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Driving back yesterday, from a South Wales event, bikes on back of car, the
weather was atrocious for a large part of the journey. There was snow, hail, sleet, rain... and there were too many idiots who thought that driving without lights, hanging on to the rear bumper of the car in front and doing 70+ was an entirely acceptable way to drive. It was a seriously scary experience on occasion. Spray was so bad on part of the M6, visiblity was down to less than 100yds, yet cars were zooming by... I kept a good distance between myself & the HGV in front, but I had a fule appearing to hang on to the bike carrier. I was a bit concerned in case I had to stop suddenly! Still, after too many hours motoring yesterday (Vernon & I share the driving so we don't get too tired) I'll be glad to get out on my bike for a while. Cheers, helen s -- ~~ you may need to remove dependence on fame & fortune from organisation to get correct email address ~Noodliness is Good~ |
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wafflycat wrote: Driving back yesterday, from a South Wales event, bikes on back of car, the weather was atrocious for a large part of the journey. There was snow, hail, sleet, rain... and there were too many idiots who thought that driving without lights, hanging on to the rear bumper of the car in front and doing 70+ was an entirely acceptable way to drive. It was a seriously scary experience on occasion. Spray was so bad on part of the M6, visiblity was down to less than 100yds, yet cars were zooming by... I kept a good distance between myself & the HGV in front, but I had a fule appearing to hang on to the bike carrier. I was a bit concerned in case I had to stop suddenly! Still, after too many hours motoring yesterday (Vernon & I share the driving so we don't get too tired) I'll be glad to get out on my bike for a while. I used to do a fair amount of weekends in the hills from London. The driving standards you describe are nothing new, and I felt much the same then. The game we used to play was to be able to drive back from eg Snowdonia and not need to touch the brake. This required leaving plenty of space in front and good anticipation. It ensured a safer trip home as well. Just off to get on a 'Going to Noisy England Railway' down to town.. ...d |
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wafflycat wrote:
Driving back yesterday, from a South Wales event, bikes on back of car, the weather was atrocious for a large part of the journey. There was snow, hail, sleet, rain... and there were too many idiots who thought that driving without lights, hanging on to the rear bumper of the car in front and doing 70+ was an entirely acceptable way to drive. It was a seriously scary experience on occasion. Spray was so bad on part of the M6, visiblity was down to less than 100yds, yet cars were zooming by... I kept a good distance between myself & the HGV in front, but I had a fule appearing to hang on to the bike carrier. I was a bit concerned in case I had to stop suddenly! Still, after too many hours motoring yesterday (Vernon & I share the driving so we don't get too tired) I'll be glad to get out on my bike for a while. Scary drivers out there, aren't there? In Cornwall I had various muppets sitting on my tail and getting extremely annoyed with me when I demonstrated the relationship between closeness to my bumper and my propensity to slow down (carefully). |
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In article .com,
LSMike ) wrote: Scary drivers out there, aren't there? In Cornwall I had various muppets sitting on my tail and getting extremely annoyed with me when I demonstrated the relationship between closeness to my bumper and my propensity to slow down (carefully). I saw a sticker on the back of a Portsmouth taxi last month, which read "This vehicle slows down when tailgated". I could have done with one of those to wave at the tosser in the 911 on the M4 yesterday afternoon, the one with the belief that if one spends seventy grand on a motorcar, the road comes with it. -- Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/ They came for Eamonn Holmes; I think I'm right in saying that I applauded. |
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LSMike said the following on 10/04/2006 11:02:
Scary drivers out there, aren't there? In Cornwall I had various muppets sitting on my tail and getting extremely annoyed with me when I demonstrated the relationship between closeness to my bumper and my propensity to slow down (carefully). Not that I would advocate this personally, you understand, but I have heard it said that dabbing the left foot onto the brake pedal just enough to turn the brake lights on is quite effective at widening the distance between yourself and the person who is making a close-up inspection of your boot! -- Paul Boyd http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/ |
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"wafflycat" wrote in message
... Driving back yesterday, from a South Wales event, bikes on back of car, the weather was atrocious for a large part of the journey. There was snow, hail, sleet, rain... and there were too many idiots who thought that driving without lights, hanging on to the rear bumper of the car in front and doing 70+ was an entirely acceptable way to drive. It was a seriously scary experience on occasion. Spray was so bad on part of the M6, visiblity was down to less than 100yds, yet cars were zooming by... I kept a good distance between myself & the HGV in front, but I had a fule appearing to hang on to the bike carrier. I was a bit concerned in case I had to stop suddenly! Still, after too many hours motoring yesterday (Vernon & I share the driving so we don't get too tired) I'll be glad to get out on my bike for a while. I rode my motorcycle up to the lake district on Wednesday and back down on Saturday to London (M6-M1). Possibly the scariest ride I've ever done. Riding at 50mph being blow from the slow lane into the third lane... I had to stop a couple of times. Thank god the motorway wasn't packed. -Still thawing out. -Kristian |
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Dave Larrington wrote:
the tosser in the 911 on the M4 yesterday afternoon, the one with the belief that if one spends seventy grand on a motorcar, the road comes with it. And to the tosser who was driving through Birmingham yesterday; he was apparently of the additional belief that my furniture-laden Luton could accelerate as fast as his Mondeo away from junctions, and my failure to do so when he was stuck behind me was a deliberate insult that could only be avenged by undertaking me on a roundabout, cutting across ahead of me, and gesticulating with thumb and forefinger as he roared off into the distance. R. |
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On 2006-04-10, Dave Larrington wrote:
In article .com, LSMike ) wrote: Scary drivers out there, aren't there? In Cornwall I had various muppets sitting on my tail and getting extremely annoyed with me when I demonstrated the relationship between closeness to my bumper and my propensity to slow down (carefully). I saw a sticker on the back of a Portsmouth taxi last month, which read "This vehicle slows down when tailgated". I could have done with one of those to wave at the tosser in the 911 on the M4 yesterday afternoon, the one with the belief that if one spends seventy grand on a motorcar, the road comes with it. On the back of a knackered old series Land Rover I've seen a sticker saying "You are my crumple zone". Maybe one day that 911 will run into the back of it! -- Tim. |
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Paul Boyd twisted the electrons to say:
Not that I would advocate this personally, you understand, but I have heard it said that dabbing the left foot onto the brake pedal just enough to turn the brake lights on is quite effective at widening the distance between yourself and the person who is making a close-up inspection of your boot! It doesn't generally work ... :-( Or so I hear, obviously I would never engage in such a practice ... -- These opinions might not even be mine ... Let alone connected with my employer ... |
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Alistair Gunn wrote:
Paul Boyd twisted the electrons to say: Not that I would advocate this personally, you understand, but I have heard it said that dabbing the left foot onto the brake pedal just enough to turn the brake lights on is quite effective at widening the distance between yourself and the person who is making a close-up inspection of your boot! It doesn't generally work ... :-( Or so I hear, obviously I would never engage in such a practice ... I've thought of fitting an extra switch for that purpose (the one next to the rocket launcher button) -- "You can't see paradise if you don't pedal" (Fowler, Chicken Run) |
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