Lorries overtaking cause traffic jams

Posted by James Marriott on February 1, 2007 under Out and About, Traffic | Read the First Comment

Am I really the only person who has noticed this? Lorries overtaking one another cause unnecessary traffic jams. Next time you’re travelling along a fast road during rush hour and you come across a lorry overtaking another (usually just as the road starts to climb), watch how quickly traffic builds up behind it. Why do … Read the rest

catalytic converters vs the environment

Posted by James Marriott on under Environment, Mother Earth | Be the First to Comment

By now the chances are that if you drive a car or a newish motorbike it is going to have a catalytic converter fitted to it. This is a device fitted to the exhaust that is designed to remove harmful emissions from the exhaust fumes and turn them into relatively harmless carbon dioxide.

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