Road signs 'lost' on many drivers

Pringlecp · June 2007

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6716417.stm

[;)]

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Yorkshireman · June 2007

That`s got to be a joke [;)]

Colin N.

Lincolnshire is mostly flat... but the wind is mostly in your face!

Anonymous · June 2007

so their blind now as well as stupid[:(!]

Non Omnis Moriar

Tourist Tony · June 2007

You mean signs like "DON'T PARK YOUR CAR ON A RAILWAY LINE YOU STUPID COW!" of recent pratnav memory?

If I had a stalker, I would hug it and kiss it and call it George...or Dick

Unknown · June 2007

most of the drivers round here dont seem to understand "no right turn" or "no entry"

switching off your engine is a contraversal subject - if i'm only waiting for five mins then its more enviromentally friendly to keep it running based on the emissions and fuel shot through when i start the engine again.

drive thru aproaching sings already exist in the form of rather large golden arches for one example

if anything, less signs would be good, there are too many close together in some places causing people to miss them.

redfox · June 2007

All it shows is that anyone's marketing department can release any old claptrap in the form of a survey and the BBC will snap it up and present it as news.

www.endtoend.info

Mosschops2 · June 2007

I agree redfox!! Must be (have been?) a quiet day for real news....

Have you ever tried pressing Alt+F4 ??

Yorkshireman · June 2007

It may also show that some people have not had a look at The Highway Code recently [;)].

Colin N.

Lincolnshire is mostly flat... but the wind is mostly in your face!

Tourist Tony · June 2007

Or ever.

If I had a stalker, I would hug it and kiss it and call it George...or Dick

Canrider · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">switching off your engine is a contraversal subject - if i'm only waiting for five mins then its more enviromentally friendly to keep it running based on the emissions and fuel shot through when i start the engine again.
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Evidence please?

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Unknown · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Canrider

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">switching off your engine is a contraversal subject - if i'm only waiting for five mins then its more enviromentally friendly to keep it running based on the emissions and fuel shot through when i start the engine again.
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Evidence please?

"We will never win until the oil runs out or they invent hover cars - but then they may land on us." -- lardarse rider
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i dont have facts and figures i'm afraid,

most cars use more fuel to start the engine than to drive the car for a mile
my car was built in the 70's and requires the carb to be primed before the car is started and so starts on a rich fuel/ air mixture causing un-burnt fuel to come out allong with a higher carbon emission at start up than when running for five mins

also, in hot weather i cant guarentee starting again without fireing 'black cack' out of the exhaust, last summer a white audi got too close in traffic (the engine cut out, so i'd not bothered re-starting until i was going to move) fired 'black cack' out the exhaust and into his air intake (nothing i could do about it) which caused his car to cut out.

my engine is due a strip down and re-build this year.

Pringlecp · June 2007

I always thought it was best (ie less polluting) to leave an engine running rather than turn it off, if you are stopping for just a few minutes.
Also, aren't catalytic converters less efficient once cooled down?
Sorry - no facts and fig though!

Another year older, another Budweiser

Unknown · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Pringle

I always thought it was best (ie less polluting) to leave an engine running rather than turn it off, if you are stopping for just a few minutes.
Also, aren't catalytic converters less efficient once cooled down?
Sorry - no facts and fig though!

Another year older, another Budweiser
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catalitic convers do very little on short runs, such as to the supermarket as they need to heat up, infact they're worse for emissions than a car without a catalitic converter on it

cannondale_boy · June 2007

1675 idiot drivers on our roads. [:o)] + many more!

"In 1949, 34 per cent of miles travelled using a mechanical mode were by bicycle"

Road signs 'lost' on many drivers

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