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From: Harry Bloomfield on 14 Jul 2010 16:56 Brimstone pretended : > "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote in message > news:4c3ce9bc$0$10543$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:-NGdnUIflNyMI6HRnZ2dnUVZ8n6dnZ2d(a)bt.com... >>> >>> "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote in message >>> news:4c3cbbbb$0$10519$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >>>> if you were causing a line of cars to build up, you should pull over and >>>> let them all pass! >>> Where does one "pull over" to? >> >> Lay-bys, side of the road on a decent straight bit, flat verge, there's >> usually somewhere suitable every few miles. >> >> Nobody ever does though! > That's probably because the places you mention are not as widespread you seem > to imagine. Rubbish! There are always places where you can pull over out of the way, or you can simply ease off on a good straight to encourage them past. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Harry Bloomfield on 14 Jul 2010 17:00 Nick Finnigan explained : > I did have a (small) motorcyclist pull over to let me pass recently. I was > happy to wait a mile for a straight bit a road, but at least he was aware. How small was (s)he :-) > > OTOH a large motorcyclist who was doing < 30mph on the twisty bits would > still accelerate briskly to 50mph as soon as there was a straight section, > when I could otherwise have easily overtaken him. A very timid rider then. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: GT on 15 Jul 2010 04:51 "Harry Bloomfield" <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:mn.751f7da7673cd33e.106911(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk... > After serious thinking GT wrote : >> More often than not, its the car in second and/or third place that cause >> a traffic queue to build up - if you are caught behind something, either >> overtake, or back off and leave space for others to overtake. > > Agree absolutely. > >> >> On the other hand, if you were causing a line of cars to build up, you >> should pull over and let them all pass! > > I did pull over twice on the steeper, slower bits for towing. I tend to pull over on downhill parts - makes it easier for follower to overtake and makes it easier to get going again.
From: Brimstone on 15 Jul 2010 05:21 "Harry Bloomfield" <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:mn.75247da7456d1731.106911(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk... > Brimstone pretended : >> "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote in message >> news:4c3ce9bc$0$10543$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >>> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:-NGdnUIflNyMI6HRnZ2dnUVZ8n6dnZ2d(a)bt.com... >>>> >>>> "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote in message >>>> news:4c3cbbbb$0$10519$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >>>>> if you were causing a line of cars to build up, you should pull over >>>>> and let them all pass! >>>> Where does one "pull over" to? >>> >>> Lay-bys, side of the road on a decent straight bit, flat verge, there's >>> usually somewhere suitable every few miles. >>> >>> Nobody ever does though! >> That's probably because the places you mention are not as widespread you >> seem to imagine. > > Rubbish! > > There are always places where you can pull over out of the way, or you can > simply ease off on a good straight to encourage them past. > Have you ever done that and had them not pass but continue to sit right on your tail?
From: Harry Bloomfield on 15 Jul 2010 13:06 Brimstone brought next idea : > "Harry Bloomfield" <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message > news:mn.75247da7456d1731.106911(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk... >> Brimstone pretended : >>> "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote in message >>> news:4c3ce9bc$0$10543$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >>>> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>> news:-NGdnUIflNyMI6HRnZ2dnUVZ8n6dnZ2d(a)bt.com... >>>>> >>>>> "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote in message >>>>> news:4c3cbbbb$0$10519$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >>>>>> if you were causing a line of cars to build up, you should pull over >>>>>> and let them all pass! >>>>> Where does one "pull over" to? >>>> >>>> Lay-bys, side of the road on a decent straight bit, flat verge, there's >>>> usually somewhere suitable every few miles. >>>> >>>> Nobody ever does though! >>> That's probably because the places you mention are not as widespread you >>> seem to imagine. >> >> Rubbish! >> >> There are always places where you can pull over out of the way, or you can >> simply ease off on a good straight to encourage them past. >> > Have you ever done that and had them not pass but continue to sit right on > your tail? Often, I have also sometimes found myself stopping to let them get past and they have been so close to my rear end they have had to reverse back before they could even begin to pull around me - it takes all sorts :-) -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
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