London roads are the hardest roads I've driven on this country by a long way. I mean this is terms of hazards and unusual junctions. FWIW its not helped by a hell of a lot of London drivers being inconsiderate arses bit that's hardly the learners fault.
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existentialist
Tired and unemotional
The same is true coming back from France, where - particularly on the autoroutes - the standard of driving, and the density of traffic, is markedly higher, and lower, respectively. Then you arrive in Portsmouth and it's back to clawing your way out of the inside lane every time you want to overtake.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
I almost hit a cyclist yesterday... but he got away.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
I did a 20 speed awareness course today, consequence of getting caught doing 25 on Lea Bridge Road on Boxing Day.
Largely a waste of time, learned about two minor things I didn’t know before. Best that can be said was that the instructor was non-judgemental and realistic, probably because he himself admitted to being caught recently.
Everyone was there under sufferance. Weirdly, though this course was in Swansea, five of the eleven people there had been caught on the same camera, Lansdowne Lane (?) in Bath! Several people had travelled up from Bristol for the course.
Not sure why I bothered, just to keep a 25 year license clean (first offence). Apparently the insurance hit is only 10%. This wouldn’t have been worth it if my employer wasn’t still paying me for the ‘sick’ day. Apparently most people who take the course are on 9 points so avoiding a ban. Though that didn’t appear true for this course. Oh. And we’d all paid different amounts, ranging from £92 to £100. How does that justify itself?
Boring as hell.
Largely a waste of time, learned about two minor things I didn’t know before. Best that can be said was that the instructor was non-judgemental and realistic, probably because he himself admitted to being caught recently.
Everyone was there under sufferance. Weirdly, though this course was in Swansea, five of the eleven people there had been caught on the same camera, Lansdowne Lane (?) in Bath! Several people had travelled up from Bristol for the course.
Not sure why I bothered, just to keep a 25 year license clean (first offence). Apparently the insurance hit is only 10%. This wouldn’t have been worth it if my employer wasn’t still paying me for the ‘sick’ day. Apparently most people who take the course are on 9 points so avoiding a ban. Though that didn’t appear true for this course. Oh. And we’d all paid different amounts, ranging from £92 to £100. How does that justify itself?
Boring as hell.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
The cost is basically the same as the fine if you take the points. It is unlikely that anyone there was on nine points though, you may be offered a course once every three years, after that no courses so you then start to accumulate points if you don’t slow down. It is boring, but I found small amusement in watching the belligerent twonks being arse with the two instructors who could not give a shit.
T & P
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In Spain the lane discipline is far, far worse, and middle lane hoggers much more common. But as you suggest it is linked to the number and density of junctions. The prevailing multi lane road there is the autovia, which is a watered down motorway and can have up to several junctions/ joining lanes per mile around densely populated areas. So the ‘slow’ lane there can be a bit of a nightmare to stick to.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
bimble
floofy
I've tried this now and am going to put them on again for big drive tomorrow. Definitely feels like people give me bit more space with the P plates on, probably because they're aware that I might do something stupid at any moment.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
or, in driver parlance, take the p
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
P is for pootling along.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
I got that course for Lea Bridge Road , had to do the thing in Islington though . Lansdown Lane in Bath is pretty steep and just after a 60 mph road. Not that I am defending those disgraceful Bath speeders .
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Books, not bombs
Parked car? What parked car?
Drink-driver films journey on dashcam
Drink-driver films journey on dashcam
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Fuck me! She should have got bird for that.
plurker
tú no tienes la culpa mi amor que el mundo sea feo
Finally an Audi is seen to be of some benefit to road safety, instead of the usual...
souljacker
innit
Slightly off topic, but a colleague's daughter's driving instructor fell asleep during her third ever driving lesson last weekend.He has been dumped. They are debating dobbing him in it.
My instructor fell asleep during one of my lessons. I'd just accelerated up to about 50 as we'd hit a country road. I turned to him and asked what the speed limit was and woke him up. I laughed at the time.
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Books, not bombs
Terribly sad and I am sure no one thought anything like this would happen. Was it even on purpose?
Hilda, 95, left fatally ill after cars splash her with puddle
Hilda, 95, left fatally ill after cars splash her with puddle
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Of course it was on purpose. I've spent my driving life avoiding puddle/people combinations, and managed, so far, to never drown a pedestrian.
People who deliberately drown pedestrians should be banned for life. Cyclists are a different story. They're fair game.
mojo pixy
interesting times
Just drove home from town (Bristol - Kingswood), I was behind some guy who was talking on his phone. Warm day, all windows open, I yelled at him to get off his phone, at first he ignored me but I did it again and again and the pavement was busy so other people were starting to look at him. Finally he got off the phone and sped away at over 30 (busy Saturday morning shopping road, 20 zone to boot). In the end when we stopped at a red light (I arrived a few seconds behind him) he actually leaned out and asked me if I was a copper and told me to mind my own business.
Fair comment, but I still told him to learn to drive like a grown up before he kills someone. He sped off again, this time at 40 in a 30 zone
Driving lolz
Fair comment, but I still told him to learn to drive like a grown up before he kills someone. He sped off again, this time at 40 in a 30 zone
Driving lolz
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Books, not bombs
"P"could be for poser >>>> Is the Range Rover Sport the apex in arsehole wheels ?
What is the world coming to? Man stabbed 'after motorist is confronted by residents over his driving'
What is the world coming to? Man stabbed 'after motorist is confronted by residents over his driving'
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Books, not bombs
Some people are just so selfish and expect to be able to park anywhere and get away with it. Really? Outcry after fire engine gets parking ticket
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
...errr, wut?East Grinstead councillor said:
I mean, if you see a fire engine parked on the street, is the natural assumption "oh, I expect they've just popped out for a little ride to the shops, maybe just enjoying the view, grab a packet of fags, maybe have a nice latte in the coffee shop"?
Or might one think "Oh, a fire engine. I expect there's a crew somewhere doing their job"?
Just seems to me that slapping a ticket on a fire engine is a monumentally stupid thing to even think of doing. Although it would have been funnier if they'd towed it away.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Should've clamped it.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I expect they'd run out of the special clamps you need for fire engines and ambulances, having spotted and dealt with several parked outside hospitals and fire stations, and near the sites of calamities.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
There’s a contraflow bike lane in Leeds which the police have a habit of parking in, never with any sign of an emergency. Wish someone would ticket them as it’s a particularly twatty place to do it given you have to ride into oncoming traffic to get around them, plus there’s parking spaces opposite.
London drivers are some of the best I have experienced, and I find them to generally be pretty considerate (e.g. the coordinated letting people out of junctions by drivers in both directions. Such courtesy is not regularly displayed outside of London, IME.) We're a patient lot by and large!
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Books, not bombs
Another warning bimble Don't drive whilst tired Shocking footage shows 'sleeping driver' crashing into lorry on A14
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