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Forum: General Chat Topic: Does a contract mean nothing anymore? |
| Ziltro |
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Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 20:01
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Replies: 21
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| One thing I realised recently is that I set up my BT phone line over the phone, and I have bills for water, electricity and gas, yet I have never signed a contract with any of these companies. I didn't even agree to one on the phone with BT. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Congestion Charge for Bournemouth Area |
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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 19:05
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Replies: 5
Views: 2775
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| Don't forget that this would be an extra road tax, and a spying network to log everywhere you go. If poole council really wanted to cause less congestion then why are they building skanky flats (without enough parking places, but that is 'ok') absolutely everywhere they possibly can? And why are the... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: "Car conga" protest over Bournemouth 40mph speed limit. |
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Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 18:36
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Replies: 28
Views: 10256
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| I noticed this stupid restriction a little while ago. It is complete nonsense, get rid of the speed restrictions on that road, they aren't needed. The roundabouts have had foliage and the such plonked on them to make it more difficult to see and anticipate what is happening. But those slip roads, es... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Biker 'was caught speeding at 150mph near Plymouth' |
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Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 15:41
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Replies: 57
Views: 30913
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| ...a speed measuring device so accurate it is used by Nasa... That's quite funny if you've seen any of the other equipment they have to work with in space. I do believe I have seen a video of space shuttle docking where one of the astronaut guys way pointing a LIDAR device out the window at the ISS... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Speed Camera Vans |
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Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 15:14
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Replies: 52
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| Of course the police don't care. They only care about money. I once reported the dorset speed camera mob for driving over a footpath and failure to stop after a road traffic accident. To this day the police haven't replied to me, they simply forwarded my complaint on to the civilian run camera mob w... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed camera van with cameras front back & sides |
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Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 15:42
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Replies: 6
Views: 4551
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| Oh speed limits, speed cameras, surveillance devices. They're all still here, they are all still growing and I see very little evidence that anyone is pulling them down or burning them or doing anything to fight for their freedom. It is like no-one cares. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed camera van with cameras front back & sides |
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Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 17:11
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Replies: 6
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| Why is no-one fighting this? |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Gatso speed cameras inaccurate in cold weather? |
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Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 16:52
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Replies: 42
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| The gatso manual says that the control unit has a temperature range of -20° to +60°. It doesn't mention temperature ranges for any other modules, nor does it suggest that it monitors the temperature or shuts down if it falls outside this range. (RedSpeed equipment apparently does this.) |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Should hi-vis clothing be compulsory? |
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Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 20:04
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Replies: 26
Views: 35489
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| Sounds like a really bad idea. You'll get people wearing their governmentally assigned clothing and thinking they are safe because they are told they are, then walking into the road without looking... Even if these things are VAT free, how can I claim back the income tax, employee's national insuran... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Village speed limit policies...how much truth is hidden? |
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 15:58
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Replies: 20
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graball wrote: Local councils aren't worried about costs of installing loads of new speed limit signs, traffic lights costing several hundreds of thoussnds or road "improvemnets" which cause more casualties...
But the papers might be...? |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Village speed limit policies...how much truth is hidden? |
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 19:38
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Replies: 20
Views: 6264
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You might want to ask...
How much will it cost to create the restriction documentation?
How much will it cost to create the restriction signs and poles?
How much will it cost to install these signs?
How much will it cost to maintain?
Who will pay? |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Legality of recording converstation after a tug by BIB |
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 19:15
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Replies: 19
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dcbwhaley wrote: As far as recording your conversion with the plod I think that openly writing it down in a notebook and asking the PC to sign it as a true and accurate representation might be fun.
Unfortunately the chances are they would consider beating you up to be quite fun too. |
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Forum: CSCP Refugees Topic: Obscured Screen Fatality - Driver charged |
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 17:09
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Replies: 5
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Mad Moggie wrote: There have been some dreadful photos in the paper.. including one down south whereby some pensioner cleared two "peepholes"    All the police reportedly did was give her a scraper.
Surely that's better than stealing from her, which they normally would do? |
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Forum: CSCP Refugees Topic: Cumbria Speed Camera cut down... |
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 17:03
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Replies: 11
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Yay! I hope this happens more!  (But for legal reasons I do not encourage it to happen again...) Maybe there is hope for this sodding country... Or maybe not... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Average speed cameras installed in neighbourhoods |
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 16:56
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Replies: 37
Views: 16177
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NO!
We must stop this constant monitoring of our lives! |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Legality of recording converstation after a tug by BIB |
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 16:38
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Replies: 19
Views: 8020
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| Until the rozzers stop recording us everywhere we go they can't expect us to respect their privacy. |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Do Winter Drivers need to be better informed? |
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 23:03
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Replies: 347
Views: 133280
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| It doesn't really matter what the weather is, driving so slowly that you are causing a queue is wrong and inconsiderate. Pull over and let people past. Pissing people off is never going to make them drive safer. |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Do Winter Drivers need to be better informed? |
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 18:05
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Replies: 347
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| If you're not sure if you're driving on ice, surely the best thing to do is to try braking at a low speed and see what happens? That's what I've been doing. Obviously not with anyone else around though. |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Count Down Traffic Light |
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 17:25
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Replies: 20
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| Not so. There is one only set in our village/town and they are three-way. When traffic is light, they'll all be on red and change as a car approaches. I've even approached them as they've turned to red then turned back to green so that I didn't have to stop. Just shows that it can be done. Oh yes, ... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Count Down Traffic Light |
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Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 20:54
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Replies: 20
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| So the council want to restrict our freedom, but fix faulty sensors on traffic lights? :? Because I pointed it out. It had been faulty for at least a few weeks. I don't know which traffic light controller was in use but I believe it is fairly common for them to log detected faults, and if they have... |
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