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Archive for 26/03/2008
Local Transport Bill second reading
26/03/2008 by admin.
Cheadle MP Mark Hunter: “Theresa Villiers shows all the strategic understanding of Olive from On the Buses”……priceless!!!
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Driving tired
26/03/2008 by admin.
Acting star Joseph Fiennes is the voice of a new Government campaignto remind motorists of the dangers of driving when tired. One in five of all crashes on major roads are caused by tired drivers but research shows many motorists are ignoring the simplest sign - the common yawn - that it’s time for a break.
Its a scary busines and it has happened to me just once - about 10 years ago. We were on holiday in Cornwall, I hadn’t been sleeping well, and we had been hiking all week.
It was a sunny day and we had had a rather large lunch in a pub where I had drunk just ONE pint. I began to feel drowsy as we drove along a dual carriageway but tried to shrug it off. I was overtaking an old woman in a Micra when suddenly Mrs S cried out in alarm. I realised that I was drifting towards the terrified old woman.
It must have lasted less than a second but the realisation was terrifying. And, of course, I have been reminded of the incident more than once over the last decade!
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