can / or should someone who was breathalised 28 yrs ago , have this info passed on to a new employer , via a top whack crb check?

we are talking about someone who will be driving a school minibus? Read more

Hi,
on my Vectra I got the emissions warning light on.
From OBD I read the error P0100 = Mass Air Flow (MAF) Circuit Malfunction
Looking at the live data the only strange values were:
- "Air flow rate" always shows 0g/s
- "Calculated Load" is always 0%
I assume that the problem is the MAF sensor or wiring.
Is there any other possible reason for this?
THANKS
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...in the UK over the past decade", according to a headline in today's Sunday Telegraph. It does not say how many worldwide but suggests that one worldwide reason is that there are now so many components shared with so many brands and models, so, if one is wrong on one of them, it may well affect many more in many countries.

They should come with a warning on the package, "Cars can seriously damage your health". To stretch the analogy with fag promotion restrictions further, advertising of cars should be banned and maybe brand names should be concealed. Then we need a film from Michael Moore showing how governments benefit from this deadly industry, via taxes.

I wonder what the recall figures are for commercial vehicles? Read more

Listening to a few firemen will teach you that occasionally a human being is faced with a life or death decision. One story I heard on the telly was about how a fireman had to keep a door closed to impede the spread of a fire in an HMO whilst the residents upstairs could escape through the front door. This was despite him knowing that there was someone on the other side who was right next to the fire - and dying.

Sobering thought eh?

Consider this. You are driving in a 30mph zone, within the speed limit and you are a few metres away from an elderly gent who is on side of the road. You know that you have the room to pass him so you position the car to do so.

When you are a cars length from him a group of children on the other side of the road, jokingly pushes one of their number into your path - feet infront of you.

You have an instant decision to make. You will hit either hit the elderly gent or the kid

Which would you choose - and why?

This thread isn't about safe driving, as I'm sure many of you would argue that the driver should have been driving with due care etc. This is about being faced with a terrible dilemma, literally finding yourself in a situation where you have to make a choice. Read more

What on earth does he mean you're thinking. I've just been looking at photos of the snowstorm in the US, on the BBC web site and all of the parked cars have their windscreen wipers lifted, as you would if you were cleaning the screen. What's that for? It'll stop them freezing to the screen but by the time you've cleared the snow off the heater would have sorted that out. Odd.

JH Read more