May have mentioned this upthread previously, but have often wondered just how these souped-up noise polluters manage to get their cars through an annual MOT. (Or maybe they don't!)
Pedestrian crossings that only change to green for pedestrians when there's a big enough gap in traffic that anyone able-bodied and under the age of 90 will be able to cross without the aid of the lights anyway.
If anyone does this while I'm crossing, it causes the sudden development of a twinge in my ankle, causing me to slow down dramatically.
Not so much work on a motorbike. Even on a car it is not so hard if you do it regularly and have a proper flange joint rather than the usual crude sleeve joint.
While driving I have absolutely no problem waiting at a pedestrian crossing for someone to cross no matter how slow they are. My grind is having to stop at the crossing when there’s no one there as they’ve already crossed.
I agree on that front, but your gripe should be with the council worker who programmed the crossing, not the pedestrian who crossed when there was a suitable gap. I'm glad we don't have "jaywalking" laws in this country that would mean having to wait to cross an empty road.
Don't get me started on that one. And indeed, always seem to leave it in the middle of a parking space.
I think that their owners know where the MoT examination is perfectly OK an the main safety test but regards the 'cosmetic' legal requirements as 'optional'. Typically this might not only ignore noise legislation, but other matters such as headlight power and colour, windscreen/window tint, rear light cluster designs, etc , despite their potential to cause confusion with other road users and affect the health of those in the locality. Some of these things are only picked up at a police roadside stoppage when the driver is told to remove/correct them, but it is extremely rare for them to end up in court with a follow through to the tester's liability. The custom car fraternity would be whining away to the media about 'persecution of motorists and their hobby'.May have mentioned this upthread previously, but have often wondered just how these souped-up noise polluters manage to get their cars through an annual MOT. (Or maybe they don't!)
Then when you actually see what they’re driving it’s a Nissan Micra.May have mentioned this upthread previously, but have often wondered just how these souped-up noise polluters manage to get their cars through an annual MOT. (Or maybe they don't!)
Lazy stereotyping
The Daily Express is built on it.Lazy stereotyping
I'm in no way defending or excusing the behaviour you describe, but (much like the pedestrian crossing discussion) can we also "ban" councils who don't maintain their road surfaces and drainage systems to a satisfactory condition which prevents standing water build-up unless there's a particularly out-of-the-ordinary amount of rain in a short period of time...Drivers of any vehicles who insist on driving through flooded streets at full speed on rainy days, soaking pedestrians walking on the adjacent pavement. Yes, I'm looking at you Audi driver (more lazy stereotyping!) who soaked my clean-on fawn coloured trousers with muddy, oily water in Church Street, Halifax this afternoon.
They exist to generate forum posts bemoaning their existence...
I'm sure a biologist would disagree and say that they are an essential part of the food chain.
Or if they're me and therefore looking perpetually at their shoes
It amuses the small children, so I enjoy witnessing such events and briefly becoming one again.Drivers of any vehicles who insist on driving through flooded streets at full speed on rainy days, soaking pedestrians walking on the adjacent pavement. Yes, I'm looking at you Audi driver (more lazy stereotyping!) who soaked my clean-on fawn coloured trousers with muddy, oily water in Church Street, Halifax this afternoon.
As a former resident of Surrey, that is somewhat triggering!
If Midges didn't exist what would they have called the former station on the Preston to Ormskirk line, not to mention the pub next to it?
....or the appropriately named hamlet of Midgehole, beside the Hebden Water a couple of miles North of Hebden Bridge.
Name origin of the relatively tiny place in Lancashire seems to be from the 14th century 'Miggehalgh', with Old English origins, and probably meaning "Land or enclosure infested with midges". (A "halh" or "halgh" or "haugh" more usually means a nook or enclosure, or water meadow, or similar, rather than a hall).
Irrespective of how the puddle formed, it is an offence to not take reasonable steps to avoid splashing pedestrians.Or if they're me and therefore looking perpetually at their shoes
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It amuses the small children, so I enjoy witnessing such events and briefly becoming one again.
