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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 04:52 AM
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Look at the cars and the lanes they are in on the left.
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 04:55 AM
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Surely just out of shot in lanes 1 and 2 are other vehicles driving at considerably less than the NSL?




(please tell me you didn't take this pic yourself just to post on an internet forum )
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 04:57 AM
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The queue on the other side is more typical of Britains motorways I think! It's all down to the proliferance of SatNav that sends everyone down the same roads. Leave a bit earlier, go the pretty way and arrive refreshed and happy...
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 05:03 AM
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Originally Posted by euan,Oct 18 2006, 01:55 PM
Surely just out of shot in lanes 1 and 2 are other vehicles driving at considerably less than the NSL?




(please tell me you didn't take this pic yourself just to post on an internet forum )
Invisible vehicles? I want one.

No, I did not take the pic.

Here is another good one about Stop the Cock:

James Allen
Reedy-voiced F1 commentary stain, not fit to lick Murray Walker's carpet slippers. Smorgasbord of race-ruining irritation includes pathetic yelps of 'Gooooo!' at green light, relentless spouting of irrelevant facts, and charmless incorrect identification of cars ad nauseum. Brundle must have the patience of a saint.

Valentino Rossi
All-conquering biking legend with seven world titles to his name. Uncanny pack-carving ability on two wheels, also not far off Schuey during Ferrari F1 tests. One of the best motorsports men of all time, notwithstanding a haunting likeness to a monkey impersonating Leo Sayer.



http://www.topgear.com/content/features/st...ories/09/1.html

http://www.topgear.com/content/features/st...ories/10/1.html
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 05:08 AM
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I suspect the BBC will shortly be inundated with libel law suits especially considering the words used for people with more money than brains.
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 05:10 AM
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I'm with you all the way on this one Rahula, lane discipline is the one thing that get me really angry when on the roads.

If they love their scameras so much why don't they devise one that can spot middle lane morons ?

Oh thought as much, they can't and seeing as the alternative would actually invole some real policing with real coppers.....I won't hold my breath.
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 05:19 AM
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Murray Walker may be a very nice man, but he was a shockingly bad commentator, with a truly dreadful voice. Before he retired I just couldn't watch a race with him making blunder after blunder in THAT REEDY URGENT (MY TROUSERS ARE ON FIRE) VOIIICCCE!!! So I switched the sound off entirely. These days I can't even watch F1, but that's another story.
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 05:30 AM
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EDIT: Just read the whole of Rahul's post and realised there is some F1 content.

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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 05:36 AM
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too! This thread's all over the place! A bit like most motorway driving nowadays...

Lovegroova, definitely with you on that one
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 09:16 AM
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Rahul - have you been drinking?
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