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From: Catman on 24 Nov 2009 02:25 SteveH wrote: > Mike P <privacy(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >>> is also one of my other personalities, feel free to ask him. He's >>> usually kicking around in one of the car groups. He's one of the lucky >>> few who have met both of us in person and is the only one who has met us >>> both in the same place at the same time. >> And he says you are both quite normal human beings.. > > I suspect he's not the best judge of character. I'd have to agree with that, and I've only met one of you :) -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS 156 V6 2.5 S2 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: Conor on 24 Nov 2009 04:50 In article <hee35f$rt$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Krusty says... > As an (ex) HGV driver, can you answer the original question? If you > didn't see it, the gist was why do the vast majority of HGV drivers > never use full beam at night, thus making it much harder for the > cars/bikes stuck behind them to overtake as they can't see when there's > a straight bit of road ahead? > Because they don't go fast enough to need it, are on roads they know. There's something else which I would like to explain but have trouble articulating. Its kind of like an ability to see better at night because you do so much of it. > I'd guess that being professional drivers they know they're making it > harder for people, No. > so is it just that they like keeping everyone behind > them, or are they just too lazy to flick between full & dip? It is a > serious question btw. They have no need to put full beam on. Its not being lazy or doing it to be annoying - its just that they don't feel the need to. As for not apparently being able to overtake at night unless the driver in front uses full and dipped beam, I would suggest the deficiency lies with the person wanting to do the overtaking - I've never found it an issue as a car driver. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Conor on 24 Nov 2009 04:51 In article <mn.bc227d9b5b080add.106911(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk>, Harry Bloomfield says... > > Conor explained on 23/11/2009 : > > If the HGV test is so easy, how come so many car drivers fail it? > > Not very many car drivers will actually take it, most will already be > gainfully employed. What bearing does that have on anything? -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Conor on 24 Nov 2009 04:54 In article <heeqfh$a96$2(a)aioe.org>, Silk says... > > On 23/11/2009 13:22, Conor wrote: > > In article<5d1lg5didah8h3l4f445gtpoad037jge6l(a)4ax.com>, Ace says... > > > >> Or maybe it's just that most applicants are tick as pigshit? I'm not > >> saying they are, but maybe, eh? > > > > Judging by the standard of non-HGV drivers I came across in my HGV > > driving career, I'd say that there were far more none HGV dribbling > > inbred fuckwits than HGV driving ones. Visit any food factory and the > > number of non-HGV driving dribbling fuckwits outnumbered the HGV ones > > 100:1. > > Most people don't work in food factories. Same applies to virtually all delivery locations I went to. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Chris N Deuchar on 24 Nov 2009 04:59
In article <p9rig5d7olrr8lh52e48hd7kckgdisbm96(a)4ax.com>, nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk says... > > On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:48:35 +0000, Silk <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > >Bikers and lorry drivers are two sides of the same coin. Both pig > >ignorant and think they're better than everyone else, in spite of having > >a death wish. ....and surprisingly often lorry drivers are also bikers or ex bikers it seems - about 50% of those I have met so far in the last two years. > The only sensible thing to do is to make all vehicle users pass a test > in all types of vehicle within two years of passing the first one. Absolutely! > Once we've got that lot sorted out we can pass a law making it legal > to kill cyclists who get in the way of anyone paying road tax. :-)) Chris D - Trucker :-) -- The Deuchars BBB#40 COFF#14 Yamaha XV750SE, Suzuki GS550t, Honda CG125 (MSOHP) http://www.Deuchars.org.uk |