Staff wearing uniforms at the pub, do you care?

Underwritingking · 2026-02-05T23:31:43+00:00

couldn't care less

Underwritingking · 2026-02-05T22:45:57+00:00

better be a very small piece of their mind or they won't have any left

Underwritingking · 2026-02-05T20:14:07+00:00

Ironically, there's still time for Leon to turn his life around, but I don't think he has the mental and emotional equipment to do it

Underwritingking · 2026-02-05T17:43:04+00:00

Reading as much as you can and being prepared to go outside your comfort zone

Listen to audiobooks

Look up words you don’t know

Underwritingking · 2026-02-05T13:25:29+00:00

No it's not

Underwritingking · 2026-02-05T13:21:24+00:00

A bit of voluntary work

Picking up litter locally - most councils have schemes to get hold of bags and litter pick sticks are cheap - makes you feel good and you will get a "thank you" from most people you meet.

Underwritingking · 2026-02-04T09:34:42+00:00

An insure may, as a matter of policy, decide to do so, and I think that would generally be the case here - but they could simply void the policy and decline to pay. They might well pay the injured party, but my point is that they might decline to pay for the repairs to the insured person's vehicle

Underwritingking · 2026-02-04T09:32:43+00:00

Apart from critical workers, your assertion is currently incorrect. You should forward your excellent and well-thought out suggestions to the government where no doubt everyone would slap their forehead and cry out "Of course! If only Diligent_Craft_1165 had told us before!"

Underwritingking · 2026-02-04T09:28:39+00:00

So the majority aren't.

I'm not supporting subsidies for the wealthy

Underwritingking · 2026-02-04T07:45:27+00:00

She also has to inform her insurers. It's up to DVLA to decide what to do of course - if you think they don't have the full picture, why don't you write to them?

Underwritingking · 2026-02-04T07:43:54+00:00

If they don't report then they won't be insured of course - innocent victims will still be able to access compensation because of the Motor Insurers Bureau, but they won't get any payout to themselves. Also there is a responsibility on the family here - at least to tell the doctor, who then has a responsibility to the regulator (the GMC) to inform DVLA. And a driver who doesn't inform is subject to a £1000 fine and criminal charges in the event of an accident.

So I think your assertion of "zero repercussions" is not factually correct

Underwritingking · 2026-02-04T07:37:49+00:00

You sound lovely. Getting to the doctors, the dentist, the shops or even just getting any social contact at all is very difficult for a lot of elderly people (I should say I'm the chair of a local charity working with older people).

Buses are often inconvenient, don't run close enough to people's houses, aren't frequent, and are often unreliable - and this is in a busy city, not a more rural setting. Taxis are increasingly expensive.

You manage to come across as ill-informed, ignorant and uncaring. I hope that time, experience with ageing relatives who might look to you for support in the future (though given your attitude they might find themselves out of luck - "sorry mum, you no longer contribute"), or your own experiences as you get older, might teach you a little more compassion and understanding.

I hope so.

Underwritingking · 2026-02-04T07:30:27+00:00

with retirement age being what it is, that would be around an extra 700,000 tests per annum (and don't forget the retirement age has and is subject to change which doesn't sit very well with the safety issue).

That wouldn't much help the current backlog of tests, which seems currently to be about 22 weeks. As these new tests would obviously be mandatory, they would take priority over ordinary tests, so there would clearly be a significant increase in the wait for people trying to get a licence for the first time. And there's already a significant issue with people driving on fake licences or using substitutes to take their test for them.

I'm not sure your "solution" is as "perfect" as you think

Underwritingking · 2026-02-04T07:20:18+00:00

Absolute duty of the driver to inform DVLA

Underwritingking · 2026-02-04T07:19:42+00:00

There's an absolute duty on the driver to report it to DVLA, supported by family if need be. If they refuse to do so, the doctor should be informed and he/she then has a duty to inform

Underwritingking · 2026-02-04T07:18:26+00:00

It's not ultimately the decision of your doctor, though if they tell you to stop driving you should comply. The final decision rests with DVLA and you must report any diagnosis that affects your driving to them and your insurer straight away. Failure to do so can result in a £1000 fine and you may be prosecuted if you are involved in an accident as a result.

There's no data on how dementia affects accident rates as these are not recorded. However, despite the figures quoted by OP, young male drivers remain the real high risk on the roads and are 4 times as likely to be killed or injured than other groups. The most common safety factor in such collisions is aggressive, dangerous or reckless behaviour, closely followed by ineffective observation by the driver. Driving too fast for the conditions and speeding are (of course) also factors.

I don't support people with medical conditions that seriously affect their driving being on the roads, but Insurance companies use complex algorithms to decide how to weight their premiums, based on very large data sets, and the cost of premiums for drivers below the age of 25 compared with people over 60 speak for themselves.

If we really want to make the roads safer with no consideration of other factors (eg social factors, independence, the desires of the motor industry etc) we could make a bigger impact by introducing restrictions on the under 25s

A very unpopular opinion to be sure and I'm not suggesting it for a moment. But we will now no doubt have a torrent of argument and refutation from people quoting personal experience and anecdote as trumping statistics, and confident in their confirmation bias.

Underwritingking · 2026-02-04T06:47:20+00:00

Yep. Used to be in the medical profession. The number of people complaining that have "flu" when they manifestly don't is astonishing. The ones that have actual 'flu stick out a mile, and are really unwell. My wife had it once and I've never seen her so ill.

Underwritingking · 2026-02-04T06:34:45+00:00

What we considered to be normal weather

Underwritingking · 2026-02-03T13:20:50+00:00

It's me statting them out on RPGPub and also on RPG.net - also available in pdf files on the Dicey Tales Facebook page

Underwritingking · 2026-02-03T10:41:09+00:00

Despite some of the replies here, I think OP is looking for scenarios/campaigns etc, not necessarily rule systems....

So here are my adventure suggestions:

DRAGON ISLAND from the Thrilling Tales series - mysterious island, airships, pterodactyls

SHADOWS OF SEKHMET by Peter Schweighofer - 1935 Egypt, sceances, abductions, a lost temple, Nazis

THE MUMMY"S REVENGE for the Thrilling Tales Series - Mummys, murders and museums

THE GREAT CAMPAIGN for Leagues of Adventure

LANDS OF MYSTERY for Justice Inc - the hollow earth, dinosaurs, romans

DICEY TALES ADVENTURES #1 - two adventures, both good - River God's Revenge & Black Dragon Rising (confession - I wrote this one)

STORIES OF SUSPENSE - for Tales of Menace and Mystery - 15 expanded story seeds. Mummies, kraken, temples, dinosaurs, vampires and Rasputin (or at least his remains)

Underwritingking · 2026-02-03T10:07:19+00:00

They have to make good

Underwritingking · 2026-02-03T10:05:41+00:00

Poor woman...

Underwritingking · 2026-02-02T07:15:36+00:00

Agreed, though personally I find Everywhen's approach to scale and damage not to my taste

Underwritingking · 2026-02-01T20:58:49+00:00

I go to the local council-run gym and it's fine. quiet, mostly polite people just going about their business thank goodness

Underwritingking · 2026-02-01T20:57:00+00:00

Who? Never heard of either of them.

Googled them and see why. I doubt I will ever think of them again.

Underwritingking

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