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PostPosted: 13:06 - 30 Apr 2016    Post subject: Stuff I've seen on the road this week Reply with quote

I've done a (very) short clip of three things I've seen on my commute this week:

Head-on collision in Brixton Very Happy
Smashed bike on the Old Kent Road.
Vehicles in the outside lane of the A2 after crashing.

The Old Kent Road one looked pretty nasty that one hope the guy avoided serious injury.
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PostPosted: 16:38 - 30 Apr 2016    Post subject: clip Reply with quote

vids not working just a black screen
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PostPosted: 16:44 - 30 Apr 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

It'll work if you save to desktop, or try this wmv:
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PostPosted: 17:56 - 30 Apr 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh the joys of London life ..

Overcrowded, overpriced and overrated: welcome to inner M25...

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PostPosted: 19:30 - 30 Apr 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd hate to think of all that stuff happening in Britain. Pale
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PostPosted: 20:26 - 30 Apr 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

I saw someone driving with no taillights last night while I was out in the van. They had headlights, my guess would be they didn't know the taillights were out. I thought I'd be helpful and let them know as it was fortunate I'd come up behind them in a streetlit area.

Passed them, stuck on the hazards and gently slowed down.

They indicated right and passed me.

Hmmm. Ok, try again. This time also waved arm out of window in a "stop" handsignal.

Again, they passed. I thought I'd leave it and see if they were stopping in the next town since I was headed that way anyway. Next news they have the foot to the floor and headed for the horizon.

I can only assume they were either a) Up to something or b) Thought I was trying to pull them over to murderdeathkill them and dispose of their corpses in a rolled up carpet in a laybye.

Odd if it was the latter though because my van is signwritten and local.
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PostPosted: 20:30 - 30 Apr 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

stinkwheel wrote:
I saw someone driving with no taillights last night while I was out in the van. They had headlights, my guess would be they didn't know the taillights were out. I thought I'd be helpful and let them know as it was fortunate I'd come up behind them in a streetlit area.

Passed them, stuck on the hazards and gently slowed down.

They indicated right and passed me.

Hmmm. Ok, try again. This time also waved arm out of window in a "stop" handsignal.

Again, they passed. I thought I'd leave it and see if they were stopping in the next town since I was headed that way anyway. Next news they have the foot to the floor and headed for the horizon.

I can only assume they were either a) Up to something or b) Thought I was trying to pull them over to murderdeathkill them and dispose of their corpses in a rolled up carpet in a laybye.

Odd if it was the latter though because my van is signwritten and local.


Many vehicles nowadays have daytime running lights. My works van does and you can't turn them off. They are like half-power headlights but the tail lights don't come on with them.
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PostPosted: 20:52 - 30 Apr 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

Today I saw a woman on a mobility scooter waiting patiently at some traffic lights. As I passed by I noticed that she had a dog on a lead wearing a little high vis jacket, it was also waiting patiently so I presume that the woman takes her dog out for a drive(?) regularly.

Some people are weird.
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PostPosted: 21:39 - 30 Apr 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

waffles wrote:
Today I saw a woman on a mobility scooter waiting patiently at some traffic lights. As I passed by I noticed that she had a dog on a lead wearing a little high vis jacket, it was also waiting patiently so I presume that the woman takes her dog out for a drive(?) regularly.

Some people are weird.


I live over the road from a reservoir that's the main local spot for dog walking. I regularly see an old bloke on a mobility scooter with a huge German Shepard and a St. Bernard and more often than not the St. Bernard is riding on the scooter between his feet on the way back.
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PostPosted: 00:43 - 01 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

dydey90 wrote:

I live over the road from a reservoir that's the main local spot for dog walking. I regularly see an old bloke on a mobility scooter with a huge German Shepard and a St. Bernard and more often than not the St. Bernard is riding on the scooter between his feet on the way back.


And who would say dogs are stupid Laughing
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PostPosted: 08:02 - 01 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

dad used to take his out on his mobility scooter

it was a rescue dog and a pain on a lead but ive since got it walking without one

this would of been so much easier for him
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PostPosted: 18:02 - 05 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

Today's offering - tool hire van planted into the back of a bus in the bus lane on Waterloo Bridge:
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PostPosted: 05:47 - 06 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

waffles wrote:
Today I saw a woman on a mobility scooter waiting patiently at some traffic lights. As I passed by I noticed that she had a dog on a lead wearing a little high vis jacket, it was also waiting patiently so I presume that the woman takes her dog out for a drive(?) regularly.

Some people are weird.


How else do you take a dog for a walk if you have limited mobility? Dogs need exercise. People need companionship. Limited mobility does not turn dog people into cat people. Dogs are smart and understand disabilities better than most humans. My mum's dog took about 3 days to realise that fetching my walking stick worked better than her standard trick of fetching a pair of socks.

Retroreflectives and running lights probably useful on dogs, they can be near invisible at times. I believe dog owners are liable if their dog causes an accident? Responsible behavior.
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PostPosted: 08:43 - 06 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

talkToTheHat wrote:
Retroreflectives and running lights probably useful on dogs, they can be near invisible at times.

And they need ABS and Traction Control on hard surfaces.
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PostPosted: 10:55 - 06 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ponders the question, do obese people have obese dogs? Shocked
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PostPosted: 19:48 - 09 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not sure if it was anyone on here, but on Friday morning I saw what looked like a Suzuki sportsbike 600cc or bigger laying on the pavement in a road into Worcester city centre, with a the road closed and a fire engine hosing down the chared remains. Shocked

The bike was just a burnt out black mess at this point, and the owner a guy in his early 30's I'd say was sat on a wall about 30m away talking on his phone.

It got me thinking, has anyone on here ever had a bike catch fire while riding, and or it got so bad you had to walk away and let it burn?
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PostPosted: 19:59 - 09 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

stevo as b4 wrote:


It got me thinking, has anyone on here ever had a bike catch fire while riding,?


My old CZ moto-crosser caught fire and I didn`t notice because I was going hell for leather Shocked .
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I set fire to a good few whilst working on them Laughing
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PostPosted: 20:14 - 09 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was in the front passenger seat of a car with a girl from work a few days ago (she's from Lithuania btw) and I was giving her directions of where to go, when I made the almost fatal mistake of telling her to turn right at the roundabout.

Thankfully there was no other vehicles on said roundabout as she calmly went anticlockwise before I could scream NOOOOOO! Shocked Shocked Shocked

Think I'll stick to saying 3rd exit next time. Laughing
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PostPosted: 20:21 - 09 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dave70 wrote:
I was in the front passenger seat of a car with a girl from work a few days ago (she's from Lithuania btw)


Is she fit?
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PostPosted: 20:26 - 09 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

garth wrote:
Is she fit?


Very and only 21y/o. So all was forgiven. Thumbs Up Laughing
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PostPosted: 20:39 - 09 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dave70 wrote:
garth wrote:
Is she fit?


Very and only 21y/o. So all was forgiven. Thumbs Up Laughing


Pics or it didn't happen. etc. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 20:43 - 09 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wafer_Thin_Ham wrote:
Pics or it didn't happen. etc. Thumbs Up


Not sure how to get a photo of her without being a weirdo. Laughing
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PostPosted: 20:43 - 09 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have mainly seen road kill this week. The muntjac seem to keep coming out and getting flattened. Might pop one in the boot for dinner if I can get a fresh one.
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PostPosted: 22:44 - 09 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have seen a lot of slow moving agricultural vehicles on country lanes. Please try not to quadraspazz yourself in to the back of one at eleventy billion kph. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 06:41 - 10 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dave70 wrote:
Wafer_Thin_Ham wrote:
Pics or it didn't happen. etc. Thumbs Up


Not sure how to get a photo of her without being a weirdo. Laughing


Ask her a selfie, or just pop up a link to her Facebook page. I'm sure no ill can come of that. Thumbs Up
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