Member Since: 05 Sep 2006
Location: Hradec Kralove
Posts: 1095
tilting drivers
Personally I am facinated by the driving style of (typical) young drivers of sport cars (or what they want to believe is something like a sports car).
Looking through the rear window you can notice that the driver's head is not where it should be (in fornt of the head rest).
No, instead the complete upper body is inclinated towards the middle of the car and the head is somewhere above the parking brake.
I wonder if the author of the article noticed this as well and what explanation he gives to this phenomen.
At least we sit upright like real gents in the traffic!
4th Jan 2007 9:26 am
captain_sugar
Member Since: 05 Sep 2006
Location: Hradec Kralove
Posts: 1095
I think it has to do with the size of the steering wheel.
When I drive the company renault scenic, which has a mini steering wheel, it is clear that with one hand on the wheel you can't steer to much. With our massive wheel of the disco, with one hand you can steer wherever you need.
Utter wan***s..... drove a mates new toy (lotus elise) along our local lanes over the hols and hated having so little view of what was going on!!! OK on a track but a deathtrap in that enviroment Clarkson shot up a Prius ( or whatever it is called) and got it spot on as another point !
Well off to tow a horse box with a Smart Car..just for fun
And finally crude oil is trading at $59 a barrel today so why the f**k are we still paying 91p ish for diesel? $80 down to $59 is about a 26% reduction. 102p down to 91p is about 11%. at least dick turpin wore a funny hat and mask Alive and kicking..who's round is it anyway ??
4th Jan 2007 12:27 pm
simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
Malcolm wrote:
at least dick turpin wore a funny hat and mask
yeah but he was not allowed to hide behind Government
4th Jan 2007 12:39 pm
zig
Member Since: 09 Sep 2005
Location: Scotland
Posts: 640
Report TRL653 titled "Maintaining Progress Towards The 2010 Casualty Reduction Target 2004 Data" published in 2006 and prepared for the Road User Safety Division, Department of Transport shows that 4x4s are safer.
Search for TRL653 and have a look at the graph in Figure 4.14 on page 28 and you will see what I mean.
However, I have never heard this UK report, which was done for the Department of Transport, and the fact 4x4 are safer mentioned in the UK media.
The media seem more content in searching the world for anti 4x4 reports and repeating them.
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