Kick Those Shoes Off and Relax. It's the Delta 2017 Tea Break

[bauble]

Originally Posted by terence

No,he bought another Pigeon.

Very funny Terence! Ha! Ha!

A famous Ringmeister named Terence,
Did not the name of his parents.
His joke about a pigeon,
Showed he had a smidgeon.
Of humour, but lacked a degree of deference.

[Tim Falce]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

When's he up for re-election? Certainly doesn't seem popular with a lot of folk....

2020, I suppose I have no reason to whinge as I didn't bother voting last year because the other bloke had exactly the same policies, wreck London's communications.

[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by Tim Falce

2020, I suppose I have no reason to whinge as I didn't bother voting last year because the other bloke had exactly the same policies, wreck London's communications.

You have my sympathy- difficult to vote when neither is worth voting for!

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

You have my sympathy- difficult to vote when neither is worth voting for!

Citizen Khan, son of a bus driver, hardly likely to be pro car is he?

Mike, I see Norwich (NR6) - Elm Hill I think - has been chosen as the second-best postcode to live in England. That'll push the prices up...

[Mike Bell]

Elm Hill? Those cobbles would destroy your suspension.....

It certainly is a lovely old street, hence used for film sets quite often! Luckily I get to walk down it several times a year as the barber I use is located there.

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Elm Hill? Those cobbles would destroy your suspension.....

It certainly is a lovely old street, hence used for film sets quite often! Luckily I get to walk down it several times a year as the barber I use is located there.

I did once almost seriously contemplate a flat there when I was working at Lotus. Funnily enough Lotus have recently used it as a setting for PR photos.

[Peter Mallett]

What's a barber?

[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

What's a barber?

Just 3 words and a classic! Welcome back, Peter.

[bauble]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

What's a barber?

You could ask Gordon?

[Mike Bell]

So, first UK driving tests were in 1935. Anyone confess to having a licence before that?

Reported in the news today that by the end of this year less emphasis will be put on driving and control during tests, more on how to operate technology within the car..... Not sure I'm happy with that- but hopefully it won't include how to steer with your knees while texting!

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

So, first UK driving tests were in 1935. Anyone confess to having a licence before that?

Reported in the news today that by the end of this year less emphasis will be put on driving and control during tests, more on how to operate technology within the car..... Not sure I'm happy with that- but hopefully it won't include how to steer with your knees while texting!

I saw that & would agree with you. The already pretty useless snowflake generation won't really need any life skills at all beyond vacuously pushing a few buttons on a 'device'.

There's currently an ad on TV for a small car that's only virtue appears to be having the facility to connect up to seven devices to Wi-Fi. The car doesn't have seven seats.

Sometimes I wish I was as old as Bauble!

[justracing]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

So, first UK driving tests were in 1935. Anyone confess to having a licence before that?

Reported in the news today that by the end of this year less emphasis will be put on driving and control during tests, more on how to operate technology within the car..... Not sure I'm happy with that- but hopefully it won't include how to steer with your knees while texting!

I must confess that the use of satellite navigation screens whilst driving has always puzzled me since in doing so it demands refocussing on the screen and back again to the road ahead. Surely this in itself is potentially hazardous since your vision is temporarily impaired albeit for a split second or so. Every since the introduction of these I have questioned in my own mind the legality of using such a device whilst driving.
I have followed the Dakar raid bike footage for some years and once again I do not know how the riders manage to read their road book and watch the terrain at the same time particularly at the speeds they travel at across the rocky desert tracks.

[Tim Falce]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

So, first UK driving tests were in 1935. Anyone confess to having a licence before that?

Reported in the news today that by the end of this year less emphasis will be put on driving and control during tests, more on how to operate technology within the car..... Not sure I'm happy with that- but hopefully it won't include how to steer with your knees while texting!

I got an email from the DVSA about it this morning and I've come to the conclusion that there must be a lot of money changing hands during driving tests, especially in London when you see the standard of driving these days.


https://www.gov.uk/driving-test/changes-december-2017

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by Tim Falce

I got an email from the DVSA about it this morning and I've come to the conclusion that there must be a lot of money changing hands during driving tests, especially in London when you see the standard of driving these days.


https://www.gov.uk/driving-test/changes-december-2017

I even heard them mention on the Beeb just now that you will be taught how to operate the heated rear screen - how on earth have we managed all these years???

With the advent of autonomous cars, will those of us who can drive have to be taught how not to?

[Tim Falce]

I'm not too sure reliance on satnavs should be encouraged by the gubberment. Just the other morning I was turning right into the road where the pickup and white car are going, a car in front of me started to turn right then headed left toward where the white lorry and van are and as I turned into the road I was confronted with a car coming toward me the wrong way, both Priuses with the TFL minicab sticker in the window no doubt following a sat nav. https://goo.gl/maps/CMYApMyRU9A2

[justracing]

Originally Posted by Tim Falce

I'm not too sure reliance on satnavs should be encouraged by the gubberment. Just the other morning I was turning right into the road where the pickup and white car are going, a car in front of me started to turn right then headed left toward where the white lorry and van are and as I turned into the road I was confronted with a car coming toward me the wrong way, both Priuses with the TFL minicab sticker in the window no doubt following a sat nav. https://goo.gl/maps/CMYApMyRU9A2

Perhaps there's justification for compulsory compass and map reading techniques prior to the onset of a journey meaning concentration on what's happening on the road in front of you!

[delta]

I've just bought a HGV sat nav . Going to read distractions

[justracing]

Originally Posted by delta

I've just bought a HGV sat nav . Going to read distractions

Preferably whilst not driving!

[Tel 911S]

Originally Posted by delta

I've just bought a HGV sat nav . Going to read distractions

Reading up recently , Sat Navs still send drivers on approx 30% longer milages than ideal .

My HGV Sat Nav , admittedly a few years old now , often tried to send me through town centres or under low bridges .

So I would always get everywhere by the old fashioned method & just use the Nav to find the address when I got there .

[delta]

Yes good advice I still have a stack of maps in the truck . How did we manage in the old days . Hey ho . BTW anyone been to Most. New trip for me in May

[Mike Bell]

First thing with an 'HGV' satnav is to make sure you put all your truck's exact measurements and weights into it's memory.....

Even then, the data they use for route planning is not without flaws. For an example, I can't get from Kent to Essex through the tunnels at Dartford- according to the satnav! It asks me to drive into London instead. (Going other way over bridge OK though.) And the database (on mine at least) doesn't take mountains into account, so is quite likely to take you the most fuel burning route, rather than one that may be longer but is faster and cheaper....

So, an aid but not to be taken as gospel. There's often a difference between a route conforming to the parameters entered, and one you would rather take!

I've always got an atlas open alongside me in the truck and use that primarily with the satnav filling in detail.

[GORDON STREETER]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

What's a barber?

No idea !

[bauble]

Originally Posted by bauble

You could ask Gordon?

I should have known better.

[John Turner]

Originally Posted by John Elwin

Sometimes I wish I was as old as Bauble!

John, you really don't

Originally Posted by GORDON STREETER

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No idea !

Brilliant Gordon; so takes me back to my 'yoof' - the hair that is!!

I must confess to never having used Satnav, although I have 'sat' next to drivers who do and even as a passenger, a disconnected voice telling me where to turn is unnerving. Like Iain, I have maps in the car, but also sometimes use AA routeplanner.

[midgetman]

Blimey Formula One Racewear. Takes me back. Didn't the owner get bumped off in nefarious circumstances?


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