Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little

[Wossname]

20mph is ridiculous,other than outside schools for a short distance. Does cruise control even work at that 'speed'? Y'all need to vote in more sensible humans.

Yebbut, over “there”, you’ve got the situation where newly qualified drivers have to spend their first year with R plates on display, at a max of 45mph. That means that new drivers don’t get any training at all, ever, to drive at speeds of up to 70. They get overtaken by all the HGVs doing 56 on DCs and M/ways, which must scare the BJs out of them. All in the interests of road safety, apparently. You must have voted in some sensible humans…

And then, one day, they’re allowed to do 70. That must be exciting.

Edit: I’ve just discovered that in October ‘26, that period is being extended to 2 years. I wonder if they’ll ever have been given any instruction regarding overtaking, for example, during that time. I can’t imagine they’ll get many opportunities.
They’ll have to learn by DIY.

Crazy, IMO. But then, I’m not a NI politician.

[Yorick]

FFS. You drive thru a 20 MPH zone and you lose 10 seconds of your life.

Then spend hours moaning about it on the Internet

[Didge]

FFS. You drive thru a 20 MPH zone and you lose 10 seconds of your life.

Then spend hours moaning about it on the Internet

It's not about losing seconds or minutes from one's life, it's the fact that 20mph is fucking painful. Also, it's a bloody awkward speed for many bikes and cars. It's also totally unnecessary.

[Bwana]

I hope you can do the course and not get the points.

I'm currently on 3 points for doing 35 in a 30. It was well out of town, heading towards town, just after the change from national speed limit to 30mph and still pretty rural. That said, 100% my fault.

Holy shit! Around here 5 over the limit will get you...
...ignored. If it's a 55 mph or better, you can generally get away with keeping it under 10 over the limit.

[Bwana]

20mph is ridiculous,other than outside schools for a short distance. Does cruise control even work at that 'speed'? Y'all need to vote in more sensible humans.

Yebbut, over “there”, you’ve got the situation where newly qualified drivers have to spend their first year with R plates on display, at a max of 45mph. That means that new drivers don’t get any training at all, ever, to drive at speeds of up to 70. They get overtaken by all the HGVs doing 56 on DCs and M/ways, which must scare the BJs out of them. All in the interests of road safety, apparently. You must have voted in some sensible humans…

And then, one day, they’re allowed to do 70. That must be exciting.

Edit: I’ve just discovered that in October ‘26, that period is being extended to 2 years. I wonder if they’ll ever have been given any instruction regarding overtaking, for example, during that time. I can’t imagine they’ll get many opportunities.
They’ll have to learn by DIY.

Crazy, IMO. But then, I’m not a NI politician.

They can drive 45 mph on roads with much higher speed limits? That's a load of shit. Increased speed differentials contribute to accidents.

There are a few neighborhoods where 20 mph and less is justified. Loads of kids out and about. At least they tend to be roads easily avoided unless you live there or have reason to visit.

[Yorick]

FFS. You drive thru a 20 MPH zone and you lose 10 seconds of your life.

Then spend hours moaning about it on the Internet

It's not about losing seconds or minutes from one's life, it's the fact that 20mph is fucking painful. Also, it's a bloody awkward speed for many bikes and cars. It's also totally unnecessary.

All the towns here are 30 KPH. We just get on with it.

[Rockburner]

Fecking heron just raided the pond.

Definitely got away with one of the bigger goldfish, I watched the thief fly off with it in its beak.

No idea how many others it got (there was at least 30 in there), the water's too murky to see much on an overcast day, and I wouldn't be surprised if they're all hiding at the bottom now.

Put a net over the pond in case the heron comes back, but no idea if it will stop it.


We only bought a replacement plastic heron decoy on Sunday!

[Taipan]

http://www.godecookery.com/nboke/nboke23.htm

[cheb]

http://www.godecookery.com/nboke/nboke23.htm

Thank you for that

[Felix]

20mph is ridiculous,other than outside schools for a short distance. Does cruise control even work at that 'speed'? Y'all need to vote in more sensible humans.

It would piss me of had i still been in Edinburgh but living in a small town then 20 is not that bad. It does make cyclists less annoying and i can drive my van on tick over and only use the brakes. Seems a tad daft having main roads in and out of town a 20 zone as if you want a clean air zone would getting the traffic to fuck quicker not a better option.

[weeksy]

Couple of days before we're tenting/vanning it in a field and i've come down with a bit of lurgy... Just a few sniffles at the moment, but one of those where you know you're not 100%. Could make it a long long weekend.

[Sunny]

Getting back to my car in the train station car park after a busy couple of days away with work, to find a flat tyre with a screw in it. FML.

[ZRX61]

I hope you can do the course and not get the points.

I'm currently on 3 points for doing 35 in a 30. It was well out of town, heading towards town, just after the change from national speed limit to 30mph and still pretty rural. That said, 100% my fault.

Holy shit! Around here 5 over the limit will get you...
...ignored. If it's a 55 mph or better, you can generally get away with keeping it under 10 over the limit.

Here's it's 3mph +10% IIRC, so 80 on the freeway. On the local freeway at 80mph you'd be the slowest vehicle. I've been in a pack doing around 100mph & one of the cars was a cop...

[Skub]

Getting back to my car in the train station car park after a busy couple of days away with work, to find a flat tyre with a screw in it. FML.

I haven't tried them myself,but perhaps a future option as a 'get you home' plan.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/187944850598 ... 5650130959

[Mussels]

I hope you can do the course and not get the points.

I'm currently on 3 points for doing 35 in a 30. It was well out of town, heading towards town, just after the change from national speed limit to 30mph and still pretty rural. That said, 100% my fault.

Holy shit! Around here 5 over the limit will get you...
...ignored. If it's a 55 mph or better, you can generally get away with keeping it under 10 over the limit.

Here's it's 3mph +10% IIRC, so 80 on the freeway. On the local freeway at 80mph you'd be the slowest vehicle. I've been in a pack doing around 100mph & one of the cars was a cop...

Police are rarely the problem, it's local councils who get to keep the profit a camera makes.

[ZRX61]

Police are rarely the problem, it's local councils who get to keep the profit a camera makes.

No camera's here, altho parts of LA will be getting them... but it's not any part I ever go to.

[Sunny]

Getting back to my car in the train station car park after a busy couple of days away with work, to find a flat tyre with a screw in it. FML.

I haven't tried them myself,but perhaps a future option as a 'get you home' plan.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/187944850598 ... 5650130959

I am my father's daughter (he's a HGV mechanic by trade - well he was, he's 84 now), so I am perfectly capable of changing a wheel , in the dark, in the rain, on the side of the ring road, at 9pm

(I also, much to Muz's confusion, always demand a spare wheel with a new car - and now that's no longer an option, I buy one after the fact - because those foam things are next to useless if you tear your tyre on a pothole, which we aren't short of round here .)

[Bwana]

I hope you can do the course and not get the points.

I'm currently on 3 points for doing 35 in a 30. It was well out of town, heading towards town, just after the change from national speed limit to 30mph and still pretty rural. That said, 100% my fault.

Holy shit! Around here 5 over the limit will get you...
...ignored. If it's a 55 mph or better, you can generally get away with keeping it under 10 over the limit.

Here's it's 3mph +10% IIRC, so 80 on the freeway. On the local freeway at 80mph you'd be the slowest vehicle. I've been in a pack doing around 100mph & one of the cars was a cop...

Way back in time I was headed to NYC on a bike. I got on the Jersey Turnpike and the posted limit back then was 55 mph. There was a huge sign stating speed enforced by aircraft. If I had obeyed the limit I would have been road pizza as the traffic was moving along at around 80 mph.

OTOH, I have been the recipient of "driving awards" on two occasions in similar situations. Same damn bike too. Traffic moving along at a bit over the limit but all in tight formation. I get a bit uncomfortable being in packs of cars while on two wheels. So I move over to pass...

One of those was in Arkansas and the cop kept my license and gave me a voucher. They're serious about collecting fines from people out of state. The other was local, I went to court and the cop did a no show. Case dismissed!

[Bwana]

Getting back to my car in the train station car park after a busy couple of days away with work, to find a flat tyre with a screw in it. FML.

I haven't tried them myself,but perhaps a future option as a 'get you home' plan.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/187944850598 ... 5650130959

I am my father's daughter (he's a HGV mechanic by trade - well he was, he's 84 now), so I am perfectly capable of changing a wheel , in the dark, in the rain, on the side of the ring road, at 9pm

(I also, much to Muz's confusion, always demand a spare wheel with a new car - and now that's no longer an option, I buy one after the fact - because those foam things are next to useless if you tear your tyre on a pothole, which we aren't short of round here .)

Foam things? WTF is that?
I do hate the goddam little spare tyres most new cars have in the boot. It's in a friggin well under a mat. How much more room is required to put an actual tire in the location?

[Bigjawa]

20mph is ridiculous,other than outside schools for a short distance. Does cruise control even work at that 'speed'? Y'all need to vote in more sensible humans.

Yebbut, over “there”, you’ve got the situation where newly qualified drivers have to spend their first year with R plates on display, at a max of 45mph. That means that new drivers don’t get any training at all, ever, to drive at speeds of up to 70. They get overtaken by all the HGVs doing 56 on DCs and M/ways, which must scare the BJs out of them. All in the interests of road safety, apparently. You must have voted in some sensible humans…

And then, one day, they’re allowed to do 70. That must be exciting.

Edit: I’ve just discovered that in October ‘26, that period is being extended to 2 years. I wonder if they’ll ever have been given any instruction regarding overtaking, for example, during that time. I can’t imagine they’ll get many opportunities.
They’ll have to learn by DIY.

Crazy, IMO. But then, I’m not a NI politician.

Very few "R" drivers sit at 45, even the cops think it's ridiculous, I was behind one on the motorway the other day doing 75 in her Polo, they're a major pain in the arse when you're driving a truck when they stick to the limit.

It's ridiculous, I passed my test in England on a Wednesday, then drove the whole way to Stranraer on the Saturday. Nobody died. Although AFAIK they're lifting the 45 limit in the new regs.