I bet a British truck driver did it, it's always a British truck driver.
What is it with truck drivers and paedophilia?

The age old thing... driving along at 50 on a dual carr. Left a decent
space from car in front. White (mini) van passes me, suddenly signals
left and cuts in. Not that dangerious but I did have to brake to stop
touching the back of him. Happens all the time right. This time I was

I saw on the TV news today that it is intended to impose 6 penalty
points on the registered keeper of a motor vehicle caught speeding.  I
don't know what they'll do if the registered keeper is a limited
company or other "artificial" person.

Just saw on Sky News that if you can't name the driver when caught speeding
you will get 6 points on your license.
<http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,30000-1285332,.html>
I'd rather admit it was me and get 3 points instead.

Travelling home along the M4 the other night, in the outside lane, I passed
a sign saying the limit was set at 50 mph, so I cut my speed down to 60, as
you do, after a couple of minutes some idiot drove right up into my boot and
started flashing his headlights, so, to try to do ...

Sorry, meant to put this into another posting;
http://www.bangernomics.co.uk/Welcome.html

So, it's around 2am in the morning and I'm sat in my shunter at the
Tesco DC I'm at when a call comes over the radio..
"Traffic to Shunter. The Police are at the gate and wanting to know if
our weighbridge works."

Please tell me that the driving ban starts when he leaves jail and not now.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/7012415.stm
"A teenage motorist who killed a 17-year-old girl while racing at speeds of
up to 100mph has been jailed for eight years at York Crown Court."

http://money.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,330697255-117763,00.html
On the road again
For Barrie Tozer, life behind the wheel of an HGV has had its ups and
downs - but as he tells Matt Keating, it is a career to which he has always

FWIW
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/pointsreview/

Hello group, just recently aquired a 2004 Accord 2.2 ictdi executive tourer,
its due a service very soon and I had heard that its is fitted with a timing
chain as opposed to a belt, can anyone tell me does it ever require
replacement/maintenance if this in fact true?

DIRTY OLD CAR
I drive an old motor - over forty years old.  I drive it about 500 -
1000 miles a year.
We have a nearly new Camry for trips other then my short runs to

Just back from Tesco's went on the bike as usual. as I disembarked by
the door a man with mobile phone clamped to his ear pushed his empty
trolly over beside my bike and left it, the trolly rolled away down the
gentle slope into a parked car.

Was looking in the highcode for some specifc information about undertaking
e.g what the actual law says, when its permitted and not permitted.
Some people are saying you can pass on the left of a vehicle if you lane is
going faster but it you pull past them in the left and move ...

My car is just over 2 yrs old and has worked fine since i bought it.
However, how can a modern car (even in so called summer) have a flat battery
after just 2 weeks of not starting and nothing being left on to drain it.
Mrs car was fine - but mine - no chance - had to jump start it ...