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I don't know what anyone is saying now. You could say I'm all at C. I'll get my coat.

Nice one. BTW The spot to park the bike is near the ticket machine. There's only enough room for one bike.

Yes. Go to the car park next to the Crown Pools off William Street. There's a tiny area for bike parking, but it's free. Go to the front of the pools on Crown Street, turn right along that road. The next building is Crown House where the test centre is. I took my driving theory there. Reception will direct you to the right office. Allow plenty of time to get there. An accident on the A12 can hold you up for quite a while.

Hello. Commiserations re the Mod 1. Get it rebooked and I'm sure it'll be better next time.

Good news. Enjoy the new gaff.

The big white Mercedes that despite the fact that the car in front of me was following a lorry that had just moved into the overtaking lane, decided to undertake all three of us........... then she must have thought "oh dear" or something like that as she almost drove straight into the car filtering onto the A14...... (the clue was the lorry moving into the overtaking lane)...... then in her panic she almost drove me into the crash barrier as she swerved into my lane. It's the second time in a month I've almost been swiped by a car moving into my lane, so I'm considering painting the Dullville dayglo.

I was in what Ipswich calls rush hour traffic yesterday evening (in the car), queuing to get out of town, when a quad bike passed me. I thought it was going to turn right at the roundabout I was heading to, but no it went over the roundabout, stopped and then barged into the queue I was in. I though what a ****. If a car did this, I would have thought the same, but looking back on it, the rider clearly thought he could filter with impunity. Does anyone else have an opinion on this? I personally think if he's on four wheels, then he's a queue jumper.

He used to do that when I worked in Colchester. Once he undertook me less then half a foot away from me. If I had made moved just a fraction, we would have gone splat all over the A14.

Yesterday the Peugeot driver who got on the A14 and immediately moved to the overtaking lane. The problem was, I was already in that lane. It was a bit surreal watching her stare straight ahead whilst I was using the horn to get her to move away. She then spent the next few miles keeping a long way from me, but staying in the overtaking lane which probably got up the nose of the Suzuki rider behind her. This morning the Land Rover that while overtaking me in the dense fog almost drove into the car coming in the opposite direction. When visibility drops to a few metres I find it best to keep to a speed that has an equal stopping distance....... obviously Range Rovers have F1 standard brakes.

Speaking as a middle age, middle class accountant I can confirm that I have no interest in a Harley. Mind you after reading this, I might go and look at some BMWs.......... ..

Best of all, it makes them more visible at night. As has been said, it's a shame that quite a few car drivers don't use theirs.

The twit in the polo that suicially moved into the path of the vauxhall in front of me. Somehow we all mised each other. Then I assume as the polo driver got the hump at being beeped he then proceeded to drive at 50 along the dual carriageway for the next ten miles or so.I don't know how far back the traffic queued behind us, but that's selfish driving for you. It's a typical case of someone getting angry and being a nob when they are in the wrong rather than apologise.

The nob in the red Range Rover who honked his horn and yelled abuse at the Fiesta driver who was slow at reversing out of his space. He was very surprised when I started yelling at him! Some people are not very good at maneuvers, but it seems some people aren't very tolerant. A couple of guys who were watching in their van came over afterwards to say it was hilarious watching the Range Rover driver's face when I got abusive at him rather than back him up.

Like Joeman I was riding before driving. So reversing the question, I don't think learning to drive has affected my riding.

There are three disabled spaces at the children's centre where my daughter's nursery is. About half the parents use them to drop their kids off. Challenging them I always get a torrent of abuse. It's amazing the language some people use in front of their own kids.

I have been banned from a pub, but not a forum.

After dropping off my daughter at nursery this morning I was driving back through a built up area with one lane each direction. In the opposite lane there was Range Rover stopped with the hazard warning lights flashing. I could see a vehicle behind it, but (stupidly) assumed that if I could see it then it could see me. However, the driver decided to accelerate pulling into my path and overtaking the stopped Range Rover. This effectively created a game of chicken and I stopped just so that the oncoming A4 couldn't finish the overtake and without hitting me. Somehow I kept my cool and got out to speak to the driver who was certainly not calm. Although not word for word the conversation was something like this: - Driver "Why didn't you stop, so I could pass?" Me "Because I didn't see you until you sped out from behind that parked car. I had to slam on the brakes to stop where I did and besides you should have seen me coming and it's my right of way" Driver "No it's not! I was there first so you should let me past" Me "I think if you were to ask the police.." Driver (interrupting me) "No don't you threaten me with the police and be sides my mother is sick and" she was pointing at the passenger in her car. Me (interrupting back) "Your mother. Did she tell you to drive dangerously?" It was roughly at this point the Range Rover drove off. Presumably the car had miraculously fixed itself! Both the A4 driver and I made some remarks about people parking in unsuitable places and I used this as an excuse to get back in the car and leave. So there are two NotD. The Range Rover parked in the road without pulling in and the A4 driver who couldn't wait 3 seconds for the oncoming traffic to pass before overtaking.

To be fair to lorry drivers, I find them more considerate than the average commuter. When the A14 snags up, a lot of the lorries will make a token effort to make space for a bike to fit through (which I always try to wave thanks for), unlike those blasted Audis and BMWs which deliberately move in the way.

Romanes eunt domus.

If you are going to drive at 50 in Felixstowe, why are you beeping me as you come round the corner so fast the you're now in my lane? I hate the way boy racers always turn everything, so it's your fault.

If anyone wants to serve their country they can..... my mum is ex-army. I think increasing the scope of people wanting to join means the armed forces can pick even better recruits. The same goes for sexual orientation.

Why not use your horn whilst he was reversing? It makes them stop unless they are an utter nob and the subsequent overtake would be safer.......Grief I sound like a right old man don't I? Anyway making a noise can be really useful sometimes.

I remember visiting when it was two cities. The East Berliners liked my English accent and the East had buses every thirty seconds, but they only had a few seats and lots of standing space....... due to the fact that there were so many busses.... communist logic I suppose. The only unfriendly people I met were the Russians, but to be fair the Yank GIs I bumped into West Germany were generally obnoxious too. Learn some of the lingo it will help. I hope to go to Lake Constance in southern Germany next year. It's where a lot of Germans go for their holidays.

NotD goes to the BMW driver who stopped jutting out of the queue in a two lane one way street so that the bus and traffic got blocked half way down the street in the clear lane. The traffic splits in two directions at the end, so he was just being a nob.

I was in the car, as I had to drop my daughter off this morning. After dropping her off and heading along the A14 I realised that the left hand lane had started queueing about a mile before the exit to switch to the A12. So I though I would go up to the next junction and turn around. But today's NotD thought differently. They drove along the fast lane (that's the overtaking lane for anyone who doesn't use the slang term) then stopped and then put their indicators on to turn left when they got to the junction. I had to break very hard to avoid hitting him. If I had been on the bike I would have had enough time to get off and kick his lights in before he barged into the queue. (In theory off course!) Are there any memory tricks to remember number plates, because by time I got to work I'd forgotten mateys boy's reg plate?