Throwing objects at someone in the van while travelling is probably more dangerous....
Is it legal for a passenger to walk about while motorhome is in motion?
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Too late, you said it and it has been recorded. Big Brother is watching youWe have a desk/office chair. The type with wheels on, and have fitted a seatbelt to it. That way the wife can scoot around the van, make lunch, and hot drinks legally whilst travelling. As she is seated and belted.
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Just read that article and thought it must have been written for the 1st of April, checked the date and it was the 7th!Apparently it's not very reliable.
Woman crashed motorhome using cruise control while making cup of tea
A woman crashed her new luxury motorhome at 40mph after putting on the cruise control and getting up to make a cup of tea, a court heard today.www.suffolkgazette.com
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What I like is the cheerful admissions to breaking the law, both in this country and abroad. Only on Motorhome Fun do you have such confessionals. Heaven forfend that a bored copper decides to enliven his or her life by collecting the evidence . . . . 
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Interesting site. Those scathing of speed limits should have a look at the difference even a few miles an hour above the limit makes . . . . .
For Mrs BBF when she needs to go it's not a discussion topic. Either it's moving the 6' back to the rearward facing throne, or winding down the passengers window and balancing on the ledge, your choice.
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Flip flops are illegal for driving in Spain.
No copper will catch me with 200 BHP
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They'll have to mop you up thoughNo copper will catch me with 200 BHP
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If you don't get up and move around how are you supposed to fix your rattles?
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Does it count if you are walking around on the phone?
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Even if I had a co-driver, I don’t think I would risk going to the loo while it’s in motion.
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I mounted an led in the control panel, my wife can glance round to see if it is lit, and far as actually getting up, we have occasionally where it wasn't convenient to pull over, but only on a clear bit of road, and only briefly to secure a cupboard or the cutlery drawer. But never toilet or brewing up.
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Desperately trying not to respondEven if I had a co-driver, I don’t think I would risk going to the loo while it’s in motion.
Can you imagine the embarrassment if you were rear ended
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You must have cast iron feet then! I am also a flip flop and shorts wearer when its hot but only on the little Honda scooter (auto). I dont think I would fancy racing up the Hartside pass through the gears on my Vstrom in flip flops, I'd have no toes left by the top.
Yeah. Rear ended in the loo. A bad thought . . . . . .Even if I had a co-driver, I don’t think I would risk going to the loo while it’s in motion.
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Even if I had a co-driver, I don’t think I would risk going to the loo while it’s in motion.
Can you imagine the embarrassment if you were rear ended
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This is killing me……
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There you go, from the Horses mouth not the neurotic safety NanniesWell, yes they can.
The seatbelt legislation simply states that seated passengers must wear a seatbelt. ( in forward facing seats, where provided).
Therefore, if you get up to visit the loo, you are no longer ‘seated’ therefore are not required to wear a belt, a similar thing applies to standing in busses, where coincidentally you don’t need to wear a belt, even tho they are fitted!
As all coach toilets that I know of are rearward facing, that kinda negates the need to wear a belt whilst seated too…….and trust me you don’t want to pee whilst standing on a moving coach
So, moving that same rule to a MH, it follows that if you’re standing and making tea, or getting a cold one from the fridge, then you’re not seated, therefore don’t need to be wearing a belt
……you can’t make this shit up
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I mention this as at 64 years old I have listened all my life to people telling me that "I shouldn't" when they normally mean they would be scared to do it themselves
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Pahh, you never mentioned changing poop filled nappies, or fitting nylons quilt covers in the dark, now them’s is really tough
A headscratching thread for me is this one.....
Some of those who get up for the loo, make a brew or heat up food are the same people who reply on threads of "How much is the autoroute from Calais to Spain?" with "What's the rush...we bimble down all the small roads and take our time"
Some of those who get up for the loo, make a brew or heat up food are the same people who reply on threads of "How much is the autoroute from Calais to Spain?" with "What's the rush...we bimble down all the small roads and take our time"
I spoke to a guy on the site i was on last month in Spain and he had just been done.
2 motorbike cops,he had a lorry pull in behind him and a cop then pulled in front of him and the other behind the lorry.
He thought the lorry was being pulled but it was him for his wife being out of her seat, i cant remember if it was 100 or 200 euros he was fined ,so fines do happen,well in Spain anyway.
cheers Cris.
2 motorbike cops,he had a lorry pull in behind him and a cop then pulled in front of him and the other behind the lorry.
He thought the lorry was being pulled but it was him for his wife being out of her seat, i cant remember if it was 100 or 200 euros he was fined ,so fines do happen,well in Spain anyway.
cheers Cris.
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