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Sell-by/use-by dates, a new extreme re safety!

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maddyone Sat 04-Jan-25 11:58:59

I took it to mean that the two directions of travelling vehicles are distinctly separate, but maybe I’m wrong.

It is surprising that tea bags even have a use by date on them. To be honest I’ve never noticed.

Baggs Sat 04-Jan-25 11:57:53

Ah, I see. Thanks. The type of carriageway wasn't really the point but fog and hazard lights 👍

welbeck Sat 04-Jan-25 11:56:20

I don't know what that MN
poster meant.
Presumably a dual carriageway.
But I wouldn't be driving at 70 mph in fog on any kind of road.
Let alone approaching a bend.
My point was more that a driver didn't understand how hazard lights worked.
And had some query about pulling out indicating while using hazards.
Having come up suddenly behind a slow moving vehicle around that bend...

Baggs Sat 04-Jan-25 11:03:49

Do you mean a dual carriageway, welbeck, where the two directions of travelling vehicles are distinctly separate? Or do you mean a two-way carriageway where traffic going in different directions is only separated by a white line?

Witzend Sat 04-Jan-25 11:03:17

Honestly, re the teabag query, I was almost tempted to reply, ‘No! Bin them immediately! Once past the date they turn instantly into arsenic!’

welbeck Sat 04-Jan-25 10:58:22

You mean that we are older and wiser ?
Of course.
But anyone driving should walk around their vehicle and make basic checks re lights etc.
And thereby notice how hazard warning lights operate.

fancythat Sat 04-Jan-25 10:53:25

But they are all things we have learnt ourselves, somewhere along the line.

welbeck Sat 04-Jan-25 10:48:53

Someone else on MN recently had no idea that hazard warning lights were both indicators flashing together.
This was in a discussion about driving in fog.
No one seemed to think that driving at 70 mph on a bend in a dual carriageway was not ideal.
It's strange that there are frequent queries like the tea bag one.
The perception of risk is odd.

Witzend Sat 04-Jan-25 10:39:50

Just seen on MN, someone asking whether teabags dated end of Nov 24 are safe to use! Words almost fail me….