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mrsmac10

fairclaire wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl: I never even thought well it is the big light

Like aau said Is this just a Scottish thing :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

TrulyMadly

Morning paw sniffers:D

Feeling fresh as paint this morning:T

Big light..........don't know what else I would call it:D

Thanks for the muller lusts:cool:

I've copied Munqui's........very helpful with bar codes for triggers
T hank you:T

Nannylala

Good morning

henrik777

Savvybuyer wrote: »

What gets me (or has had me wondering on a very small number of occasions) is those "zebra" crossings in supermarket car parks for example. How are they legal, in the sense of how is there a legal duty to stop at one when someone's crossing? (Not that we would deliberately run anyone over even if there isn't any legal authority.)

Albeit that they are in a "public place", i.e. a supermarket car park open to the public, they're still not on the road highways are they? Where's the flashing lamps at each side of the 'road' and the zig-zag lines? How do they qualify under the Zebra Pedestrian Pelican Crossings etc. Regulations, or whatever, and what would (or could) happen if someone did not stop at them? If they were taken to court for failing to stop at the crossing, would they just assume that it was a legal zebra crossing and apply the same rules to them or would or could the point be taken that they are not lawful, i.e. do not have the flashing lamps and zig-zag lead ups and lead outs, and therefore they are not zebra crossings under the law but merely some paint painted across some of the car park that has no legal standing. I've wondered (occasionally!:cool:;)). Have I a point or am I up the wrong tree and these really are zebra crossings just like any others (I'm in the legal mindset in my view as to what a "zebra crossing" is)?

Maybe your crossings in car parks have full working flashing lamps and proper compliant road markings fully adherent to the Zebra regulations, but I've never seen any to my knowledge!

The answer to your question as to what is a legal crossing will lie in the rules http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3113/made

They probably need a traffic regulation ordr though and as such private land will not have it and therefore the crossing will have no legal effect.

Careless driving would be possible, however.

mhoc

Morning all - I can see it being a mixed day ahead.

Just gone to download last nights emails on the iPad and its saying it needs the password. So I enter the password and it says it's not correct :mad:

No idea why or what has happened between last night and now.

It seems you cure one IT problem and then another pops up - I had a delinquent mouse last week which was double clicking, tried various ones from home and work with no joy, finally the problem was cured by buying a shiny new clicky mouse from Sada.
We also were getting slower and slower internet and the connection dropping out again and again, changing channels was not helping. It took 2 phone calls to sky to investigate and our speed was increased, might have been interference but anyway now it's back to how it was originally super shiny fast.

Now gmail has mysteriously lost its password ...:(

henrik777

Savvybuyer wrote: »

What are "average" speed cameras about anyway?!?:huh: Does that mean that you can drive through at 90 mph, as long as you do 10 mph at the other check point?!?

Alright, I get the point that speed limits are strict and that you might be found only a touch above the speed limit at one point and therefore an average is taken. Of course there is the 10% over before action is taken. Yet if it's a speed limit, you oughtn't to be exceeding it - aside from any minor temporary infraction by a very small amount I suspect.

Yet I'd be in total compliance, apparently, if I did 90mph at one check as long as at the other I did 10mph (and really annoyed every other motorist as well as recklessly putting my own life in danger on a motorway situation). Which must mean... it's therefore acceptable to drive at 90mph through the 50 (as you are within the average speed limit as long as your other figure is 10 - maybe it could be if you were caught in a traffic jam at that point?:think:)! (Of course it doesn't mean it's acceptable to drive at 90mph, I'm just taking it down that line of logic, or maybe lack of, to see where it leads.)

In fact, under the 'average speed', if you did the 'allowable' 10% over throughout, that would be in breach of the average speed?:question:?:think:

It doesn't matter what speeds you do passed each camera. The system knows how far apart each camera (checkpoint) is and uses the total time taken to travel the distance to work out you average speed for the whole distance.

Enforcement usually starts at 10% +2 so 35 in a 30 46 in a 40 etc. Also bear in mind it is legal for a speedo to over read by upto 10% but illegal to under read at all so most speedos are 2-3mph higher than your true speed anyway.

mhoc

Please can I ask has anyone done the 3 fir £5 beer and cider shop in Sada this week as part of a
Sada v sainsbobs shop

I was thinking of getting
One old moult
One carlsberg berry
One kingfisher - as I have the buzz kit MOC

I wonder if this would work but I am wondering what other items to get as part of this item.

Evangeline1971

Good morning

mrsmac10 wrote: »

Like aau said Is this just a Scottish thing :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Don't think so. I can often be heard saying " Turn that big light off" or "What are you doing with the big light on?" My mum always referred to it as "The big light" and so do I I don't like using the big light (the actual light, not the phrase) because it's far too glary, I prefer ambient lighting. MIL says we sit in darkness :huh: I use lamps. Who would want bright light glaring when trying to watch TV :huh: Well obviously my MIL would :rotfl:

Enterprise_1701C

Good morning all, nice day here so far

We have a problem, our big light is the same size as our little light

Oh, and I always wait for the green man when kids are waiting to cross the same crossing.

I have a freezer to defrost today, can't believe I have had it about a year more or less a year:D

Tw1nb0ys

Good morning everyone