Motorway etiquette etc

[Digby]

1 min 12 seconds in...nothing much changes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE82FZpq0qM&fe...



And one for the bikers..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atDFqxHLctE&fe...

Edited by Digby on Sunday 13th May 01:18

[getawayturtle]

[hardcorehobbit]

Not to forget the angry tailgater in the little red car... not sure what it was, a Herald?

The only things really different are the speed and the number of cars...

[davepoth]

hardcorehobbit said:

Not to forget the angry tailgater in the little red car... not sure what it was, a Herald?

The only things really different are the speed and the number of cars...

Speed, not so much different in the Jag. 4 wheel disc brakes and the same engine as the E-Type mean it would quite happily have cruised all the way down the motorway at over 100mph. Of course the motorway was only 3 miles long...

[bennyboydurham]

At the risk of sounding like a Daily Wailer, didn't Britain look so much more pleasant back then?

[texasjohn]

bennyboydurham said:

At the risk of sounding like a Daily Wailer, didn't Britain look so much more pleasant back then?

To be fair, yes it does look rather quaint.

[Dave Hedgehog]

Digby said:

1 min 12 seconds in...nothing much changes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE82FZpq0qM&fe...

superb, flash and horn to get them to pull over and when someone tale gates him he lets them go, superb driving

now of course it would be the self righteous "IAM" member refusing to pull over from lane 3 "as I am doing 68mph which is the NSL" whilst masturbating with the steering wheel

Edited by Dave Hedgehog on Sunday 13th May 06:55

[All that jazz]

Digby said:

1 min 12 seconds in...nothing much changes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE82FZpq0qM&fe...

Did everyone really speak like that in 1963 then? Bit too old for me to remember.

[Pints]

All that jazz said:

Did everyone really speak like that in 1963 then? Bit too old for me to remember.

I really do wish we spoke like that today, old boy.

Good driving. We could do with short 5 minutes informative clips being shown on the televisual box in the current day and age.

[CBR JGWRR]

Digby said:

1 min 12 seconds in...nothing much changes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE82FZpq0qM&fe...



And one for the bikers..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atDFqxHLctE&fe...

Edited by Digby on Sunday 13th May 01:18

So glad they invented indicators.


Two crashes on one journey - that bloke makes me look good!

[sulli]

Follow that as a lesson in driving and you won't go far wrong.
Brilliant clip, love the Jag driver and his comment on receiving the V-sign, "I can't think why he should think i'm interested in his politics." LOL, classic

[Bonefish Blues]

I'm always struck how recognisable everywhere is 50 years on.

[heebeegeetee]

What an absolutely splendid couple of films old bean, really top hole.

I mean to say, there were policemen on the streets back then and everything.

And dare I say it, I really have been a bit of a Tom's Friend over the years too. Thankfully grown out of it now, don't you know.

[Mr Happy]

I'd love to see a modern day version of the first route, for comparison reasons.

It would have to be done in an XF or similar though, for sake of completeness! Surely some PHer has the kit to do it?!

ETA: Tut tut, Tom isn't as squeaky clean as he seems - did anyone else notice him sail straight through the zebra crossing while a woman was waiting to cross? Tisk!

Link here

Edited by Mr Happy on Sunday 13th May 12:06

[0000]

Look at the smoothness of that tarmac. Beautiful.