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Yesterday, I saw a tweet from 80s Nostalgia which asked what the exact Green Cross Code was (apparently to solve an argument) Was it "Look right, look left, look right again" or "Look left, look right, look left again"? Anyone help? #argument pic.twitter.com/BaoWUr0xyq — 80sNostalgia.com (@80sNostalgia) March 10, 2015 Now, as a fully-fledged member of the Tufty Club and proud to be born in the 1970's, I jumped straight in with "Look right, look left, look right again..." because we all know that you have to check the oncoming traffic first and the UK is a driving-on-the-left-hand-side minority country, isn't it? And then, just for shits and giggles, I thought I'd check out the retro adverts on good old YouTube. Well, my ghast is still flabbered!! Not anywhere in those three videos does  Darth Vader  The Green Cross Code Man say those actual words.  Neither does Tufty, alt...

Yesterday I had a heartstopping moment.  One of those 'blink of an eye' moments where you are never sure what happened. I work on a business park that is a collection of small roads, small brick buildings full of offices, large warehouses that function as storage and factories and there are hundreds of businesses on the site.  There is a speed limit of 15 miles per hour on the site and road markings are clear, especially when approaching the road that cuts through the middle of the site.  The site sits between two towns and many locals use it as a cut-through between the towns and there is a cycle path/footpath (it runs parallel to the main road and cuts across the side roads) due to the sheer volume of heavy plant traffic arriving on the site.  I had to leave the office to attend a meeting yesterday; nothing unusual - I drove from my parking space to the edge of the site. I pulled up to the junction (a side road, leading onto the main road through the mid...