Driving Standards

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Seriously? How long ago was that? I’ve heard of countries where there are drink driving laws in place but the rozzers never enforce them. But that is next level stuff

Three years ago. Same on many Caribbean islands, especially the smaller ones.

 

[Elpenor]

Not sure if it's still the case but a South Korean license was transferable to a UK one. A friend of mine has a perfectly valid UK after taking a few lessons and having a ten minute test (once round the test centre and park), he's not driven in this country yet, but it's scary how easy it is.

It’s just a question of swapping it with the DVLA I believe, no lessons or tests required. Same with Japan, South Africa and various other countries

 

[mauvais]

I never knew that.

‘Designated countries’ are: Andorra, Australia, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Japan, Monaco, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland and Zimbabwe.

I wonder how they came up with that little list.

 

[Saul Goodman]

I never knew that.
I wonder how they came up with that little list.

Thatcher was quite pally with Mugabe. That would explain Zimbabwe. I'm sure similar connections can be made for the others.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Thatcher was quite pally with Mugabe. That would explain Zimbabwe. I'm sure similar connections can be made for the others.

Chile not on the list though.

 

[mauvais]

Well, lots of them are Commonwealth countries or British possessions but there are lots more of those that are missing. Then there's also the countries that drive on the left like South Korea and Japan, but no India.

 

[existentialist]

They didn’t exist when I passed, but first thing I did was tear off the Ls and get going, accidentally ending up on the M25 at 530pm that day...

In France it is law that you have to have A plates for a year, marking you down as a n00b...

I deliberately went onto the M25 at about that kind of time

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Well, lots of them are Commonwealth countries or British possessions but there are lots more of those that are missing. Then there's also the countries that drive on the left like South Korea and Japan, but no India.

Korea drives on the right as does Canada, Monaco, Switzerland and Andorra...

 

[Saul Goodman]

Well, lots of them are Commonwealth countries or British possessions but there are lots more of those that are missing. Then there's also the countries that drive on the left like South Korea and Japan, but no India.

In fairness, even if you were fucking the president of India, it would be somewhat foolhardy to agree to a license exchange agreement with them. It would be like sending Prince Andrew on a babysitter exchange.

 

[mauvais]

Korea drives on the right as does Canada, Monaco, Switzerland and Andorra...

Doh, I meant South Africa. And yeah, why Switzerland etc?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Tax havens? Andorra, Monaco...

 

[Elpenor]

I never understood why Korea, however my now ex-wife did benefit from this although from her driving standard she shouldn’t have. Having driven in Korea, they basically don’t have roundabouts and virtually every junction is traffic light controlled. The concept of turning across oncoming traffic and independent decision making such as at roundabouts / right of way was alien.

I worked for a Japanese company for 5 years, and being a responsible employer we put our Japanese expats through a UK driving course on arrival but they still averaged an accident every year. While they drive on the left I believe that’s the only similarity.

 

[hash tag]

On a different note, politician takes part in zoom meeting discussing safe driving, while driving! https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2021/05/06/andrew-brenner-video/
Spot the give away

 

[dervish]

Is he South Korean, or did he at least use to live in South Korea when he got his licence? Judging by souljacker 's post above, it sounds like you don't even need to live in India or be an Indian national to get a licence there

He was living there, TEFL teaching, but I think you could get one even if you were only there for a term.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Those poor motorists

Do not frighten drivers and keep the noise down: Richmond Park's new code of conduct for cyclists; Drum and bass bicycle tour; Kick in the teeth bike rack; Jesus Christ, your dog bit me!; Giro breakaway day; Paris before and after + more on the live

It's Tuesday and Dan Alexander will be taking you through the day on the live blog

road.cc

 

[Dogsauce]

From a mate’s Facebook:




In the comments beneath someone has pointed at the existence of an ‘Audis in Houses’ blog, which is here:

Audis in houses

 

[nick]

Reminds me that George Michael died 5 years ago next Xmas

 

[hash tag]

This is a cacophony of issues. If you note carefully, the fire engine is on blue lights, the van driver is texting or similar, for starters

 

[Spymaster]

This is a cacophony of issues. If you note carefully, the fire engine is on blue lights, the van driver is texting or similar, for starters
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And the cyclist went through so fast that the camera missed him.

 

[Saul Goodman]

And the cyclist went through so fast that the camera missed him.

It was a cyclist that set the charity shop on fire.

 

[Spymaster]

It was a cyclist that set the charity shop on fire.

... on purpose

 

[Saul Goodman]

... on purpose

Whilst playing Bowie tracks

 

[existentialist]

Whilst playing Bowie tracks

Inferior ones, at that. When everyone knows that the best way to set a shop on fire is to sing yodelly Irish commercial folkesque...

 

[Aladdin]

Inferior ones, at that. When everyone knows that the best way to set a shop on fire is to sing yodelly Irish commercial folkesque...

 

[sleaterkinney]

Hardship = not being able to drive your Bentley for a mile to take your dog for a walk.

Link

 

[hash tag]

Not sure the UK mentality on the roads will come near that of Sweden. Sadly overoptimistic. BBC Radio 4 - Positive Thinking, Can we make road deaths a thing of the past?

 

[hash tag]

Hardship = not being able to drive your Bentley for a mile to take your dog for a walk.

Link

This is hardship Blue singer Lee Ryan tells court he cannot afford £1,500 fine

 

[Elpenor]

This is hardship Blue singer Lee Ryan tells court he cannot afford £1,500 fine

Another musician impacted by Covid I guess.

Saw him at Miami airport in 2013, he was on my flight back to London after having partied with Craig David.

 

[nick]

Misread that as having "parted with Craig David".

Makes for a much more interesting anecdote IMHO

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Cambridgeshire judge astonished by killer driver's earlier ban

Prosecutors are asked to explain why Liam Mansfield was not charged with a more serious offence.

www.bbc.co.uk

Pissed on 5 pints, cannabis in his system, only got licence back 3 months earlier after a 12 month ban for a police chase doing up to 80mph in a built-up area. Kills one woman and comes within a hair's breath of killing her wife too. Six years porridge and 5 year driving ban (with three year extension, so 8 years )


At the bottom of the article reporting on this shitbag's behaviour is a link on the right...