Baby Deltic Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Did anyone else hear what I half heard on the Today programme this morning - Justin Webb was being schooled in sitting behind the wheel of a Tesla with 'assisted driving'? It got onto the motorway, took over the driving and steered itself along at sixty odd in traffic. The saleslady then invited JW to push the indicator stalk to initiate a lane change. The Tesla then proceeded to switch across outwards to continue its cruise in the middle lane - whereupon a white van 'undertook' in the inside lane 'making a rude sign' to Justin Webb. dh . Sounds about right for a white van driver. Aswell as speeding, tailgating, undertaking or making rude gestures, their other speciality is 'white van fireworks' where they treat drivers following them to showers of orange sparks flying over their bonnets from lit ciggies dropped out the windows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted May 7, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 7, 2016 ISTR a system of lights and audible warnings on the approaches to a lowish bridge near Bicester but don't know how reliable or expensive to run such systems are. The not very low bridge on Horsenden Lane next to Perivale Central Line station was equipped a couple of years ago with a socking great steel girder to protect the Central Line from high vehicles travelling north. There is no such protecton south bound but the NR bridge which carries the line from Old Oak Common to Rusiip handles very few passenger trains and would protect the Central Line where a bad bridge strike could be a disaster. It took weeks to erect the girder and its supporting structire so it couldn't have been cheap. There is a low bridge with lengths of water pipe suspended on a beam in front of it, not far from me. Didn't stop a woman from driving the mobile library, under the bridge on her FIRST DAY of driving it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 (edited) There is a low bridge with lengths of water pipe suspended on a beam in front of it, not far from me. Didn't stop a woman from driving the mobile library, under the bridge on her FIRST DAY of driving it. Was she booked, or did they throw the book at her? Edited May 7, 2016 by Baby Deltic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 There is a low bridge with lengths of water pipe suspended on a beam in front of it, not far from me. Didn't stop a woman from driving the mobile library, under the bridge on her FIRST DAY of driving it. When local newspaper reporters visited the local library and asked them to comment, a spokesman said "she made a textbook mistake" before the head librarian said "quiet please". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted May 7, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 7, 2016 Was she booked, or did they throw the book at her? I think she had enough books thrown at her to last a lifetime! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 7, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 7, 2016 When local newspaper reporters visited the local library and asked them to comment, a spokesman said "she made a textbook mistake" before the head librarian said "quiet please". GROAN button please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 . Sounds about right for a white van driver. Aswell as speeding, tailgating, undertaking or making rude gestures, their other speciality is 'white van fireworks' where they treat drivers following them to showers of orange sparks flying over their bonnets from lit ciggies dropped out the windows. A fair number have also had their van ECUs remapped, which makes it easier for them to drive like loons. Was she booked, or did they throw the book at her? Either way, it was probably well overdue.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted May 7, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 7, 2016 Either way, it was probably well overdue.... And her (library) card marked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Meanwhile, at ExpoEM yesterday, there are leisure centre users who can't (be bothered to) park between two marked lines.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhBBob Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 DC hopes to see driverless cars within four years... Here in Boston, we see a few 'drink/drivers' who are also fined for having no driving licence, no motor insurance and no car tax... Does this count as 'driverless' ? Can you be a driver if you have never before driven a motor vehicle ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted May 16, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 16, 2016 Meanwhile, at ExpoEM yesterday, there are leisure centre users who can't (be bothered to) park between two marked lines.... IMG_20160515_110714_1463382433081.jpg What's the problem? It's parked perfectly ON the line. Oh, wait... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 What's the problem? It's parked perfectly ON the line. Oh, wait... It's what happens when you try to put a 4mm loco on O gauge track. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 A definite candidate for the website 'youparklikeac***.com' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 A definite candidate for the website 'youparklikeac***.com' Not even close. Does any part of the car cross the white line by more than two feet? No it does not. Basically that's in the top 10% of best parking ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted May 17, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 17, 2016 Montague Street Bridge hit counter has been reset today. It almost made 3 weeks since the twice in one day! http://howmanydayssincemontaguestreetbridgehasbeenhit.com/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Montague Street Bridge hit counter has been reset today. It almost made 3 weeks since the twice in one day! http://howmanydayssincemontaguestreetbridgehasbeenhit.com/ Seems to be a good argument for making collapsible containers. You just hoist it back up again if you manage to emerge from the other side Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Not even close. Does any part of the car cross the white line by more than two feet? No it does not. Basically that's in the top 10% of best parking ever. It’s a cumulative effect too. One car parks close to the line the next a little bit further (in order to open his door) etc., etc. Every time I come to the UK the bays seem to get smaller and smaller whilst over here they appear to use a Chevy Pick Up Heavy Duty with Dually rear wheels as an optimum gauge for bay size - which effectively solves the problem. This country does have slightly more real estate on offer, however.... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 It’s a cumulative effect too. One car parks close to the line the next a little bit further (in order to open his door) etc., etc. Not always. I'm sometimes tempted to park right up beside these jokers (albeit still within the lines of the space I'm in) and then exit the car on the other side. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
£1.38 Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 The closest parking I have seen is in coach bays, where coach drivers deliberately block misparked car drivers in, or park so close that the car doors can't be opened at all. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 (edited) It’s a cumulative effect too. One car parks close to the line the next a little bit further (in order to open his door) etc., etc. Simple. Every few spaces insert a leap car like this edit, just nicked the picture Edited May 17, 2016 by Guest Link removed - reports of malware Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted May 17, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 17, 2016 (edited) Don't click on the "like this" link in the above post if you have an android device! Edited May 17, 2016 by Tony_S Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted May 17, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 17, 2016 Simple. Every few spaces insert a leap car Can we cut the link in post #1770. It just screwed up Google chrome on the PC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 17, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 17, 2016 It’s a cumulative effect too. One car parks close to the line the next a little bit further (in order to open his door) etc., etc. Every time I come to the UK the bays seem to get smaller and smaller whilst over here they appear to use a Chevy Pick Up Heavy Duty with Dually rear wheels as an optimum gauge for bay size - which effectively solves the problem. This country does have slightly more real estate on offer, however.... Best, Pete. I have been told that the size of parking spaces in many UK supermarkets has not been altered/increased for more than 50 years, they were initially set to take a Triumph Herald. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted May 20, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) Not anything to do with driving standards per se... Down here we seem to suffer inordinately long road closures by the police for accident investigation, We recently had an 8 hour closure by the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary of the only road into and out of Brixham, Kingswear and Dartmouth (via the ferry crossing). http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Police-say-sorry-probe-crash-closes-road-hours/story-29138696-detail/story.html It is appreciated that when deaths are involved investigation has to be done, but for eight hours. It was gridlock even in and out of Paignton (three miles away from the scene). There was only minor injuries to the police driver but a serious accident investigatory unit had to come from Dorset. I'm the last person to knock the constabulary but the moron in charge of this should have been hung out to dry. The amount of local business that was lost was quite large and costly. Edited May 20, 2016 by Re6/6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kickstart Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Not anything to do with driving standards per se... Down here we seem to suffer inordinately long road closures by the police for accident investigation, We recently had an 8 hour closure by the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary of the only road into and out of Brixham, Kingswear and Dartmouth (via the ferry crossing). You have the mad mullah of the traffic taliban to thank for that. One of his moments of madness was rewriting the manuals on how road accident investigations should be treated. All the best Katy 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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