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 Gary Charpentier     Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30707 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 
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The big unanswered question is does the driver still have a contractor job with Google?The real question is does his supervisor still have a job! |
Sirius B   Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24881 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 
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Unbelievable. What is wrong with modern society? |
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22241 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 
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All for a few second of internet fame, or maybe they just don't want their children any more and want to throw them away the same way as they throw away an empty crisp bag. In some respects I can understand the unaccompanied youngsters, but the adults are just beyond the pale. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30707 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32
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It is an addiction, stronger than booze, heroin and nicotine put together! This is your brain on cell phone! |
Wiggo  Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35006 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 
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I wouldn't blame your normal (but getting rarer by the day dumb cell phone) though I've seen many turned into brainless zombies by those so called "smart" phones. I'll just stick to my landline with answering machine and ADSL connection. ;-) |
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W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19118 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22241 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380
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A few years ago someone of intelligence less than that of an amoeba came up with the "bright idea" that road markings encouraged all classes of road user to behave in a more cautious manner, particularly in built-up areas. I can't recall the details, but it sounds as those involved in laying out the roads in that Rotherham estate were closely related to the aforementioned person - and sadly the ill-founded theory has been shown to be sadly lacking. At the other extreme are the marking on a junction in Torbay: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c16e46ed25ko (I do like the comments from a number of users that this now resembled a water feature or a kiddies playground.) Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20411 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Who thought no signs or road markings was a good idea. To my eyes, that looks like a fantastic scam by the Developers to avoid costs and so enbiggen their greedy profits... And consequences be damned... All in our only one greedy world... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14655 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874
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I wonder if you might be remembering the Dutch experiment, 20 years ago: Why no road rules rule The cautious conclusion seemed to be "it works in Holland, with the Dutch psyche and the Dutch relationships between drivers and other drivers, between drivers and cyclists, and generally between road users and other road users." But it didn't work in England then, and it would appear not to work in England now. |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20411 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Shame there's no pictures/illustrations with that article... We have some of those 'Dutch' ideas being implemented 'over yonder' for a central village area and the connecting roads. That should work well for the 'village street' of shops and venues. However... An isolated housing estate with a road layout arbitrarily woven around the housing plots, with no thoughts for how that layout is to be used, is an expected recipe for disaster... That is a very different environment... My suspicions and experience are that minimizing costs drove the decisions, rather than any useful thought, design, and consideration... All in our overly greedy world... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35006 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489
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It couldn't have been that airworthy, but then again it was Russian. North America's Only Airworthy MiG-23 Crashes In Michigan. Thankfully there were no injuries. Cheers. |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20411 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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... Let's guess?... Most of the junctions get painted into being mini-roundabouts? With added cobbles/rumble-strips for good measure to deter speeding??... Will there be any follow-up to follow?... Stay safe folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20411 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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"Very disappointing": AI cameras catch 297 drivers in three days in Cornwall wrote: ... The motorists were found to be using mobile phones or not wearing seatbelts... The Darwin effect is not taking effect quickly enough? Amazing for still no seatbelts and playing with mobiles in this day and age of years of seatbelts and years of hands-free systems... Too many are dangerously 'unaware'? Stay safe folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22241 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380
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Having just come back from the Lake District, one is forced to ask "How many of them were holiday makers" lulled into a false sense of security that they are perfectly safe because they are on holiday (as one knows one is immune from having a collision while on holiday). Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19118 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67
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Private jet crashes before reaching runway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFZRXbZO5Nk |
Dr Who Fan  Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3237 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4
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1 person dies after plane crashes into building in St. Lucie County, FL Deputies and St. Lucie County Fire District crews arrived on private property in the 20000 block of Southern Star Drive, south of Orange Avenue. They found two people in a four-seat Piper plane. |
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W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19118 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67
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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13755 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304
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ExpensiveExtremely so. Looking at it, the road appears straight and level? Any very gusty storms at the time? Otherwise, WTF happened? Grant Darwin NT |
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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30707 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32
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ExpensiveExtremely so. Blown steer tire? |
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22241 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380
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Looking at some stills from the video it shows the whole rig has been dramatically rearranged, so that's a high probability, along with having to really hit the brakes at the same time. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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