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Jan 13th, 2011 at 11:36am

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Pottering along the M1 to work this morning I nearly got flattened by and idiot in a 3-series BMW who passed me at well over a tonne and then dived across four lanes to undertake some cars and then dive back across into the fast lane.
He missed my front wheel by about a yard! He missed the Vecta in lane 2 by even less!
So Mr. Need For Speed has it pegged when suddenly an interesting thing happened to the Vectra. All these lights came on and off it went like a stabbed rat.
Next time I saw Mr. BMW Driver (he who clearly has visual imparement due to the massive floppy pink appendage growing out of his forehead blocking his eyes) he was on the hard shoulder in the pouring rain having a nice chat with two very burly and unhappy looking plod.
Sometimes there truly are rewards for paying lots of tax Cool Cool Cool
 
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Reply #1 - Jan 13th, 2011 at 3:17pm

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I haven't a clue what your talking about.... Undecided

As an American and an old fart at that. Is there a translation available for the above story..... Grin

 
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Reply #2 - Jan 13th, 2011 at 3:26pm

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Quick translation;
D*ckheadd in BMW nearly kills me whilst driving above the instant ban speed. Nearly hits unmarked cop car whilst undertaking on a motorway (mega-illegal).
Gets busted and makes my morning a VERY happy one Cool
Oh and I considered the driver a total d*ckhead, hence the comment about the massive floppy pink appendage growing out of his forehead and getting in his eyes to obstruct his vision!
 
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Reply #3 - Jan 13th, 2011 at 4:06pm

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ozzy72 wrote on Jan 13th, 2011 at 3:26pm:
Quick translation;
D*ckheadd in BMW nearly kills me whilst driving above the instant ban speed. Nearly hits unmarked cop car whilst undertaking on a motorway (mega-illegal).
Gets busted and makes my morning a VERY happy one Cool
Oh and I considered the driver a total d*ckhead, hence the comment about the massive floppy pink appendage growing out of his forehead and getting in his eyes to obstruct his vision!


Okie Dokie.... Grin
 
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Albert Einstein - "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

Martin Luther King Jr. - “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - “There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.”

Mark Twain - “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
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Reply #4 - Jan 13th, 2011 at 6:22pm

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Don't mean to imply I'm any smarter than Rom, I'm not. But I got it all except for undertaking. I know what overtaking on the highway is, passing. And I know what undertaking means around here, mortician. But what does it mean in this context?  Undecided

BTW, glad you did not get creamed Mark. Smiley
 
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Reply #5 - Jan 13th, 2011 at 6:47pm

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People like that should be forced to strap thier family to the front of thier car every time they drive somewhere. I'd bet you'd see a quick change, right away.  Angry
 
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Reply #6 - Jan 13th, 2011 at 8:05pm

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patchz wrote on Jan 13th, 2011 at 6:22pm:
Don't mean to imply I'm any smarter than Rom, I'm not. But I got it all except for undertaking. I know what overtaking on the highway is, passing. And I know what undertaking means around here, mortician. But what does it mean in this context?  Undecided

BTW, glad you did not get creamed Mark. Smiley


I do have my slow days, I call them senior moments, brain cramps, brain farts and just plain ole duh moments... Huh  Undecided

As the great American Curly Howard liked to say, "I'm trying to think but nothing happens"  Grin

God I loved Curly, he was a comedic genius.

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"I have a place where dreams are born, And time is never planned. It’s not on any chart, You must find it with your heart."

Albert Einstein - "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

Martin Luther King Jr. - “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - “There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.”

Mark Twain - “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
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Reply #7 - Jan 13th, 2011 at 8:10pm

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patchz wrote on Jan 13th, 2011 at 6:22pm:
I know what overtaking on the highway is, passing. And I know what undertaking means around here, mortician. But what does it mean in this context?

It's all about which side you over take on. It's where you overtake in a slower lane, or on the lane which has the curb on it.

Not illegal everywhere, but usually frowned upon.
 
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Reply #8 - Jan 13th, 2011 at 8:40pm

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I had to Google Vectra to see what you were talking about.  Looks like a Saturn sedan.  :yawn:
 
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Reply #9 - Jan 14th, 2011 at 10:36am

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Romulus111VADT wrote on Jan 13th, 2011 at 8:05pm:
patchz wrote on Jan 13th, 2011 at 6:22pm:
Don't mean to imply I'm any smarter than Rom, I'm not. But I got it all except for undertaking. I know what overtaking on the highway is, passing. And I know what undertaking means around here, mortician. But what does it mean in this context?  Undecided

BTW, glad you did not get creamed Mark. Smiley


I do have my slow days, I call them senior moments, brain cramps, brain farts and just plain ole duh moments... Huh  Undecided

As the great American Curly Howard liked to say, "I'm trying to think but nothing happens"  Grin

God I loved Curly, he was a comedic genius.

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You are correct sir. Shemp was ok, but Curly was the best. Smiley
 
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Reply #10 - Jan 14th, 2011 at 10:40am

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machineman9 wrote on Jan 13th, 2011 at 8:10pm:
patchz wrote on Jan 13th, 2011 at 6:22pm:
I know what overtaking on the highway is, passing. And I know what undertaking means around here, mortician. But what does it mean in this context?

It's all about which side you over take on. It's where you overtake in a slower lane, or on the lane which has the curb on it.

Not illegal everywhere, but usually frowned upon.

Ok. We call it passing in the suicide lane. I don't like to do it, but when these slow idiots won't move out of the fast lane you only have two choices, pass or slow down to their speed. I have no idea why driving slower than

most traffic in the fast lane is not being enforced, it is illegal. But unless it is a recent change, 'undertaking' is not over here. It's just not safe.
 
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Reply #11 - Jan 14th, 2011 at 11:39am

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patchz wrote on Jan 14th, 2011 at 10:36am:
Romulus111VADT wrote on Jan 13th, 2011 at 8:05pm:
patchz wrote on Jan 13th, 2011 at 6:22pm:
Don't mean to imply I'm any smarter than Rom, I'm not. But I got it all except for undertaking. I know what overtaking on the highway is, passing. And I know what undertaking means around here, mortician. But what does it mean in this context?  Undecided

BTW, glad you did not get creamed Mark. Smiley


I do have my slow days, I call them senior moments, brain cramps, brain farts and just plain ole duh moments... Huh  Undecided

As the great American Curly Howard liked to say, "I'm trying to think but nothing happens"  Grin

God I loved Curly, he was a comedic genius.

Wink

You are correct sir. Shemp was ok, but Curly was the best. Smiley


Yep, hard to believe he died in 1952. Crap, I grew up watching the Stooges and had a chance in 1960 to meet them. But as fate would have it. There was no one available to take me to D.C. for the meet and greet. My grandfather was suppose too, but he was too drunk and everyone else was at work. What a pisser... Sad
 
"I have a place where dreams are born, And time is never planned. It’s not on any chart, You must find it with your heart."

Albert Einstein - "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

Martin Luther King Jr. - “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - “There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.”

Mark Twain - “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
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Reply #12 - Jan 31st, 2011 at 4:09pm

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Well you americans have 'keep your lane' which makes it less annoying than europe.

And yes, the vauxhall cavalier / opel vectra is a boring car, but you need a lot of balls to keep a tuned VXR (v6 sports version, most likely candidate for police pursuit vehicle) on the road at high speeds as the suspension wasnt made for the kind of speed these things can do
 
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Reply #13 - Jan 31st, 2011 at 10:00pm

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DaveSims wrote on Jan 13th, 2011 at 8:40pm:
I had to Google Vectra to see what you were talking about.  Looks like a Saturn sedan.  :yawn:

  Actually, it's the other way around ...  The Saturn sedan in the US is (was) the Vectra..
 
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Reply #14 - Feb 1st, 2011 at 7:15am

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Felix/FFDS wrote on Jan 31st, 2011 at 10:00pm:
DaveSims wrote on Jan 13th, 2011 at 8:40pm:
I had to Google Vectra to see what you were talking about.  Looks like a Saturn sedan.  :yawn:

  Actually, it's the other way around ...  The Saturn sedan in the US is (was) the Vectra..


I guess I expected more with a name like Vectra, it sounded cooler than it is.
 
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