Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things

GDB2222

Davesnave wrote: »

We don't need to do that; there's an incredible number of trees around here with ribbons & plastic flowers attached.

That is actually very sad.

lostinrates

I see an incredible number of crashes/crash sites. \most often very nippy looking smart hatchbacks. when dh had his crash what horrified me were the number of teens driving like twerps on ice past the police with lights flashing on a bend on a single carriage way road. Most accidents I see are on the main road dividing the two bigger towns near me....they almost merge into one another but have a stretch of bleak main road with a few fields and logistics type places between....straightish, wide and with lights, used lots by lorries....its tempting for young people and hotheads to drive beyond their capability in such circumstances I guess.

Mainly its just pranks, but a fair few flowers and rollovers too.

Davesnave

GDB2222 wrote: »

That is actually very sad.

It possibly shows that people here maintain a stronger relationship with places where their loved ones came to grief than they might in in busier environments. Some of the shrines could be many years old.

There has been a huge increase in accidents involving young people in Devon, but driving too fast is fairly general. OTOH people here are well mannered and have no problem with backing-up or acknowledging a courtesy manoeuvre. However, if there is a gap and they think it's feasible to pass with a bit of hedge-scraping, most of them go for it without even blinking.

Having said that, it was an old lady in a Toyota who was upside down last Sunday. A friend of a friend pulled her out, shaken but uninjured.

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

£62 IIRC - special deal on Amazon. It comes with a headset, but I use a fancy Sennheiser microphone. I'm using a 5 year old PC that cost just over £200, so it doesn't need fancy hardware.

I have a 5-6 year old, cheap, PC that started life with 40GB HD and a quite slow processor. Even Word 2003 is a struggle to launch.

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

Pastures, in Cornwall/Devon, there was a tradition of wrecking. Perhaps on a busy road you could have signs for a layby that actually point towards a large oak tree. Then, when people crash into the tree, you can all emerge from your houses and loot their cars before the emergency services arrive. It is good to keep the old traditions alive, don't you agree?

Genius idea!!!

zagubov

When I first came to the south of England I was amazed by how many cars ended up in ditches after the first flake of snow was seen. Actualy you never saw any cops on the country roads but there were loads of cars in ditches even in good weather

In London it was worse; I despair at the driving. I presume they're all Star Wars fans who like to close their eyes and "use the Force". :mad:

PasturesNew

If there's 1/2" either side of me I'm going through .... even if you look horrified and are imagining that I'm about to take the entire side of your caravan off as I pass. Welcome to the West Country .... but do learn to judge the width of your vehicle/a gap.... we can stick a bus through the gaps you lot leave.... watch us.

Rinoa

silvercar

I don't know where I read this, but if (& I hope not) you ever find yourself upside down strapped into your car, think twice before releasing the seat belt. Gravity dictates that the seat belt is the only thing preventing you falling and breaking your neck, even if the fall would only be 6 inches, it would be enough to do serious damage. Correct response is to use your limbs to brace yourself in position before releasing the seat belt - or wait for help.

vivatifosi

silvercar wrote: »

I don't know where I read this, but if (& I hope not) you ever find yourself upside down strapped into your car, think twice before releasing the seat belt. Gravity dictates that the seat belt is the only thing preventing you falling and breaking your neck, even if the fall would only be 6 inches, it would be enough to do serious damage. Correct response is to use your limbs to brace yourself in position before releasing the seat belt - or wait for help.

One of my young (early teens) rels found themselves in a car accident recently. Car being driven by older teen, inexperienced motorist. Relative was wearing a seatbelt and even though the car turned over she just had bruising, as walked away, other kids all ok, but worse injuries due to not wearing belts. She's very shaken but thankfully a valuable lesson learned. NPs may remember that it wasn't that long ago and also at this time of year that a young member of my family lost her life in a car crash at the tragically young age of 19. We're hoping that the younger rel will be very careful now when picking who to accept a lift from.