tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830547596565689465.post4178859576049429453..comments2024-02-13T21:54:49.828-06:00Comments on The New Zealand Journal: New Zealand Road Safety 1950s Style - Don't Monkey Around...kuakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475437546479502512noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830547596565689465.post-80752988658841464492009-03-31T19:43:00.000-05:002009-03-31T19:43:00.000-05:00LOLYes, I've seen the left hand turn signal from i...LOL<BR/>Yes, I've seen the left hand turn signal from inside a car who's indicators have suddenly given up the ghost ;)<BR/>Ahhh, ok on the dubbing/double-banking.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887495757366973130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830547596565689465.post-28601321927667353092009-03-30T22:53:00.000-05:002009-03-30T22:53:00.000-05:00The stopping hand signal was drilled into us in pr...The stopping hand signal was drilled into us in primary school.<BR/><BR/>Have you ever seen the turning left hand signal from inside a car - window down, arm outside vertical with hand slightly above roof pointing left. At this stage, driver has lost all concentration & control, ploughed across intersection into a hedge or shop frontage...<BR/><BR/>p.s. i realized that "dubbing" is shortened slang for double-banking. Or maybe because of the Kiwi mumble, it was an indistinct utterance of double-banking.kuakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475437546479502512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830547596565689465.post-44760654436084586792009-03-30T18:25:00.000-05:002009-03-30T18:25:00.000-05:00Hubby just watched it, loved it, too lol.One thing...Hubby just watched it, loved it, too lol.<BR/>One thing we noticed - we've never seen the hand signal for stopping before!Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887495757366973130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830547596565689465.post-1545813577414573922009-03-29T20:40:00.000-05:002009-03-29T20:40:00.000-05:00we used to call it dubbing in Christchurch a coupl...we used to call it dubbing in Christchurch a couple of decades later, so double-banking may be a 50s or North Island thing!kuakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475437546479502512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830547596565689465.post-58963040026068126912009-03-29T19:18:00.000-05:002009-03-29T19:18:00.000-05:00Loved the film.Re: double-banking we call it "dink...Loved the film.<BR/>Re: double-banking we call it "dinking" in Oz ( well, we <I>did</I> when kids actually rode push bikes to school).Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887495757366973130noreply@blogger.com