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post Jan 28 2018, 08:05 AM
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80 year old motorist complains J13 diversion signs to J12 (M4) were unclear:

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/910719/UK...Charles-Stenner
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post Jan 31 2018, 11:37 AM
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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.

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post 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. rolleyes.gif 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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post 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. rolleyes.gif 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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- gel   Motorist takes Highways Agency to Court re J13 diversion   Jan 28 2018, 08:05 AM
- - je suis Charlie   Shouldn't be driving.   Jan 28 2018, 09:38 AM
- - SirWilliam   I am to a degree sympathetic as I vividly remember...   Jan 28 2018, 01:33 PM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (SirWilliam @ Jan 28 2018, 01:33 PM...   Jan 28 2018, 03:07 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (On the edge @ Jan 28 2018, 03:07 P...   Jan 28 2018, 04:29 PM
|- - je suis Charlie   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jan 28 2018, 04:29 PM)...   Jan 28 2018, 04:58 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Jan 28 2018, 04...   Jan 28 2018, 08:03 PM
|- - je suis Charlie   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jan 28 2018, 08:03 PM)...   Jan 28 2018, 09:18 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Jan 28 2018, 09...   Jan 28 2018, 09:22 PM
- - je suis Charlie   So he came off the M4 and couldn't find the A4...   Jan 28 2018, 02:04 PM
- - Biker1   Now I may be being VERY old fashioned here but the...   Jan 29 2018, 09:13 AM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jan 29 2018, 09:13 AM) No...   Jan 29 2018, 09:18 AM
|- - SirWilliam   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jan 29 2018, 09:18 AM)...   Jan 29 2018, 11:53 AM
||- - x2lls   QUOTE (SirWilliam @ Jan 29 2018, 11:53 AM...   Jan 29 2018, 01:29 PM
||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (SirWilliam @ Jan 29 2018, 11:53 AM...   Jan 29 2018, 01:31 PM
||- - je suis Charlie   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jan 29 2018, 01:31 PM)...   Jan 29 2018, 03:38 PM
||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Jan 29 2018, 03...   Jan 29 2018, 07:14 PM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jan 29 2018, 10:18 AM)...   Jan 29 2018, 04:43 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jan 29 2018, 04:43 PM) Ye...   Jan 30 2018, 07:35 AM
|- - je suis Charlie   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jan 30 2018, 07:35 AM)...   Jan 30 2018, 09:27 AM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Jan 30 2018, 09...   Jan 30 2018, 05:11 PM
- - On the edge   Ah, so it was all the drivers fault. Given the un...   Jan 29 2018, 01:46 PM
|- - je suis Charlie   QUOTE (On the edge @ Jan 29 2018, 01:46 P...   Jan 29 2018, 03:40 PM
|- - SirWilliam   QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Jan 29 2018, 03...   Jan 29 2018, 04:08 PM
- - je suis Charlie   Ahh, I remember the 70's well, whole tribes of...   Jan 29 2018, 04:50 PM
|- - SirWilliam   QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Jan 29 2018, 04...   Jan 29 2018, 07:55 PM
|- - x2lls   QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Jan 29 2018, 04...   Feb 1 2018, 08:26 PM
- - The Hatter   If you remember school geography lessons, you don...   Jan 30 2018, 07:19 AM
- - SirWilliam   How many of us carry a compass in the car? For a ...   Jan 30 2018, 11:29 AM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (SirWilliam @ Jan 30 2018, 11:29 AM...   Jan 30 2018, 05:13 PM
- - je suis Charlie   Tot homines, quot sententiae.   Jan 30 2018, 06:49 PM
|- - Turin Machine   QUOTE (x2lls @ Feb 1 2018, 08:29 PM) I st...   Feb 1 2018, 10:00 PM
|- - SirWilliam   QUOTE (x2lls @ Feb 1 2018, 08:29 PM) I st...   Feb 2 2018, 09:13 AM
- - The Hatter   We get a good few asks in the roads round where I ...   Feb 1 2018, 07:49 PM
- - SirWilliam   Want a car that is totally reliable? http://www.b...   Feb 2 2018, 02:41 PM


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