And................Stop!

[Welly]

Driving to work yesterday I noticed a roadworks sign in the verge and prepared to slow down or move over a bit........only to round the bend and be confronted with a dead-stop slammed-on and nearly over-shot the temporary lights

I think the signage is very poor for a 60mph road and I notice a few skid marks where others had found the same.

The approach at 60-70mph......


Just approaching the left-hander, still no real warning (I 'do' this bend every day and your view opens up as you enter it so you can maintain at least 50mph)......


And then........Shiiiiiiiiiiittttttt... (please imaging a Red light for effect)


Oh, and a lovely dewey morn.....


All pics taken by me at 06:40 this morn

[mjb]

All pics taken by me at 06:40 this morn

Bit antisocial of you to park up in the middle of the road to legally take a photo when there's double white lines going on?

[sirwiggum]

There should at least be a temporary traffic light sign.

Post this on Sabre-roads and see what they say!

BTW Why does your volvo have a big red button in the middle of the dash?

[steve_earwig]

Did you just happen to take the first picture or did you go back to take it purely for our benefit?

At least you got some sort of warning!

[Welly]

There's no-one ever around at Welly-O' Clock

The big red button is a sunlight sensor/alarm LED.

The 'near miss' happened yesterday but I felt compelled to show you by taking pics today and we like pics on here don't we

[Bailes1992]

What you drive Welly? an S40/C30/V50?

[Welly]

S40 Bailes:


And a foamy pic just for Bailes ...

[Bailes1992]

Nowhere near as nice looking at this though is it ;)...




What engine you got?

[Welly]

The estate is nice, although not really big enough to be an estate as such

Mine's the T5 too

[Bailes1992]

The estate is nice, although not really big enough to be an estate as such

Mine's the T5 too

Do you find it's like driving a diesel? Loads of low down grunt, yet higher up in the revs it seems to tail off slightly?
Only reason my Dad got the V50 is because the S40 is too small

[Welly]

Yes it drives exactly like a Diesel, that's why I liked it. You can poodle around at less than 2000 revs and get reasonable economy but loads of grunt.

I very rarely take it above 5000 revs as there's not much point.

Did you know they have CVVT (constantly variable valve timing) and the stability programme is quite relaxed too (in a straight line) and can see you pulling some surprising wheel spin without interruption

[Bailes1992]

Yes it drives exactly like a Diesel, that's why I liked it. You can poodle around at less than 2000 revs and get reasonable economy but loads of grunt.

I very rarely take it above 5000 revs as there's not much point.

Did you know they have CVVT (constantly variable valve timing) and the stability programme is quite relaxed too (in a straight line) and can see you pulling some surprising wheel spin without interruption

I span in 3rd, I was well happy

[puggy]

And back to the original thread now the 2 vulva lovers have stopped drooling
Very poor warning of temporary lights , nice piccies and scenery ,looks like a pleasent drive

[Welly]

It is a nice drive to and from work to be fair.

You wanna see some more? I'll get some up.

I was going to do a thread once of what people most commonly see on their daily runs to work just out of interest.

[puggy]

Very good idea on both counts welly !! and though i dont work anymore
i think i will take some on the way to the RC flying field and where i regularly
go fishing