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From: Stephen Bagwell on 22 May 2010 04:16
Firth said

"Now you're using the wrong datum. The distance given on the
sign is not the distance to the start of the off slip."

The start of the off slip is 17.4 miles from the sign saying "Services
19m"

Is the centre of the services 1.1 miles from the start of the slip
then?



From: Stephen Bagwell on 22 May 2010 06:48
On 22 May, 11:29, %ste...(a)malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
He claimed the signs were 20 and 18 miles from the service station.
They
> are not. He claims he corrected his statement, he did not.

I did not Firth

I said the 18 mile sign was way out you tried to prove it was correct.

The sign -

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=53.652947,-1.879414&panoid=YrEMX1mjlYZcnOTkUtOtog&cbp=12,220.23,,0,-8.03&ll=53.652947,-1.879414&spn=0,0.002631&z=19

The nearest driver locator sign

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=53.652121,-1.881239&panoid=-dv4Te1KmHaXm-__6A9IdA&cbp=12,216.66,,0,12.49&ll=53.652229,-1.881009&spn=0,0.002631&z=19

The services

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=53.569537,-2.226422&panoid=ivY8ktKPmFu4yftypaE4Vg&cbp=12,226.64,,1,6.38&ll=53.569625,-2.226148&spn=0,0.0421&z=15
From: Conor on 22 May 2010 09:16
On 22/05/2010 09:16, Stephen Bagwell wrote:

> The start of the off slip is 17.4 miles from the sign saying "Services
> 19m"
>
Your speedo is wrong.

If you remember, I did the measurements driving a lorry which had just
recently had a tacho calibration (your car never has) and was 1% out.

You can go look up what I put, I can't be arsed.


--
Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
From: Stephen Bagwell on 22 May 2010 10:02
On 22 May, 14:16, Conor <co...(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote:
> On 22/05/2010 09:16, Stephen Bagwell wrote:
>
> > The start of the off slip is 17.4 miles from the sign saying "Services
> > 19m"
>
> Your speedo is wrong.
>
> If you remember, I did the measurements driving a lorry which had just
> recently had a tacho calibration (your car never has) and was 1% out.
>
> You can go look up what I put, I can't be arsed.
>
> --
> Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.

It's not my speedo it's Driver Locator signs

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=53.569537,-2.226422&panoid=ivY8ktKPmFu4yftypaE4Vg&cbp=12,226.64,,1,6.38&ll=53.569625,-2.226148&spn=0,0.0421&z=15
From: Silk on 23 May 2010 06:12
On 22/05/2010 11:48, Stephen Bagwell wrote:

> http://maps.google.co.uk

This is another example of why the general public shouldn't be allowed
to use a computer unsupervised. Might I suggest you take a look at the
Pyramids or the Grand Canyon - far more educational.
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