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From: Mike Barnes on 30 Jun 2010 17:32 McKevvy <vicko_zoomba(a)hotmail.com>: >On 30 June, 14:57, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> "mileburner" <milebur...(a)btinternet.com> gurgled happily, sounding much >> like they were saying: >> >> >> "need" and "forced" are probably the wrong words here. >> > How else are they going to get past? Fly? >> >> Wait until a safe overtaking opportunity arises - else stay behind. > >Have you ever driven on the A9 Perth - Inverness? It's a LONG road to >do 40 on when you're sitting in your comfy car that can easily cruise >the long open bends at 90+mph. But how LONG is the longest stretch between dual carriageway sections? -- Mike Barnes
From: Mike P on 30 Jun 2010 18:27 On 30 June, 16:25, "mileburner" <milebur...(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > Mike P wrote: > > On 30 June, 14:56, "mileburner" <milebur...(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > >> "Clive George" <cl...(a)xxxx-x.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message > > >>news:6IKdnRG2v8myqrbRnZ2dnUVZ8hirnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk... > > >>> On 30/06/2010 12:57, mileburner wrote: > >>>> "bod"<bodro...(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-... > > >>>> 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. > > >> How else are they going to get past? Fly? > > > Er? Duh.. wait until a safe spot to overtake appears.. > > > I've often wondered about your posts and your brainpower. This one > > seems to prove you don't have much. > > I guess the irony did not shine through. > > As a general rule, driver mentality is such that you must always overtake a > vehicle which is not going as fast as you would like it to. Thus, these slow > moving vehicles are the cause of any accident which arises. No, it's not. Not mine anyway.. Mike P
From: Mr Pounder on 2 Jul 2010 18:29 "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 > > Bod Hmmm Do you really wish to take this one to me, to here, Mr Bod? Mr Pounder >
From: ARWadsworth on 2 Jul 2010 18:44 "Ian Jackson" <ianREMOVETHISjackson(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:b9D6V1ajV2KMFwat(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk... > In message <jadm261ekq6i187ngnpebts071hi5kpgrv(a)4ax.com>, The Peeler > <peelingthe(a)invalid.admin> writes >>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... > > When I was a lad, we actually HAD pits. > -- > Ian When I was a lad you had to strike 24 hours a day before going to the pub for 6 hours and that was before you got into the car. Adam
From: Brimstone on 6 Jul 2010 06:35
"Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:17xjvlnt5i9y5.10xrwnnhp7e70.dlg(a)40tude.net... > On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:49:07 -0700 (PDT), McKevvy wrote: > >>> Wait until a safe overtaking opportunity arises - else stay behind. >> >> Have you ever driven on the A9 Perth - Inverness? It's a LONG road to >> do 40 on when you're sitting in your comfy car that can easily cruise >> the long open bends at 90+mph. > > there will always be another slow vehicle ahead after a while. You are > going to spend some time at 90 (if you think thats a good speed on the A9) > and some time at 40. A few risky extra overtakes will increase your time > at > 90 by a modest margin. Its not worth it in any rational analysis of the > situation. It only becomes "worth it" when seen through the distorted > prism > of a driver slightly "high" on speed and risk taking. > There are signs on the A9 telling drivers that unmarked police cars patrol that road. They're not for show. |