A-Z Of Motoring

[herringthorpe]

Anything from roads, to things you use, to cars - anything to do with motoring!

A A1 - spent a lot of time in the last couple of years going up and down the A1

 

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B - Breakdown! Had a few of those!

 

[herringthorpe]

Oh dear!

C Caravans - see more motor homes now up and down the motorway but caravans still worry me when we pass them

 

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D - Diversions - always a nuisance but when the signs suddenly stop...!!!!

 

[herringthorpe]

They certainly are! Thank goodness for satnavs!

E English Country Road - look pretty can be a nightmare to try and find your way round them

 

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F - Far too Fast! - the way some people drive.

 

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G - Going too slow - especially in the middle lane!

 

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H - Highways maintenance vehicles

 

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I Indicators - do you know I never knew how many cars they made without indicators!!!

 

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J - Junctions

 

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K Keyless Cars - some cars don't have keys these days

 

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L - Lefthand drive cars are for driving on the righthand side of the road.

 

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M M25 - largest car park in Britain!

 

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N - No Entry - one way systems! The one in Bramley is actually illegal (apparently)!
The traffic flows from west to east instead of east to west - or maybe the other way?! Anyway itsagainst the rules and regulations!!

 

[herringthorpe]

That one at Bramley is just ridiculous.

O Overflow car parks - went in one somewhere (can't remember where now) and it was that overflowed it took us half an hour to get to where we were going!

 

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P - Parking - there's never enough!

 

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Q Queues - specially at Bank Holidays

 

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R - Roundabouts - I think they worked better before they started putting lights every few yards!

 

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S Slip Roads - most of them seem to be 'off' at night these days

 

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T - Traffic cones - miles and miles of them on the motorway!