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It’s very obvious to me now that many drivers are driving faster on all roads (excludes motorways as I haven’t been on any) and instances of overtaking when I am driving at the speed limit are more frequent. Another example was when crossing a road yesterday with a few cars approaching a distance aw...

I have used white spirit for forty odd years, mainly because it is sold as a solvent, rather than a fuel. However I see it can be described as a light kerosene and cannot see any obvious major difference in flammability. For years I was happy to use it with bare hands, then changing to latex gloves...

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Having worked for decades around fuels and oils, petrol presents massively underestimated risk - it’s main problem is the vapour, not the liquid, that is heavier than air and sinks to the lowest point it can find. These pockets can last much longer than people think and then hey ho a small ignition ...

Footballers on TV are the absolute worst - it appears to be the case they wait until a camera has them in close up before hacking up a gob full and ejecting the whole lot forcefully onto the pitch.

Please send onto your local councillors and any one else in a position of influence:

https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/23/2119 ... distancing

You have plenty of real witnesses no need for a camera.

Why can’t you just scrape the windscreen and windows free of frost then get in, start the engine and move off? Just wear appropriate clothing including gloves to cover being cold - It takes 2-3 minutes

Eight of these are military bases (while airfields, some are now home to Army units, e.g. Wattisham and Thorney Island). In most cases, use of cars by personnel living ‘on base’ or in military housing closeby is not routinely allowed from their barracks/housing to their normal place of work. You’d p...

A case where e the modification of a vehicle was considered a contributory factor. "Weaponised" is probably a bit more extreme than simply upping the speed, but it does happen I’ve just read the article just posted above and am flabbergasted that a serial driving offender who was driving ...

In every other area of our lives ‘near misses’ are given close attention, especially in cases involving industrial machinery, aircraft and boats. Not those involving cars though - is it simply political in that our representatives are fearful of waging a ‘war on the motorist’?

While there are clear geographic differences in rainfall volumes across the UK, having spent most of a working life outdoors including some extensive periods commuting by bike it can be surprising just how few days it rains really hard even though over last few weeks it feels like the opposite. 4 mi...

Came across an e-scooter in my small town today, on the pavement reasonably controlled but with all pedestrians giving very wide berth due it being new and strange. I had young dog ((5 mth old) with me who was very unsettled by it. I asked the chap why he wasn’t using the road and he replied it was ...

Hi RepusMaximus, I appreciate your viewpoint on everything except you riding this scooter on the pavement. If you want to continue using it then please use the road as that is likely to be the only place that it will ever be given full legal status asa powered vehicle. If you dont feel safe on it us...

Hi repusmaximus Barks here - I personally have no objection to these scooters being used in the road and I am pretty sure in time they will be given proper legal status in some shape or form. My point is that you appear to be wary of cycling or using your scooter on the road yet are quite prepared t...