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Started by Andy J Taylor
Wed, 06 Jan 1993 13:15
Motorway Madness
Author: Andy J Taylor
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 13:15
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 13:15
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What a refreshing change to read a newsgroup with no Americans posting to it! On the subject of Motorway warning signs, simplt saying 'fog' is not enough, but putting a speed up is not much better because these signs are never up to date. I can't remember the number of times I have slowed down because the signs said '50' and then there was no obstruction at all! And while we're on the subject of stupidity on the motorway, don't you kust hate those people who stay in the middle lane no matter what the traffic situation is? And why is it that when I overtake someone who is in the middle lane and then pull into the nearside lane that they automatically assume that I have slowed down (well, I am in the _slow_ lane) and begin to creep up on me? Perhaps if I bought a tank..... -- ******************************************************************** * Andy.Taylor@brunel.ac.uk * Henley Management College, UK * ******************************************************************** * "...And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space * * Cos there's bugger all down here on Earth." - Monty Python * ********************************************************************
Re: Motorway Madness
Author: Doug Clinton
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 11:18
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 11:18
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In article <C0Fou8.IJ3@brunel.ac.uk>, Andy.Taylor@brunel.ac.uk (Andy J Taylor) writes: |> What a refreshing change to read a newsgroup with no Americans posting to it! Well, this is my first posting but there is at least one American *reading* this group. Have a nice day :-) Doug -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Doug Clinton Alex Technologies Ltd dec@alex.com CP House, 97-107 Uxbridge Road, +44 (0)81 566 2307 Ealing, London, W5 5TL --------------------------------------------------------------- "Just because someone famous said it doesn't make it true." - Douglas E. Clinton ---------------------------------------------------------------
Re: Motorway Madness
Author: Jonathan Walker
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 11:48
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 11:48
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I know the signs you are on about, I saw a sign lit up saying 50 on the M57 clear conditions I though , clear, sunny, just ignore it. Wrong!!!!!!! An inch or so of hail stones (night before ), lay in the outside lane on a bend .I gather a car had hit this patch, spun off, no damage, and then reported it to the police. I can assure you, there was not a hail stone is sight other than this patch. I learn't my lesson with no injury to my self or car, but it did frighten me!
Re: Motorway Madness
Author: Bernie Jones
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 14:36
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 14:36
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In article <C0HFH8.MuD@bailgate.gpsemi.com> jon_w@sn4401.oldham.gpsemi.com (Jonathan Walker) writes: >I know the signs you are on about, I saw a sign lit up saying 50 on the M57 The weird thing about these signs is that although the police (or whoever) seem to cancel the warning signs after the danger is over, they never seem to get rid of the ones that say 'End' Driving along the M6 and M1 a few days ago I went past around 10 signs saying 'End', and not a single warning at all - I would have thought that the little computers that control these things would be more organised (unless it's a cunning low-tech-masquerading- as-high-tech system, and each matrix has a bank of 24x24 ? switches by the side of the road that control the bulbs individually :-] )
Re: Motorway Madness
Author: Eric A Cottrell
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 03:15
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 03:15
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In <C0Fou8.IJ3@brunel.ac.uk> Andy.Taylor@brunel.ac.uk (Andy J Taylor) writes: >What a refreshing change to read a newsgroup with no Americans posting to it! But some who drive in the UK occasionally lurk in the background! 73 Eric eac@world.std.com (Lynn, Ma. USA - Named after King's Lynn)
Re: Motorway Madness
Author: Chris Malcolm
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:34
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:34
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In article <1993Jan21.143852.71@logica.co.uk> adrian@pluto.logica.co.uk writes: >darby@andersen.co.uk (Dave Darby) writes: >Yeah - HEAR HEAR! To my mind the police could do a great many things worse >than just automatically stopping anyone who pulls into another driver's >stopping distance. These crass and selfish people create a situation in which >good drivers are discouraged because they continually get unfairly delayed by >these arseholes. And how much do you get delayed by a selfish driver forcing you back a few car lengths? A few seconds at most, until the unlucky break that you miss a traffic light change, which turns it into maybe half a minute. I recommend an experiment: drive from home to the office like a selfish maniac a few times, and then drive to the office carefully and safely, comparing the two average times. I expect you to be amazed at how little difference it makes. I was, and that experiment was one of the reasons I stopped struggling to stay ahead in my rush hour commutes. It didn't make sense being at least ten times more likely to have an accident for the sake of arriving at work at most one minute earlier. -- Chris Malcolm cam@uk.ac.ed.aipna +44 (0)31 667 1011 x2550 Department of Artificial Intelligence, Edinburgh University 5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK DoD #205
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