Watch out for rocks

[mjr]

All good in theory, but unless you perpetually drive at walking space it will always be possible for a child to run out into the road with no warning within your thinking+stopping distance (40ft at 20mph).

Yes, and they're less likely to be killed or seriously injured if you're driving more slowly. It's worth slowing down and designing roads where children are likely to be to encourage slowing down.

 

[Beebo]

The new white lines have not gone down very well with the locals.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-36024009

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

The new white lines have not gone down very well with the locals.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-36024009

Should've painted the rock bright fluorescent yellow

 

[YahudaMoon]

Fixed

 

[Fnaar]

Be careful of boulders if you go to Taiwan... nobody injured, but it looks flipping close!

 

[growingvegetables]

Be careful of boulders if you go to Taiwan... nobody injured, but it looks flipping close!

A brown-trouser moment

Similar happened to two colleagues in Yemen.

Their nasty little yellow Daihatsu 4x4 bogged down in the mud; they abandoned the car to walk up the hill and find shelter. Heard a noise - turned round, and a dirty great sheet of hillside was slithering down. Rocks bouncing off the roof of the car. They could only stand and watch, stunned.

It was a very strange shape the next morning - the roof neatly hammered down to fit the shape of the seats and steering wheel

 

[CharlieB]

I'm most grateful to @Inertia for starting this thread, because last night I was struggling to think of somewhere to go today.
Soulbury is about 20 miles from me, so out of pure curiosity, it became a mid point for a very nice 41m ride out through the Chilterns this morning.
So thank you!
I'd post a photo of the boulder with its offending white lines to prove it, but I can never get photos to post on here.
How on earth do they know it's been there 11000 years, in any case?

 

[snorri]

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This happened in Italy a couple if years ago. The rock came straight down the mountain and through a house.

......and crushed a grape or three on the way.