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From: GT on 10 Jun 2010 08:16 "Chris Hills" <chaz(a)chaz6.com> wrote in message news:huqjlt$n6d$1(a)chaz6.eternal-september.org... > On 09/06/2010 20:15, McKevvy wrote: >> Gently hammer in some nails (pointy side up) into the verge late at >> night. My guess is that the driver wont park there many times after >> that. > > I did think about that, but I would not want to hurt anybody by accident. > My next thought was to plant some flower beds there. Or a traffic warden - can they be planted??
From: AlanG on 10 Jun 2010 08:20 On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:15:17 +0000 (UTC), boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote: >On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:59:36 +0100 >AlanG <invalid(a)invalid.net> wrote: >>243 DO NOT stop or park >> * on a bend > >Thats a bit vague. What radius of bend? Most roads bend to some extent. Very >rarely do you find one thats arrow straight. > There is a difference between a bend where your view is appreciably restricted and a curve where it isn't. If you don't know the difference then you shouldn't be driving
From: GT on 10 Jun 2010 08:24 "AlanG" <invalid(a)invalid.net> wrote in message news:31m116tmdgomcsr6c4rorvn7idmk7d3v9m(a)4ax.com... > On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:15:17 +0000 (UTC), boltar2003(a)boltar.world > wrote: > >>On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:59:36 +0100 >>AlanG <invalid(a)invalid.net> wrote: >>>243 DO NOT stop or park >>> * on a bend >> >>Thats a bit vague. What radius of bend? Most roads bend to some extent. >>Very >>rarely do you find one thats arrow straight. >> > There is a difference between a bend where your view is appreciably > restricted and a curve where it isn't. If you don't know the > difference then you shouldn't be driving Aren't bend and curve synonyms? The introduction of 'visibility' definitely adds to the sentence, but but a bend is a curve is a bend!
From: boltar2003 on 10 Jun 2010 09:06 On 10 Jun 2010 12:12:17 GMT "JC" <spamspamegg(a)spam.com> wrote: >boltar2003(a)boltar.world said: > >> >> And if that "boy racer" was a trained race driver then that >> "skilled" >> police driver would be left for dead assuming the cars >> were >> comparable. I'll bet >> >> on Lewis Hamilton any day on a fast drive through london traffic >> even >> against the best police driver. >> > >> > Then you may well lose your money. >> >> Unlikely. His reaction & response times, car control and spacial >> judgement will be way beyond anything you or your colleagues could >> manage. > >Which tells us nothing about the drivers road driving skills, which are >about observation, anticipation and matching speed to conditions in >very different ways to racing. If a road driver relies on his reaction >and response times frequently he is driving very badly. FFS. If a racing driver has poor observation and anticipation skills he'll be off into the armco before the 1st corner, probably taking others with him. Have you ever seen the start of a motor race? It makes weaving through london traffic look like a walk in a deserted park. B2003
From: boltar2003 on 10 Jun 2010 09:07
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:20:07 +0100 AlanG <invalid(a)invalid.net> wrote: >On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:15:17 +0000 (UTC), boltar2003(a)boltar.world >wrote: > >>On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:59:36 +0100 >>AlanG <invalid(a)invalid.net> wrote: >>>243 DO NOT stop or park >>> * on a bend >> >>Thats a bit vague. What radius of bend? Most roads bend to some extent. Very >>rarely do you find one thats arrow straight. >> >There is a difference between a bend where your view is appreciably >restricted and a curve where it isn't. If you don't know the >difference then you shouldn't be driving Define "appreciably restricted". Define the difference between a bend and a curve. B2003 |