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Post by EspadaIII on Apr 23, 2020 8:21:28 GMT
You recognise it? Presumably no surprise; just like it wouldn't be here either. Most Israelis don't even need another car to have crash into; they can do it all on their own...
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Post by tyrednexited on Apr 23, 2020 8:42:21 GMT
...those little red Royal Mail vans get everywhere......p
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Post by Humph on Apr 23, 2020 8:57:52 GMT
Fair enough, I thought it might be Worksop...
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Post by Alanović on Apr 23, 2020 9:04:29 GMT
You recognise it? Presumably no surprise; just like it wouldn't be here either. Most Israelis don't even need another car to have crash into; they can do it all on their own... I can read the road sign at the bottom of the frame, it's pointing towards a suburb of Belgrade which I know. Also the petrol station has a locally branded livery. I am in no way surprised someone has managed this feat there. Driving standards are poor. I've had a couple of near misses in my time, and seen one dead body lying in the street, her shopping strewn around the poor woman whilst a copper directed traffic around her. I am impressed at the condition of the carriageway in the picture though, evidently brand new. So things are improving in terms of investment, well they were until COVID-19 I suppose. Speaking of which, their lockdown has been much more stringent than ours, they had a weekend with a total curfew on people a couple of weeks back, nobody to leave home for 48 hours. The government is a total barrel of tossers, but they're handling the pandemic much better than the UK.
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Post by WDB on Apr 23, 2020 11:54:08 GMT
...if you equate strictness of lockdown with competence, I suppose.
I have a lot of colleagues in Belgrade. They’re managing our processes and services with their customary diligence, while required to remain indoors from mid-afternoon every day. (Which is a bit crap if you’re expected to be available on the phone for the hours before that.)
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Post by Alanović on Apr 23, 2020 11:59:37 GMT
Compare rates of infection and deaths. Yes, they are being more competent.
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Post by tyrednexited on May 12, 2020 16:50:52 GMT
There's something about Worksop...... I've only been using a car once a week, and generally the Smart, for supermarket shopping, which is at most a 5 mile round trip. On Monday, I took the BMW in order to give it a run. Parked up at the supermarket and turned off, to be met by a message warning me about the charge state of the battery. Accordingly, later in the day I took it for a (almost) 30 mile run, to loosen things up and put some juice back in. Up as far as Worksop, and then back via a different route. Returning, on the (dual carriageway) bypass, I rounded a roundabout to spot an artic leaving a layby ahead. About to pull out, I glanced in the mirror, and a guy in a Seat Leon Cupra had gunned it round the roundabout, jinked out very close behind me, and passed at (genuinely) around 90 to 100 (I was approaching 60). Well, fair enough, a crap manoeuvre, but returning to the inside lane, 2/3 of which was already occupied by the artic was the piece de resistance. He only noticed it at the very last minute, about a couple of inches from a side-swipe (well, it was only a 38 tonner in broad daylight) and in a fog of tyre smoke, his abrupt braking took him almost into the centre barrier. I think I would probably have been able to miss the resulting debris if he had actually made contact, but it makes you wonder. (I think I'll frequent Newark next time )
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Post by WDB on May 12, 2020 17:17:17 GMT
Eek. Makes Reading seem almost civilised.
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Post by Humph on May 12, 2020 17:21:20 GMT
I went to Worksop once, but I got away with it and haven't risked going back. Just by way of a casual observation T&E, it seems that a lot of your recent outings in the car have involved near misses, and what with that thing about rolling your campervan and all, y'know, is it maybe time to consider whether you, well, are still quite able to, err, well, continue driving, as such, so to speak, sort of thing...
Just saying, probably nothing in it of course. Maybe.
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Post by tyrednexited on May 12, 2020 17:57:58 GMT
I'll probably give up when I start hitting kerbs......
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Post by Humph on May 13, 2020 8:36:11 GMT
I guess you could start by getting something smaller and less powerful?
Oh wait...
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Post by tyrednexited on May 13, 2020 12:40:02 GMT
I guess you could start by getting something smaller and less powerful? Oh wait... 😅 ...well, I understand that some gentlemen, having lost their mojo and had their delusions of driving deity destroyed by street furniture, extol the virtues of a Toyota Aygo as an easier car to handle........ Takes all sorts I spose....
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Post by Humph on May 13, 2020 13:06:50 GMT
What's that sound? Can anyone else hear it? Seems to be being carried on the breeze from the East if I'm not mistaken...
Odd sound, heard it somewhere before, almost as if it was someone clutching at a straw. Could be wrong...
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