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  1. #71
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    So does Edinburgh. Cost a fortune to put in. Should never have taken them out of the cities. Used to use Aberdeen trams
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe View Post
    Ah, didn't know. Ok, then you could substitute Manchester with some other tram-less major UK city. You get my point!

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    Croydon has trams also. I m waiting for the trolley bus to come back, remember them in London back in the day. Run on electric wires above one s head , Sweet.

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    Yeah, my dad told me about those... Sounds cool, and I'd be all for their reintroduction!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Yeah, my dad told me about those... Sounds cool, and I'd be all for their reintroduction!

    Marco.
    Although the London buses are a bit better now over the years we ve had to endure hideous fumes being pumped out.... AARGH

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    Quote Originally Posted by gsq4848 View Post
    I wouldn't recommend overtaking on the left
    I agree, but I think you've misunderstood. Nowhere in my post was I recommending people overtake on the left, just saying that it's not a specific offence and can be done (unless the laws been changed recently?). Many people think it's illegal full stop (probably due to the Highway Code), it isn't. But a driver hogging the central lane unnecessarily is potentially forcing faster drivers to pass them, either by using the far right (3), or nearside lanes (1). Both of which are not as safe as the inconsiderate driver taking up a position in lane 1, leaving lanes 2 and 3 free. Most drivers will pass to the right, as per the Highway Code and is pretty much what we all do in the UK.

    However, many drivers are very nervous of moving into lane 3 to overtake, which actually might be more hazardous for them than using lane 1. It's not normally a good idea as many drivers won't expect it, or be looking for it if they choose to suddenly change lane whilst you are completing the manoeuvre. But there are times it may actually be safer.

    Don't forget the Highway Code is just that, a code and not a legal document. Some rules are legally backed up when the words 'must' or 'must not' are used, only the Road Traffic Acts are law. So no, I'm not recommending it, but for some drivers it could in some circumstances be the safer option. Of course if you collide, then it's not going to look good as you have, as rightly pointed out, not acted in accordance with rule 268. So you could be the one prosecuted for careless or inconsiderate driving.

    It's all moot anyway, we just need the arseholes hogging the middle to drive more considerately, then it's not an issue and if they don't, skin em' alive (or take them to court!).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Quite simply, the situation is beyond ridiculous now, where many of the UK's Victorian residential streets, which simply aren't designed for such levels of traffic, are barely accessible because every bugger living on them thinks that they are 'entitled' to have a car, so they all end up parked parallel to each other, outside on the street!
    Not only Victorian streets. There's one road in Shepperton, where just about every house has had the garden taken out, a couple of cars on the front, and the pavement on both sides pretty much all along is taken up with cars, some on the pavement, some half on-half off. Driving down the middle is just about possible - but three point turns a complete no-no. That is insane.

    That is an extreme example, but I'm sure there are others.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    One of the worst things we ever did in this country (and which happened before my time) was getting rid of trams! Look at how well cities such as Amsterdam are thriving with them... That could be Manchester, Birmingham or Glasgow - if the 'powers that be' *really* wanted it to happen!.
    I remember putting (old) pennies on tram tracks to see them get squashed when the trams ran over them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    What's funny, daftee? I honestly am not; at least certainly not as they're often negatively portrayed!

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    You're funny, daftee....I'll believe you...millions wouldn't
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim View Post
    But a driver hogging the central lane unnecessarily is potentially forcing faster drivers to pass them, either by using the far right (3), or nearside lanes (1). Both of which are not as safe as the inconsiderate driver taking up a position in lane 1, leaving lanes 2 and 3 free.
    Am I reading that correctly? Shouldn't it be considerate, rather than inconsiderate driver?

    I suspect I'm misinterpreting what you're trying to say, but lane 1 is precisely where you should be, *if* the motorway is otherwise empty, and there is no-one to overtake, or you're travelling at the same speed as other lane 1 users.

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    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


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