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Interesting (to me at least). I never knew CMA CGM dabbled in the RoRo side of things too. This week I've been in Southampton dealing with some of the contents of Wallenius Wilhelmsen's vessel "Salome". A little more "Old Skool" than the CMA CGM Monaco...

A quick kick will disconnect a locked charging lead as my neighbour discovered recently.

I have a Zimo MX671N 6 pin function only decoder fitted to an N gauge Hobbytrain driving coach to control the head and tail lights. The problem I have is the lighting operates in the opposite direction to the loco/direction of travel so the driving coach displays red tail lights when going forward and white headlights going backward. Is there a way (I'm sure they must be) to reverse the direct the lighting works? Thanks!

I'd imagine it won't as it's only appropriate to the Regional Railways livery and even then only the early days of RR. Can't see them doing two lots of tooling sadly. I'd love to be wrong though as it's the only version I can get away with.

The points I refer to aren't those dished out by the police/courts and put onto a driving license. They're the ones the insurance companies "app" will add using data from the black box. Gain too many and your insurance gets revoked.

Very true but it's the only way now a lot of young people/new drivers can get insurance. For my 17 year daughter it was the difference between driving or not.

There's no requirement to display a P plate after you pass your test. They're purely optional and have no legal standing. What helps curb the "enthusiasm" of young drivers is an insurance "black box" which many people choose to have to keep insurance costs down to merely "obscene". They detect speeding, harsh acceleration and braking etc and deduct points. Lose too many points and to get your insurance cancelled.

I presume you live in a more affluent area than I do then. Here EVs are still very much in the minority.

Absolutely but the percentage of vehicles that are EV's is still relatively small. As that increases the problem also increases.

I think that depends on the level of pothole you're talking about. Some in the UK now are getting so bad driving through them at any speed will damage cars. As a motorcyclist too hitting a pothole, even at low speeds, is like being punched in the chest. Hit one on a corner while leaning over or in the dark where you have very little notice could quite easily be fatal. Having cars suffering blown tyres, cracked wheels, damaged suspension etc isn't conducive to safe motoring. There have been lots of cases of this locally in the last few years.

Banning the school run opens up a whole other can of worms though. Lots of parents have to drive their kids to school (I do). In my case a 6 year old is too young to go on the bus on their own. Walking to school "like you used to" only works if your kids are at a local school. Lots of children now aren't due to lack of school places. Lot's also now go to before and after school clubs as both parents have to work to keep a roof over their heads!

In the absence of your Merlin I offer you the loan of my Merlin.... Nothing gets in the way of snoozing time!

Ok, remove the HGVs from the roads.....bit of a problem there. There's no getting away from the fact that EVs are heavier currently (better battery technology one day should change this) than the equivalent ICE powered car. More weight does more damage to the roads.

A dredger according to Marine Traffic.

"They" have ruined many a good shipping line sadly as witnessed by the Safmarine and Hamburg Sud boxes also on there.