AcousticallyChallenged Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 10 hours ago, Out of the blue said: I know that some people think that speed limits are a panacea to road traffic collisions, however judging by the last few days on the Mountain road, no speed limit is ever going to deter the Darwin prize idiots who insist on overtaking and tailgating in the dark, rain, mist and thick fog as I have witnessed twice this weekend. Increased driver training/education, better and increased traffic policing and stiffer deterrent penalties for transgressors are more likely to work, but to be honest you will always get idiots. I just hope I do not meet them head on. They should really be able to fine the people cutting about in thick fog with no lights on. When you see how many bangers are over here too, you dread to think how they'd handle or stop in bad conditions. A couple of local garages like to post up the scary things they see on cars that come into them, from bald tyres to split brake lines. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 18 minutes ago, AcousticallyChallenged said: They should really be able to fine the people cutting about in thick fog with no lights on. When you see how many bangers are over here too, you dread to think how they'd handle or stop in bad conditions. A couple of local garages like to post up the scary things they see on cars that come into them, from bald tyres to split brake lines. 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 11 hours ago, Non-Believer said: took me a few seconds . but yeah, fucking hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 1 hour ago, WTF said: took me a few seconds . but yeah, fucking hilarious. I was trying to find the split brake line...................Coincidentally I've just replaced all of mine, (before they split). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Flint Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 13 hours ago, AcousticallyChallenged said: They should really be able to fine the people cutting about in thick fog with no lights on. When you see how many bangers are over here too, you dread to think how they'd handle or stop in bad conditions. A couple of local garages like to post up the scary things they see on cars that come into them, from bald tyres to split brake lines. I remember one bump I came across at Windy one morning on the way to work. Car going north had lost control in what were slippery conditions. It was amusing insofar as the driver was a painter and decorator and they and the inside of the car were now covered in Parisian Moonlight White. I was all for the vehicle, which was on its side just to be recovered and it being chalked up as a minor, until one of my collision investigators turned up and pointed out to me that the body wasn’t actually connected to the subframes. It was, to wit, ‘a shed’, which then made its way to the scrap heap via a Test Centre stripdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 3 hours ago, doc.fixit said: I was trying to find the split brake line................... me too . funny when you spot it though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 I re-call fifty years or so ago banging on about mechanics leaving tools in engine compartments to a chap whose car I was fixing. Shortly after when he drove of I very red faced, went and picked up a socket I had left in the engine compartment, hope he didn't hear it fall to the floor! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 2 hours ago, doc.fixit said: I re-call fifty years or so ago banging on about mechanics leaving tools in engine compartments to a chap whose car I was fixing. Shortly after when he drove of I very red faced, went and picked up a socket I had left in the engine compartment, hope he didn't hear it fall to the floor! Not just surgeons then. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 12 minutes ago, wrighty said: Not just surgeons then. no, any incompetent can do it. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 17 minutes ago, wrighty said: Not just surgeons then. If you leave stuff in the body and then hear it fall to the floor, you've probably done an even worse job 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Heard the sirens on there way up the mountain road again about an hour ago. Something has to be done I bet the fire brigade attends 20 crashes to every one fire on the Island. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcousticallyChallenged Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 On 10/19/2021 at 5:51 PM, hissingsid said: Heard the sirens on there way up the mountain road again about an hour ago. Something has to be done I bet the fire brigade attends 20 crashes to every one fire on the Island. In England, the number of house fires has nearly halved in the last 20 years. The number of cars licensed on the other hand has been increasing across the UK. Assuming therefore that the risk of house fires is lower, which with safer electrical supplies for starters, is perfectly plausible, then you'd expect them to be attending fewer house fires than before. Or, maybe cars prevent house fires, depending on how you decide to interpret the data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramseyboi Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 8 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: What a load of nanny state nonsense. I would rather head over the mountain or the Sloc in a storm than take the alternative routes which are lined by massive old trees which will be dropping debris all over the road or even coming down completely 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramseyboi Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Coast road closed. Tree down. Clowns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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