Donuts in Tesco
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Hope that got the BiB's attention 
Given the snowy/icey weather, many have said it's time to get down to Tesco/Any large empty carpark and practice some car control in poor conditions.
No matter how empty the carpark is, would/could the police try and pin a charge of dangerous driving/driving without due care etc on anyone doing this?
Given the snowy/icey weather, many have said it's time to get down to Tesco/Any large empty carpark and practice some car control in poor conditions.
No matter how empty the carpark is, would/could the police try and pin a charge of dangerous driving/driving without due care etc on anyone doing this?
I'd suggest getting spotted whilst at any such (most enjoyable) activity is, how shall I put it, in violation of the great law of British Motoring.
"Thou shall not get caught."
Nearly all such car parks are now laden with CCTV and enough "furniture" to render them useless for such purposes unfortunately...
"Thou shall not get caught."
Nearly all such car parks are now laden with CCTV and enough "furniture" to render them useless for such purposes unfortunately...
I got asked to leave a council open air carpark, it was enormous, about 3 cars in it, no furniture, nothing within 200yards in any direction.
The crime of the century? Teaching my younger sister to reverse park into a bay, we had only been there 10 minutes before CCTV spotted us and despatched someone to tell us to go!
The crime of the century? Teaching my younger sister to reverse park into a bay, we had only been there 10 minutes before CCTV spotted us and despatched someone to tell us to go!
Muncher said:
Hope that got the BiB's attention
Given the snowy/icey weather, many have said it's time to get down to Tesco/Any large empty carpark and practice some car control in poor conditions.
No matter how empty the carpark is, would/could the police try and pin a charge of dangerous driving/driving without due care etc on anyone doing this?
Depends on circumstances, number of do'nutters, etc. But I can most definately say no, I wouldn't stick you on in an empty car park especially if no-one was being bothered, or complaining about it.
Might be tempted to pop a quick one out myself.
Friend of mine had problems with his clutch or brakes, so took the car to Bluewater to test at 6am next morning to find the problem (He lived a 2 min drive away)
Literally within a couple of mins we are asked to move on by Plod. Explained the problem and they said "we will be back in 20 mins after we have checked something else - make sure you are done by then"
Literally within a couple of mins we are asked to move on by Plod. Explained the problem and they said "we will be back in 20 mins after we have checked something else - make sure you are done by then"
I was once (or twice) aquiring certain skills of the motoring variety for a change in Newlands Corner car park one snowy night. When in popped mr Cheesecutter grill who gave a little wave as I slid around in my one of my old Saabs, as you do. They sat and watched for a good 20 mins no doubt content with their own donuts
They then made for the exit & executed the deftest sideways drift all the way down the exit lane
Not so sure you'd get away with in the dry on Sainsburys finest black top at 2am though......
in Newlands Corner car park one snowy night. When in popped mr Cheesecutter grill who gave a little wave as I slid around in my one of my old Saabs, as you do. They sat and watched for a good 20 mins no doubt content with their own donuts They then made for the exit & executed the deftest sideways drift all the way down the exit lane
Not so sure you'd get away with in the dry on Sainsburys finest black top at 2am though......
Parked up in a local supermarket carpark to nip across to the snooker club for a couple of frames and as a was walking out of the car park 3 festas complete with pecker necked baseball cap wearing scrotes came hooning into the car park to have a hand brake around. Needless to say i got back in my car and moved it before it acquired a festa shaped dent.
It is a bit antisocial to hoon around in a public carpark.
It is a bit antisocial to hoon around in a public carpark.
One of my boyfriends quickly became an ex when he decided to try his donut skills in a car park when I was in the passenger seat.
It just happened to be on the top floor of a 12 level multi-storey car park. And I am terrified of heights.
That i would imagine, mustve' been a nightmare.
I don't like heights either,
It just happened to be on the top floor of a 12 level multi-storey car park. And I am terrified of heights.
That i would imagine, mustve' been a nightmare.
I don't like heights either,
It's a great way to learn car control and ideally the facilities should be made a available to improve what is basically a survival skill. I remember spending a couple of hours in the public car park in Cobham in my Lancia, sliding around like a nutter. No Bibs showed up to tell me off.
I think that it's in Finland where the local council have an obligation to maintain an ice circuit on a nearby frozen lake so that fathers can teach their sprogs how to cope with the conditions. Funny that they produce so many fantastic rally drivers...
>> Edited by nel on Monday 27th December 17:23
I think that it's in Finland where the local council have an obligation to maintain an ice circuit on a nearby frozen lake so that fathers can teach their sprogs how to cope with the conditions. Funny that they produce so many fantastic rally drivers...
>> Edited by nel on Monday 27th December 17:23
DJFish said:
No better place to teach a new driver about the ice/braking/skidding/understeer/oversteer etc.....
Couldn't agree more. I'm 20 but have been doing "autotests" since I was 14, for those who don't know an autotest is an event held in a car park or other large sealed surface area, with marker posts (usually cones) in various places. Competitors are given diagrams of each test (usually 8-12 in a day, with two, maybe three, attempts at each) which may require them to do 90, 180 or 360 degree handbrake turns, J-turns (reverse flicks), reversing or driving through tight spaces etc against the clock. They are organised by local motor clubs, have MSA permits, and obviously landowners permission. More information at <a href="http://www.ukmotorsport.com/uk_autotest.html">www.ukmotorsport.com/uk_autotest.html</a>
It is a fantastic (but more importantly safe) way of learning car control. You're 18 years old, out in your car, maybe 1.30 in the morning, a wet or snowy car park, of course the temptation to be a bit of a "loon" is there. Its human nature. If it can be controlled in some way (but not overly so) then surely that is the best way forward?
Edited to say: Please note I am NOT a chav!!
>> Edited by grahamdance on Monday 27th December 19:20
>> Edited by grahamdance on Monday 27th December 19:36
Just make dam sure you don’t do anything remotely silly in a council car park – they can give you an ASBO, confiscate your car, even do you for not being in full control etc.
I was parked in one, along with a group of other people – (I was on the end, not in a chav car either) one muppet decided to do some wheel spins, 2 mins later, police van turns up and every single car in the line is getting looked and 7 day wonders issued. Typical. I even got told they could confiscate my car – all this for PARKING and sitting in a car for 3 minutes in the evening. Pathetic.
I was parked in one, along with a group of other people – (I was on the end, not in a chav car either) one muppet decided to do some wheel spins, 2 mins later, police van turns up and every single car in the line is getting looked and 7 day wonders issued. Typical. I even got told they could confiscate my car – all this for PARKING and sitting in a car for 3 minutes in the evening. Pathetic.
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