Re: story about tyres on TV tonight

"Noddy" <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> A road manace would be someone who thinks they're **** hot but can't
drive
a
> nail into a pound of butter. Sadly such people never seem to grasp that
> they're crap at it.

So true, but a reasonable driver in a death trap is also a road menace if
he
is forced to drive at no more than 5kph.

> > Still love to see some real test stopping distances in the wet.
> > But maybe you'd never find a bit of road long enough :-)
>
> I drove it once in the rain when I got caught in an unexpected shower,
and
> it wasn't a pleasant experience.

> It stopped about as well as you would expect a 2000lb vehicle that had
the
> acceleration ability of a postie's bike, small unboosted drum brakes and
> **** tyres would stop: Terrible.

Just as I said, a road menace.

> On the plus side, because it was such an "interesting" vehicle to drive
on
> the road, you automatically became more aware of what was going on
around
> you.

At 5kph to be "safe", I'm not at all surprised!

MrT.