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We have all seen idiots on the road, but this morning I was nearly taken out
by a people carrier that went straight across the road in front of me, on a sharp right hand bend. I was going uphill approaching the bend and was literally 10- 15 feet away when he went across me. The road was treacherous with snow on ice, but certainly driveable, but the speed he was going at was unbelievable. It really was seriously close. On other occassions on the Wolds roads, which are quiet and generally fast, I have seen people overtaking at speed on snowbound roads, Unsurprisingly I lost count of the number of cars I saw in the ditch today. I'm not really sure of what the point is I'm trying to make, but how on earth do we cope with these idiot drivers? They're bad enough on dry sunny days. -- David Mitchell, 70m amsl, Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire. |
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You let them get on with it, as indicated they end up in the ditch, cars a
write off, insurance goes up, perhaps they may ease up next time - sounds good, but wether its true I,m not sure _______________________________ Paul Crabtree Brampton, Cumbria 117m A.S.L www.bramptonweather.co.uk ". |
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I believe a certain amount of natural selection is probably a good
thing! The gene pool will be all the stronger for it. Steve R. Swansea |
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I believe a certain amount of natural selection is probably a good thing! The gene pool will be all the stronger for it. Are you aluding to the Darwin Awards? Les -- Remove Frontal Lobes to reply direct. http://armsofmorpheus.blogspot.com/ Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? His name shall be The Flying Spaghetti Monster! http://www.venganza.org/index.htm Epicurus Les Hemmings a.a #2251 SA |
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Sorry, I was forgetting the FSM.
Have you been touched by His Noodly Appendage? It was colder today...more pirates? Steve R. Swansea |
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Ah yes, I remember at least 15 years ago driving up a steep, icy lane, some
years ago by Chirk Castle, near Oswestry. A Welsh farmer was approaching from the top of the lane in an ancient Land Rover. Seeing me, he not not unnaturally hit the brakes, the Land Rover carreered sideways and slipped unrelentingly down the lane towards my car. However, at the very last moment, miracleously, we avoided an entente non cordiale. However, my day was made, when sliding past me, his chubby face loomed out of the sliding window, and with a huge beaming smile, he said : "well, I never , I nearly had you.." and he disappeared down the lane. Robert "David Mitchell" wrote in message ... We have all seen idiots on the road, but this morning I was nearly taken out by a people carrier that went straight across the road in front of me, on a sharp right hand bend. I was going uphill approaching the bend and was literally 10- 15 feet away when he went across me. The road was treacherous with snow on ice, but certainly driveable, but the speed he was going at was unbelievable. It really was seriously close. On other occassions on the Wolds roads, which are quiet and generally fast, I have seen people overtaking at speed on snowbound roads, Unsurprisingly I lost count of the number of cars I saw in the ditch today. I'm not really sure of what the point is I'm trying to make, but how on earth do we cope with these idiot drivers? They're bad enough on dry sunny days. -- David Mitchell, 70m amsl, Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire. |
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![]() "David Mitchell" wrote in message ... We have all seen idiots on the road, but this morning I was nearly taken out by a people carrier that went straight across the road in front of me, on a sharp right hand bend. I was going uphill approaching the bend and was literally 10- 15 feet away when he went across me. The road was treacherous with snow on ice, but certainly driveable, but the speed he was going at was unbelievable. It really was seriously close. He probably thought the fancy electronic stability stuff in his car would take care of the conditions. That's the only reason I can think of for some of these idiots. They don't seem to realise they don't have an "override physics" button. -- Stuart |
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"Dave Liquorice" wrote: On 28 Feb 2006 14:16:45 -0800, wrote: I believe a certain amount of natural selection is probably a good thing! I agree with that but I'd rather they did it without risking the lives innocent bystanders as well. Just remember that most of the country hasn't seen snow covered roads for many a year. A significant number of drivers have never driven on anything other than wet roads, they just don't know how to drive on snow. Most seem to think that pressing the "go" pedal and have the wheels wildly spinning is the way to drive on snow. It's not, you are not in control of the vehicle with spinning wheels and have *very* much reduced traction. Gentle on go pedal, high gear (2nd or 3rd), clutch control for starting off, look ahead, anticipate, engine braking to slow down, gentle use of brakes if at all (a locked wheel is just as bad for control as a spinning one). Ah, but in these days of ABS and Traction Control, wheels neither lock nor spin! Or so we are led to believe! Martin -- Created on the Iyonix PC - the world's fastest RISC OS computer. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/m.dixon4/ |
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