Trevor Ship’s blog.
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Clever Trevor
So, hi. Nice to see you again. I know, it’s been a while hasn’t it? How’re you? I am just about okay, thanks for asking. Well not really but let’s have a bit of good news. I have had letters in the last couple of Viz Magazines. I am stupidly excited about this, I have…
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Fetlock Bones as a PDF?
Good grief, it was pointed out to me today that the Fetlock Bones book was not available to everyone as it was only available as an epub, or Kindle file. That was deliberate originally as it was on sale through Amazon, but now it is free I can make it available as a PDF, also…
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Are we on a road to nowhere?
Hello and welcome to The Traffic Island. A collection of stories, information and hopefully entertainment about driving here in Britain in the 21st Century. Do you want to become a better driver? Or maybe just look at fuel saving driving techniques? How about help to drive more smoothly and in a more thoughtful way? As…
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Winter Wonderland
As an advanced driver of some years and a worker in the driving training and assessment industry for 20 plus years I think it is safe to say I know a bit about driving. Here are some tips for driving in winter weather. Drive slowly and allow more time (Obvious I know) Try to avoid…
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Fog. Fog. Fog.
As the bell tolls for the ships in the harbour of a low budget horror film and the fog washes in ominously from the sea. Why is the fog synonymous with horror films? It’s quite simple really, it covers a multitude of sins when tight budgets only allow for basic and obvious effects. Wires that…
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Horsing around?
Let’s talk about the unpredictable choices of our equine chums. Inspired by an article on the BBC website (Link at the end of this post), let’s talk about passing animals on the road. There are several important things that people often forget about horses when they are driving passed them. They are alive, unpredictable and most importantly…
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Traffic Island Terminology
Let’s learn what understeer and oversteer are without ending up in a hedge. This is the first of my Traffic Island Terminology. Unfortunately that does mean that the acronym would be TIT, so I might need to think about that for a while. *Sits and thinks about TIT for a while.* Sorry, where was I?…
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Handbrake churn?
What is a handbrake turn? What’s a handbrake turn? A handbrake, or to give it the official name in the UK, parking brake, is the thing in the middle of your car*, that is not the gearstick or where you put your drinks so that you can knock them over later on. The renaming to…
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Planning to become a better driver?
Do you really want to become a better driver? For most people, the thing that they need to work on to get better is simple and yet really hard. Planning. You need to be thinking and looking further down the road than you do currently. As I said, easy to explain and much more difficult…
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Thoughts and that.
Ponderings of a small mind on a small island. I thought that now is as good a time as any to have a quick post about what I hope to achieve with this, what I plan to do and even some questions about what you would like to see in the future. (Don’t stress, it’s…
