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Quote: Originally posted by LegsDownKettleOn on 31/8/2009

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My point being that the octagenarians are just as dangerous as the 18 year olds. There are just fewer of them. That doesn't make their driving any safer.

I was driving when I was 17 and am now 37. I can honestly say I never

a) handbraked a car round mcdonalds
b) owned a vauxhal nova
c) raced down a bypass
d)collided with a tractor
e)killed 5 people.

Have to question what 5 people were doing on a tractor on the bypass too. I guess it was weaving between lanes being driven by a half blind octagenarian.

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Quote: Originally posted by WilliamGeorge on 31/8/2009

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/8230612.stm

WG

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Oh well if you can give an example you must be right...Oh wait, here are two examples of old wrinklies going the wrong way up the motorway. One age 68, the other aged 73.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/5392504.stm

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Motorway-smash-car-drove-wrong-way/article-267559-detail/article.html

Quote: Originally posted by LegsDownKettleOn on 01/9/2009

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Quote: Originally posted by WilliamGeorge on 31/8/2009

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/8230612.stm

WG

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Oh well if you can give an example you must be right...Oh wait, here are two examples of old wrinklies going the wrong way up the motorway. One age 68, the other aged 73.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/5392504.stm

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Motorway-smash-car-drove-wrong-way/article-267559-detail/article.html

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We can all quote different stories including me. What I can say I have just returned from a camping weekend with a motorcyle club.There were several there what you and others insist on calling us old wrinkles who have traveld several miles to attend, some from Southern Ireland.We have to have our wits about and watch out for car drivers who just think they can beat us when pulling out of junctions.Most of these are usualy young to middle age. What does upset most of us is that we can tell they have seen us by the way they look at us when they have done it.  We can all have a go at people here from caravan drivers towing too fast (which was the origanal post) to other forms of anti social driving. All the comments on here will not have any effect.  

WG

Oh well if you can give an example you must be right...Oh wait, here are two examples of old wrinklies going the wrong way up the motorway. One age 68, the other aged 73.

so why is my 19 year old sons insurance premium almost £1k a year and my 83 year old wrinkly dads insurance £350 ???

Quote: Originally posted by bev+jon on 01/9/2009

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Oh well if you can give an example you must be right...Oh wait, here are two examples of old wrinklies going the wrong way up the motorway. One age 68, the other aged 73.

so why is my 19 year old sons insurance premium almost £1k a year and my 83 year old wrinkly dads insurance £350 ???

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If the clown who pulled out in front of me from the slip road at 35 mph this afternoon in a Ford Transit is reading

you dont have much luck with sliproads do you ??

i can count on the fingers of one hand the amount of times ive had a problem with that, but there again I read the road, anticipate what may happen and pull over  a lane at a junction sliproad or alter my speed to suit the developing conditions

In fact probably more so as there was no traffic on the road this morning

then why was it a problem ?? 2 cars on the road plus a clown & you nearly ran into the back of  him???   i dont get it mate

then why was it a problem ?? 2 cars on the road plus a clown & you nearly ran into the back of  him???   i dont get it mate

thats what i thought too