Extra long articulated truck

[RogerS]

hi

well if drivers drove to road laws your not supposed to enter the yellow box till your exit is clear for your vehicle to enter and leave that boxed area regardless of your vehicles length so if busses are blocking them thats due to poor drivers its' nothing to do with a vehicles length .hc

It's clear that you have never driven in London.

 

[StevieB]

Ha! Stopped from driving on the road due to its length!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/8388420.stm

Steve

 

[BigShot]

With speed limiters and the 0.0001mph differential it can take over a mile for some of these overtaking manouvers to be completed.

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2009/04/22/l ... -17-years/
Read and enjoy.


On the winding roads point some have mentioned.
http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2009/11/30/m ... motorists/


I'll give you all about an hour to laugh your heads off on that site before coming back and having a good chortle about the above two links.

 

[Digit]

One of my beefs about motoring reports/jounalism is the 'dangerous road', or 'dangerous bend'. There ain't no such thing!
The next driver to to be savaged by an angry road will be the first!

Roy.

 

[head clansman]

hi

It's clear that you have never driven in London

Yes i have driven in london many many time , i've also driven all over europe as well and into amsterdam on several occasions on all occasions accident free because i drive to the countries driving laws .


the yellow box laws applies all over the uk ,there is no exception for the london area , as i said bad drivers, it's those driver who Cause the congestion in the first place by blocking others exits just because they cant waite with there cavalier attitude of up yours. hc.

 

[Digit]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Busine ... o_The_Road

Roy.

 

[RogerS]

hi

It's clear that you have never driven in London

Yes i have driven in london many many time , i've also driven all over europe as well and into amsterdam on several occasions on all occasions accident free because i drive to the countries driving laws .


the yellow box laws applies all over the uk ,there is no exception for the london area , as i said bad drivers, it's those driver who Cause the congestion in the first place by blocking others exits just because they cant waite with there cavalier attitude of up yours. hc.

That is so naive. You are joking, I hope.

Take the yellow box at the junction of Baker Street and Wigmore Street. Traffic coming down Baker Street can turn left into the eastbound continuation of Wigmore Street. This junction is controlled by traffic lights. More often than not the eastbound continuation of Wigmore Street is solid with traffic. So you might get one car or maybe two being able to turn left from Baker Street during one cycle of the lights.

As the traffic 'empties' from this eastbound continuation, you maybe get one car slot opening up. The lights change in favour of those travelling east from Wigmore Street - ie straight on. There is a bendy-bus at the head of the queue. There is one cars' length - maybe two by now - available for the bus. According to the law of the land the bendy-bus should not proceed.

So he waits for what? The next light change? When the cycle repeats itself all over again and he still only has a car or two's empty space. No..he is a sensible and pragmatic driver and certainly does not have your Holier-than-thou mentality to driving. He goes forward as far as he can. Otherwise he will still be sitting there.

 

[head clansman]

hi

your Holier-than-thou mentality to driving.

my holier -than-thou mentality , has seen me safely through the last forty five yrs of motoring all over europe thank you very much without accident or incident, why, because i wait my turn, shame others can't do the same. the bus driver has enough space for two cars(you say) if he lucky , so he go's he probarbly note even given thought about his passengers lives at the back of the bus now stuck blocking others entry into the yellow box which may have traffic approaching at speed, tired driver, driver not paying attention drivers misjudging lights etc get the picture , that why laws are made , laws are made for all our safety .

hc

 

[studders]

forty five yrs of motoring all over europe thank you very much without accident or incident
hc

Seen loads in your mirrors though eh?

 

[BigShot]

Flippin' 'eck.
This has all turned a bit nasty.

Bad day at the office, gents?

 

[head clansman]

hi

nasty , nah not from my point of view anyway , no matter what said here tomorrow we will all go out and drive in our usual way as far as i'm concerned, end of. hc stay cool 8)

 

[Philly]

Think this'll probably do for this "topic".
Philly