OT Speed awareness courses

[SteveW]

Ah, you don't have one of these then!

SteveW

[SteveW]

A cow did that to friends of ours. It made a right mess. Fortunately the six month pregnant woman in the passenger seat was only bruised, but they had to get her out of the driver's side.

I'm not sure what happened to the cow.

SteveW

[SteveW]

ISTR that drivers can claim from the farmer for damage to their vehicle, but only if the fence or wall is in a poor state of repair. It apparently is not a valid claim if an animal simply jumps over. I've never understood why, as I would consider any farm animal that has escaped into the road a failure on the farmers part.

SteveW

[SteveW]

I remember that. I think that there was a bit of a fuss at the time as the train was being run push-pull - pulled as normal to one end of the line and pushed back to save moving the loco to the other end. I don't know if that was to save time, effort or of there were no facilities for running round the train at one or both ends of the line.

SteveW

[SteveW]

I don't like the idea of a re-test. I have done one myself (I was training to be a driving instructor when I was unemployed, but then found work in my normal line). The reason I don't like it is that I know that many people who get nervous would fail unfairly. I know my wife would fail and that would mean her losing her job, depite the fact that she is actually a very good and safe driver (I get very uncomfortable as a passenger with most other drivers). She would simply panic. She is very nervous about driving anywhere she doesn't know, but perfectly capable of driving where she needs for work, because it is all in a limited area that she knows. If she needs to go somewhere new, she travels with a colleague for the first visit or gets me to take her in after work. She knows her limits and sticks within them.

SteveW

[SteveW]

I don't know if it is still the case, but there used to be a requirement for the barriers to lower when a train reached a point that was 45 seconds away for the fastest train on the line. So if the crossing is on an express line, but the local stopping train has just set off from a nearby station, the wait can be a lot longer.

And I bet they run the entire sequence, filters, pedestrian phases, etc. even when there is one vehicle there in the middle of the night!

SteveW

[Adrian]

If somebody cannot drive to a _really_ basic minimum standard for 20 minutes, how is that "unfair"?

Then, perhaps, she should get some additional training.

Sorry, but that doesn't sound like a driver who is going to react particularly well to a sudden and unexpected change in circumstances...

[alan]

People who are nervous and panic when presented with new or unexpected road situations are probably the most dangerous people on the road for other drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. The old joke of "I've never had an accident but have seen hundreds in my rear view mirror" may be appropriate.

The fact that you feel uncomfortable as a passenger with most other drivers suggests that you may not be a good judge of what is a safe driver or the driving style of your spouse is vastly different to the rest of the road community.

[Tim Lamb]

Er.. no!

My digger has the *97hp* Flanders and Swann London Transport bus engine.

Everything else is even more sedate.

[Tim Lamb]

Umm.. I suppose responsibility/blame can be easily shown where negligence is apparent.

Limousin cattle and the best fence in the world might be a test case:-)

[F]

That's far from the definition of 'a very good and safe driver'.

[Huge]

I'm uncomfortable as a passenger with many other drivers and I'm an RAC MSA competition license holder and ex-member of the IAM. The conclusion I draw is that there are a *lot* of crap drivers out there.

[John Williamson]

On the whole, I find it easier to just stick to the limits. Taking this week as a sample, I'd need to consult all the databases for areas South of Birmingham, as well as the ones for Flanders and the Pas de Calais area.

[Gefreiter Krueger]

How could it be classed as a motorway if it's a single carriageway? The reason you get the 70 limit is the two directions are seperated.

[Gefreiter Krueger]

I thought you were going to say cow there.

[Gefreiter Krueger]

You mean it was being driven with no forward view?

[Gefreiter Krueger]

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[Gefreiter Krueger]

I would only agree if the farmer didn't have a reasonable fence. If only the animal was to blame, then knock for knock.

[tony sayer]

Now tell us something we don't know;(...

[tony sayer]

Polmont..

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