OT Speed awareness courses

[tony sayer]

Indeed it wouldn't happen if you had a PPL!..

[tony sayer]

Mate of mine had a new "ish" BMW written off by a wayward horse!..

A cow derailed a train once;!... 13 dead and 61 injured..

[Gefreiter Krueger]

Was it being ridden? You should drive slowly past horses, they scare easily. I only go about 5mph faster than the horse, in a high gear, and right over the other side of the road. If it were to panic, I could stop immediately.

Ouch. Did the 13 include the cow?

What surprises me is the London underground. You get shaken about so much I'm surprised it stays on the rails. Are the wheels hooked under the rail too?

[S Viemeister]

Sheep do that sort of thing. A friend had a sheep land on his car, but both friend and sheep survived (car was a bit dented, though).

[Gefreiter Krueger]

I've never seen a sheep jump. Even when it really wants to get over a fence. If they could all do it, fences would be pointless.

Mind you....

[Dave Liquorice]

Depends on the breed. The walls and fences around here keep all the other sheep in (pure bred Rough Fell and some Swaledales mainly) but not Herdwicks.

[Dave Liquorice]

Or hold a HGV, Coach/Minibus, etc licence.

[bert]

For standard car licence there's no retraining at 70.

[bert]

Then, in London one such vehicle happens to be a bendy bus turning left, you are then stuck in the box and the lights change, number plate recognition kicks in and you get an automatic penalty.

[bert]

Like the idiots around here who ignore them on level crossings.

[bert]

In message , Apellation Controlee writes

They must be the same on each lane on a single carriageway

[bert]

No, 20 is considered better in many old style terraces streets.

[bert]

In message , Tim Lamb writes

BOATS and vehicles using them are subject to all rules and regs as per normal

[Adrian]

Fairly unlikely, since there haven't been any bendibuses in service in London for two years.

[Apellation Controlee]

It seems it wasn't necessary to prove anything. The sheep (a road hazard in the countryside) died in an impact with the car. There appeared to be nothing to discuss.

[Gefreiter Krueger]

[Gefreiter Krueger]

Ridiculous.

[Apellation Controlee]

[Apellation Controlee]

But not as much as your signatures.

[Gefreiter Krueger]

Cat got your tongue?