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Tractors, Cyclists and Emmets
kernewek
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A Cornish rant. Why on a money saving forum? Because its costing me a small fortune in fuel getting stuck behind them. So I thought I would post a few hints and tips for the above groups.
Tractors - When chugging along at 15mph on a busy A road in the rush hour, there are things called LAY-BYs where you can pull in from time to time to let all the angry people trying to get to work behind you past.
Cyclists - When enjoying your Sunday afternoon bike ride is it really necessary to block up the whole carriageway just so you can have a nice chit chat? Have you not seen the massive queue of traffic behind you?
Emmets -
1. The National speed limit is 60mph not 20.
2. You do not need to stop on an A road when another vehicle comes the other way.
3. Mirror Signal Manoeuver as opposed to pass the turn, slam on the brakes and reverse.
4. Doing a three point turn on a blind corner of a busy A road is a bad idea.
5. Pavements are for pedestrians, roads for cars not vice versa.
6. Walking out in front of a moving vehicle is a bad idea.
7. When walking down a road without a pavement it is common etiquette to move to the side of the road when a vehicle wants to pass.
8. Do you really need the massive motor home? Here's a money saving tip, pass on the 50k vehicle and massive fuel bills and campsite fees and book into a B&B instead. You don't even have to empty the toilet.
9. If you do decide to drive said motor home try checking the map or even use a satnav before getting stuck down a narrow dead end.
Thank you
Tractors - When chugging along at 15mph on a busy A road in the rush hour, there are things called LAY-BYs where you can pull in from time to time to let all the angry people trying to get to work behind you past.
Cyclists - When enjoying your Sunday afternoon bike ride is it really necessary to block up the whole carriageway just so you can have a nice chit chat? Have you not seen the massive queue of traffic behind you?
Emmets -
1. The National speed limit is 60mph not 20.
2. You do not need to stop on an A road when another vehicle comes the other way.
3. Mirror Signal Manoeuver as opposed to pass the turn, slam on the brakes and reverse.
4. Doing a three point turn on a blind corner of a busy A road is a bad idea.
5. Pavements are for pedestrians, roads for cars not vice versa.
6. Walking out in front of a moving vehicle is a bad idea.
7. When walking down a road without a pavement it is common etiquette to move to the side of the road when a vehicle wants to pass.
8. Do you really need the massive motor home? Here's a money saving tip, pass on the 50k vehicle and massive fuel bills and campsite fees and book into a B&B instead. You don't even have to empty the toilet.
9. If you do decide to drive said motor home try checking the map or even use a satnav before getting stuck down a narrow dead end.
Thank you
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Just one point that I (and Darwin) would sometimes disagree with.6. Walking out in front of a moving vehicle is a bad idea.
When I see some people walking along with earphones plugged in and trying to text at the same time, I sometimes think a bit of natural selection isn't a bad idea.0 -
!!!!!! is an emmett?:D"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf"
(Kabat-Zinn 2004):D:D:D0 -
We should adopt the German rule, a tractor / slow moving vehicle must pull into a layby and let traffic pass. I would also like to know why farmers complain about their long days but always manage to be on the road at 9 am and 5 pm.0
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ah yet another reason why I like to commute on a motorbike, passing streams of traffic stuck behind slow moving vehicles just makes my day
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!!!!!! is an emmett?:D
If only there was something that enabled us to search the Internet. A sort of 'search engine', as you were
Emmet (Cornish) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia0 -
!!!!!! is an emmett
It's a bit like a Grockle.0 -
The farmers in Somerset are obviously far more courteous - I don't really mind getting stuck in a queue behind one, as they have to do their job, and quite frankly in the grand scheme of things, providing meat, milk, crops etc is far more important than my job.
When they do pull in, I do a friendly "toot toot" on the horn, and wave in ackowledgement.
Emmets and grockles do contribute to the local economy, so I just grit my teeth and put up with them. However the hoards of foreign students hogging the pavements in Bath, can either get out of my way, or get barged through. :cool:0 -
Those tractors and Emmets are probably responsible for a large % of Cornwalls GDP.The man without a signature.0
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If only there was something that enabled us to search the Internet. A sort of 'search engine', as you were
Emmet (Cornish) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
If only there was something, that made me have the inclination to do so;):D"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf"
(Kabat-Zinn 2004):D:D:D0 -
I like Frank Skinner's comment on the countryside............
"People who live in the country say they love the wide open spaces. If there is so much space, why don't they use some of it to make a tractor lane?"
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:"I may be many things but not being indiscreet isn't one of them"0
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