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Motorist takes Highways Agency to Court re J13 diversion, Couldn't find diversion route to Reading |
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Jan 29 2018, 07:55 PM
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QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Jan 29 2018, 04:50 PM) Ahh, I remember the 70's well, whole tribes of gone feral drivers standing on roundabouts, scratching their heads, living off errant pigeons and roadkill. Trapped in a motoring limbo because satnav and 'apps' didn't exist. How did we all manage? I mean, navigating to the moon AND back? Without an iPhone? Impossible! No doubt you remember the robin hood roundabout when it was 3 lanes. People would go into the next county to avoid it.
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Jan 30 2018, 09:27 AM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jan 30 2018, 07:35 AM) Not if you are not sure where you are. The big sign saying 'Newbury' on the side of the road is often a good clue. I know you don't do signs well but for most people it's enough.
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Jan 30 2018, 05:11 PM
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QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Jan 30 2018, 09:27 AM) The big sign saying 'Newbury' on the side of the road is often a good clue. I know you don't do signs well but for most people it's enough. Not so useful when traveling elsewhere, or are looking for somewhere safe to stop, thus loosing one’s bearings. Map reading can be a bit of a challenge, especially with the on-set of complex roads and road junctions.
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Jan 30 2018, 05:13 PM
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QUOTE (SirWilliam @ Jan 30 2018, 11:29 AM) How many of us carry a compass in the car? For a couple of quid it is an invaluable tool when one finds themselves "completely" lost. Even the most confused motorist surely knows which direction they are supposed to be travelling. That isn’t really the issue at hand; however, my phone has a compass.
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Jan 31 2018, 01:23 PM
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QUOTE (gel @ Jan 31 2018, 11:37 AM) Many cars have a built in electronic compass these days of course. If investing in a stand alone compass vital you get one that allows you to correct the reading to overcome magnetic interference around the dashboard. The nearest my old bus gets to modernity is the absence of a starting handle. I would hope that anyone who used a compass to get a rough guide as to N/S etc would be parked up and outside the vehicle and even then it doesn't assist to much if the sun is out. Like the thing they used to put on pocket knives to remove stones from horse's hooves, not much use apart from the one time in your life you come across a horse and it has something lodged in it's frog and then everyone is thankful.
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Feb 1 2018, 08:26 PM
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QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Jan 29 2018, 04:50 PM) Ahh, I remember the 70's well, whole tribes of gone feral drivers standing on roundabouts, scratching their heads, living off errant pigeons and roadkill. Trapped in a motoring limbo because satnav and 'apps' didn't exist. How did we all manage? I mean, navigating to the moon AND back? Without an iPhone? Impossible! 10/10 on the oh so irony.
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Feb 1 2018, 08:29 PM
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QUOTE (SirWilliam @ Jan 31 2018, 01:23 PM) The nearest my old bus gets to modernity is the absence of a starting handle. I would hope that anyone who used a compass to get a rough guide as to N/S etc would be parked up and outside the vehicle and even then it doesn't assist to much if the sun is out. Like the thing they used to put on pocket knives to remove stones from horse's hooves, not much use apart from the one time in your life you come across a horse and it has something lodged in it's frog and then everyone is thankful. I still have my granddads pocket knife with one of those tools. He always said it was for getting boy scouts out of girl guides.
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Feb 1 2018, 10:00 PM
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QUOTE (x2lls @ Feb 1 2018, 08:29 PM) I still have my granddads pocket knife with one of those tools. He always said it was for getting boy scouts out of girl guides. What is it then? A bucket of cold water?
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Feb 2 2018, 02:41 PM
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Want a car that is totally reliable? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-42917101I know the older Peugeots were good,............But not this good.
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