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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:	Cars in the UK
Notice:	Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:	COMICS::SHELLEYELD

Created:	Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2584
Total number of notes:	63384

1971.0. "Sunday driving" by FORTY2::MITCHELL () Mon Dec 21 1992 10:09

    
    I think I've found one reason why Sunday shopping is illegal - the
    seeming inability of people to follow the normal rules of the road on
    a Sunday! I rode into Reading about 11am on Sunday morning (yes, I
    know it was silly to even try :-) )   I can only presume from the way
    most people were behaving that they thought that they were the only
    vehicle on the road.  When it came to parking, most of the motorcycle only
    places were fully occupied by cars. I ended up squeezing the bike ito a
    space, - knowing full well that there was no way that the car I had
    parked in front of could get out, unless the car behind him moved. I
    left the bike feeling a mixture of concern, that I might come back to
    find the bike on it's side, - guilt, because I'd blocked the car in -
    and "serves them right".   Riding home was just as bad - cars double
    parked all over the place - people walking out into the road without
    looking - forgetting how to behave at roundabouts -

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1971.1		WARHED::GILLILAND		`Mon Dec 21 1992 11:02`	6
	I too witnessed some truly spectacularly bad driving on my journey from Crewe to (and around) Birmingham and back again. Roundabouts seemed to be causing the most problems, with cars waiting at an empty roundabout, then pulling out in front of the next car that came along. Amazing! Phil Gill.
1971.2		ULYSSE::CHEVAUX	Patrick Chevaux @VBE, DTN 828-5584	`Mon Dec 21 1992 12:27`	6
	.1� be causing the most problems, with cars waiting at an empty roundabout, .1� then pulling out in front of the next car that came along. Amazing! It's called response time. Sunday drivers typically have a high response time. Sunday driving, especially between 2 and 8pm (after lunch period), is something I avoid by all means.
1971.3		WAYOUT::WAYOUT::LOAT	Spin my nipple-nuts and send me to Alaska!	`Mon Dec 21 1992 12:44`	8
	Think yourself lucky. When it scomes to driving in Basingstoke, the seven days of the week are: Sunday, Sunday, Sunday, Sunday, Sunday, Sunday and Sunday! Steve.
1971.4	maybe scared of the open road :-)	FORTY2::MITCHELL		`Mon Dec 21 1992 13:24`	6
	One problem, I think, is that so many people are used to crawling along nose to tail for six days of the week - that faced with the relatively clear and open road on a Sunday - they don't know what to do. They've forgotten what the accellerator pedal is for - and 3 to 5th gear have seized solid through lack of use... :-)
1971.5		CURRNT::CARSON		`Mon Dec 21 1992 14:35`	4
	I know what accelerator pedal is for :-) and it use loads :-) loadsa gas, full lock, hard brake... great stuff... PCthemaniac
1971.6		WARHED::GILLILAND		`Tue Dec 22 1992 14:39`	1
	Eh?
1971.7		CURRNT::CARSON	Abitcrowdedinhereisntit?	`Tue Dec 22 1992 15:11`	3
	Ermm perhaps should type a bit slower... PC