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Forum: Paul Smith, RIP Topic: Condolences |
| johnsher |
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Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 23:54
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I'm shocked and saddened.
My condolences to Paul's family and friends.
RIP Paul. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Something is wrong! |
| johnsher |
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 18:20
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| Would you have reacted in the same way if he had instead said the vehicle in question was an Audi, Volvo or a Range Rover? again, the point is that nobody ever does. Well, not quite true. People are quite fond of talking about "planet killing" Range Rovers being used by lazy parents to fe... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Something is wrong! |
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 15:51
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| A true story. This happened TODAY , literally just a few hours ago. that's nice but my point is that these tales always seem to be "I was driving along minding my own business when some c*nt in a bmw tried to kill me/run over babies/whatever". Now unless you are all living in a completely... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Something is wrong! |
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 16:09
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| But no matter; it was a serious question from which we can hopefully be of help. :idea: maybe it was, but I'm sorry, I lost all interest as soon as he started spouting crap. No matter the type of car, does anyone really believe it was driving down a speed-humped street at 60mph? As for the brand me... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Something is wrong! |
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 14:23
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vistaed wrote: and watched a BMW speed down the road at 60mph?
of course it was a bmw and of course it was doing 60mph over speed humps.
Ever notice how it's ALWAYs a BMW in these stories? Never a chavved-up corsa or something? Oh well, at least we don't need to struggle to work out who's telling porkies. |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Weather forecast |
| johnsher |
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 07:29
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| maybe we can keep him as our token Ugandan? |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Cannabis Classification |
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:37
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| I see the effects cannabis has on people in court and at work and have no doubts whatsoever that downgrading it to class C was a big mistake. Or is it just maybe possible that something's positive effect on the majority of the population far outweighs its negative effects on a few addicts/abusers? ... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Upgrading from onboard gfx to gfx card - help please! |
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 18:29
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| Presuming windows is already installed the usual process is remove the old drivers, remove old card, plug in new card which will then start in vga mode, install new drivers. "remove old card" in this instance could be a jumper on the motherboard or a setting in your bios. If those don't ex... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Why is it necessary to speed |
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 18:23
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Johnnytheboy wrote: Quote: It's no wonder some cyclists run red lights with the lack of courtesy paid to them. Chicken? Egg? Unbelieveable.
yup. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Why is it necessary to speed |
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 17:01
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smeggy wrote: Sorry, who is that?
anyone who thinks it's ok to blindly say things like "all cyclists run red lights".
It displays the same amount of thought as the stuff that the car haters in the other place come up with. |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: 'Fines for driving into cycle lanes' |
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:09
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| Like I already said, the level of RLJing would depend on the route. perhaps I should have mentioned that that just happens to be my most common route. I also ride home via Brixton or Clapham, as well as regular rides to and from Gatwick via Croydon. So is the behaviour in the North, West and East r... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Why is it necessary to speed |
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:02
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| I must have touched a nerve. you're getting insulting and pedantic now........... yes, as I've already said idiotic comments get on my !£$!. Saying all cyclists, or even a majority, ride on the footpath and run red lights is no different to claiming things like women can't drive or <insert favourit... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: 'Fines for driving into cycle lanes' |
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 07:21
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| I ride along the south circular and into the city over london bridge. my route takes me along Peckham road, past oval. At oval there's often 20 or 30 bikes stopped at the lights with only the odd stray sneaking around the corner. From there on into Waterloo via Vauxhall at any lights the majority a... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: 'Fines for driving into cycle lanes' |
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 07:14
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boomer wrote: The first "stop line" appears to go all the way across the road
you'll note that the car in the foreground is pointing in the same direction, so it's either a very wide road or a one way road. The highway code example shows a 2 way road. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Why is it necessary to speed |
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 07:11
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Mike_B wrote: Again, I don't believe I've actually claimed anything have I?
short memory too?
Mike_B wrote: I mean... if a cyclist has managed to make their way to the front of a queue of traffic do they seriously think they are actually going to STOP at the red traffic light and wait Rolling Eyes
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Why is it necessary to speed |
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 17:23
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| as far as I'm aware doing that is perfectly legal, so what's your point? Since when has it been legal to ride on the footpath :? They either run onto the foot path you didn't say they were riding, you said they were running, as also quoted in the post which you're querying Driven virtually every da... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: 'Fines for driving into cycle lanes' |
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 14:18
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Ian M wrote: What is the law on advanced stop lines anyway?
The highway code can be found here. |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: 'Fines for driving into cycle lanes' |
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 14:16
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| given that cycle advanced stops are not actually used by most cyclists other than to check before jumping the red light oh dear... :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: (please see other thread for my thoughts on these idiotic claims) Do I have any volunteers wanting to ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Why is it necessary to speed |
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:19
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Mike_B wrote: I encountered four cyclists on this particular journey.
so based on a whopping sample of 4 cyclists out of the estimated 1 million on the road you claim that the majority of cyclists run red lights. Well done.
I encountered at least 100 on my ride in. Maybe 10% of them were lemmings. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Why is it necessary to speed |
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:03
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| They either run onto the foot path and cross with the green man as far as I'm aware doing that is perfectly legal, so what's your point? but I can assure you that I have never seen a cyclist wait at a red light. as for this I suggest you either get out more or pay a bit more attention. Ever notice ... |
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