Drivers and their problems

The Crown Court heard that having drunk alcohol and taken cocaine and cannabis, the now-46-year-old got in his BMW, despite efforts by his friends to stop him, and entered the M3 at Junction 10 at the M25.

ah, jogle already posted this.

I've got the E-NE (not revolver) on both of my bikes.  Sounds really nice, unless it's raining (I think the water on the bell dampens* the sound).

*Geddit?

When this came up in the latest comments area, I thought you were posting something in the style of perce !

I have a Trigger bell, which is ideal for positioning and ease of use on drop handlebars, but unfortunately just makes a pathetic 'ting' to which people rarely respond.  I once approached a large group of walkers from a distance up a long, straight, steep hill; rang the bell repeatedly for some time as I approached, to no avail whatsoever.  As I passed the front of the group, I overheard one comment to his friend, 'I wondered what that noise was.'

P.S. Thanks for all the bell suggestions, folks - I will look into them provided I can ever find them again in the labyrinth that is David9694's forum thread.

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Their argument for not agreeing is that they would get many photographs of speeding motorists

So an overt admission that the police are not interested in what one might describe as "doing their job" and prosecuting criminals when supplied with clear evidence of an offence?

Jogle wrote:

Mystery as Vauxhall Corsa and convertible Peugeot 206 wash up on Blackpool beach opposite new Hilton Hotel

Love this image, with what appears to be the sea wall covered in tyres and the upturned car being buried by the sand, like those "last of the dinosaurs" visions...

Drivers really don't respond very well to suggestions from passengers.

You know, you don't have to use the phone, This is schoolkid time, we don't have to be going this fast, It's very wet and were not in a rush can we not go so fast.

And the suggestion to my parents they might like to give a cyclist more room when passing on an urban dual carriageway was met with a full on argument and me refusing to be driven by them for several years.

I guess she will be doing a lot of walking and her son won't be able to get to the station.

When we bought a new car, I almost laughed at the rear window and the apparent slight upward angle and asked how was I supposed to see out of it. The salesman then assured me that it had a camera and tbh I wouldn't now want a car without a rear camera.

Sonic skeuomorph, or one vehicle to the tune of another.

Didn't some early electric cars have issues with people noticing they were there at low speed - and various sounds were tried until someone realised that the sound that best alerted people to "car coming" was ... the sound of a non-petrol car?

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When told about the (12 months) ban, Hopkins pleaded: ‘Oh, please don’t. Where I live there are no shops. The nearest shop is over a mile away.’

If only she lived in a 15 minute neighbourhood. Although a mile probably comes within 15 minutes

I note that our council believes school transport is only needed for children whose closest school is over 3 miles away (even if they can't get a place at that school), so presumably adults can be expected to walk at least a mile and a half for a shop.

I hear the roads around there are too dangerous to walk on.

Hirsute wrote:

I hear the roads around there are too dangerous to walk on.

If only the cars weren't parked on the pavement this wouldn't be a problem.

wycombewheeler wrote:

Hirsute wrote:

I hear the roads around there are too dangerous to walk on.

If only the cars weren't parked on the pavement this wouldn't be a problem.

If only there weren't pavements where the cars need to park, pavement parking wouldn't be a problem

Jogle wrote:

wycombewheeler wrote:

Hirsute wrote:

I hear the roads around there are too dangerous to walk on.

If only the cars weren't parked on the pavement this wouldn't be a problem.

If only there weren't pavements where the cars need to park, pavement parking wouldn't be a problem

more tarmac needed for storage of vehicles. this pressing issue should be top of the general election debate. We could inspiration from our friends across the pond

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0747572,-118.2403571,1475m/data=!3m1!1e3?authuser=0&entry=ttu