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From: Adrian on 30 Jun 2010 08:16 "mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> 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)? > Usually because the car in front is observing the speed limit. Sometimes > it is due to slow moving farm vehicles. You'll note the subtle difference between brain-dead fuckwittery (as seen in overtaking despite a blind bend ahead) and a straightforward speeding offence.
From: The Peeler on 30 Jun 2010 08:17 On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:13:29 +0100, "mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > >"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. Both of which can be put down to impatience. There's no need for it these days: the pubs are open all hours.
From: bod on 30 Jun 2010 08:20 The Peeler wrote: > 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... > > :) Bod
From: Clive George on 30 Jun 2010 08:22 On 30/06/2010 12:57, mileburner 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. The > other road is a straight line stretch of single carriageway 'A' road and > because the limit is only 60mph (and some drivers observe the limit) it > means that drivers who want to drive faster need to overtake, sometimes they > are forced to do so quite dangerously. "need" and "forced" are probably the wrong words here.
From: Clive George on 30 Jun 2010 08:24
On 30/06/2010 12:38, bod 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. > > http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100630/tuk-one-in-10-uk-roads-are-high-risk-6323e80.html How many of the "high risk" roads are those where people come out to play at speed? I know a couple round here which statistically seem to be quite safe so long as you're not on a motorbike. |