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Originally Posted by tc4332
Just back home from Morecambe. I had six handicapped walkers and two wheelchair guys in the bus. They wanted to visit Chipping Steam Fair but that is definately not wheelchair friendly, especially with last nights rain.
Southbound on the M6 at Preston made to feel as though I was in reverse even though I was doing the Max 62MPH I'm allowed in the bus. Yes another dipstick driving an Audi. These folk are accidents looking for somewhere to happen.
I know, years ago when it was legal to do so we use to drive full size double decker coaches at over 100MPH but there was nowhere near the traffic then. My car back then was a Cresta PBD and it could tramp along at 120. Mind you the M6 was not long enough.
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My old man has always driven for a living, done the old stuff without syncro's or power steering, that's a whole new ball game to driving, I just can't fathom what it was like hurtling down the motorway at over 100mph with early 60's braking technology, and all that weight, wasn't it due to the fact there was a couple of bad crashes they governed the coaches? I know that the cobra was the final nail in the coffin for the national speed limit, either way, I have a lot of respect for people like yourself, the standard of driving is diabolical considering how much easier it is today compared to vehichles of old.