Personal meet with BMW driver
Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:04:25 +0100
Returning home from the beach yesterday on a clear and warm day on an empty
road we were smacked in the rear near side by this driver who was quite
apologetic and who said don't worry about it .
He was leaving the golf club and said he didn't see us when exiting the
entrance to said golf club sheesh.
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Mr Loophole does it again...
Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:08:19 +0100
Apparently it's ok to use a mobile phone as a dictaphone while you're
driving:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1220999/Jimmy-Carr-gets-phone-driving-charge-Mr-Loophole-tells-court-He-telling-joke.html
I'm assuming that they were able to prove that he wasn't actually making a
call at the time by ...
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Re: Why flashing headlights is poor driving.
16 Oct 2009 16:04:21 GMT
"PM" <pm@m_.com.invalid> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:
>> I completely fail to see how drivers suddenly become untrustworthy to
>> consider a safe and appropriate speed when the needle on their speedo
>> suddenly reads higher than an arbitrary number.
> It's only you who are saying the ...
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Re: Why flashing headlights is poor driving.
16 Oct 2009 15:04:51 GMT
ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.tractor@hotmail.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:
>>You seem to have avoided my questioning of your "obvious" link between a
>>safe speed and a legal one.
> I made no such link.
You most certainly did - not even three hours ago.
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13 ...
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Re: Why flashing headlights is poor driving.
16 Oct 2009 14:59:20 GMT
ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.tractor@hotmail.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:
> (the state decides an upper limit, the driver decides below that based
> on conditions, not understanding that is willful IMHO
We're talking about SAFETY, not LEGALITY. They are, I hope you'd agree,
differ ...
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Why are van engines so bloody noisy?
Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:43:18 +0000 (UTC)
Don't manufacturers bother to use the same amount of sound deadening or
silencer quality on vans that they do on cars? The din coming out of
these vehicles is a pain in the rear if you're near a road and have the
window open. I'm sure they make almost as much noise as a large truck
which is quite impressive for a ...
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Re: Why flashing headlights is poor driving.
Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:13:36 -0700 (PDT)
On 16 Oct, 14:58, "MrBitsy" <no...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> "Mike P" <mikepears...@gmx.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > On 16 Oct, 14:20, "MrBitsy" <no...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> >> "ChelseaTractorMan" <mr.c.trac...@hotmail.co.uk> wrot ...
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Re: Why flashing headlights is poor driving.
Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:12:25 -0700 (PDT)
On 16 Oct, 15:01, "MrBitsy" <no...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> "Mike P" <mikepears...@gmx.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > On 16 Oct, 14:26, "MrBitsy" <no...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> >> "Mike P" <stripeyta...@live.co.uk> wrote in message
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Re: Why flashing headlights is poor driving.
Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:11:21 -0700 (PDT)
On 16 Oct, 14:57, "MrBitsy" <no...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> "Mike P" <mikepears...@gmx.co.uk> wrote in message
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> news:9bad52a1-c319-42a3-9050-f2d8feca5581@d10g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...
> On 16 Oct, 14:12, "MrBitsy" <no...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
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> > "PM" <pm@m_.com.invalid> wrote in message
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Re: Why flashing headlights is poor driving.
16 Oct 2009 13:54:20 GMT
ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.tractor@hotmail.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:
>>You apparently agree with that statement, though
> not if it contains circular logic!
Hence my comment about it being tautological, rather than the
contradiction you suggested.
>> - since you agree tha ...
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