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Balls of steel (knob of butter) They're Asking For Larkins. ( Proper beer) not you're Eurofizz crap. Hace más calor en España. Me han conocido a hablar un montón cojones! Send any cheques and cash to PO box 1 Lagos Nigeria Africa ! |
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The thing is with age and driving is who decides on what and when people should and shouldn't do. As most of us know certain people of "any age" shouldn't get behind the wheel of "anything" on the road.
I know that we all think we are perfect drivers while others are dangerous and a liability, maybe we can discuss it and I'm sure there will be some controversy !!!!! |
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Balls of steel (knob of butter) They're Asking For Larkins. ( Proper beer) not you're Eurofizz crap. Hace más calor en España. Me han conocido a hablar un montón cojones! Send any cheques and cash to PO box 1 Lagos Nigeria Africa ! |
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Yes it is tolled and although there isn't much in the mileage it's quicker, depends what you want ?
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Balls of steel (knob of butter) They're Asking For Larkins. ( Proper beer) not you're Eurofizz crap. Hace más calor en España. Me han conocido a hablar un montón cojones! Send any cheques and cash to PO box 1 Lagos Nigeria Africa ! |
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Watching a Lancaster engine change on pbs. Just like old cars- engines are not the same so lots of parts have to be swapped as well! (It's the Canadian Lanc so has Packard Merlin....) |
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The mother in law was still driving even after she'd had a few blackouts but kept quiet about them and it only came to light after she'd manage to demolish a post and end up in hospital. Even then she refused to stop driving until one of her sons notified the DVLA and they eventually revoked her licence. Apparently doctors can't dob you in to the DVLA |
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Actually, medical professions have a legal requirement to notify the DVLA if they believe that a patient shouldn't be driving, and are supposed to advise the patient of that requirement.
I know it was 14 years ago, but I was present when my father's doctor told him that if he didn't stop driving voluntarily, then she would have had no option but to request the DVLA to revoke his licence. He also had blackouts, and his depth perception (depth of vision) was absolutely cr*p! |
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MiLs doctor didn't want to know and said he wasn't allowed to contact the DVLA (patient confidentiality and all that), sounds like he might have been a bit lazy
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Had the same horrible thing to do with mother. I forced her to see things like they were but on the nice way of course because of her strong character and because she was a really safe and fast driver. We went to the parking lot and I was standing saying nothing just waiting for her to explain how and why the 2 front wings and three of the 4 doors of her car were damaged. Took long and hard to stand minutes. Hated doing this.
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Yep! Had a quick look on the DVLA website, and it states quite clearly that medicos have to inform them if they believe a patient's licence should be revoked. I believe that they can actually advise the DVLA if it should be permanent or a temporary stoppage.
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Gordon, did you have have a look to your spanish licence? In principle if it was issued before year '79 you are allowed to drive a camping car whatever it weights. So, a heavy truck later converted and homologated as camping car is concerned. Well, thats what we have here along with a new "permis remorque" B 96 easier to obtain than BE or EB down here.
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Gordon, sorry for my misunderstanding. What they call down here "code 79" is in fact automatic. Some of my blokes have it stamped on their licence but never bothered to understand the meaning. But OK, converting a truck to an homologated CC may be not worth.
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I suppose politicians are "tested" at elections every few years but I'm not sure that really counts towards competence. I would also suggest similar tests for Civil Servants but I have a suspicion that most of them are quit adept at vacating the work pool without vacating their career and pension at any sign of illness or stress. Just what kind of work are older people expected to do when economics forces everyone to work longer even though some will not be considered capable of doing whatever they have been doing for their working lives yet it is likely that the majority of them (us in effect) are not realistically in a position to re-train for anything else? One can see why autonomous vehicles seem so attractive to regulators - at least in theory. Just so long as they are not asked to consider the less predictable social consequences and restructuring required they will no doubt be delighted with the potential controls being offered to them. |
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Groan! Where's Bauble when you need him?
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A friend of mine once pointed out that grass grew slower during Formula 3 races, so why are so many on this forum racing the cars.? Why not just paint them and watch it dry, save a lot of money and concern about length of hoses etc.
Naturally this theory did not apply in the 1950's. |
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Interesting viewpoint. Think about British F3 in 1978. Warwick, Serra, De Angelis and Piquet. All became great Formula one drivers and all competed against each other. I watched a lot of it and paint drying was a long way from the truth.
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