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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22527 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Some banks actually take a very dim view of a DD10 arriving and a promotion to level P45 joins is added to the collection. That makes the arrival of the bus seat even more painful. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36774 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Car versus train with the usual sad outcome. A motorist was killed after an Amtrak train collided with a vehicle at crossing in Birmingham, Alabama. [edit] Unheeded recommendations might have prevented deadly Amtrak crash. |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13854 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
[edit] Unheeded recommendations might have prevented deadly Amtrak crash.I've found that if you actually stop at a crossing and actually look to see if there are any on coming trains you can avoid getting hit. The fact is that even if there are lights and boom gates, way too many people still don't take the hint that they should stop. Grant Darwin NT |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13854 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Small fleet of Cruise robotaxis blocked San Franciso streets for no apparent reason I think there is still some work to do before vehicles can be run in fully autonomous mode on public roads. Grant Darwin NT |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24911 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Wellington pled guilty to a string of charges including culpable and reckless conduct to the danger of lives.I hope that DD will also be one of those charges. Drink clouds judgement What an insurance nightmare. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36774 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
This is not what you want to see as you're coming in for a landing. Qatar flight’s evasive manoeuvre to dodge hot air balloon. At least it all ended safely. Cheers. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24911 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Customer requested parcel be left in safe place. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22527 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Or the driver was in a bit of a hurry to get home. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24911 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Or the driver was in a bit of a hurry to get home....and thought he was parking his car in the garage. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3343 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Or the driver was in a bit of a hurry to get home. Customer requested EXPRESS 1 HOUR DELIVERY and driver took it literally to mean "go the extra mile." |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19399 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24911 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13854 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Oh dearCould be? You'd hope they all were, and those people required to take them for themselves.Caroline Hicks of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency said fraudulently-gained test passes could be cancelled. There are times i wonder if that sort of thing is going on here- the driving of some people over the last year or two really has me wondering how they ever got their driver's licence in the first place. Grant Darwin NT |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22527 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Fraudulent driving tests have been going on for many long year. Soon after I passed my test (over 50 years ago) I was chatting to a driving test examiner who said they had stopped a test when he realised he'd not long previously seen the person taking the test taking a test with a different name. Why did he spot them? - They made the same minor mistake each time, the sort of mistake that a seasoned driver would make, but a novice would rarely make. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24911 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
That reminded me of a couple of mistakes made on my 1st test (car, before HGV tests). Pulled up close to a single decker bus at a bus stop, no room to overtake, so waited. After the bus moved off & I moved the QTO (army Qualified Testing Officer) said "after the lights, take 1st turning on the left". Did so & after straightening up, he began to whistle (Been clued up earlier about him) so thought hard then realised the the indicator had not cancelled after turning. Cancelled indicator. Not long after, messed up reversing around a corner (quiet side street), he made me do it again. Much better but still sloppy. Apologised & told him all my training was in a short wheelbase Land Rover. Took test on a long wheelbase. :-( At the end of the test, parked up in the barracks, got asked several questions on the highway code, then issued me with a pass certificate. :-( 1 of 5 received while on that driving course which caused some problems for several years afterwards. License still shows date of qualification as the same day (certificates sent to DVLA at end of course). Lovely jubbly. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3343 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Pregnant woman says her fetus should count as a passenger in HOV lanes. She got a ticket |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21209 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Pregnant woman says her fetus should count as a passenger in HOV lanes. That's totally inconsistent of the SCOTUS rulings!!! One to be thrown back to them to change the rules again?... Only in the USA?! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36774 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Oh those people who drive across rail lines without looking. V-Line passenger train derails in collision with truck in Goornong near Bendigo. Thankfully only the 2 drivers were injured and neither seriously. Looking at the small amount of damage to the train it was either a very small truck or a very low impact speed. Cheers. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3343 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Livestock animals, including camel, seen walking on Fort Worth highway Tuesday night “It was not clear where the [animals] were from. Officers made the scene and were able to corral several of them with the help of Troopers,” a spokesperson from the police department told the Star-Telegram. “We believe one was struck by a vehicle.” |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36774 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
What was a 13 year old doing driving a pickup truck on a 2 lane highway??Update: DNA shows 13-year-old wasn't driving truck in Texas crash that killed college golf team members. A 13-year-old was not behind the wheel of a pickup truck that swerved into an oncoming lane in Texas — killing seven people in a van carrying members of a New Mexico university’s golf team — investigators said Thursday, using DNA to correct the record three months later. |
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