March 30th, 2010
Now that the summer weather is returning (Ha Ha!) and the days are getting warmer, there will be an increased “risk” of meeting old and vintage cars on the road. These older cars are a lot less efficient than the modern vehicle at building up speed, and some can not reach the kinds of speeds that we’re used to driving these days.
You will be able to recognise these older vehicles because their number plates will usually be black with either white or silver numbers and letters.
So when you see these types of cars give them the time to move off, and be aware that they will not be able to take the same gaps in traffic when pulling out of a junction that you would expect from a car normally.
The other important consideration is the fact that many vintage cars are not fitted with the normal flashing indicators that were all used to. So keep an eye open for hand signals (check the highway code to be sure you know what those hands signals are). Some old cars are fitted with and indicating arm, which is a small orange “pointer” that pops out from the side of the vehicle to indicate direction. If you are not looking out for these indications, then they are easily missed and could be a problem if you decide to over take that slow moving car just when he has started to make his right turn!
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