheel or not is a liar or a buffoon. Or in >> the >> case of politicians probably both. > > ..and the straighter they are, the further ahead you can see, the better > your chance of spotting problems ahead and slowing down. That's the theory. Doesn't necessarily work in real life. People compensate for that extra visibility by driving faster. Bloater's also pretty much completely wrong with his falling asleep comment.
From: Harry Bloomfield on 26 Nov 2009 17:12 Conor pretended : > How do you know its not just disappeared because thats where the beam > pattern ends? My beam pattern shows me enough of the road to be certain I can see all of it for between a quarter to a mile and a half ahead in dry conditions. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Harry Bloomfield on 26 Nov 2009 17:26 Conor used his keyboard to write : > 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? How many is impossible to answer because none of them are registered. How many miles per year again there are no records. Mine does around 2 to 3K per year. I have on occasion logged 6K per year. Some tourers will be permanently sited and never move. I don't really see any connection between the mileage covered and the likelihood of a caravan being dumped at the side of a road. As said, I saw one last year. Judging by it condition, I doubt it was anywhere near fit to be taken on a public road when it set off. I cannot remember seeing one dumped like that for a good many years before it - even scrap caravans have some value. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Harry Bloomfield on 26 Nov 2009 17:33 Conor used his keyboard to write : > In article <mn.cd777d9bcd3bb94e.106911(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk>, Harry > Bloomfield says... >> >> Conor was thinking very hard : >>>> The point is to be able to see ahead of the vehicle ahead of you, to >>>> enable you to make an initial judgement of the road ahead - once that >>>> is done and the maneuver started, you do not need their lights any >>>> more. >>>> >>> So you can see through solid metal? >> >> No I cannot, but I can see over, under, to their left and to their >> right - it is called positioning for best forward vision and I always >> make full use of it, whether preparing for an overtake or not. > > > But the only side you can look down without pulling into the lane you're > going to use to overtake is the inside and even then, only on a left > hand bend. So you never look down the right on a right hand bend, no under them when they go over a rise, nor over them as they go down into a dip? -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Harry Bloomfield on 26 Nov 2009 17:38
Conor explained on 26/11/2009 : > In article <TMSdnXoM9Ls-XJDWnZ2dnUVZ7tFi4p2d(a)giganews.com>, Ray Keattch > says... > >> The high beam helps the driver behind to see further ahead > > Rubbish. Clue: Big lump of metal in the way. Line of sight. Rubbish. Even bigger clue you look around the big lump of metal. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk |