:-)

On a more serious note, I watched Ep 12 of A1 Britain's Longest Road last night & was glad I did so. (How I missed this series on TV, I don't know.) I e-mailed my old transport manager, telling him to watch it & provided the link.

Received an answer this afternoon, apologising for the grief he gave me over it.

In Episode 12, a police traffic officer stated what I have known for many a year.
The national speed limit on Britain's roads (including Dual Carriageways) is 70mph unless otherwise stated. However as far as LGV's (that includes "White Van Man") & HGV's are concerned it is 60mph unless on motorways.

My old TM kept pulling me up on this point as many of my crewmates often complained that I was too slow on A & B roads.

George out to watch out for that, tree...

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Dashcam footage shows a lorry narrowly miss a 14-year-old boy

More of a pirate pickup truck than a professional HGV, but at least the boy was safe, and the driver was prosecuted and convicted.

Was going to post that but the "sudden" outage got in the way. Would've labelled the link: The Bad to go with this:

The Good

As for the Ugly, most drivers are aware of that. :-(

Was going to post that but the "sudden" outage got in the way. Would've labelled the link: The Bad to go with this:

The Good

Good to see they followed procedure and went around.
The number of overruns that have occurred when pilots have tried to continue to land after an initial big bounce are way too many.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Prince Philip, 97, gives up driver's licence after crash.

I'm sure that some will feel safer on the roads now, though charges over that accident are still possible for the Prince.

Cheers.

SUSPECTED DWI DRIVER CRASHES INTO WRECK SCENE ON THE TOLLWAY, KILLS GOOD SAMARITAN

... The driver of the vehicle who crashed into the Jeep while good Samaritans were checking on the occupant has been arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.

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VICTIM IDENTIFIED IN FATAL FORT WORTH PEDESTRIAN CRASH

According to a release by Fort Worth PD, the female victim was riding in the bed of a pickup truck when she fell out onto the freeway. She was then struck multiple times.

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I have travelled once in a jet stream.
A bumpy trip from London to Stockholm and we gained about one half hour:)
Not as fast as 800 mph groundspeed though...

If the weather is heavy snow, don't drive.
The terror of a 131-car pileup revealed in stranded motorists' 911 calls

Blin. Russian sailors..
https://youtu.be/aksA5r6RnfA
The Russian-flagged Seagrand vessel created a five-meter hole when it rammed into the highway bridge in the port of Busan, South Korea.
The captain ignored warnings from coast guards to change course because “he didn’t understand English well”
Less than an hour before damaging the bridge, the Seagrand had also hit a cruise ship moored at the same port.
Na zdorovje:)

Be warned, if you have a newish high value car worth stealing.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-47485733/how-a-car-can-be-hijacked-via-its-smart-alarm

My favourite bridge. (Stuntney Bridge in Ely) :-)

Note the 1st photo. It is Over or Under.



Sadly, some drivers don't like going over because of the wait at the level crossing, so this happens...



...a few days ago.

The road going under the overpassing road needs to be lowered or to prohibit trucks, obviously a warning is not good enough.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

The road going under the overpassing road needs to be lowered or to prohibit trucks, obviously a warning is not good enough.

I did say: Note the 1st photo. No need to lower anything, there is an overpass for all high vehicles. :-)

https://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/lorry-hits-railway-bridge-in-ely-1-5917630
Since 2009 the bridge – crowned the UK’s most bashed bridge in an informal annual ‘competition’ – has now been struck more than 100 times.

Reminds me of a bridge In the neighborhood I grew up in a semi trailer struck it about once a month for several years until they put up warning signs at the traffic light 1/4 mile away and painted the top a bright yellow color.

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