Phew.



On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:03:19 +0100, Tony Raven <[email protected]>
wrote:

>>
>> But, FFS, how much (lack of) observation does it take to miss a 6' lardy
>> ******* in a fluorescent yellow top?!
>>

>
>Well you were wearing standard issue urban camouflage ;-)


I've often thought about changing my fluorescent yellow for
fluorescent pink. Different enough from road menders and such-like;
bound to be noticed.

It's whether I can take the ribbing...
 
Roos Eisma wrote:
> JLB <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> I agree; so is there any evidence that drivers who have taken
>> a substantial time off don't recognise the problem? Is it an
>> issue, as I think implied by some earlier posts, something
>> that should be addressed by formal means? Or is it actually
>> so obvious, to everyone else as well as you and me, that
>> great care is needed by all those who used to drive and
>> intend to start again, that it can be left to sort itself
>> out?

>
> My mother got her license when she was 30 yo or so, and then
> never drove after that (we didn't have a car). At 50 they
> moved to a smaller village and bought a car. She got an
> instructor to give her lessons in her own car for a while. She
> never drove long distances, just to the nearest station.
>
> I would expect that people like her aren't the problem, they
> know their limitations. What was more worrying is the system
> that you can't hire a car the first year after you get your
> license - I knew a number of people when I was a student who
> got their license and then couldn't drive for a year, and then
> hired a car or van ...
>
> Roos


My brother passed his test and then probably only drove a couple of times
over the next 10 years. I'll need to ask him how he felt about it.
--
Mark

1x1 wheel, 3x2 wheels & 1x3 wheels.