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how motorways work
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 12:18 pm
by david burton
I posted this link within a topic a few days ago, now I've sorted it out and almost got the site 100% finished.
http://www.howmotorwayswork.co.uk
I moved the domain to sniffhost.net and it seems to be pointing to there now, so it should be fast for everyone.
White vans is the page I've yet to do, and "sheep". But I feel it's good enough to launch as it is
It might appear a bit pompous, it's hard to tell if the style offends as I've been writing it for the last few weeks and I'm a bit numb to it!
suggestions welcome
Dave
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 12:58 pm
by Mk2Adam
funny stuff, and useful, maybe you'll help free some middle laners from their curse.
i got to admit that i do the slowing down to 70 when going past police though, but i'll stop now, that is if there isn't mass tail backs stopping me from going over 70.
quality website though, love the new motorway signs.
i think alot of it would help if drivers were allowed to be taught how to drive on motorways when they're learning, i've never understood why learners aren't allowed on there when motorways are one of the main and most dangerous skills to master.
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:49 pm
by mysteryboy
Looking much better now...
Now everyone should own up which category they fal into....
I know now & then I seem to be a Playstation driver
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:52 pm
by david burton
I'm probably a bit too aggressive at times, using the inside lane to prove a point perhaps too frequently!
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 5:10 pm
by mysteryboy
bigger challenge to push each of the 8 valves even further.
!
Oh...so true.... I've probably lost a few valves... no wonder the car seems even slower now.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 2:58 pm
by 13twelve
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:41 pm
by dino
David - I've seen the link to your site on loads of forums now lol
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:53 pm
by david burton
excellent, I can monitor where people are coming from and it seems like about 50 forums so far. It's on pistonheads somewhere but I can't find the link.
24,000 individual page hits in 4 days!
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 5:44 pm
by 13twelve
i can metafilter it if you like
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 6:30 pm
by OMEGASUPR3ME
great read, well done mate. gizmo made me laugh lol i hate to say this but my mums a middle laner
annoys me when im in the car with her goin 2 c my bro. i have to say "and y r u in the middle lane mother?" all the time so she uses the left lane
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:41 pm
by andyg
Good site, I do a crazy amount of motorway driving. White van man is possibly the worst. This month on the M1 there have been 3 accidents on my way to work, all involving white vans. They drive the closest of any drivers (my pet hate) and the most erratic.
Don't you just love it when a car thats tailgating you in the outside lane undertakes you and slots in between you and the car infront, and then BRAKES because he is too close. That and people in traffic jams/queues trying to get as close to the car infront as possible.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:18 pm
by david burton
13twelve wrote:i can metafilter it if you like
send me a pm explaining how this works and if it helps
cheers guys, comments page is now live
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 12:59 pm
by xplinth
Haha,
Great site. Very funny and it looks great too. Everyone in my addressbook will be getting spammed with it when I get home....
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Si
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:31 pm
by david burton
I got a 2 minute mention on KISS 100 this morning! I'm chuffed:
http://www.whatson.com/kiss/
Latest shows - Bam Bam breakfast show - friday
Its around 8 minutes into the show
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 2:03 pm
by OMEGASUPR3ME