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Dawn's testing High
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SUNDAY started in the cold light of dawn for most of this year's entrants. While the 25,000-plus spectators made a more leisurely journey to Cranfield, the vehicles were being lined up for scrutineering from 7.00am.
Two road routes, both signposted clearly, were followed, one for lighter vehicles, one for heavier lorries, giving the men a chance to develop a relaxed style of driving and to have their road discipline checked.
Most of the roads from Cranfield through country roads and into parts of Milton Keynes were left without marshals, but checkpoints were in evidence at critical areas.
At one, on a T-junction, the checkpoint marshal was observing drivers' highway code application, by monitoring their speed on approach, their paths on the bend, and their observation of the "mirror-signalmanoeuvre" routine.
As one articulated unit approached, he pointed out "a nice early signal-, but added
that several other drivers had incurred penalty points for hitting the kerb as they cornered.
Another checkpoint on a lefthand bend was concentrating on similar desciplines, but without the need to emerge on to a main road.
Mere speed was important, and some drivers negotiated the bend so slowly that they were penalised for creating a potential hazard.