Tanis8472
Guru
Looks like i will have to look into it a bit then.
Thanks smokeysmoo
Thanks smokeysmoo
I promise I won't work for Keltbray................
- Thread starter smokeysmoo
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asterix
Comrade Member
- Location
- Limoges or York
Congrats! It's good to know there is another friendly presence on the road.
When i cycled in Ipswich a lot I used to see artics going round a sharp corner* having to swing the cab end wide then get the back end round.
On every occasion they got the back wheels within less than 10cm of the kerb! How is that done?
*near the docks as were.
When i cycled in Ipswich a lot I used to see artics going round a sharp corner* having to swing the cab end wide then get the back end round.
On every occasion they got the back wheels within less than 10cm of the kerb! How is that done?
*near the docks as were.
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smokeysmoo
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bolton, not very far from Nob End
Practice
You have to do the same on occasions even driving a rigid. That's what a lot of other road users, (car drivers mainly), fail to understand, that you sometimes need to nick a bit of the next lane, or run wide in order to make the turn.
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smokeysmoo
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bolton, not very far from Nob End
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mark st1
Plastic Manc
- Location
- Leafy Berkshire
Well done smokey hope you enjoy your knew career path 
Be ready to take the abuse from your fellow cyclists about how bad we all are and how we should be banned from town centers etc 
And for the CPC be ready for the most boring 35 hours of your life to date especially if you get a trainer anything like ours 
Be ready to take the abuse from your fellow cyclists about how bad we all are and how we should be banned from town centers etc And for the CPC be ready for the most boring 35 hours of your life to date especially if you get a trainer anything like ours 
Leedsbusdriver
Every breath leaves me one less to my last
- Location
- West Yorkshire
When i did my CPC i looked at it as a day off the road whilst still being paid.It's no great hardship really just 7 hours a year which is how First bus work it anyway.
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Practice
You have to do the same on occasions even driving a rigid. That's what a lot of other road users, (car drivers mainly), fail to understand, that you sometimes need to nick a bit of the next lane, or run wide in order to make the turn.
Which is why I think all drivers, once they past their car test, should have to follow up with some compulsory experience in larger vehicles - on a track or airfield marked out with cones if necessary. It's only when you drive one (I've driven up to 7.5 tonnes, and plenty of minibuses and Transits etc) that you really understand the space they need and the problems of blind spots and so on. Ideally, I'd like everyone to have driven, if only for half an hour, a bus and an HGV!
You'd still get idiots who simply can't be patient or courteous, but you'd get a lot of mediocre drivers who at least had a little but more understanding of others.
(And by the same token, I'd like them to have to ride a bike on the road too!)
