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Forum: General Chat Topic: Involved in an accident today |
| fatbloke |
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Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 19:11
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im sure they will hear from mine first  |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Involved in an accident today |
| fatbloke |
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Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 22:30
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| Having just left the yard in work about half a mile later a car which turned out to be stolen jumps a red light and also on the wrong side of the road while the driver is looking left to se if anything is coming he floors the accelerator but fails to spot the 44foot long wagon that is right in front... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed restrictions in 'dormant' roadworks |
| fatbloke |
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 21:38
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| some of the roadworks now have distance*time cameras and youa re assessed over the whole distance instead of a couple of cameras that regular commuters remember where they are speed through and slam on just before the camera and speed up which is probably more dangerous than a faster steady speed ri... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Stupid is as stupid does |
| fatbloke |
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 21:22
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| i wonder what the mpg on a hoover is like |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Flashing Lorry Drivers |
| fatbloke |
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 21:20
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| It's one of the things I remember form my van driving days, even driving a tiddly Astra I would get a flash after passing a HGV, or get flashed out of a sliproad. Something I would miss when driving my car. I have to agree with you there Homer. Its not often that you get a 'come in' flash when driv... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Tailgating |
| fatbloke |
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 17:11
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Replies: 80
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i meant to add I saw a funny sticker on the back of a trailer which read
"free airbag test here"
i liked it because it might just make some numpty back off a bit if he reads it and he is too close. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Tailgating |
| fatbloke |
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 17:08
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| i have watched tailgating and the antics of the repmobile in particular from L1 from the comfort of my cab, and the speed up and slam on brigade actually think they are getting somewhere, more often than not you see the same cars 70 -80 miles further on that you were alongside when you started off. ... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Slippery road surfacing |
| fatbloke |
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 01:57
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Replies: 24
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| i have noticed this about new road surfacing but didnt realise it was as big an issue thanks for pointing it out i have been taking care if i see new road paint i do consider the fact it will probably be slippery it isnt just stopping thats a problem wheelspin is so easily induced when pulling away ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Guardian on road rage |
| fatbloke |
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 01:47
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Replies: 21
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| yes i cycle a little as well so thats a good point |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Mini roundabouts |
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 01:34
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| i regularly go through two mini roundabouts in bispham blackpool delivering and almost everytime someone will pull out in front me as i swing left to go right to get the trailer round, and at the second one i do a uturn to reverse into the depot i have just passed, so im not reversing in blind side,... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Plain rude or lack of common sense |
| fatbloke |
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 01:22
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Replies: 13
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| i suppose they need the room for the ego as well as the car |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Guardian on road rage |
| fatbloke |
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 01:19
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Replies: 21
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| hello im new here i was involved in a road rage incident last week i was driving back home from a friends in liverpool i was sat at the lights right hand lane going straight ahead and turning right at the second set of lights a few hundred yards further on, a taxi pulls up next to me on the left and... |
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