The Highway Code
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the government is quite happy sticking to the pricing people off teh road method which is easily proven by how they allow insurance companies to sky rocket premiums for not only people who have had claims but people who havnt using the same old tired excuses
for example now if you have an accident that isnt your fault what so ever it still effects your policey when its time to renew and in most cases puts up your premium .
i know plenty of people with many years no claims and their policies have shot up £500 and all teh insurance companies are in on it so theres no real choice for customers its all rigged to screw you because they say crime in your area is up despite government telling us crime is down
sadly raising the driving age to 21 would only serve the insurance companies because instead of seeing a positive they would use it to tehir advantage and say 21 year olds are the new high risk group as they would need to recoup money lost made from 17 year olds who they say are high risk.
Car insurance laws and guidelines need a serious rethink in ths country the insurance companies are out of control and a law unto themselves.
there are speedcameras on almost every road,speedcheck areas,speedbumps bigger than a house in some cases and various other "traffic calming measures" in place.Are none of these measures working and reducing accidents hence bringing down insurance for people ?
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Can someone please teach some of the taxi drivers in and around Accy what the white lines across the road at junctions and traffic lights mean. And also about sounding their horn in a stationery vehicle.
I passed mine in 63 Michael and it was a bind then, remember that's little orange arms that used to stick out on cars a precursor of the lights indicator, ya and your right about the other sign either one or two finger
There are people who these rules and regs don't apply to Max, well apparently so
I passed mine in 63 Michael and it was a bind then, remember that's little orange arms that used to stick out on cars a precursor of the lights indicator, ya and your right about the other sign either one or two finger
Yes I remember the orange lights that flicked up. My uncle had a little black car which had them.
Another bugbear of mine is drivers who put on their fog lights when it isn't foggy.
Oh, and drivers who join or leave a motorway without bothering to indicate get my gander up! Grr!
I can remember years ago that Volvo always had their sidelights on, don'y know whether its still the case
My first car was a 1947 Anglia and that had the semaphore arms which came out to indicate you were about to turn.
If I was going above 20 miles an hour wind pressure would stop the arms returning and I had to bang on the door pillar from inside to get them to come back down.
You can just see the indicators on the front door pillar, the car was identical to mine.
I changed it in 1962 for a Mk 2 Zodiac after it fell on it's side on a bend.
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My dad had one like it Margaret but it was black. We used to go for picnics on the Trough of Bowland at weekend and he let me drive it, as you say, there wasn't much traffic about.
The one in your photo is still on the road and the DVLA comes up with the following.
The enquiry is complete.
The vehicle details for AGW 591 are:
Date of Liability 01 07 2012
Date of First Registration 18 05 1933
Year of Manufacture 1933
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 747cc
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Status Licence Not Due
Vehicle Colour GREEN
Vehicle Type Approval Not Available
The one in your photo is still on the road and the DVLA comes up with the following.
The enquiry is complete.
The vehicle details for AGW 591 are:
Date of Liability 01 07 2012
Date of First Registration 18 05 1933
Year of Manufacture 1933
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 747cc
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Status Licence Not Due
Vehicle Colour GREEN
Vehicle Type Approval Not Available
Why?
Drivers joining the motorway - why indicate their intention? What else could they be doing?
Driver leaving the motorway - I indicate from the 100 metre marker, but that's just out of habit. I can't see the difference (to me) if the car in front exits without indicating.
It would be nice if the people who slew across three carriageways in the last 200M before the ramp indicated.
As to the original posting about the Highway Code, it's available online, but it's been "adapted" for online use and the printed version is the one that's the legally accepted version.
I once did road signs as the picture round in my pub quiz. The scary result? Most people could guess the more obscure signs, but the ones we pass every day had a lot of people stumped.
True, but it's courtesy to indicate.
I've just checked your link. It does say signal before leaving a motorway. I will have to own up that I don't have a copy of the Highway Code. I will put it on my shopping list!
Does that mean Max CabsThere are people who these rules and regs don't apply to Max, well apparently so
jaysay said:You didn't see that little flashing light did you yerself and then said darn it
Didn't know I'd been done til the brown envelope arrived.
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Lancashire Constabulary, a mobile camera near Rossendale ski slope. I had to go to a business park in Leyland for the course.
My first car, Margaret-I learnt to drive in it and passed my test(1959?).
Cost me £7 and my father made me save up to pay for it.
Children used to run alongside cheering me(embarrassing for a 19 year old) and the problem was if I was on a hill I couldn't accelerate away from them!
No indicators, no heater, no starter motor, crash gear box.
Gremlin- the Trough of Bowland- the brakes were'nt up to that, turned it over at the bottom of the hill! The girl wasn't amused.
The Highway Code was short and sweet then.