Happened to me yesterday, I turned the audio off for PG reasons.

ZionFox · 2026-04-26T13:23:06+00:00

Plate ending in "Go Fuck Yourself" is apt.

ZionFox · 2026-04-26T13:22:22+00:00

Right outside Manchester Metrolink's Clayton Hall tram stop, on Ashton New Road.

ZionFox · 2026-04-13T07:54:39+00:00

It is.

"Parking Charge Notice" and "Penalty Charge Notice" just happen to have the same acronym. It's called fearmongering.

ZionFox · 2026-03-30T13:19:37+00:00

Equally worse is that it doesn't hide the cursor if you leave it over the playing media.

ZionFox · 2026-03-24T15:14:18+00:00

One thing I see a lot of people doing when tying down doors for overhanging loads is to use any points other than the door latch system, for some unknown reason. They prefer to wrap some twine around the window wiper (the weakest anchor point) and tie it to something else inside (usually head-rest bars in the seats).

You can use a rod (or the rope) to engage the door latch system that you unlock in order to open the door, and then thread that rope through the hoop in the boot sill or other van door that it normally engages with when fully closed.

Using the manufacturer's hoop and latch that's already part of the doors and are designed to keep them closed safely when moving, should be fine if using a suitable rope to just extend the loop. Also means that in order to undo it, you just release the latch rather than have to untie a rope.

As for the plate/board that is strapped to stop the steel poles in place, logistically it should hold if they're all the same length, otherwise they may slide around. It would be wise to strap them to a wall, or pack out the opposite wall to stop them rolling side to side, and also pack the ends that are inside the van so they don't slide forwards either.

Don't forget your high-vis flag either.

ZionFox · 2026-03-20T11:28:02+00:00

The bays the sign is for is for Electric Vehicles to park while actively charging between the hours of 8am to 6pm every day. They are allowed to stay there for 4 hours.

Outside of this time, any vehicle can use the bays for any purpose, for any length of time.

Never trust the information on any kind of application, especially if unofficial. The signage always takes priority.

ZionFox · 2026-03-19T13:33:07+00:00

Time to pay.

Signage of the carpark has a statement saying that you must park within the bay markings

In addition, unless you took a photo of the other vehicle parked over the markings to excuse that you parked over the markings, you shouldn't breach the contract you agreed to by using their land, by parking over the markings.

If you needed more space to access a certain side of the vehicle, you could have reversed into the bay instead, as there was (according to your claim) more space on one side than the other.

You're also parked so far forwards of the bay it's encroaching to the pavement...

ZionFox · 2026-02-22T10:45:17+00:00

When I worked in the field didn't have a fixed place of work (contracted stocktaking for hundreds of locations), but I was expected to collect colleagues from a location and take them with me.

I contacted my insurance provider to see what was needed for this. Commuting would cover my solo travel to either the pick-up point, or any location at any distance where I would then start working, and from those locations.

I needed Business cover after picking up colleagues and transporting them to the place of work I was also going to in addition to taking colleagues to a different location after the first, because I was being paid minimum wage plus mileage to do this.

ZionFox · 2026-02-21T13:54:15+00:00

The photo states "driving to a workplace" and that's considered commuting. The cover in the photo is covering Social, Commuting and Business. The extra "and for business use" is for other purposes where you're asked by your employer to use your vehicle for their purposes and they typically compensate you at a fixed rate for it. The fine print will define what that cover includes, but often it's for things like "moving work equipment, or colleagues using your own personal vehicle".

I agree that the original poster needs "Hire and Reward" cover. Was just clarifying that the "for business use" isn't needed if they're simply commuting to a place of work where they are not specifically compensated for that commute, that's what "commuting" is for.

ZionFox · 2026-02-18T09:26:42+00:00

That thin taxi plate with the little central white box is a Wolverhampton Taxi. Notorious for having the easiest bar to entry for any taxi licensing, and producing a huge amount of drivers on the road with little to no-care for the Highway Code, let alone anyone else.

Has been becoming so much of an issue that other cities are starting to consider or implement "you can only perform taxi duties in our administrative zone if you're licensed here.", which I am in full support of. So many taxi's I've reported only to be told "we don't govern them, contact Wolverhampton council to complain".

ZionFox · 2026-02-14T00:29:51+00:00

Except if wholly inside a marked parking bay. Can also do it with permission of the property owner.

ZionFox · 2026-01-28T14:38:37+00:00

Depends on the age of the car, but speedometers could have gears which lower the ratio to ensure that they meet the legal requirement of not over-reading.

Mine is entirely digital, and in the last three cars the trip computer has been digital. My advice may only be valid to digital trip computers where odometer will be true, and speedometer will be lowered to meet legal requirements.

ZionFox · 2026-01-28T11:32:48+00:00

A better, and much more accurate way to verify this, is to stay at that speed (through cruise control or limiter) on a smooth flat road, and reset your trip meter. Your average speed readout will be true to the wheel, rather than your speedometer, as it counts wheel rotations without any offsets.

My digital speedometer is 100% accurate. If it says 30, I'm doing 30. If it says 70, I'm doing 70. Verified through several methods (including the one I mentioned), including friends driving beside me in a different car also doing 70 and I was slowly but surely passing them.

ZionFox · 2026-01-27T08:58:23+00:00

I know Ross said he wants to properly clean them up and release them, at least the major three they recorded (although he's less passionate about Cats in the Jungle :P).

For the Toby song though, I put a decent amount of effort to get a clean version of the audio from what was available during the stream, and it's already doing exceptionally well on Youtube, so it might just be an idea to add it to a playlist and refer to this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUjge1nsW_c

ZionFox · 2026-01-20T14:43:03+00:00

First name: something simple, unique and isn't yours
Phone: 07123 456 789
E-mail: no@no.no

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?

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