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Motorhomes are great, more free camping should be allowed, it works in most places around the world, why not in the uk, other than narrow minded people, wanting to keep areas to themselves
There’s a group of new Motorhome idiots but still many places you can get them, if you know how to drive and your vehicleMike
7th Aug 2021 12:55 pm
General_Git
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Perhaps someone can correct me but I think that since the larger ones' mgw exceeds 3.5 T then anyone with a license issued after 97 (or whenever it was) can't drive them with a standard license. While i enjoy grandaddy rights, I'm happy that more and more people can't drive these things without additional training and a test.
Sadly though I'm still quite young (honestly) so there are still a huge number of us which can just drive them away. I used to drive 7.5 T for a while and can easily see why they were removed as a default entitlement.LR3 MY05 TDV6 2.7 HSE - 130k
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7th Aug 2021 1:03 pm
Journeyman
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ronp wrote:
Campervans, motor homes & caravans pitched up on Ayr seafront!!
Bunch of tight fisted Freeloaders !!!
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I'm literally gobsmacked and can see how these inconsiderate eejits everyone off - especially the joker that has his awning pulled out!Cheers,
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7th Aug 2021 1:26 pm
ronp
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Would be good that if in the evening, the local police swooped in and gave a wee knock at the door for a friendly chat.
Then when talking to them, smell alcohol from the freeloaders breath.
The police then breathalyse and if they’ve had a wee bit more than a tipple, they then get charged with “being in charge of a motor vehicle whilst over the prescribed alcohol limit”.
They are on a public highway after all!
That should put a stop to it! ...... always on the road less travelled 🚧
7th Aug 2021 2:08 pm
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Stop being narrowminded and let then do what they want seems to be the cry
7th Aug 2021 2:13 pm
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It's as inconsiderate and as unnecessary as green laning. Both activities are legal but need controlling and addressing.New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
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It's as inconsiderate and as unnecessary as green laning. Both activities are legal but need controlling and addressing.
A bit like playing the bagpipes in a built-up area between 11 pm and 7 pm, then.
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8th Aug 2021 10:05 am
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Genuine query: if you go to hire one of these things, do you have to prove you can drive it? Similarly, if this destructive oaf owns this humongous carbuncle, would he have had to show his licence to ensure he was qualified to drive it off the forecourt?
Where we store the tin tent they hire out motorhomes and they check the driving licence to ensure hirer has the correct entitlement on their licence.
However having the correct entitlement does not mean the hirer has the experience/ability to drive such a large vehicle.
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8th Aug 2021 10:23 am
mse
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ronp wrote:
Would be good that if in the evening, the local police swooped in and gave a wee knock at the door for a friendly chat.
Then when talking to them, smell alcohol from the freeloaders breath.
The police then breathalyse and if they’ve had a wee bit more than a tipple, they then get charged with “being in charge of a motor vehicle whilst over the prescribed alcohol limit”.
They are on a public highway after all!
That should put a stop to it!
Doesnt apply to motorhomes...and rightly so Mike
9th Aug 2021 11:58 am
mse
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General_Git wrote:
Perhaps someone can correct me but I think that since the larger ones' mgw exceeds 3.5 T then anyone with a license issued after 97 (or whenever it was) can't drive them with a standard license. While i enjoy grandaddy rights, I'm happy that more and more people can't drive these things without additional training and a test.
Sadly though I'm still quite young (honestly) so there are still a huge number of us which can just drive them away. I used to drive 7.5 T for a while and can easily see why they were removed as a default entitlement.
You would be amazed now how many are at 3.5t
We were lucky and bought one at 4.25, which gave us the higher speed but higher payload... but its harder to find the up-plated ones, as they down rate them, its not just for young, older people loosing there rights was the problem and where the money in the country isMike
9th Aug 2021 12:00 pm
mse
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Journeyman wrote:
ronp wrote:
Campervans, motor homes & caravans pitched up on Ayr seafront!!
Bunch of tight fisted Freeloaders !!!
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I'm literally gobsmacked and can see how these inconsiderate eejits everyone off - especially the joker that has his awning pulled out!
Yet in most of europe they frequently support this, certainly in Germany, Norway etc - when we had ours, i cant tell you the number of places we parked ours, for free, in the centre of major cities.
What we need in the UK is a better approach to allowing things and personal freedoms...not banning things.
Why only ban motorhomes - not gas guzzling 4x4s, especially ones with snorkels that never use them etc...its a slipper slope.
Similar situation near here: idiot took down the fence of a neighbour "because it spoiled his view"; called the Police when the neighbour started coppicing their wood (ruining his view and hence the value of his house); complained about smells / early starts / machinery. Neighbour went round and politely pointed-out that she would be within her rights to keep pigs at the end of his garden. End of problem. He is universally hated and (strangely) can't find anyone to do work on his house / car / garden.
I'm English but I hate some of the English near here: don't wave; don't speak; treat local tradesmen as "the little man from the village"; they all seem obsessed with installing brick pavers!
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9th Aug 2021 12:06 pm
ronp
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mse wrote:
Doesnt apply to motorhomes...and rightly so
There are conditions when it does ...... and rightly so! ...... always on the road less travelled 🚧
9th Aug 2021 12:08 pm
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Well weve all seen that its ok for the local traveling comunity to pitch up anywhere they want to do it so why not everyone else. and at least this lot bag there waste and dont break into everything in a 5 mile radius. all smacks of nimbyism to me. wouldn thave it round our way mind MY05 SE D3 Manual my first LR what a car
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People have been convicted for "drunk in charge" when sleeping in the back of their stationary car - so why not a motor caravan?A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
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everyone off - especially the joker that has his awning pulled out!
