On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 21:00:47 +0100, "James Hart"
wrote:

Mum always found it strange that tank drivers (no doubt the commanders)
would pull up at the traffic lights and would sit there waiting to do a
right turn with their arm out, stiff as a brush, like a schoolkid doing the
cycling proficiency test.

It was revealing to see how few car drivers actually understood the
Highway Code arm gestures, and was funnier to see their faces when
they suddenly realised that their ignorance was going to pile them
into the side of a tank.* Having said that, it had army landie effect
in the traffic stream: drivers suddenly became less aggressive and
left a reasonable amount of space to avoid their precious cars getting
squished and dented. Although, to be fair, a CVRT in stop-start
traffic rocks backards a forwards quite a bit which can confuse people
anticipating the queue moving forwards.

Gavin Bailey

* I use the word in the loosest possible context to include the
Scimitar.
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