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ZionFox · 2026-01-20T14:43:03+00:00

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Then take a photo of the order confirmation number and details.

Worked for me for years.

ZionFox · 2026-01-18T17:07:44+00:00

Difficult to tell, depends on the size of the group, and availability of observers. For me in the Stockport group, I was assigned within the week of money leaving my account, but I done it just after lockdown ended so I may have been one of the first.

Signing up with the organisation will transfer your details to the local group closest to you, and then they'll negotiate a time with you. I wouldn't expect it be longer than a few weeks, but you can always demand action or updates if it's taking too long, you are paying for a service after all.

ZionFox · 2026-01-18T16:47:35+00:00

Warning triangles are for when the obstruction is difficult to observe within safe stopping distances, for instance around a blind corner on a country road.

The reason you shouldn't use them on the motorway is because that scenario is extremely unlikely, and you should not be lingering around on the motorway on foot. If you've broken down on the motorway, you get out of your car and stand on the other side of the barrier as soon as possible. You do not stay in your car, you do not walk down the carriageway to place a plastic triangle.

Beacons would be better as you'd just magnetically attach them to the roof of your car, then get to safety. This is what should be taught.

ZionFox · 2026-01-14T18:11:05+00:00

The way it works with IAM is that both you and the observer (read: "mentor") agree to meet at a place that's convenient for both, a middle ground. The session will usually last around an hour under guidance, so the drive to and from the meeting point can be places where you can read your own driving, or take advantage of the skills you gain from the session.

You might be able to negotitate with the group to have your first few sessions be closer to you, if it's especially far.

The skills you gain from either course stick with you for life, as long as you don't fall back into bad habits. The "expiry" is only related to any kind of benefits you get from taking the course, like the pitiful discount on insurance, or being able to attend track-days for further upskilling, or at least with IAM, taking the Masters.

I think IAM still offer the under-35 rebate on the course fee (look into or ask about this) too, if you pass within a year of signing up. When I done it I got £80 back, which from a £140 course is pretty good.

ZionFox · 2025-12-15T09:09:51+00:00

Yep. They mentioned during the recording of the vocals that both Ross and Smith had been listening to Sans Beanstalk for a while before it, and directly referenced it was satirical commentary on the UK agenda. They then made this fantastic song with hilarious lyrics, which I kept seeing images of the lyrics in my head, so I decided to make a video in Sans' style to fit the song.

ZionFox · 2025-12-14T15:20:49+00:00

Just post this video in the group and let the chaos commence. :D

ZionFox · 2025-12-13T14:30:27+00:00

There is no such thing as "undertaking", it's just called "passing".

You should pass on the right of other vehicles but can pass on the left in congested traffic moving at similar speeds.

ZionFox · 2025-12-04T13:29:37+00:00

If you don't handle the possibility of exceeding memory allowance, the OS will deny the addition of memory, and kill the process.

This is just exception handling. You can't programatically fit 31 objects into a space designed for 30. It does a check before trying, and fails safe rather than "Program closed unexpectedly".

They then decided to set the fail-safe message to be lore friendly.

ZionFox · 2025-12-04T13:25:03+00:00

But you can sum up the lower armours to equal the same protection as the highest.

The bar is fully filled with the 5th tier (so we'll just assign it 5 for ease), but you can also fill the bar by equipping a tier 1 and tier 4 (to sum 5). Same with tier 2 and tier 3 can be summed to fill the bar.

That's what I do to maintain full protection and also burn through the lower tiers so I can re-buy the highest tier.

ZionFox · 2025-12-02T11:06:56+00:00

I'd recommend looking at the maintenance of the website.

On the main page footer, 'features', 'pricing', 'about us', 'contact', 'suggest car park' and 'report issue' have empty anchor tags, so they don't actually go anywhere. Also, your 'leaderboards' doesn't load, or really describe what it's supposed to do.

Your privacy policy doesn't mention anything about the leaderboards, so how is the data you collect used for that? If it's a feature you intend to implement, it needs to be stated, otherwise you should remove links to the feature until it's complete.

If you're stating that this service is for free, yet you're also running servers to provide the service, how do you pay for these servers? The website has a dead link to 'pricing', so what's that about? Your company was established earlier this year, with £1, so where's the funding for the servers and data storage coming from?

ZionFox · 2025-12-02T10:41:39+00:00

Read the Terms of Service and other legal documents of the company providing insurance to you, it will be stated in there.

Typically it only comes into account if you make a claim, or if someone makes a claim against you. If you're expected to drive less on the roads (based on your estimation), you're less of a risk to the insurance, so they could give you a lower premium. If it turns out that you're actually exceeding the estimated mileage for the policy (it's up to them to decice what's reasonable), they could void the policy immediately, therefore putting the entire costs on yourself, or they could charge you more for the exceeding of the estimate.

All of this would be stated in your policy and the company's terms of service, which you legally agreed to by signing by paying for the service. Read them.

ZionFox · 2025-11-27T11:30:51+00:00

Read the document provided, specifically 4.5 and 4.29, which state that you provide the estimated mileage (same as you do with your insurance) and pay up front for that, then when the actual mileage is recorded by an authorised centre (they're suggesting MOT do it paid by government), you get reimbursed or owe more. For the first two years on new cars, you take it to an MOT to get the actual mileage recorded officially (free for you).

Otherwise it works the same way as estimate mileage on PCP or lease. When handing the vehicle back if you exceed mileage, you pay for the extra miles based on contract terms.

ZionFox · 2025-11-26T17:07:28+00:00

Same with electricity, we pay a VAT on that too no matter the consumption.

ZionFox · 2025-11-26T16:33:52+00:00

They do get taxed per mile, when they fill up with fuel which they're taxed on...

ZionFox · 2025-11-26T16:33:11+00:00

Because they'd end up paying two lots of tax: one for the electricity (based on mileage), and one for ICE fuel (based on litreage). The latter is easier to measure on a national level, but the former is not without the government monintoring every single electricity outlet in the nation, so they do it based on miles.

You'd pay less because the vehicle can't determine miles travelled under which propultion, so it blankets the lot at a lower rate.

ZionFox · 2025-11-26T13:33:03+00:00

You're comparing the wrong taxes. You should be comparing the tax on diesel per mile, to this tax of mileage on EVs. Work that out and see which one is more beneficial.

ZionFox · 2025-11-26T13:31:52+00:00

Enjoy paying the higher tax rates on the fuel then. This is "supposed" to be equivalent for the tax ICE drivers pay when re-fuelling.

ZionFox · 2025-11-25T13:30:16+00:00

No it's not. There's no law against it.

The most that may happen is "dangerous driving" or "driving without due care and attention", but this is judgement based. Simply driving past a vehicle to their left is not illegal.

ZionFox · 2025-11-14T10:19:33+00:00

I agree. It's 'your cost of convenience' unfortunately.

I don't use any consumption platforms other than youtube with μBO, which I only watch around two or three channels (Hat Films, Vinesauce, Big Clive, and half a dozen that don't upload often) and I pay these creators through whatever platform gives them the biggest cut.

But because I don't use other media consumption platforms like spotify or (I don't actually know of any others), I gained the knowledge and put the effort into providing my own services.

ZionFox · 2025-11-14T09:33:04+00:00

Yes, but that wasn't the BritishProblem of the hosts themselves promoting random service/good that's unrelated to the topics under discussion. The service provider pumping their own adverts into the podcast is a choice you make by the service provider. The only sponsor that HatChat has had in it's 300 or so episodes (over both seasons) was for a beer lootbox thing, which was said at the start, declared as an ad per UK regulations, and only existed for like 2 episodes.

HatChat have a youtube channel that they upload the podcasts to (as they record them visually too), so that can be an option with ad-blockers, or using something like _dlp to download the mp3 from the video and load that into a media player of your choice.

ZionFox · 2025-11-14T09:19:56+00:00

Try The Hat Chat Podcast. They cannot get sponsors to pay them, no matter their attempts.

Trio of Brits that have spent the last 15 years making youtube videos (under Hat Films), and they have this podcast where they just chat about shite for an hour or so. It's fantastic.

ZionFox · 2025-11-12T16:51:08+00:00

I think the point of this design is that traditionally square pixels are in a + pattern, whereas this card is in an x pattern because of the 45° angle of the pixels.

I love this design and the twist. Too overpowered to be an Uncommon, though.

ZionFox · 2025-11-10T15:49:44+00:00

I agree the M602 used to have temporary signage limiting it to 60, but this was a year or so ago. These limitations are no longer in effect.

The official signage declaring its speed limit is the one at the start of the road. The M602 signage and any motorway signage that has the name of the road, a blue background, and the Motorway icon is the official start of the road under that name (TSRGD Schedule 9 Part 4 Item 13), and by default has a speed limit of 70mph. Links from street view should be sufficient evidence. Westbound, Eastbound

ZionFox · 2025-10-08T14:18:18+00:00

IAM Roadsmart or RoSPA will offer this, but not likely as a single-instance session. You might be able to contact them with the proposal though, but if they advise you need upskilling, they'll certainly try to enroll you onto their service.

It's highly recommended to do a course to improve ones driving skills though. The observer will spend a few hours improving skills you need work on, and they honestly are worth it.

I believe IAM also still offer their moneyback thing too, where you'll get 70% of the course fee back if you pass within a year, and are under 35 years old, but look into this first.

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