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The Doctor Member Since: 09 Jul 2010 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 4615 ![]() ![]() |
Got home today from a family holiday in Scotland this last week. We stayed in St Andrews and due to needing the extra luggage capacity, I drove my dads Audi A4 Avant. I took the liberty of fitting my dashcam into his car just in case and we captured the usual iffy moments... (motorbikes galore on that road where the Skoda overtook - bad place to do it)
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Dartman the one Member Since: 04 Apr 2013 Location: Seville, Spain Posts: 1692 ![]() ![]() |
Welcome to Scotland, just normal every day occurrences, if you got uptight about it you' d die of heart failure |
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The Doctor Member Since: 09 Jul 2010 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 4615 ![]() ![]() |
Yes, being on holiday kept me calmer than usual. I think its a lack of forward thinking by the RRS in the first clip. He just thought he would go for it on the straight stretch but underestimated how long it would take to get past. He also overtook into a right turn box and of course there could have been cars pulling out of the side turning. He was certainly closer to me than the camera makes it look.
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Dartman the one Member Since: 04 Apr 2013 Location: Seville, Spain Posts: 1692 ![]() ![]() |
In Scotland if you get a clear stretch you go for it, the RRS was OK as the lines weren't continuous, the average speed on Scottish single carriage ways is about 45mph if you are lucky, the chances of anyone appearing out of the bend at high speed is extremely rare, basically driving without the man with the red flag is a risk up here, normally he would be hit first that's why the requirement was dropped , not like England where traffic speed was the reason |
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The Doctor Member Since: 09 Jul 2010 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 4615 ![]() ![]() |
Shed load of cameras on that road from Edinburgh to Newcastle via Jedburgh |
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Dartman the one Member Since: 04 Apr 2013 Location: Seville, Spain Posts: 1692 ![]() ![]() |
Being in the west, that is not a preferred route, in fact it is way down the list |
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taztastic Member Since: 03 Feb 2011 Location: North West Posts: 8652 ![]() ![]() |
Staggering ... Literally
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taztastic Member Since: 03 Feb 2011 Location: North West Posts: 8652 ![]() ![]() |
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npinks Member Since: 28 Jun 2007 Location: Ls25 Posts: 20092 ![]() ![]() |
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The Doctor Member Since: 09 Jul 2010 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 4615 ![]() ![]() |
This is being investigated now by police using this footage.
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The Doctor Member Since: 09 Jul 2010 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 4615 ![]() ![]() |
Lane hoggers are a pain but in terms of safety, the van picked a bad place to undertake and the Focus really didn't need to break the sound barrier to get past!
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Yorky Bob Member Since: 28 Apr 2015 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4561 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Wish I had a pound for every time I gone around that roundabout ![]() FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current |
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axle Member Since: 11 Sep 2016 Location: South Yorkshire. Posts: 1054 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Well in my opioin the most dangerous driver award geos to
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The Doctor Member Since: 09 Jul 2010 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 4615 ![]() ![]() |
*seems |
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