OT Idiot lights-out drivers

[Jack Hammer]

This post needs to be trimmed.

[Percival P. Cassidy]

There were, at various times, among others:

Morris Minor Morris Oxford Morris Major (an Australian 6-cyl. version of the Oxford) Morris Mini Minor (first with an 850cc engine, later with a 1000cc engine) -- the forerunner of the Cooper Mini.

Some of these had "badge-engineered" counterparts under the Austin and Wolsely brands. MG and Rover were part of the same group for many years.

Perce

[(PeteCresswell)]

Per Mr Macaw:

"The USA and The United Kingdom: Two great countries divided by a common language."

[clare]

The Morris Mini was the same as the Austin Se7en - both of which were later known as "Mini"s. The Cooper was the first souped up version - with a 998? cc engine - then the Cooper S came out with the

1275.

There was the Morris Oxford, the Morris Minor, and the Morris Mini Minor here in Canada - with a lot more different Austin models - the A40 Devon 4 door and Dorset 2 door, The A40 Somerset that followed, and then the Austin A40,,A50,A55 and A60 Cambridge, and a later A4- Farina. Then came the Mini, the 1100, the 1300 America, and the 1800 Maxi.

We also got a few A90,A95 or A105 Westminsters (with 6 cyl engines)

[Mr Macaw]

Nobody can out-mart a woman. Women are brilliant at shopping.

So why did you bring up the fact that cars coming the other way have more closing speed if you think it's irrelevant?

To be seen you do NOT require as much light as to see. Bright lights to illuminate your surroundings, dim lights to mark the position of your vehicle for others to notice you. A bright light means they can no longer see your vehicle, just lights, this makes it harder to judge your speed, width, and distance. And no lights are necessary if the surrounding daylight is reasonable - if your eyes cannot pick up an object using the light reflected off it, you should seek immediate help from an optician.

[Mr Macaw]

[Mr Macaw]

Agreed, but a lot of the laws that are different are not to do with differing conditions. They're things which are equal everywhere, like age of consent, smoking weed, etc.

[Mr Macaw]

I saw 5 females entering the roadway, watched them leave the other side, then hit the stupid stag that was chasing them. It actually amused me. The thing bounced off my headlight, then hit the sharp end of the canoe strapped to my roof, then split in two. The canoe was fine.

Lights on the deer would not have helped, it ran out through a hedge.

[Mr Macaw]

Since the leaders are different, it's reasonable to have different laws. But you only have one president. By all means have different laws, but have different governments too.

So you're admitting you're just young uns?

Unfortunately we are beginning to go your way with the EU shit. They impose stupid laws which all the member countries have to abide by, although some seem to get away with ignoring them.

[Mr Macaw]

Why would any side be wronger than the other? If anything, we drive on the same side as we begin writing a line of text.

Why on earth do you think changing the national currency is anything like accepting a small number of cars with safety standards from another country?

[Mr Macaw]

Can you only see out of the centre of your eye? This is called tunnel vision and means you should not have a license. I can see something in my mirror without looking at it.

[Muggles]

That makes a lot of sense.

[SeaNymph]

One of the problems with all that talk about lights is that the older you get, the less light your eyes absorb.

[Mr Macaw]

What is the average age of the driving population?

And do you think OAPs drive as much as working people?

[SeaNymph]

Well, according to the link, the largest demographic of drivers is persons 45-49, with virtually equal numbers of male and female drivers.

OAP = Old Age Pensioner? Never heard that one before. I have no idea who drives more. Non workers have more time to run around though, I would think.

[Mr Macaw]

So not people with shit eyesight then.

It's a common acronym in the UK.

Yes but they only run around when they want to, workers have to drive twice a day.

[SeaNymph]

I didn't say anything about old people. I said that as you get older, the less light your eyes can absorb.

I figured as much once I figured out what it was.

And what if all they want to do is run around? Maybe they like driving and have all the time in the world to do it

[Micky]

I would appreciate it if you would leave a blank line between your words and the previous poster's.

This was a long time ago, 1971, but I was standing on the interstate where the road from St. Louis split, with one fork going to Chicago and the other to Indianapolis. I was headed for Chicago. A semi stopped for me. He told me that he had missed me the first time he passed me, going too fast and he'd gone to the next exit, turned around gone to the previous exit, turned around again, and picked me up. I thanked him graciously, but it still amazes me.

It was a beautiful day, no later than 11AM. He could have easily let someone else pick me up. It was Feburary though, about 3 days after Mardi Gras. Still, I don't get it. It must have taken him 20 minutes to turn around twice.

He dropped me off on the Springfield Il. bypass, and it was hard to get a ride there. A cop must have driven by because a voice came out of nowhere, Get off the road. But there was nowhere to go which woudln't have required hitching. I got a ride before he came back.

I had hoped to get rides with truckers because I thought they'd be interesting, but I think I only got two, from New Orleans to Chicago. The rest were all cars.

[Micky]

I"m sorry. I hadn't read to the end of the post.

I'm so sorry about your brother.

[Ed Pawlowski]

We have 50 governors.

Yet you expect us to do the same.