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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Lol... But I'd hazard a guess you're still fully aware of what's going on around you, not seemingly in a vacant stupor!

    Marco.
    As a bloke who rode bikes pretty fast and also cycled to work until shortly before retirement, I'm very aware of what's going on around me. You don't last long on two wheels if you're clueless! And yes, I still know how to chuck a car about if I want to (and sometimes do).

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    Quote Originally Posted by RobbieGong View Post
    Keep your distance, watch your speed, use your mirrors before making any manouvre needless to say particularly before overtaking.

    And as my Dad always said since we were kids, 'read the road !' ie: anticipate and never assume the obvious

    I'd add to that lot, drive to the conditons of the road - Times I've seen 'nutters' hammering it along the fast lane in the wet
    Excellent advice Rob, if only all the other eejits on the road would do the same.
    I'd much rather be in the middle lane (when the left lane is full) with a gap in front than boxed in with the 'no time to breathe' brigade in the right lane.
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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    As a bloke who rode bikes pretty fast and also cycled to work until shortly before retirement, I'm very aware of what's going on around me. You don't last long on two wheels if you're clueless! And yes, I still know how to chuck a car about if I want to (and sometimes do).
    That's what I thought, mate. Couldn't envisage you being inflicted with doddery, indecisive, old fart syndrome quite yet!

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    Quote Originally Posted by RobbieGong View Post
    Motorway driving is a doddle, been doing it for donkeys years.

    Being originally from Leeds, I've done the long M1 run from London to Leeds and back too many times to mention.

    With one of my daughters now at Uni in Nottingham, we're regularly London to Nottingham and back these days.

    Keep your distance, watch your speed, use your mirrors before making any manouvre needless to say particularly before overtaking.

    And as my Dad always said since we were kids, 'read the road !' ie: anticipate and never assume the obvious

    I'd add to that lot, drive to the conditons of the road - Times I've seen 'nutters' hammering it along the fast lane in the wet
    The French "autoroutes" are quite good, they have a 130kph limit in normal conditions, and 110kph in the wet. Most of it (outside of Paris) is two lanes, and works well.If you're barrelling along in the fast lane and come upon a slower car, they almost always get out of the way sharpish. Unlike British motor ways where people stubbornly stick to their favourite lane, for fear of "losing their place".

    Also, because of the toll roads, most motorists will stick with the lesser roads for local journeys, unlike us who will use the motorway to hop from one junction to the next.

    It's always a real comedown when returning to the UK with its four full-to-bursting lanes and endless roadworks.
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