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What price a life? Accident rates since the 20mph speed limit was introducedare down some 23%. Traveling to Wales after the new speed limit it didn't seem to us that it was a blanket 20mph limit. I am sure it was not perfectly implemented and it will need some revisions. Re SVs last point , I suppose it is down to common sense and experience. How many new drivers are put in situations where safety considerations need to be made? Its a sanitized world we live in.
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My 250 gall capacity water butts are nearly empty - need some rain, not had a significant amount for weeks
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![]() I've said it a few times on here, but speeding / carelessly driven tractors is the reason I have a dashcam. |
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Maybe less people traveled to Wales , so less traffic. We live in Shropshire and stopped going to Wales, as I am sure may others did. To prove a real drop they need to show accidents per so many miles driven dropped, not just the headline figure of accidents overall. Come to think of it if we had a man with a red flag in front of every vehicle the accident rate will drop some more, but don't suggest that within Starmers earshot.
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I remain to be convinced that there's a noticeable safety difference in reality between driving at 50mph and 60mph for the typical driver nowadays. (Although since many seem to travel at 40-45mph anyway I guess that's a moot point! Seems the psychology of displaying many more speed limit signs + repeaters has had the desired effect?) And there's always been the issue that there are still many who can't limit themselves in NSL to 60mph, or within a sensible safe margin thereabouts - do those offenders really think any differently about compliance in the new 50 zones?
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Morning all. Train trip to Birmingham today. Off to see one of my daughters for a musical rehearsal in prep for a gig we have at a small charity festival in Scotland(!) in about 3 weeks time. Let's hope the train journey is more successful than the last one, which, unusually for TfW, was a disaster.
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I think I'll be spending today inside the house and/or the shed. I had intended to do a pre-MOT underbody inspection check on my car but nowadays I draw the line at crawling aroung on the floor in the rain unless it's essential breakdown repairs. Hopefully the rest of the weekend will give me a windown of dry time to fit it in. Other than that I have few plans.
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Spannering the wife's SV650S K5 pointy in Black, and son's SV650 X curvy in Blue. RIP SV650 X curvy, crashed and written off December 2019. I'm (procrastinating about) fixing up an old Yamaha FZ600 to get myself fully back on the road. Last edited by Ruffy; 24-08-24 at 09:25 AM. Reason: Added extra text |
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No plans really, keeping an eye out for a break in the weather so I can get a ride in!
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Miserable day here at Trev Towers but I'll be tidying the shed a bit once I've finished the cuppa sat beside me.
Good forecast for the next two days so will get a spin out on Bullseye at some point as an antidote to rubbing down/painting the only wooden window frame I have left (garage side window) and staining the shed. Grass needs a cut, weeds need attacking, pruning, bits of facia trim to be glued back on... It's a fairly long list...
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How many spiders can one 6x10 shed support? I've only scratched the surface of the junk stored in there and I disturbed (it seemed) hundreds of them!
Do any of you use a camping stove with the pierce-the-top style canister? I came across a Coleman one we probably rescued from father in law's garage after he passed away. It's unused, obvs. If anyone would like it let me know and we'll see if a suitable meet up can be sorted for a handover.
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