A warning for those travelling abroad.
France now requires one Hi-Viz vest for every occupant of cars on the autoroute - a requirement not covered by the information pack provided by our lease company. Luckily I need them for work so we had the requisite number in the car.
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And Austria too (one for the driver, I think)
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To be exact:
cms1.austria.info/xxl/_site/uk/_area/417076/_subAr.../
From May 1st this year, all motorists have a duty to carry 'high visibility waistcoats' with them when travelling within Austria.
All motorists must wear the waistcoat in case of vehicle break down, when stopping in the middle of country lanes, whenever a warning triangle is used and in case of poor visibility. On motorways and dual carriageways it must be worn whenever leaving the car, however not when stopping on allocated parking places.
Clothing guidelines:
Essential is a reflective, fluorescent colour (yellow, orange or red) in conjunction with white reflective stripes. Logos and any writing should not dominate. The waistcoats must comply with the European standard EN471, visible on a sewn-in label.
This rule was implemented with security in mind and benefits everyone on the road, who is unfortunate enough to experience a car break-down. The waistcoats can be obtained at most Petrol stations, OEAMTC and ARBOE Service stations in Austria for as little as 3 EUR (£2.00) A small price to pay for added security and visibility in case of a break-down. The Austrian Authorities will be lenient towards drivers with a foreign number plate for a period of 3 month from implementation. After that, the fee for not having one is 14 EUR and for not wearing it in case of a car break down, is an additional 14 EUR.
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A warning for those travelling abroad. France now requires one Hi-Viz vest for every occupant of cars on the autoroute - a requirement not covered by the information pack provided by our lease company. Luckily I need them for work so we had the requisite number in the car.
Can you verify this? I've just returned from France after being there for three months and no news about this. Someone also stated the need for vests on one of the French boards but it was refuted.
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My French is not that good and having looked again may not be mandatory - see:
www.autoroutes.fr/pdf/DP_gilet_juil05.pdf
P&O are pushing them and the supermarkets all have huge stacks of them as do the aires (at 3 times the price)
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My French is not that good and having looked again may not be mandatory - see: www.autoroutes.fr/pdf/DP_gilet_juil05.pdf
That is merely a recommendation from Autoroutes de France and not compulsory, no matter how sound the advice may be.
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Compulsory in Austria/Spain/Italy according to the RAC and AA, and in Portugal according to the AA, but no requirement for France.
Although there may be a requirement to strangle the person at the RAC who found it necessary to coin the word 'reflectorised'
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Yes, he should be shot. My manager told me yesterday that "time spent on projects needs to be ringfenced". He is slowly recovering, but may be in intensive care for a while.
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You don't work for Barclays do you? That's the kind of language that had me cringing my way around Canary Wharf when I was a Project Manager there.
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People will also tell you that it is a legal requirement to carry spare bulbs in France;not true;however police can stop you if a bulb is out and not allow you to continue your journey till it's replaced.
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doesn't have to be a legal requirement to be common sense though.
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Yes, he should be shot. My manager told me yesterday that "time spent on projects needs to be ringfenced". He is slowly recovering, but may be in intensive care for a while.
Sure this is only necessary when the projects are part of the new paradigm
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I read often, only post occasionally
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Sure this is only necessary when the projects are part of the new paradigm
You need to sync up with the team and develop some synergy, or you won't get much mindshare in the new economy. It's not rocket-science to see that this is going to be a world-class project!
;-)
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You lot should get together for a brainstorming session, possibly with a bit of role play and a plenary session at the end.
Phil
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I'm going to hunt you all down and lock you in a room with a Prince2 practicioner. The kind of Prince2 practitioner that openly admits to having served as an officer in the army. The kind that has a cv 46 jobs long.
I have to live with this kind thing all day, every day!
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Let's run that idea up the flag-pole and see if anyone salutes!
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Right! That's it! Come the revolution you'll be first against the wall. Gaaaargh............
::sound of running footsteps fading into distance::
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IS that your fall back position?
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$$ - now, clearly you have some issues around these comments. Perhaps we could approach them collectively with some group counselling? Would you could kick off by letting the group know how these buzzwords make you feel? Then we can explore why others feel the need to use them, and perhaps we can reach a settlement based on mutual understanding?
Actually, we ought to begin with a relaxation exercise. Can someone turn the lights down please?
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$$ No I don't work for Barclays! I work for a car company, whose PR releases are becoming more and more ridiculous, and unfortunately middle management drones think they should adopt them so that they become even more corporate than they were anyway....
I love the cars but hate the nonsense!
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"them" being the buzzwords, sorry my grammar is terrible today.
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I can beat reflectorised.
While doing my stint at Tesco's as a student, the word 'Plan-o-gram' was in full use.
That would be a plan then, yes? Normally doodled out on a scrap of paper, in case we couldn't quite grasp where to put those vital tins of beans.
On a semi motoring theme, who would have thought a fully loaded Tesco lorry is twice as economical as the buses being discussed yesterday...10 - 12 to the gallon is common I think.
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Plan-o-Gram is very common retail speak not just a tesco thing.
It is rather more sophisticated in other outlets tho. Using RFID tag data, computers are used to generate a plan-o-gram that optimises shelf throuput and profitability. Its a real science or balck art.
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And what exaxtly is wrong with Prince 2 practitioners?
I was in the cadet force - never the army...
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