From: The Peeler on
On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:57:41 +0100, "mileburner"
<mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote:

>
>"bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:890om3FmhjU1(a)mid.individual.net...
>> Most of the higher-risk roads are in north-west England, Yorkshire and the
>> Humber and the East Midlands, while Scotland has the highest risk rating
>> of all the regions.
>>
>> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100630/tuk-one-in-10-uk-roads-are-high-risk-6323e80.html
>
>There are several of these so-called 'high risk' type of roads near me. One
>of them has blind bends. These blind bends mean that when there is oncoming
>traffic, overtaking drivers cannot always see oncoming traffic ahead.

Why are drivers overtaking on blind bends?
Hoping for a Darwin Award (TM)?

From: bod on
The Peeler wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:02:11 +0100, bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> The Peeler wrote:
>>> On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:38:44 +0100, bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Most of the higher-risk roads are in north-west England, Yorkshire and
>>>> the Humber and the East Midlands, while Scotland has the highest risk
>>>> rating of all the regions.
>>> They drink, you know.
>>>
>>>
>> And their whippets do as well.
>
> If you had to work 18 hours a day down pit, you'd drink too.
>
>

If I had to work those sort of hours down a pit, I think I'd top
myself.....after a bloody good drinking session, of course.

Bod
From: mileburner on

"The Peeler" <peelingthe(a)invalid.admin> wrote in message
news:lmcm265dls43mpg5gq159pji56l0dok7j2(a)4ax.com...
> On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:57:41 +0100, "mileburner"
> <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:890om3FmhjU1(a)mid.individual.net...
>>> Most of the higher-risk roads are in north-west England, Yorkshire and
>>> the
>>> Humber and the East Midlands, while Scotland has the highest risk rating
>>> of all the regions.
>>>
>>> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100630/tuk-one-in-10-uk-roads-are-high-risk-6323e80.html
>>
>>There are several of these so-called 'high risk' type of roads near me.
>>One
>>of them has blind bends. These blind bends mean that when there is
>>oncoming
>>traffic, overtaking drivers cannot always see oncoming traffic ahead.
>
> Why are drivers overtaking on blind bends?
> Hoping for a Darwin Award (TM)?

Usually because the car in front is observing the speed limit. Sometimes it
is due to slow moving farm vehicles.


From: Adrian on
The Peeler <peelingthe(a)invalid.admin> gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying:

>>There are several of these so-called 'high risk' type of roads near me.
>>One of them has blind bends. These blind bends mean that when there is
>>oncoming traffic, overtaking drivers cannot always see oncoming traffic
>>ahead.

> Why are drivers overtaking on blind bends? Hoping for a Darwin Award
> (TM)?

Quite.
From: The Peeler on
On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:09:58 +0100, bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk>
wrote:

>The Peeler wrote:
>> On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:02:11 +0100, bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The Peeler wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:38:44 +0100, bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Most of the higher-risk roads are in north-west England, Yorkshire and
>>>>> the Humber and the East Midlands, while Scotland has the highest risk
>>>>> rating of all the regions.
>>>> They drink, you know.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> And their whippets do as well.
>>
>> If you had to work 18 hours a day down pit, you'd drink too.
> >
> >
>
> If I had to work those sort of hours down a pit, I think I'd top
>myself.....after a bloody good drinking session, of course.

Sheer luxury. When I were a lad...
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