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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 80mph Speed Limit Trial |
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 00:19
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| As fuel costs rise, many more are going to be driving to cost. MANY vehicles are now limited to 70 max, or lower. I know of one company whose fleet of diesel focuses has been fitted with same,as are many vans and ALL trucks are 56 max. I find that faster is not quicker, if that makes sense. In fact... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 80mph Speed Limit Trial |
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 22:02
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| £1.50/ltr. My speed is going to be 56 max on every road I can legally do that. AND that includes m/ways. That would make sense only to those who place comparably little value on the time spent behind the wheel. That's not for everyone. Besides, no-one (who is reasonable) is forcing anyone to do 80.... |
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Forum: CSCP Refugees Topic: Ridiculous DWL on A595 Moota |
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 19:45
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| Google 'Moota' 'crash' then see who is ridiculous. Done! 1 of 2 (fatals): the 2 cyclists (mentioned by boomer), who were travelling in the same direction as the coach that hit them (case to be heard in June). Hard to see how DWLs help there. 2 of 2 (fatals): the 4/5 people that died because one of ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Swindon has safest roads |
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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 19:10
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| Original article, with link to the study: http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/news/swindon-has-uk%E2%80%99s-safest-roads-after-scrapping-speed-cameras-20120326.html Rather suggests the cameras weren't doing very much at all, instead of the carnage that the likes of Brake have been saying would happen after the... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Street lights and speed limits |
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 14:36
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| To be a streetlight it has to light the street, at night, when it is dark . That is the definition someone posted on these forums some time ago. If it does not light the street at night, when it is dark then it is not a streetlight. Daytime, when it is light is not relevant. I think there is an iss... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Road Pricing II. The sequel ? |
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 19:20
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| Road taxes have increased above inflation . Fuel duties are through the roof. There are comparatively very few new roads being built nowadays (we're fortunate enough to have had previous generations build them for us). Maintaining should be considerably cheaper than building. Yet road pricing is bei... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 80mph Speed Limit Trial |
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 15:03
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| I actually thought the 10% + 2 mph was to ensure that no defences that the equipment was inaccurate or the car speedo was wrong etc. would stand up in court. It is more of a legal/practical issue than a technical one. Car speedos are not allowed to underread (show a reading lower than the true spee... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 80mph Speed Limit Trial |
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 00:00
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| ... the 10% + 2mph rule will not be applied. If this is technically possible ... As odd as it may seem, that isn't impossible. ACPO guidelines being guidelines and any speed over the limit being an offence aside, Motorways are classified as 'special roads', where processes such as 'corroborating op... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Street lights and speed limits |
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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 15:20
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| I thought part of the definition of a street light is that it operates during the "hours of darkness", if it gets turned off while it is dark then it ceases to qualify as a street light. If we apply that logic, would a great many residential areas suddenly become NSL during daylight hours... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: A Cyclist With A Death Wish |
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:48
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SafeSpeedv2 wrote: I hoped he was thanking you in his head, as he cycled off. I take it your saw no hand wave of thanks? Or even thanks and apology?
Apparently there was a hand gesture but not a civil one. |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: A Cyclist With A Death Wish |
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 15:22
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| Thanks for the location Malcolm. It does suggests your vision behind could well have been limited such that you couldn't have had a warning. Judging by the angle on the junction (as shown in the Google Maps image), the right wing and rear view mirror probably wouldn't have been of much use. I think ... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: A Cyclist With A Death Wish |
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 14:25
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| Passing someone indicating right, on their right, in order to continue onwards, is extremely foolhardy. The actions of the cyclist seem to indicate ignorance, aggressiveness and competitiveness. IIRC (I don't watch TV), there was a "Think Bike" advert that portrayed a motorcyclist being cl... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Street lights and speed limits |
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 01:03
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| Today ,Mrs B got a circular from our local Labour group. One point in it was that due to financial constraints, the county council was looking at switching off street lights from midnight to 05:30 am ,except in areas covered by CCTV. Possibly political ,but got me thinking. I've always been led to ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Bus driver who used bus as weapon jailed. Good |
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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 23:18
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| so which of those is actually a criminal offence ? That's not what you were originally asking; you have introduced the new factor: "criminal". Returning to your original question: RTA1988 makes it quite clear that cycling in a certain manner is an offence. IMO the swerve of our cyclist cl... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Bus driver who used bus as weapon jailed. Good |
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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 20:10
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| I still feel that the bus gate & road layout may play some part here and I don't know what a sensible solution to this kind of traffic segregation & reintegration at the junction is. In this case, all the road users had to do was recognise the imposition and simply “merge in turn”, like a g... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Bus driver who used bus as weapon jailed. Good |
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 22:53
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| Ed, I give credit to the judge for making a good call in this now.. Seconded. When I first saw the violence of the driver in the video, I initially thought too myself "Only 17 months? This is a bike forced under a bus with intent FFS!" I could not find any case summaries to explain why the... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Bus driver who used bus as weapon jailed. Good |
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 20:03
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Added to that is that "cyclists are often reluctant to slow down if they (we) can avoid it" (link).
Given the cyclist chose to totally close what was a sizeable gap, I think this is further indication of the selfishness/competitiveness of that cyclist. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Bus driver who used bus as weapon jailed. Good |
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 02:47
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| Does anyone know whether the bus needed to take the right ? I can't find any useful info (apart from the bus company being called Bugler Coaches). I would also be very interested to know if the cyclist needed to turn right. The most I can glean from various articles is that he was pedalling "f... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Bus driver who used bus as weapon jailed. Good |
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 15:32
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| There's more. See this footage (Yahoo) , from 30 seconds onwards. The cyclist begins to cycle away at 37 seconds (after blocking the bus, propping his bike on it and "flipping the wiper") adopting "primary position" - which would inescapably be construed as "hogging the lane... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Bus driver who used bus as weapon jailed. Good |
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 21:19
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| gavin_hill_and_cyclist_preb.jpg In that frame, where the bus is clearly seen indicating, there is about 7 meters (along the ground as a reference) between the rear panel of the bus and the front of the front wheel of the bike, in the direction of their travel. gavin_hill_and_cyclist_pre2.jpg That d... |
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