The Highway Code

[wallop79]

Another bugbear of mine is drivers who put on their fog lights when it isn't foggy.

That is my biggest bugbear, I get my own back on them if there isn't another car behind them I put my lights on full beam to give them a taste of their own medicine. Another is those stupid L.E.D lights (Audi's spring to mind most) which blind ya too. They should be banned.

 

[Gremlin]

My first car, Margaret-I learnt to drive in it and passed my test(1959?).
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.

That's how learnt to go down through the gears when descending steep hills.

 

[jaysay]

Didn't know I'd been done til the brown envelope arrived.



Lancashire Constabulary, a mobile camera near Rossendale ski slope. I had to go to a business park in Leyland for the course.

Oh they're sneaky now too are they, how much do these courses cost yerself I know they are not free, but it does keep the 3 points of your licence

 

[jaysay]

That's how learnt to go down through the gears when descending steep hills.

The old days of doubling your clutch when changing down Gremlin, I learnt a lot of the time in a land rover and that's the only way you could change down in them in those days

 

[cashman]

Oh they're sneaky now too are they, how much do these courses cost yerself I know they are not free, but it does keep the 3 points of your licence

Dearer than the fine thats fer sure, I took the 3 pts first time, but they have run out now, so i did the course.

 

[Gordon Booth]

Oh they're sneaky now too are they, how much do these courses cost yerself I know they are not free, but it does keep the 3 points of your licence

£80, jaysay, see post 18- it can get quite expensive! If I'd been able to go I'd not have had 3 points and saved a fortune- the insurance really hits you!

 

[cashman]

£80, jaysay, see post 18- it can get quite expensive! If I'd been able to go I'd not have had 3 points and saved a fortune- the insurance really hits you!

Thats obviously changed in last 3 years, cos i took the points back then n it made no difference to me insurance.

 

[maxthecollie]

I got stung with insurance for 3 points 35 mph on a dual carriageway near Blackpool Airport.

 

[Guinness]

Yup, I did the course in Leyland in February, they told us that although the points are only on your license for 3 years, the insurance companies hold them on record for 5 years. Not sure if this affects your premium for that long though and no intention of personally finding out either

 

[maxthecollie]

It affected my insurance for 4 years

 

[Guinness]

I'm sure I read somewhere that someone had lost his license in one day on that dual carriageway near Blackpool Airport because there are so many speed cameras on that particular stretch between Starr Gate and the M55 feed road.

Probably an urban legend though

 

[cashman]

Yup, I did the course in Leyland in February, they told us that although the points are only on your license for 3 years, the insurance companies hold them on record for 5 years. Not sure if this affects your premium for that long though and no intention of personally finding out either

Thats correct cos me insurance broker told me that a couple of weeks ago, when i asked if it would come down now me points had expired.

 

[jaysay]

That's correct cos me insurance broker told me that a couple of weeks ago, when i asked if it would come down now me points had expired.

Well you know what they say cashy points make prizes, boobie prizes mate

 

[Neil]

Yep I've looked at it a few times, checked the other month speed limit on dual carriageways, cause I was doubting myself. Or if I see a sign that I don't recognise I'll check it out in there.

Speed limits and the way they are represented are strange in this country. There are a lot of people who think this national speed limit sign means 60

What do you think the speed limit is in the picture below

 

[jaysay]

Speed limits and the way they are represented are strange in this country. There are a lot of people who think this national speed limit sign means 60

What do you think the speed limit is in the picture below

Is it speed restrictions apply Neil

 

[Neil]

It would be nice if the people who slew across three carriageways in the last 200M before the ramp indicated.

I do, but its sometimes in the last 100 yards, I am sure the markers are in yards still and not metres, its says so in the directgov pdf http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consu...n/@motor/documents/digitalasset/dg_191928.pdf

 

[Neil]

Is it speed restrictions apply Neil

Speed restrictions always apply if you are on a public road, the question was what is the speed limit?

 

[Studio25]

That's how learnt to go down through the gears when descending steep hills.

My education was in the form of burning brake pads after going down a long Scottish hill with my foot on the pedal for about a mile.

The old days of doubling your clutch when changing down...

I heard about this, but I never found out how you actually do it. I was told it was the way to stop your car if the brakes had failed. Not that it would do me any good: I usually drive an automatic.

Speed limits and the way they are represented are strange in this country. There are a lot of people who think this national speed limit sign means 60

It's 30, 60 or 70 if you're in a car. In built-up areas, it's 30mph (I think "built-up" is defined by the spacing of the street lights). On a motorway or dual carriageway (with a centre barrier) it's 70mph. Otherwise, it's 60mph.

It's lower for coaches, trucks and cars towing caravans.

 

[jaysay]

My education was in the form of burning brake pads after going down a long Scottish hill with my foot on the pedal for about a mile.


I heard about this, but I never found out how you actually do it. I was told it was the way to stop your car if the brakes had failed. Not that it would do me any good: I usually drive an automatic.


It's 30, 60 or 70 if you're in a car. In built-up areas, it's 30mph (I think "built-up" is defined the spacing of the street lights). On a motorway or dual carriageway (with a centre barrier) it's 70mph. Otherwise, it's 60mph.

It's lower for coaches, trucks and cars towing caravans.

Doubling your clutch was used on the old crash boxes Studio, you depressed the clutch, knocked the stick into neutral then depress the clutch again a engage the gear, this was used before gears for synchronised, I still did it up to stopping driving especially changing down.

Neil I think the speed limit sign means 30 maximum

 

[Neil]

It's 30, 60 or 70 if you're in a car. In built-up areas, it's 30mph (I think "built-up" is defined by the spacing of the street lights). On a motorway or dual carriageway (with a centre barrier) it's 70mph. Otherwise, it's 60mph.

The national speed limit sign only means 60 or 70 depending if its a dual carriageway. Its surprising how many people think a dual carriage way has to have 2 lanes each way but you can get dual carriageways with one lane in each direction.

Here is a single lane dual carriage way with no street lights so the speed limit will be 70mph