Mar Dixon's Curtains

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MA Dixons about rite laughs like an old tart. and for those with half drawn curtains across there drivers side window…dont you check your blind spot pulling away ? NO didnt think so.

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like it was said before each to there own ! I personally know my own ■■■■■■■■■ and having tassels on my over the top curtains doesn’t make me doubt it…but if I was gay would that make it ok ■■

it’s a shame we can’t use the web and tv programmes like trucks and trailers to our advantage instead of ■■■■■■■■ about each other !

ONWARD >>>>

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loadtec lotto:
like it was said before each to there own ! I personally know my own ■■■■■■■■■ and having tassels on my over the top curtains doesn’t make me doubt it…but if I was gay would that make it ok ■■

it’s a shame we can’t use the web and tv programmes like trucks and trailers to our advantage instead of ■■■■■■■■ about each other !

ONWARD >>>>

Hahahaha well said stew. ■■■■■■■ pathetic.

No wonder Luke doesn’t come on here anymore. Granny meeting at its best!
RDC queens springs to mind

Edited : I missed the :

ONWARD >>>>>

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PremiumTrucker:

loadtec lotto:
like it was said before each to there own ! I personally know my own ■■■■■■■■■ and having tassels on my over the top curtains doesn’t make me doubt it…but if I was gay would that make it ok ■■

it’s a shame we can’t use the web and tv programmes like trucks and trailers to our advantage instead of ■■■■■■■■ about each other !

ONWARD >>>>

Hahahaha well said stew. [zb] pathetic.

No wonder Luke doesn’t come on here anymore. Granny meeting at its best!
RDC queens springs to mind

Edited : I missed the :

ONWARD >>>>>

No grandad meeting… :laughing:

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robroy:
Have one of the mods seen their arse today, I put on a subtle joke about a certain female Stobby driver’s curtains, with no banned words with the level of innuendo no more explicit than you see on a 30yr old Carry On film and it’s been removed, is some fragile soul on here THAT easily offended and reported it :open_mouth: or is the mod just recovering from a sense of humour by pass… :unamused: ffs!

Oh no! That means my post laughing at your joke has gone too. Five smilies I invested in that! They don’t grow on trees you know. :smiling_imp:

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trubster:
Why do people drive with front fogs on… They don’t give you any more visibility

they do.

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GBPub:

PremiumTrucker:
Like I say,

You worry about YOUR cab and visions and do YOUR job and I’ll do mine how I want to do it thank you.

Dunno why people worry or care about what others are doing. Need to get a life people .

As rob says, each to their own.

[zb] me

Oh and scanner, mine don’t have the tassels on :laughing:

I have noticed lately that the ones who pull out and almost side swipe me, almost always (99%) are the ones with curtains blocking the side view.

Exactly!

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■■■■ me what bunch of old women, why do you feel you have to be able to see the driver? i can see very well out of both mirrors and window fine thanks, just because you cant eyeball me doesn’t mean i can’t see your VEHICLE!!!

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WARNING: IF YOU CAN’T SEE MY CURTAINS, I CAN’T SEE YOU!

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Ziffy:
[zb] me what bunch of old women, why do you feel you have to be able to see the driver? i can see very well out of both mirrors and window fine thanks, just because you cant eyeball me doesn’t mean i can’t see your VEHICLE!!!

Missed the point…nobody wants to look at you… :unamused:

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Don’t worry about my curtains, worry about the sat nav thats bigger than drivers windscreen that’s the worring part (ZB) !!! Haha

Normally found in Nissan micras

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I’m going to write to VOSA for clarification on this issue.

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Scanner:
I’m going to write to VOSA for clarification on this issue.

Thats an interesting point Scanner.

It is not listed under Categorisation of defects, but window tinting is

Average light transmission <30% Immediate Prohibition
Average light transmission >30%, <45% Delayed Prohibition
Average light transmission >45%, <65% “advisory defects not considered serious
enough to prohibit the vehicle.”

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Scanner:
I’m going to write to VOSA for clarification on this issue.

Which issue?
The curtains, the sat nags or the fact everyone is ■■■■■■■■ over something that’s not really affecting them in their day to day job but thrive on having an argument with a fellow driver? :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

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Retro rob:

Scanner:
I’m going to write to VOSA for clarification on this issue.

Which issue?
The curtains, the sat nags or the fact everyone is ■■■■■■■■ over something that’s not really affecting them in their day to day job but thrive on having an argument with a fellow driver? :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Whats a Sat Nag■■? is it a horse with a Sky dish attached to it? :smiley:

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Retro rob:

Scanner:
I’m going to write to VOSA for clarification on this issue.

Which issue?
The curtains, the sat nags or the fact everyone is ■■■■■■■■ over something that’s not really affecting them in their day to day job but thrive on having an argument with a fellow driver? :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Good point, above post was regarding side windows

Winndscreen:

Any object seriously impairing driver’s view through the area swept by the windscreen wipers - IMMEDIATE PROHIBITION

Otherwise than above - advisory defects not considered serious enough to prohibit the vehicle. They are reported on a Vehicle Inspection Notice

Notes:

  1. Reversing monitors and navigation screens may be acceptable, provided they do not impair the drivers view to the road and are of manufacturers original equipment
  2. As a general rule nothing should be placed in the swept area of the wipers. Some official stickers and road safety items are permitted provided they do not seriously impair the drivers view of the road. Official stickers are those that have a mandatory requirement to be in the windscreen for enforcement, security or crime prevention E.g. Tax disc, ‘O’ licence, Police authority vehicle anti theft scheme stickers, security passes, disabled driver permits / badges etc.
  3. Swept area means the area swept by the wipers in their normal operation not including any area covered to reach the parked position or which the manufacturer deems as ‘opaque’
  4. Acceptable items for PSVs : DDA hand rails, anti-vandal screens and their poles. Ticket machine/fare collection equipment is allowed as as long as a person 1.07m (3ft 6 ins) tall, 300mm wide is not totally concealed at 2m in front of the vehicle.
  5. Some vehicles have very large screens whose wipers cover an area that serves no particular use. The area above the horizontal line taken from the eye position assessed with the driver seated looking forward in the usual driving position, with the seat in it’s highest position can be ignored, other than the area required to view the rear view mirror where applicable)
  6. Features which may intrude into the swept area provided they do not seriously impair the drivers view are:Vehicle distance or lane indicator lenses, automatic windscreen wiper detectors,wiper blade cleaning grooves, fresnel lens, split windscreens, central parking wipers.
  7. Features which are not permitted are: no smoking signs,maximum height signs, sat nav if not vehicle original equipment maintenance information stickers, monitors which show activities at the rear if NOT vehicle original equipment
    Examples used are not a definitive list.
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Thank you trubster, the only thing covering the whole of my windscreen is my sun visitor which in 105 covers the width of the screen almost, tax disc and dart tag do not impair my vision one little bit!
I think vosa will let u get away with(for now anyway) a window fringe thingy ma jig as long as it doesn’t n obscure pedestrian mirror and sun visors cover it when down, if u get me, but I’m sure that’s down to each vosa operative as opposed to countrywide thing!