Morpheus

Delhi

Bunny

Careful or you'll give us a bad reputation! What tyres were you wearing? I'll make sure not to buy any. Anyway, you got out in one piece, that's all that matters.

Definitely agree about colder weather on the way, as here in Hertfordshire there have only been about 3 or 4 frosty weekday mornings so far. February is usually coldest anyway and this year the really freezing weather has presumably come at it's normal time. Last year was late November snow which stayed on the ground for a month or more. I had to burn rubber to even get the Supra out of the garage and once out, it got stuck without smoking the tyres again. The rear tyres are Run-Flat though, so way too hard a compound and totally wrong tread pattern. My windscreen was frosted up inside this evening at work and my Weather Channel iPhone App' says it will possibly snow on Sunday and Monday. I've heard estimates of a record freeze this year like last but we'll see. My Dad remembers it snowing in June or July back in about 1964, so anything could happen. Like yourself Eddie-S, I bought another more winter friendly vehicle but so far it's just costing me more money. It would be helpful to know what the best winter tyres are for the Supra, anyone?

Ask Branners. He'll know.

Waterbondage

Indentation

Hopelessness

Chainsaw

Favour

Madras

Race

Breaking News! Errol The Hamster gives exclusive interview..... http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/50356_7415711713_502_n.jpg "It wasn't my fault, honest to God it wasn't." "The roundabout just came out of nowhere!" Close friend and colleague Roland Rat, also present, added tearfully, "I'm just glad the van is ok. I knew I shouldn't have let that Leek nibbling idiot drive it!" Mr. Hamster replied, "Sorry Roland." Scotland Yard declined to comment, pending a review of in-car video evidence.

Perhaps he was too busy looking where he was going or just as importantly, where someone else was going next to/behind him? I've driven that same route many times and that roundabout does need a lot of concentration as to which lane to get in and where everyone else is. I wouldn't blame anyone at that particular point if they were looking in their left mirror. The passenger, having no control over the car and fearing for their lives, (as one does when being driven by someone else!), probably had nothing better to do than watch out for potential dangers. I really dislike that roundabout and think it's actually quite dangerous in it's layout, as many are. If you don't already know which lane to take as you approach from the East, you have no option to change safely without extreme caution and can very easily be forced to take the wrong exit. This alone would be enough to 'divert' a driver's focus onto where they are going rather than a relatively rare emergency vehicle or other driver that might run a red light without themselves even slowing down, incase someone didn't see or hear them or have time to give way. Most such collisions if they do happen, will be down to unfortunate timing, that is, they strike you as highly unlikely but in fact become inevitable unless everyone drives very defensively, since there are something like 24 million motor vehicle journeys per day in The U.K. It's actually staggering how few accidents there are. The bottom line is to learn from experience and never credit anyone ever again with any common sense whatsoever!

Hum

Snake

Check out the rear end at 1.39-1.47! bCLdOdKFUMc

Yes, of course he was in a hurry to get somewhere for a good reason - hopefully - but what's the point in risking your life, your passenger's life and multiple other people's lives on the way to only potentially save/help/assist another? The net benefit of this equation is probably negative in the long run, as without better judgement, the police driver couldn't control the outcome in a worst case scenario, e.g. our erol_h here having slower reflexes or God forbid, driving a less capable car. In other words, a serious accident becomes absolutely inevitable. The fact that this near-miss happened atall, is hard evidence of exactly the attitude you seem unable to comprehend. In the real world this is what people are like. Complacent.

(This is what I was going to say but I didn't, as it sounds too much like a rant). Since when did that make any difference? We're way down the rabbit hole. You have no rights. End of. If you fit a certain profile, you can simply disappear. Just ask the guys in Guantanamo. Only in a Republic do the citizens have any inalienable rights, (those which no-one can take away), and even in America, The Constitution is on life-support, surrounded by crooked doctors. In a 'Democracy', (a con-trick designed to make you think you have a choice while the same interests fund and run both or more sides), The State grants you rights because it's mob rule and they don't recognise your God given freedom from government harrassment because they don't recognise the existence of God as a viable alternative to outright random chaos and therefore, he who has the biggest stick, rules the roost with impunity, if you'll pardon my mixed metaphor! The police could easily cook up some story to cover themselves erol_h, like you were "obviously exceeding the speed limit at the point of impact" or the lack of skidmarks prove that you didn't show due caution yourself or you were seen to be on your mobile, etc. It's their word against yours. Simple as that. They drive this way because they know that they can get away with it and they won't have to pay for the damage. One day that police driver will kill someone and maybe then, show some common sense. Until then, he's a loose cannon and it's only a matter of time. Obviously not intending any harm to either party, it would have been better for everyone but yourselves if you had hit him erol_h. That way, it would have nipped it in the bud and got on the news to perhaps publicise the issue again, as that's a major roundabout and would have caused a serious tailback in every direction. If you hit him, you'd have probably been unharmed. Speeding police are the greatest danger on the roads today apart from pikeys and black ice, imho. Sorry just ice. Black ice is racist, isn't it? Oh, hang on, that's coloured ice. Anyway, watch out for it guys, as it's that time of year again. Gotta be extra careful. Sure glad I didn't say all that in the end. BHDmzR4Dfgw

Yeah, imagine a steamroller driver with road rage! Still, he looks like he's already going flat out.

I thought that would go down well with you Rob! Watch this, then it will all become clear........ gHCxdlZ7G18

That takes some guts!

Thanks for posting this! Have you guys seen 'The Snail'? (Otherwise known as, less car go).