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Old 18-05-2006, 02:13 PM
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Information Release.

Due to the nature of the quality of driving in England the Department for Transport has now devised a new scheme in order to identify poor drivers and give good drivers the opportunity to recognise them whilst driving.

For this reason as from the middle of May 2006 those drivers who are found to be driving badly which includes:

- overtaking in dangerous places;

- hovering within one inch of the car in front;

- stopping sharply;

- speeding in residential areas;

- pulling out without indication;

- performing U turns inappropriately in busy high streets;

- under taking on motorways and;

- taking up more than one lane in multi lane roads;

These drivers will be issued with flags, white with a red cross, signifying their inability to drive properly.

These flags must be clipped to a door of the car and be visible to all other drivers and pedestrians.

Those drivers who have shown particularly poor driving skills will have to display a flag on each side of the car to indicate their greater lack of skill and general lower intelligence mind set to the general public.

Please circulate this to as many other motorists as you can so that drivers and pedestrians will be aware of the meaning of these flags.

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Old 18-05-2006, 02:19 PM
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Old 18-05-2006, 02:20 PM
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Old 18-05-2006, 02:21 PM
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Old 18-05-2006, 03:36 PM
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and should us white van men apply these rules to and show off our tatooed beer guts as well ?
Old 18-05-2006, 05:07 PM
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Also bare in mind REDLINE are giving away free flags this month.

I have obviously put mine in the bin- in fact in the shop I got the mag from.

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Plenty of these feckin stupid flags about already

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well although i am 50% welsh i will be putting one of these flags on my van or on my taxi if i get the job
Old 18-05-2006, 09:21 PM
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cereal offenders will also have to hang them from a bedroom window
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fooking cocks who have these stupid fooking flags

like the twats who had red noses on the front of there cars
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will have one draped from my van or taxi if i get the job
Old 19-05-2006, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by NORTH YORKS RS SPARES
fooking cocks who have these stupid fooking flags

like the twats who had red noses on the front of there cars
only a flag, geeeez!
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and i would wear a shirt if i could get one to effing fit
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