do you swerve as you drive

[clive123]

i do as there are so many pot holes in my town now i do as my IAM observer told me to and avoid potholes as it comes under mechanical sympathy for your vehicle

but will I get pulled for being Drunk

[Raffles]

I also avaoid potholes, I hate a car crashing over a hole. I have also lost alloys 'cos of badly maintained roads.

If you're pulled for being drunk you would have to be doing it very eratically. Plus you wouldn't be charged with being drunk, if you aren't!

[7db]

Without wishing to state the obvious - looking further ahead means less weaving. You can see other cars dink into holes and steer clear. There are some, I suppose the creep up on you.

[DBSV8]

Mate did this a few years back mid 80s in his Capri , weaving side to side avoiding potholes , 23:30
gets a pull by the old bill ....

breathalysed ok ....no worries
other copper walks around to the passenger side .....opens the door and pulls out the tax disc.......then calmly walks round to the drivers side and arrests my mate !!

it turned out his tax had run out so he had borrowed his girlfriends and changed her reg with his reg !!!!

got done for fraudently altering a task disc 50 quid fine car impounded until correctly taxed .....and a 20quid taxi fare home
funny thing was one of the coppers was a bike copper ...He had to drive me as a passenger and he just couldnt drive the car tuned 3 litre with small steering wheel with his motorcycle boots ........nearly crashed it on the way to the police compound
......still makes me laugh

and all for avoiding potholes

[Einion Yrth]

DBSV8 said:

and all for avoiding potholes

Er, no, all for having a bent tax disc.

[BOF]

Like the lad who was pulled for a duff rear light...he apologised to the PC and kicked the light..which came on.

The other PC, at the front of the car..."Try kicking your tax disc Sir, It's 4 months out of date".

Runs for cover

BOF.

[DBSV8]

Einion Yrth said:

DBSV8 said:

and all for avoiding potholes

Er, no, all for having a bent tax disc.

if he hadn’t been swerving erratically ......heed never have attracted suspicion...originally he was suspected for dd............task disc was a routine check

Edited by DBSV8 on Tuesday 15th August 18:42

[whatever]

DBSV8 said:

Einion Yrth said:

DBSV8 said:

and all for avoiding potholes

Er, no, all for having a bent tax disc.

if he hadn’t been swerving erratically ......heed never have attracted suspicion...originally he was suspected for dd............task disc was a routine check

Are you serious? Surely once one goes out with no disc then one's taking one's chances, whatever the circumstances? Some dd could just have easily driven into him, and then bib on scene would have noticed, for example.

[whatever]

7db said:

Without wishing to state the obvious - looking further ahead means less weaving. You can see other cars dink into holes and steer clear. There are some, I suppose the creep up on you.

My journey in/from work is littered with them. Whilst not a violent swerve, there's a certain amount of pre-meditated weaving going on in parts. Makes life a lot more comfortable. Funny really, as it's become part of the "route" so I even do it in the "other" car when it's not really needed.

[Jaik]

Yep, I drive around potholes and largish dips most of the time. If you can drive over them comfortably then your suspension/chassis isn't stiff enough

[heebeegeetee]

DO YOU SWERVE AS YOU DRIVE?

Only whilst flicking the vees as I go through the reds.

[zevans]

Shurely "A minimal number of changes of direction and/or other inputs, yet still plotting a course smoothly past hazardous surface change."

Not really what you'd call swerving, but yup.

Quite a lot of the chicane thingies they put in nowadays are easy to deal with at 30mph given sufficient anticipation, for instance.