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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Compensation victory in landmark case |
| beermatt |
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 19:14
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| Also in the Bristol Evening Post :- CRASH BIKER SETS LEGAL PRECEDENT A Motorcyclist who killed a 12-year-old boy who ran across his path on the busy Avon Ring Road has won a compensation battle for the injuries he suffered.Tony Young, from Chipping Sodbury, suffered six broken ribs and a punctured l... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: "Live Earth" cobblers |
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:20
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Replies: 18
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malcolmw wrote: Is there an emoticon for poking your finger down your throat? This one seems appropriate:  |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Speeding laws face human rights test |
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 08:45
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| Continuing with the premiership footballer example - would it be right that they are fined £100000 (say) if it was not them driving the car (they just happen to be the RK)? What happens to company/leased cars? What would happen if someone decided to make a pensioner/unemployed relative the RK (witho... |
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Forum: Help! I'm being prosecuted! Topic: Mobile Camera Van in a 50 mph... |
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 09:49
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| Ignoring the fact that PC Milton didn't actually have prior (or post) authorisation to do what he did, speeds in excess of 80mph in an urban 30 zone are taking the piss no matter how good a driver you are. IMO it depends on the 30 - as I posted here :- Or could also have been a 30 limit like this o... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Sat Nav improves safety says report |
| beermatt |
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 08:22
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Replies: 14
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| The distraction caused by being lost completely swamps the miniscule distraction of sat nav. I drive a lot in unfamilier places and have used maps+signs as well as sat nav over the years. Maps are fine until a road you intended to use is closed or you miss a turning, then things get interesting in ... |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: Indicators can't not can |
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 09:50
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Replies: 22
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| The thing that puzzles me is why I get so upset when people fail to indicate or even indicate unnecessarily. Since I never accept the indication as proof of anything, why should it annoy me? Why get annoyed about anything? It doesn't help... I agree. I don't get annoyed in the sense that I'm baying... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: PROOF that speed does not equal dangerous driving |
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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 23:31
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| I also don't see a problem in this - if most other people were caught doing 159mph I would expect it would also need to be proved that the driving was actually dangerous to be convicted of dangerous driving (which can result in up to 2 years imprisonment :shock:) rather than an assumption that 159m... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: PROOF that speed does not equal dangerous driving |
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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 23:09
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| Surely he did not have to 'claim' the above as his practice session was fully sanctioned and recorded by his superior officer and therefore in the line of duty - or was it? If not then he was breaking the law irrespective of his skills and the level of danger. The only other logical conclusion is t... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Speeding laws face human rights test |
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 21:23
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| There's no date yet, but we have been promised 30 days' warning of the verdict. So the most we can say right now is 'more than 30 days' to go. Paul - is this still the case (i.e. you've heard nothing and therefore is still 'more than 30 days' to go)? Is it normal for a verdict to take this long (it... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Travel Tax Petition |
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:18
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Replies: 287
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: car kits |
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 18:12
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| How about something like the Jabra SP500 , available for £38.39 from Amazon ? It's a portable loudspeaker (pair it using bluetooth the same as a "shove in your ear" thing), and comes with mounting for vents, sun visors etc. If you want to charge the phone you'll need to sort that separatel... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Phoner drivers |
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:36
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Replies: 40
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| ... In fact... Ford, Vauxhall etc - please fit Bluetooth as standard. ... ... Most middle-market car manufacturers offer Bluetooth facilities in their audio equipment. Ford/Vauxhall etc need to start offering audio equipment (as opposed to the noise generators fitted at present) before getting too ... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: This forum |
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 23:41
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Replies: 11
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| Its not the links. in my opinion its the google add to the right of the safe speed logo(which must be centre) as soon as you shrink the page untill the add touches the safespeed logo the scroll left right bar appears You are mostly right. The ads/logo account detail is ~1037 pixels wide (probably u... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: OT: Mobile phone networks |
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:01
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| As far as I know 3, O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone are the real networks. The rest are Mobile Virtual Network Operators , from the Wikipedia MVNO list these appear to be UK MVNOs:- ⋅ BT Mobile - uses Vodafone ⋅ easyMobile - uses T-Mobile ⋅ Fresh Mobile - Uses T-Mo... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Scams over the M4 (again) |
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:36
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| I guess that'll be Site MB4 ( more ) or Site MB5 ( more ) then.. I must admit I've never seen them there before (TomTom always gives me a warning though). Interesting that the figures for both Eastbound and Westbound are the same though - I thought for motorways each carriageway had to be considered... |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: What's Your Myers Briggs Type? |
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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 10:13
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Replies: 22
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Forum: General Chat Topic: F.O.I. requests, Photo checking Process, or lack of! |
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Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:54
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| ... Could you please supply the process hand book or local instructions for civilian staff for checking mobile and static camera photographs before issuing a nip, fixed penalty notice and court summons (a photo copy of a few pages will do, to illustrate the way photos are checked and a description ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed Limit and Safety Camera Signing |
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Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 09:47
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On the last page:-
Quote: Signs to diagram 670 speed limit repeater sign
with diagram 879 safety camera warning sign
co-located
Mounted on a yellow or grey rectangular
backing board. The backing board must not
have a boarder.
Speed limit above the camera sign
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Forum: General Chat Topic: TomTom POI cameras |
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Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 20:59
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| I use the PocketGPS POIs, and also download the speed camera overlays from POIplace as well.. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Euro ISA |
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 08:32
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| Hmm.. Myth 9: Speed is just one small element in road safety CLAIM: “Only a very small part of accidents are related to speeds over the limit. Most accidents are caused by speeds that are inappropriate to the conditions, in combination with other factors such as aggressive driving, tailgating, fatig... |
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