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Post by Humph on Oct 22, 2016 16:18:40 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2016 16:42:42 GMT
A cousin of my wife's was engaged to a bloke who already had four kids, so he had a Voyager with the 3.3 petrol engine. The lack of economy forced him to buy a motorbike for the days he didn't need seven seats. I did warn him......both about the stupidity of buying the Voyager and then buying the bike. He was dead four months later in an accident on the bike.
What I didn't understand was the middle class mania for the Chrysler in the 1990s/2000s. Rubbish cars, very unsafe and far far far worse than the Sharalaxy triplets or even the Espace which these people refused to buy.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2016 16:54:43 GMT
I've been pulled by the police once in Germany. I was on my bike it was an admin exercise. Everything in order, on my way.
The police do setup radar traps now and again. No sooner are they setup than an update is sent out on Blitzer and everyone knows where they are. You have to be driving with your eyes and ears closed to get caught by them. They even publish where they are going to be in the local papers.
It is also have a more graduated system than the big stick approach in the UK to penalties. A couple of clicks over the limit is generally ignored then, up to 19kms over results in a letter and 15 or 20€ fine. No points. Above that threshold starts accumulating points on a incremental scale of which there are two depending if it is in town or out in the country/on the motorways. If you do get a ban, you can take it while you're on holiday.
Germany is the only country I've driven in where they have two sets of rules for roundabouts. If there is no 'giveway' sign then the approaching traffic has right of way onto the roundabout, if there is a sign then it's as you would do in the UK. No wonder people get confused as there is a lot going on at roundabouts. Pedestrian crossings within cms of the entry/exit, bike crossings then you are expected to also be on the lookout for the signs plus keep an eye on all the traffic.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2016 20:21:39 GMT
I've been pulled by the police once in Germany. I was once accosted by the British Military Police in Germany. They had seen me driving up to my apartment, somehow decided that I was speeding and being on UK plates I was probably a squaddie and therefore fair game. I don't think they were expecting the response that they received.
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Post by sooty on Oct 22, 2016 20:32:31 GMT
I've been pulled by the police once in Germany. I was once accosted by the British Military Police in Germany. They had seen me driving up to my apartment, somehow decided that I was speeding and being on UK plates I was probably a squaddie and therefore fair game. I don't think they were expecting the response that they received. I doubt they thought you were a squaddie from your number plate, it was far cheaper for them to buy cars out in Germany, BFG had their own number plate system, but I think they binned it off in the late 80s. Like most coppers they were probably just being nosey.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2016 18:30:26 GMT
I was once accosted by the British Military Police in Germany. They had seen me driving up to my apartment, somehow decided that I was speeding and being on UK plates I was probably a squaddie and therefore fair game. I don't think they were expecting the response that they received. I doubt they thought you were a squaddie from your number plate,.. My apartment was in Schloß Neuhaus, just down the road from BFG Sennelager.
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Post by sooty on Oct 23, 2016 19:06:09 GMT
I doubt they thought you were a squaddie from your number plate,.. My apartment was in Schloß Neuhaus, just down the road from BFG Sennelager. err okay.
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