Paul

compare that roundabout with this one on the Leicester Western Bypass. Some exits are virtually straight, others literally hairpins. It is governed by the angle at which the different roads meet. It is our responsibility as drivers to gauge the road ahead and drive in an appropriate manner. Anyone who cannot do that should look at themselves, not look to blame others.

My original point is still valid, they are round, you turn left to get on, be it in a gentle sweep or a tighter turn, you turn right to go around them, and turn left again to get off. It really isn't rocket science. Provided, as ECIPA has already said, you use proper lane discipline, correct indication and sensible speed there should be no problem. Issues only arise when drivers are incapable or unwilling to do so. Remember, it is the driver who is dangerous, not the road. I have a pet name for such people, but I see no reason to excersise the forums expletive replacement system more than I have already done.

Indeed, infact Taiwan is the last, or almost the last outpost of "old" pre communist China and is a democracy, like the UK. (Yes,apparently we are a democracy, really) I do hope I have not offended the people of Taiwan, if so I humbly apologise.

I guess by concave and convex you refer to the camber of the road surface. Such variances are not unique to the NDR, there is a roundabout, a big one with six exits near us where the camber changes so much that if you miss your exit and have to "go around" you can end up feeling seasick before you ever get off it. BUT, such camber changes should not effect vehicles negotiating the roundabout and a proper speed. There are things that may be could be done. Better advance signage, large "impact" boards, even with flashing lights activated when vehicles approach too quickly would be a good start and perhaps a speed limit on approach and exit as we see on many A roads here where the limit drops to 40 a few hundred yards either side of the roundabout. Ultimately, if one or more if these roundabouts is causing an accident black spot the likely solution will be the introduction of traffic lights. Nothing reduces speed on roundabouts better.

Sony still manufacture everything in Japan. I believe some Samsung Notes are made in South Korea, as are some HTC phones, otherwise it's China or Taiwan, which is China by another name.

The moral being if you don't want a mobile phone built in China, buy a Sony.

Not as many as a lot of people think. There is a lot of Daffodils shuffled around the internet about the K series engine. In fact it was very good, which is why it found it's way into such legendary cars as the Lotus Elise and Exige, Ariel Atom, GTM Sabre and the FSO Polonez. OK, there has to be an exception to every rule. They were very revvy and offered great performance and economy for their time. A lot of people drove around in Rovers thinking they were driving a Honda engined car when in fact they had a K series. It was fun looking at Autotrader ads saying "Honda Engine" when in fact the model in question was only ever fitted with K series. I had three cars down the years with K series engines, never a problem with any of them. They were generally very reliable as long as they were serviced properly. The MG Montego used the Austin O series, a development of the B series introduced in 1950, so very old tech but it was developed and upgraded, and as you suggest it's simplicity helped with reliability. It did eventually get 16 valves, and Lucas electronic injection. With 150bhp and 0-60 in under 8 seconds it was quicker than a Golf GTi. Just a shame that bits kept dropping off it.

Samsung Galaxy - Made In China iPhone X - Made in China Pixel 3 - Made in Taiwan (China)

I've only driven the NDR from Postwick to the Wroxham roundabout but I don't find anything unusual about the roundabouts. They are round, which is always a good start and not always the case where I live where weird shape roundabouts seem to be in trend. You only go one way around them, unlike some and they are correctly signed for the road's designation with good advance signage. What you can't account for is the idiots who drive around them, as shown in the EDP video. As for your video Robin, I don't see where you crossed lanes on the roundabout, all looked good to me.

Looking back at the original image this is the building of which you can just about see one yine corner. Sorry I can't find one from quite the right angle to show the trees but they would have changed a lot by now anyway. A number of Elm trees were taken out there IIRC during the Dutch Elm crisis

I once bought a 1275 Allegro for £25, by comparison my apprenticeship wages in those days were £40 a week. I stripped the 1275 AustinA Plus engine out and rebuilt it, put it in my Mini. It wasn't a straight fit as I had expected, A series and A plus were not directly interchangeable but a mate of my dads welded a couple of extra mounts for me. I then sold my 998 A series engine for £40 and the carcass of the Allegro to the the scrapman for the same £25 I paid for it. A 1275 upgrade and forty quid profit, which bought some second hand bucket seats. Add a set of second hand minilites, front disc upgrades and a pair of the biggest spot lamps you ever saw on the front and their was no stopping me. I thought I was Paddy Hopkirk.

That's the first time I've ever heard or seen the phrase "really quick" in relation to an Allegro. It must have been the 90hp twin carb version. The best thing about Allegros was the fact that the A series engined versions at least were a good cheap source of replacement engines for your mini when you blew yours up. I bought two and stripped them for the 1275 engines

Not half as stupid as scrapping the hatchback Allegro was supposed to have and replacing it with a boot lid so small you had to load the weekly shopping in installments.

Our lad's school publish the term dates and holidays two to three years ahead. They still show May Day, or the "Early May Bank Holiday" as it is now known for Monday 4th.

Or like the tour operator I worked for until being made redundant in 2010. The company decided that the senior staff were being paid too much and several were made redundant with junior staff left to cover the roles. What they hadn't taken into account is that with those senior staff went the necessary qualifications for the company to maintain it's IATA Air Ticketing License which was subsequently suspended. Nothing like planning.

they've only had 74 years to plan, we shouldn't expect too much.

There should of course be the logistics team, but they are still assessing the different ways to get there.

I'm sure it wouldn't havebeen the end of the world to add an extra bank holiday, rather than move one.

That's Dr Packman's new rapid response vehicle. You can see a coach in the background too. This carries the Broads Authroty Incident Response Unit. 13 risk assesors, 7 major incident control personell, 6 communications operatives, 11 legal advisors and 8 caterers

The regulatory document consists of the regulations for each of which there are ACOP (codes of practice) and further explanation by way of guidelines. All are part of the Regulations, and all are law. But the Regulation doesn't cover BA, so carry on and keep calm.

Not really, as the last comment that you quoted is The statement "providing you are competent you can do your own gas works" is quite correct, but remember that the GSIUR specifies what constitutes competent. It is not just being able to demonstrate that you know how to make a joint, or that you understand which pipe goes where, or that you know how to pressure test a system, check it for leaks etc. It requires you to have undertaken industry standard training and assessment of competence BEFORE undertaking any such works. You are then a "competent person"

Which would not be work subject to the Gas Safety Regs, and your link is to a discussion document, is that what you intended? Unlike the earlier quotes which are taken directly from the Regulations as they are written in law, a discussion document has no legal standing, as far as I am aware.

I thoght the crash test dummy WAS the Griff lookalike

That's the man, who for many years held the world record for the most not out's in test cricket..... they couldn't get Bob out!

Bottled gas often contains more moisture than mains gas so...... Hang on, I already said that. Let's not start again .... One thing I haven't been able to get a difinitive answer to, and what led me to start all my research into the Gas Regs is whether the end user, ie me, can remove a cooker which is on a bayonet fixing, then reconnect it to another bayonet fixing at a new location. Gas Safe say I can't but have failed to point out where in all the regs it says not.