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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: HGV Rhetorical question |
| bobthedog |
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 03:32
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| Sorry. The laser braking is the system that measures the distance and applies the brake if you get too close. Nightmarish idea IMHO. Regardless of the tyres, you would need radically different systems to do it. It would never happen. Anyway, the tyre sales issue is not that good an indicator. There ... |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: HGV Rhetorical question |
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Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 19:30
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| There was much more I could have said. Take into account the size of the braking systems involved. My old Renault discs were about 19" diameter and 1.5" thick with pads covering 1/5th of the diameter. The drums on the drive axle had, if I remember correctly, 10" wide shoes on 22"... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Drink Driving |
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 19:09
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| In 1999, eh? Since then the penalties have become more severe and the limit is 0.8. Moreover, there are 30 million people in Canada and the place is huge. You can fit the area of the UK into Manitoba two and a half times over and there are 1.5 million people in the entire province. The chances of be... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Driving on the Continent Vs driving in the UK |
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 06:12
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| Italian speeders aren't the problem, italian psychos are! Same for portuguese, spanish and belgians. I don't think UK safety is as good as it was. I understand the UK has slipped to 4th place now in the safety league due to the manager of the team selling off many of the older players to Canada, Aus... |
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Forum: Trucking Topic: driver training. |
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 05:58
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| It means literally "rest area please clean stay" Never saw that particular sign in the highway code myself, but I would guess that it was in the Eastern side of Germany or possibly in Austria. As was said, Truck Drivers are seldom given the luxury of a tiolet in places they deliver so they... |
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Forum: Trucking Topic: Jacknife |
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 05:50
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| We have trailer spikes over here. This is a column mounted lever which puts air to the trailer only. You would imagine that this would make the truck easier to pull straight in the event of a jackknife. It sort of helps if the roads are dry and clear, but I have had the trailer come around on me a f... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Drink Driving |
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 05:36
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| You are being a little simplistic about the penalty system for DD. The limit in the UK is far higher than most places, and the penalty is generally greater. They have a saying here, "Buzzed driving is drunk driving" and they are right. As the Police Officer said, those who say the penalty ... |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: HGV Rhetorical question |
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Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 08:18
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| ABS is standard on many makes of truck, but i don't know if it is now a "standard" . trailer brakes locking up are usually a sign of a faulty load sensor on the trailer. The load sensor determines what pressure to apply to the actual brakes on application of the brake pedal. Its a simple ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: How come nobody has posted this? |
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 02:32
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| I can't find any threads about this. I could not believe what I read, and think that I am very fortunate to have left a country where this kind of nonsense is allowed. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/11092006/80-132/blind-man-sentenced-dangerous-driving.html Suspended jail, 3 year ban and told that he woul... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Bypasses Don't Work |
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 13:20
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| I can remember it pretty much. It was hells cauldron then and just got worse. Wherever they build a bypass or ringroad the motorists use it for short local hops to avoid a set of lights between their house and the school and the roads become congested. Then some bright spark buils an out of town sup... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Bypasses Don't Work |
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 05:59
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| Try this one then. My hometown in Cornwall have been bickering about a bypass for 30 years now. Nimbys on one side of town say it should go the other side, while Nimbys there say it should go the other side. The net result is that they are still arguing. There is already a road which bypasses the to... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: School Buses |
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 00:27
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| Furthur to the comments about North American School bus services. They are exemplary. They buy vehicles which are not built for particular comfort but are functional. As was said, they have amber flashing lights which warn motorists they are going to stop, then red flashers to signal the stop itself... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Not sexist, just wondering. |
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 02:19
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| Glad you said that. That ad is terrible, isn't it. I just didn't want to go near that argument in case I was accused of something. |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Not sexist, just wondering. |
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 18:43
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| As I said, I am not slighting women drivers. My wife is a good, cautious driver. She got used to the different driving over here in short order, and the weather is more extreme here. It was just an observation, and I was wondering if the insurance companies are a little anti-man. Cross over at 38, e... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Not sexist, just wondering. |
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 06:13
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| Before anyone jumps down my throat, I am not sexist at all. This is just an observation based on personal experience. Women drivers have fewer accidents so their insurance is cheaper than mens, right? OK. Try this. My wife can, or could when we were in the UK, get her insurance nearly 30% cheaper th... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Give Way lines? |
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 05:56
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| P.S. The more driving experience you have, the less you brag about it... Just for the record, I do not brag. I have no need. Were I bragging, I would have started out giving my experience. Read your first couple of replies and you will maybe see why I got irritated. I just arrived home having cover... |
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Forum: Trucking Topic: Accidents double involving foreign drivers |
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 05:38
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| The thing is, drivers aren't what they were. A few years back there weren't many Eastern European drivers based in the UK. Now there are thousands. With the enlargement of the EU there are now 10 more countries who can send their trucks here without the need for clearing Customs so moving goods has ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Give Way lines? |
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 17:22
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| [quote="Homer So you think it is a good idea to force traffic to a standstill on a motorway slip road? Don't you think that could be just a little bit dangerous? [/quote] No I don't.I think people who close gaps on purpose and force drivers into compromising positions should be prosecuted and made t... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: tailgating a truck |
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 07:40
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| Know what you mean, Rixxy. I used to get followed by vans and cars when I was in Europe. Gets you edgy after half an hour or so. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Give Way lines? |
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 07:34
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| Thankyou Rixxy. To say give way is different to give priority is sheer nonsense. The person who called my abilities and qualifications into question is wrong. If anyone considers that merging at 70+mph between two trucks, doing 56 mph, is safe then they are deluded. They will have to pull out into l... |
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