I was at the chip shop earlier tonight and it has its own parking car park
which is a one way with the entrance having a no entry sign on it. A car
decided to go through the no entry and cut back onto the road. I was
standing in the chip shop waiting for my haddocks chips and ...

Has any car mag published a comparison of sat nav systems? Is there a
consensus as to which ones are better?
I'm specifically interested in TomTom as I know it works both in Europe
and the USA (do others?)

I believe these work by directing laser at the number plate.
So how would they "catch" our Alfa 156, where the number plate is on the
side?
Surely by the time I've seen the van, I brake hard, during which time it has

Anyone have any recommendations or warnings about where to take my car for
its MOT?
I live in Abergele, so the nearer the better.
Thanks.

Any reason why , or have I missed them?

Anyone know if it's free and not too difficult on a Sunday afternoon? 5 of
us which makes PT less attractive, cost wise.

Next time white van man pulls out of a junction too late, causing you
to have to brake, just beep your horn to express your displeasure at
his/her lack of consideration.
Result: (s)he will drive through the rest of the village in front of

Nine points on his licence and he pulls two more speeding offences, 57 in a
40 limit, 63 in a 50 limit. He got a £800 fine, less than I've seen
reported for people committing lesser speeding offences.
Then he comes up with some hypocritical bollocks:

Is it supposed to be bad practice for cyclists to pass on the inside?
Most of them seem to do it in slow moving traffic, but it seems
dangerous to me.  There are cyclists on the inside, and quite often
motorcyclists on the other side.  It makes slow moving traffic

Click on link for secured loans for the UK and info and these loans
Good stuff but only if your need to.
http://quick-cash-loans.co.uk/ukloan.htm

Ford have been testing their Escape hybrid in various cities in the US as a
taxi - it's worked well for local route use, saving cabbies quite a bit and
running 100,000 miles without serious maintenance issues, including
batteries.

Appearing all over Wales soon...
http://www.munge.org.uk/driving/SmartCam.gif

1. On and negotiating a three lane roundabout a couple of grey haired
old ladies pulled straight out in front of me. I just managed to avoid
T boning them, as they pulled out then crawled around deep in
conversation fingers pointing at the various exits as they continued

I recently had to go to Stansted airport. Traffic was very quite, as I took
the exit from the M25 (from the west) to the M11 North. As I took the
sliproad at the junction, I continued at an apparently slow 80, onto a very
long curve onto the M11. It seemed quite obvious that the ...

Following on from posts in the 'Silly speed limit' thread, I was just
thinking about why stop signs and give-way signs have a unique shape.
As they're obviously orders they should logically be round, but they don't.
Just idle curiosity, but anyone know why?