Random Irritations

Blue in Munich said:
No problem with them if you drive appropriately.
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Not when you’re driving the correct speed for the road and the paint has long since been eroded meaning you can’t see them, especially at night in wet conditions and hit them at much too high a speed. There are some so steep in Leeds that even crawling over them you get a jolt that’s bad for the car.
 
Kellfire said:
Not when you’re driving the correct speed for the road and the paint has long since been eroded meaning you can’t see them, especially at night in wet conditions and hit them at much too high a speed. There are some so steep in Leeds that even crawling over them you get a jolt that’s bad for the car.
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Well the correct speed for the road is one at which you can see all the hazards in sufficient time to deal with them, so apparently not the correct speed. Are you confusing the correct speed with the speed limit?
 
yandabrown said:
Requests to install a smart meter. I have just recieved a "Final Meter Reading" letter from SSE. I see no benefit in having a new smart meter but apparently I must have one the end of 2022. The benefits apparently include:
1) saving me time and hassle of submitting readings - really not that onerous in my opinion
2) Take steps to reduce energy and start saving - measuring really does not do this, it can tell me how effective I am at doing it but getting the other occupants of the house to turn off lights, radios and laptops when not in use will not be achieved by a smart meter!
3) Reduce my carbon footprint - really! Unless it can do #2 for me it will increase it. There will be carbon used to create and fit said new smart meter, I suspect that it will only have a life of 5-10 years (most technology fits here) before needing replacing again and my current one is perfectly fine and as it's simple has lasted for probably 50 years and unlikely to break before 2022.
4) Help modernise Britains energy infrastructure ... allow us to better predict ... - how does measuring my individual household use of electricty do that exactly! Surely consumption can be measured already.
Barking, the whole programme!
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They aren't compulsary, and you can insist on keeping your "old" meter.
I have so far, although I fail to see what's "old" about my digital meter........it's not as if there's moving mechanicals that can break;)
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Speed camera signs that do not show the speed limit for the stretch of road being monitored.
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Isn't it your responsibility to know the speed limit..?
And there'll be a speed limit sign just before the camera.
And the solo sign just means there could be a camera in the next 1km.
 
Imurg said:
Isn't it your responsibility to know the speed limit..?
And there'll be a speed limit sign just before the camera.
And the solo sign just means there could be a camera in the next 1km.
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Just thinking that if you are going to go to the bother and expense of putting up a sign indicating speed cameras ahead - what extra does it cost to simply stick the speed limit on the same sign...

Can't say I've noticed a speed limit sign immediately preceding every camera I pass - if there was I would not have this irritation.
 
Blue in Munich said:
Well the correct speed for the road is one at which you can see all the hazards in sufficient time to deal with them, so apparently not the correct speed. Are you confusing the correct speed with the speed limit?
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Obviously you’re totally in the wrong here and you know for a fact that speed bumps aren’t maintained to the standard they should be in all cases. I’d bet a lot of money that you’ve also hit some that weren’t easily visible because of their state of disrepair.

But hey, you wanna look cool by having a pop at me. That’s fine. That’s the internet. :)
 
people who, rather than get off their asses, sit at their desk and have a conversation with someone on the other side of the office
 
Why is there a glf sign in existence (national limits apply). A black sign with a black stripe on it must cost the same to install as a red circle with a number on it.

I regularly drive down a dual carriageway, with seperation, and most people on it drive at 30. I am guessing most have no idea what the speed limit is. It is painful.
 
murphthemog said:
Why is there a glf sign in existence (national limits apply). A black sign with a black stripe on it must cost the same to install as a red circle with a number on it.

I regularly drive down a dual carriageway, with seperation, and most people on it drive at 30. I am guessing most have no idea what the speed limit is. It is painful.
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When I did my speed awareness course last year the lack of knowledge was incredible

Nobody is perfect of course but some people thought national was 40 or 50
 
murphthemog said:
Why is there a glf sign in existence (national limits apply). A black sign with a black stripe on it must cost the same to install as a red circle with a number on it.

I regularly drive down a dual carriageway, with seperation, and most people on it drive at 30. I am guessing most have no idea what the speed limit is. It is painful.
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National speed limit signs are handy because there is a different speed limit for different classes of vehicle. Also if the Gov decided to raise (or lower) any of the limits is saves having to get a million signs redone.
 
Fade and Die said:
National speed limit signs are handy because there is a different speed limit for different classes of vehicle. Also if the Gov decided to raise (or lower) any of the limits is saves having to get a million signs redone.
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Plus the fact that you can get miles and miles of national limit road. It would cost a fortune to have a reminder sign every 400 yards...
 
Popcorn. Not sure why I ever bother with the stuff. Like chewing cardboard and spend the next hour trying to get the kernel bits out of my teeth.

I probably buy a bag a year and bin most of it. Must be my memory of it is much better than the reality.
 
Imurg said:
Plus the fact that you can get miles and miles of national limit road. It would cost a fortune to have a reminder sign every 400 yards...
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Then of course there's the BMW drivers signs to erect - "roar past everyone at double the speed limit cos you own the road"
 
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