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Dunno really, but the road has speed humps every 100 yards or so & there is a continuous line of parked cars everyday.
This obviously makes the road narrower
& you have to give way for anything larger than an suv.
I've lost count how many times I've had my car mirror knocked back by the myopic fuckwits who can't drive & they have ALL been Asian drivers.
That's not being racist, but they are really piss poor @ driving & they will not
give way to anyone who's a different skin colour. Seen it happen too often & plod + council need to re assess the lay out.
That's never going to happen, so it's defensive driving/riding everytime.
 
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Wakefield Prison used to use local taxis to take staff to Hospital bedwatches, most of them were Asian, their standard of driving was quite poor as standard but during Ramadan it was downright dangerous.
 
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derek kelly said:
Wakefield Prison used to use local taxis to take staff to Hospital bedwatches, most of them were Asian, their standard of driving was quite poor as standard but during Ramadan it was downright dangerous.
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Yes & I've asked the question before.
If you can basically starve & dehydrate yourself for a month, then how can you be physically & mentally fit enough to drive or indeed operate machinary in a normal functional manner?
 
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ogr1 said:
Yes & I've asked the question before.
If you can basically starve & dehydrate yourself for a month, then how can you be physically & mentally fit enough to drive or indeed operate machinary in a normal functional manner?
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You need to do a bit of research on Ramadan……
 
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andyBeaker said:
You need to do a bit of research on Ramadan……
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Why? I wasn't referring to a specific event.
They still fast a Ramadan, but here's the contradiction....
Only able bodied people carry out the action.
I would wager that you are not fully able bodied after a month of fasting.
I would further wager that vehicle insurance claims escalate during this time.
Of course we are not allowed to assume or God forbid, have factual evidence to these ideas.
 
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andyBeaker said:
You need to do a bit of research on Ramadan……
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No research from me as I have little interest to perfectly honest but from having a Muslim friend at school and seeing the effects i would say that the regime imposed during Ramadan has to have an effect on a persons wellbeing and ability to drive .......

Raz was by a very long way the brightest pupil in our high school, nothing fazed him and he was top in every group almost every time, to the point that he would often finish whatever work was set with hours to spare and then act as an unofficial classroom helper to the less well able (me included)

But during Ramadan he was listless and had been known to fall asleep at his desk, he couldn't concentrate for more than five minutes at a time, he always perked up after the event and aced all his exams with no problem as expected before moving on to higher education but during Ramadan he was bloody useless

I understand other people might react differently but that is what i have seen and expect others may be affected in the same way
 
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Dehydration causes lethargy, sleepiness, dizziness and headaches. It has been proven that the general onset of dehydration can also lead to the individual becoming short tempered.
I've seen this year's ago in recruits in training and it was one of the red flags we had to watch out for.
Typically it manifests itself when a recruit on a field run is offered help but declines it by telling the training staff to fuck off. Something they would obviously never do under normal circumstances.!
One little known fact about dehydration that studies have revealed is that as we get older we become less able to recognise that we are dehydrated. This is one of the reasons why the health of many elderly people often declines suddenly and with little apparent warning.

All of which begs the question... How many older drivers observing Ramadan are unsafe to drive....?
 
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Came Vera Lynn’s favourite food - whale meat again.
 
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