From: Adrian on
"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
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
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
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
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.
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