All you Englanders - for the third time in three years I have to say
25 July 2005, 12:12 AM
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All you Englanders - for the third time in three years I have to say
your traffic situation is fekin mental - The M25 makes the Arc de Triomph look like a training ground - The M6 makes our local Tesco carpark look like a Touring car race, and finally - where do all the nutters in Renault Clois come from?
Travelled 500 motorway miles from Dover to Cairnryan on Friday. Flat out the whole way, stopped for 7 minutes for petrol, managed to get the (hire) car over 120 on the M6 toll and averaged over 100 on the last 90 minutes into Dumfries. Care to guess the average speed for the day? - 37 MPH - I can cycle that quick. Saw exactly 19 accidents of with 17 where being cleared up and the other 2 happened as I watched. First on the M25 a car side swiped a bike that was filtering through standstill traffic. Car driver basically saw the guy coming and moved hard right to stop him getting past. Biker got pushed off at maybe 10 MPH, no damage to anyone... why
Later was hoofing along the M6 on the downhill stretch just after the wind turbines (maybe Penrith?). A renault clio comes past like I've stopped (I am doing enough to lose the books according to the sat nav (which must be faulty :eek)) - Next thing I know, clio hits the left bank, central reservation, left bank, rolls, central reservation rolls a couple more times and then continues for about 600 yards upside down and backwards down the road. I immediately think about the carnange inside the car and feel sick. Wife is a nurse and first aider, so we stop. Driver climbs out of the car - total injuries - a bumped elbow and a 'spinny head'
Travelled 500 motorway miles from Dover to Cairnryan on Friday. Flat out the whole way, stopped for 7 minutes for petrol, managed to get the (hire) car over 120 on the M6 toll and averaged over 100 on the last 90 minutes into Dumfries. Care to guess the average speed for the day? - 37 MPH - I can cycle that quick. Saw exactly 19 accidents of with 17 where being cleared up and the other 2 happened as I watched. First on the M25 a car side swiped a bike that was filtering through standstill traffic. Car driver basically saw the guy coming and moved hard right to stop him getting past. Biker got pushed off at maybe 10 MPH, no damage to anyone... why
Later was hoofing along the M6 on the downhill stretch just after the wind turbines (maybe Penrith?). A renault clio comes past like I've stopped (I am doing enough to lose the books according to the sat nav (which must be faulty :eek)) - Next thing I know, clio hits the left bank, central reservation, left bank, rolls, central reservation rolls a couple more times and then continues for about 600 yards upside down and backwards down the road. I immediately think about the carnange inside the car and feel sick. Wife is a nurse and first aider, so we stop. Driver climbs out of the car - total injuries - a bumped elbow and a 'spinny head'
25 July 2005, 12:26 AM
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Originally Posted by fast bloke
you ever tried getting a 3.5 tonne motorhome and a hire car on a plane ?
sorry, would you like to hire my private plane
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25 July 2005, 12:27 AM
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Bah....not as bad as Spain. 
You can be flat out down the dual carriageway at 210kph and STILL have a BMW/Audi/Yellow Seat up your **** with the left indicator flashing continuously.
And they brake for humps in the road (not speed humps - I meant surface imperfections)
- what a way to throw a car off balance 
You can be flat out down the dual carriageway at 210kph and STILL have a BMW/Audi/Yellow Seat up your **** with the left indicator flashing continuously.
And they brake for humps in the road (not speed humps - I meant surface imperfections)
- what a way to throw a car off balance
25 July 2005, 12:35 AM
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Oh Yeah - I forgot the braking thing - Everything doing a ton in the outside lane suddenly the asian chap in front of me drops the anchors to about 65 (in a scoob) - after 0.00000000000001 seconds I get bored and pass him in the middle lane. I look across to find that he is holding a phone on his right shoulder while holding his dick in his left hand having a **** in a cup that he is holding in his right hand. Then he empties it out the window and keeps the cup. Is this an Asian thing or an English thing?
25 July 2005, 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by ALi-B
That's a fast Motorhome. 
Our old Autostratus could do 105mph at a push - but the rooflights kept blowing open
Our old Autostratus could do 105mph at a push - but the rooflights kept blowing open
25 July 2005, 04:17 AM
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FB,
If you think English motorways are bad, try driving in Ontario, Canada.
The 401 Highway, which goes from Windsor (across the border from Detroit) to the Quebec border, is the most dangerous highway in North America. The lack of lane discipline, or awareness of speed, has to be seen to be believed. Furthermore, I've seen less traffic police on the 200km stretch between Toronto and London in 2 years than you would see in 5 minutes on the M3. Needless to say, I ignore the 100kph speed limit by a big margin.
Also, for a country that has appalling weather EVERY FRICKIN WINTER, they can't drive in poor conditions for toffee. On one trip back from skiing a couple of winters ago, I lost count of the number of SUV's on their roof on the 400 Highway.
Canadian and American drivers are worse than the Belgians (which is saying something!). Ironically, Ontarians have Highway driving as part of the driving test, yet are still worse than anything Europe can produce. The Americans are even worse. I can only assume the Yanks get their driving licences from a Corn Flakes packet.
If you think English motorways are bad, try driving in Ontario, Canada.
The 401 Highway, which goes from Windsor (across the border from Detroit) to the Quebec border, is the most dangerous highway in North America. The lack of lane discipline, or awareness of speed, has to be seen to be believed. Furthermore, I've seen less traffic police on the 200km stretch between Toronto and London in 2 years than you would see in 5 minutes on the M3. Needless to say, I ignore the 100kph speed limit by a big margin.
Also, for a country that has appalling weather EVERY FRICKIN WINTER, they can't drive in poor conditions for toffee. On one trip back from skiing a couple of winters ago, I lost count of the number of SUV's on their roof on the 400 Highway.
Canadian and American drivers are worse than the Belgians (which is saying something!). Ironically, Ontarians have Highway driving as part of the driving test, yet are still worse than anything Europe can produce. The Americans are even worse. I can only assume the Yanks get their driving licences from a Corn Flakes packet.
25 July 2005, 01:34 PM
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Maybe if you moved over and didn't block the road you wouldn't suffer this problem 
Originally Posted by ALi-B
Bah....not as bad as Spain.
You can be flat out down the dual carriageway at 210kph and STILL have a BMW/Audi/Yellow Seat up your **** with the left indicator flashing continuously.
And they brake for humps in the road (not speed humps - I meant surface imperfections) - what a way to throw a car off balance
You can be flat out down the dual carriageway at 210kph and STILL have a BMW/Audi/Yellow Seat up your **** with the left indicator flashing continuously.
And they brake for humps in the road (not speed humps - I meant surface imperfections)
- what a way to throw a car off balance 
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