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Jocko

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Re: Changes to the Highway Code.
« Reply #90 on: July 30, 2022, 04:29:59 PM »
As I was told by a driving instructor,  back in the days of starting handles, if a pedestrian walks out in front of you and you don't try to avoid them by braking or swerving, then you are away the craw road.
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Re: Changes to the Highway Code.
« Reply #91 on: July 30, 2022, 07:20:54 PM »
Quote from: Jocko on July 30, 2022, 04:29:59 PM
you are away the craw road.
Translation required please  ;D I presume the mention of starting handle is significant
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Re: Changes to the Highway Code.
« Reply #92 on: July 31, 2022, 02:56:51 PM »
"Away the Craw Road" originally meant dead but also equates to "up sh*t creek without a paddle."
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Re: Changes to the Highway Code.
« Reply #93 on: July 31, 2022, 05:02:44 PM »
Quote from: Jocko on July 31, 2022, 02:56:51 PM
"Away the Craw Road" originally meant dead but also equates to "up sh*t creek without a paddle."
Ah, I see.

I've read the book Crow Road by Ian Banks but didn't realise that the name had a special meaning.
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Re: Changes to the Highway Code.
« Reply #94 on: July 31, 2022, 11:11:34 PM »
The name of the book is taken from the auld Scots expression.
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