black and decker boy

Easier to divide by 76 than 100 its 1 less button to press on the calculator ;-)

No real reason to touch it whilst driving. lights are automatic. Wipers are automatic. sat nav has live traffic updates built in so re-routes as you travel music / climate control closest part to you and no different to most other cars being no longer buttons and dials. if I do need to look at it for a few seconds, the car drives itself (full steering & braking capability) though best kept for motorways & trunk roads and not 30mph urban streets. probably not a car for those that don’t like technology but equally, most cars have similar tech these days no matter size or value.

That was true with the California built cars but the Shanghai built RH drive cars sold in the UK are well built, don’t rattle nor have panel gaps. its another myth that persists. (I had a2019 California Buikt example and it was poor). I’ve also had Shanghai built examples and can verify 1st hand the improvement. touchscreen is fine and simple to use once you get used to it. ive done 255miles so far today in my model 3, much of it in cruise control or self drive mode with a running cost of 3p per mile and an energy use of just over 3.5kwh/mile.

I think you need to go a lot further back than that, certain German Marques have had journey & data recorders for over 10 years, often in key fob. take the car for a service and they plug the key fob into a reader and it brings up the cars vital statistics. I’ve always been amazed at it. Think it can hold something like last 30mins of journey. Most cars are electronics boxes with wheels no matter what propulsion system the employ.

The real ones aren’t DCC with no central control. No CDL on WCRC mark 1 coaches and the current Jacobite, formed with CDL fitted mk2 aircons mixed with MK1s with locked doors to get round the regs are working with no train supply so no AirCon or lights once the batteries run down…..

How about TuneIn App? You can access radio through that. mine is a model 3 rather than X so seemingly not identical

WC have been carrying fare paying passengers on the Jacobite all this week. They are using a mish mash rake to utilise a loophole. Formation is CDL fitted MK2 - MK1 with all doors locked OOU - CDL fitted MK2 - MK1 with all doors locked OOU - CDL fitted MK2 - MK1 with all doors locked OOU - CDL fitted MK2

It’s been stated elsewhere that all signalling actual timing information is manually inputted by the signaller on the RETB system in the Highlands. thats why the Black 5 that stalled at Glenfinnan the other day was shown in RTT as reaching Mallaig (along with a Scotrail train I think even though tgat never left FTW).

On your screen at bottom (or side) there should be 3 dots which bring up the main menu radio is an App on there Google maps in Tesla is very good, real-time traffic data, charging locations preprogrammed and now with speed camera locations too.

The doors on the RMB (and support coach) wouldn’t need CDL if marked for staff use only as per the regs.

The formation posted elsewhere and I’ve copied as written is: 47245 leads 45212 5Z12 Jacobite ecs to Crianlarich with support coach 35486, 6000, 6022, 6103, buffet 1860 & 3360.

Being in the trade as it were, traffic management ((cones, signs & diversions), for larger schemes especially, are designed and then vetted and approved by the highway authority. For smaller schemes such as short utility works, in theory the same applies but implementation is generally at a cowboy level. the thing is diversions are set up to be compatible with ALL road users. If the closure is an HGV route, the diversion must be too. Smaller vehicles may have other options but those cannot be signed as a HGV will undoubtedly try and follow and get stuck. We do kind of rely on local knowledge reducing traffic on the official route and following their own knowledge. the other thing to remember is TM operatives are paid minimum wage and spend most of their working life sat in a van watching paint dry/ tarmac set or reading The Sun. For their trouble they get verbally and physically abused, cans of urine thrown at them and increasingly threatened with weapons.

A much shorter thread today :-) Not a subject I know well so unsure of the pros/cons/spin but regardless, good that this has generated debate and hopefully awareness. It won’t make me buy more but equally most certainly doesn’t make me cancel orders ;-) i work in construction where the carbon agenda is gaining momentum, not greenwashing as the past 5 years but meaningful steps to change behaviour , change material constituents and slowly evolve. Legislation is also playing its part with new build now most probably always getting Solar PV and much more insulation than before.

Good for a laugh https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13300541/amp/save-hogwarts-express-stream-trains-disappearing-health-safety-row.html Although interestingly has a quote from DfT that I’ve not seen before A Department for Transport spokesman said: 'The ORR is the independent rail safety regulator, and it would therefore be inappropriate for the department or ministers to intervene in their decision to refuse a further exemption to West Coast Railways, which was upheld by the High Court.' i imagine the last 7 words are the most crucial as it’s those that will put off any political intervention

I think there would be great challenges with seatbelts on trains: no enforcement. Getting a ticket check is random enough without the same staff member having to convince up to 1000 passengers to continually wear a seat belt. zero enforcement on DOO. our trains are not compulsory seating so there will always be standing passengers the joy of trains is the ability to move around: buffet / shops, toilets, general leg stretch. No chance of early warning of an incident like on a plane with the fasten seatbelt signs (plane radar often predicts turbulence) our suburban trains with 3+2 seats are so cramped in peak rush hour that adding seatbelts wound serious discourage travel and probably not be feasible with the current seat structure are our rolling stock structures (floor pans etc) strong enough to hold the weight of the seat plus fully occupied passenger weights (currently only has to restrain the seat structure) there is still going to be loose and therefore airborne luggage as no plane style lockers and often no seat or space under seat for bags. TPWS and ETCS should (and are intended) to reduce the risk of head on collisions. Heavy deceleration due to other incidents (LUMO at Peterborough, the 195s at Grange) resulted in walking wounded but no fatalities AFAIK.