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From: Ophelia on 6 Aug 2010 10:52 "Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:1hi2k76lym7cv$.toxrw7wki0lj$.dlg(a)40tude.net... > On Fri, 6 Aug 2010 14:38:46 +0100, GT wrote: > >>>> But, in the UK, most people don't normally manually lock their doors >>>> when driving. >>> >>> Land Rovers lock automatically at about 5mph. >> >> But don't they also unlock when you stop again (like in Rovers) > > only if an impact is detected. My last two BMWs were the same. The doors > unlock if you open the drivers door from inside or press the unlock > button. > This is because car jackings, kinappings and theft of valuables happen > when > the car is stationary. > The last two cars also only unlocked the drivers door unless you press > twice, although in the case of the BMW you told the dealer how you wanted > the keys set. Both doors or just one. We just drive plain ole Mitsubishies but always lock the doors as we set off:) I suppose some old folk need the auto lock <g> -- -- https://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/
From: I.curious on 6 Aug 2010 10:56 GT wrote : > "Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message > news:14mkfoxelj0g6.m2j1se83ogev.dlg(a)40tude.net... >> On Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:06:18 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: >> >>> But, in the UK, most people don't normally manually lock their doors >>> when driving. >> >> Land Rovers lock automatically at about 5mph. > > But don't they also unlock when you stop again (like in Rovers) Mine doesn't - it locks at 5mph and stays locked until you press the unlock button or pull the door release twice. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Francis Burton on 6 Aug 2010 10:57 In article <8c1n8mFktbU1(a)mid.individual.net>, smurf <smurf(a)smurf.com> wrote: >he didnt exceed the 40mph speed limit on a road obviously designed for >60mph. Point taken, but... I wouldn't have driven at 60mph along that road, even if the speed limit was that high - country road, all those bends and openings. Would you? I reckon 40mph is a sensible upper limit for normal driving in this case. Francis
From: Adrian on 6 Aug 2010 10:58 Mike Ross <mike(a)corestore.org> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > And, they KNEW they were dealing with a very elderly chap. Now there are > some elderly chaps who are complete bastards, can be very aggressive, > sure. Some were serious hard cases in their younger days, no doubt. But > still, he was 70, they knew this, and I haven't heard anything to > suggest he was aggresive. Apart from the fact that 70 is a long way from "very elderly", do you think that the acceptable standard of driving for the "very elderly" should be somehow lowered far enough to include such massive lapses of observation and judgement?
From: Ophelia on 6 Aug 2010 10:54
"GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote in message news:4c5c13f7$0$1624$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > "Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message > news:1p5adea0fc9qj.jn86kvs97dlj.dlg(a)40tude.net... >> On Fri, 6 Aug 2010 14:38:06 +0100, GT wrote: >> >>> and then unlock below about 5mph, or definitely when stopped - which he >>> was >>> when they 'came' for the keys. >> >> as in the other post, his RR will almost certainly be the same as my LR. >> Stays locked. > > Fair enough - they'll need to smash the windows and jump on the bonnet > like gorillas then!! I cannot believe that officers of the HM's constabulary would do such a thing..... oh wait.... -- -- https://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/ |