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47Jag
Joined: 26 Jun 2008 Posts: 1480 Location: Bothwell, Scotland
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 11:46 am Post subject: |
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Wouldn’t a set of ‘on demand traffic lights (loop sensors in the minor road) be an answer? That way the traffic could flow freely. We have a narrow railway underpass that operates like that and seems to work fine.
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4756 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
I have often wondered why the authorities place street furniture/signs where the can obscure what would otherwise be a clear view.
https://goo.gl/maps/QzSu5n8owqP2 _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6313 Location: Derby
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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47Jag wrote: | Wouldn’t a set of ‘on demand traffic lights (loop sensors in the minor road) be an answer? That way the traffic could flow freely. We have a narrow railway underpass that operates like that and seems to work fine.
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My wife suggested the same. Apparently there have been quite a few accidents there.
(Perhaps the old chap thought he was in France where traffic from side roads take priority. )
I am surprised and pleased that no one was severely injured. It could have been hell of a lot worse. |
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alastairq
Joined: 14 Oct 2016 Posts: 1954 Location: East Yorkshire
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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From a BBC interview, it seems the reference to 'his legs' was that one leg was trapped, and had to be freed by a passer-by.
Like nearly all collisions....where one party has 'failed to comply'...etc.etc....we, the public, never get to hear or read about the eventual outcomes. A driver reported for DWDC, etc, may well respond without Court attendance.
This sort of outcome doesn't make good news, and doesn't serve the anti-royalty, or anti-old drivers lobbies at all.
So we don't get the full story.
Plus, the 'winter sunshine' thing in the cartoon diagram is very misleading. When the other car involved came from a northerly direction?
The real issue lies with the speeds involved. With a 60 mph limit, any driver in a side road needs to see a lot further up the main road in either direction, in order to comply with the 'give way' rules.
A 50 mph limit gives everybody concerned, a bit more time to respond.
Yup,the reasons for speed limits is all to do with time!
Question has also to be asked [well, I would do...if I were still in my professional capacity, which I no longer am, so don't care any more].....what sort of action did the Kia driver take on observing [if indeed they did bother to?]..the warning signs on the main road...warning of a road junction ahead? Having been warned, did they then make further observations, to see if any vehicles were waiting [or approaching] the aforewarned junction? What actions did the Kia driver then take, regarding the increased levels of hazard they observed?
All this might also be taken into account ?
{There can be a huge difference between liability as far as insurance is concerned, and contravention of any Law by drivers concerned. Might just be a case of both drivers actually meeting thresholds for careless driving? Possibly?}
Of course, that outcome wouldn't suit the media, or the great unwashed general public, one iota.
Surprisingly, the Duke is a very highly trained driver....but everybody can get things wrong at some point or other.
Often, we get away with it. _________________ Dellow Mk2, 1951 built, reg 1952.
Fiat 126 BIS
Cannon special [1996 registered. Built in 1950's]
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Ford Pop chassis, Ashley 1172 bodyshell, in pieces. |
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mikeC
Joined: 31 Jul 2009 Posts: 1775 Location: Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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alastairq wrote: |
Plus, the 'winter sunshine' thing in the cartoon diagram is very misleading. When the other car involved came from a northerly direction?
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It seems more likelythat it was the Kia driver, if anyone, that was dazzled by the low sun. _________________ in the garage: 1938 Talbot Ten Airline
Recently departed: 1953 Lancia Appia, 1931 Austin Seven, 1967 Singer Chamois, 1914 Saxon, 1930 Morris Cowley, 1936 BSA Scout, 1958 Lancia Appia coupe, 1922 Star 11.9 ... the list goes on! |
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alanb
Joined: 10 Sep 2012 Posts: 516 Location: Berkshire.
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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The other driver was a 28 year old female, if the young female drivers around my neck of the woods are anything to go by she was probably on her phone. _________________ old tourer
Morris 8 two seater |
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6313 Location: Derby
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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I have heard they will be reducing the speed limit to 50 mph. The meeting to discuss the speed limit had been arranged before Prince Philip had his crash.
I understand the Queen is the only person in the U.K. who isn't required to have a driving license because they are issued in her name. |
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4756 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
The suncalc tool indicates that at about 1500hrs on 17th the sun's angle would have been approx from the SW point of the field below the church, and towards the junction.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.8086229,0.4853991,994m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
http://suncalc.net/#/53.955,-2.7825,14/2019.01.17/15:00
Unfortunately suncalc isn't loading Gmaps at the moment so I can't move it to Norfolk
Norfol is over 3 degrees further East than that Suncalc location so the sunwould have been lower and further west than the angle shown. _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
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alastairq
Joined: 14 Oct 2016 Posts: 1954 Location: East Yorkshire
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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mikeC wrote: | alastairq wrote: |
Plus, the 'winter sunshine' thing in the cartoon diagram is very misleading. When the other car involved came from a northerly direction?
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It seems more likely that it was the Kia driver, if anyone, that was dazzled by the low sun. |
Looking at google maps, it would appear it might have been the Duke who had the winter sun directly in his eyes, from across the road. The other car appears to have been travelling in a ESE direction...
[Where did the 'winter sun' information come from? surely not the Duke himself? Was it supposition by a reporter 'who probably has but basic driving skills anyway?] _________________ Dellow Mk2, 1951 built, reg 1952.
Fiat 126 BIS
Cannon special [1996 registered. Built in 1950's]
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Ford Pop chassis, Ashley 1172 bodyshell, in pieces. |
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4756 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
Alastair that is either SSE or SbyE _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
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alastairq
Joined: 14 Oct 2016 Posts: 1954 Location: East Yorkshire
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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ok...I was looking at it sideways, as you do? _________________ Dellow Mk2, 1951 built, reg 1952.
Fiat 126 BIS
Cannon special [1996 registered. Built in 1950's]
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Bitumen Boy
Joined: 26 Jan 2012 Posts: 1735 Location: Above the snow line in old Monmouthshire
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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Ray White wrote: | Bitumen Boy wrote: | Whatever really happened, it's worth noting that ANY ordinary motorist in this situation would be facing a rap for driving without due care and attention - at the very least. Somehow I doubt Phil has anything to worry about, one rule for them... |
What do you think should happen to him? Perhaps he should pay for a roundabout at the junction. It would be good PR and it's not as if he would notice the cost is it?
It is not just the Royals who use that road; there is the caravan park. ...(Presumably a nice little earner for Her Maj. ) |
As I say, Ray - he should be treated as any other motorist involved in an accident like that, which these days is inevitably going to mean prosecution. How is anyone supposed to have faith in the law unless that law is applied equally to all? |
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emmerson
Joined: 30 Sep 2008 Posts: 1268 Location: South East Wales
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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And today the same elderly gentleman has had "words of advice" from the police for driving without a seat belt!
One law for them and one for us! |
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6313 Location: Derby
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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emmerson wrote: | And today the same elderly gentleman has had "words of advice" from the police for driving without a seat belt!
One law for them and one for us! |
...and I expect Liz has had a few things to say about it too...
There's no fool like an old fool and he is very, very old. |
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ukdave2002
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4104 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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Duke of Hazzard.....?
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