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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Petition to reduce speed limits/single track country lanes |
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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 21:46
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Replies: 101
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12 signatures. Number 10 will be drafting the legislation overnight.
What a load of unadulterated tosh. The real issue here is how people like half-a-brain Andy get to vote. |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Drivers Alliance ? |
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Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:38
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Replies: 7
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| I've signed up as a non-paying member. The website looks good - clear and uncluttered. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Giving chase |
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:01
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Replies: 18
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| Roads being policed by Trafpol - I *thought* that was what we were in favour of? |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Do you always get a ticket when you are about to get points? |
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 13:14
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Replies: 8
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| I reckon you'll get a summons to court. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: MP's speed campaign award |
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Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 03:44
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| Well I think it's worth having a go. The UK's child pedestrian casualty figures are terrible, and when the 20mph urban speed limit was brought in to Hull, the child pedestrian casualty numbers fell by 67%. What are we afraid of? We might go from being one of the most dangerous countries in Europe f... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: TT woman - damages won in court..against cyclist.. |
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 01:31
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Replies: 2
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It is good to see that those responsible for collisions are facing the consequences of their actions!  |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Controversial case, texting driver kills red light cyclist. |
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 22:46
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Replies: 365
Views: 90110
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| Of course they do, most people have already slowed down quite a lot before they hit something, but if they were going slower in the first place they might've stopped, and if they don't manage to stop the the results will most likely be far less damaging. I'm sorry but there is no way you can eviden... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Controversial case, texting driver kills red light cyclist. |
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 21:40
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Replies: 365
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| Of course they do, most people have already slowed down quite a lot before they hit something, but if they were going slower in the first place they might've stopped, and if they don't manage to stop the the results will most likely be far less damaging. I'm sorry but there is no way you can eviden... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Controversial case, texting driver kills red light cyclist. |
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 21:00
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Replies: 365
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| Same applies to people that ignore speed limits then ... ? Possibly but I can't help wondee whether people who do 71 in a 70 are as dangerous as people who do 69 in a 70. Since the vast majority of collisions occur at or below the speed limit, I cannot understand your emphasis on speed limit compli... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Controversial case, texting driver kills red light cyclist. |
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 20:56
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Replies: 365
Views: 90110
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| weep The thing is where do we stop if we allow people to exercise their own judgements when it comes to things like red lights, pedestrian crossings, double white lines, drink driving. I appreciate that lots of motoring laws can be broken and sometimes in total safety but if we want to encourage peo... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Controversial case, texting driver kills red light cyclist. |
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 20:34
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Replies: 365
Views: 90110
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| If the train driver is not paying due care and attention when someone crosses the level crossing illegally and later investigations prove that they could have stopped, then I'd expect them to be prosecuted also. Absolutely. There are speed limits near crossings, and warnings Also train tracks are n... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Controversial case, texting driver kills red light cyclist. |
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 20:29
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Replies: 365
Views: 90110
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| Tell me how many people are KSI'd by cyclists jumping red lights, then how many people are KSI'd by vehicle drivers jumping red lights. I think then it would be clear where the money should be concentrated. Being a more vulnerable road user I would expect cyclists to take more care when riding on t... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Speed Cameras |
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 20:18
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Replies: 126
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| What I have attempted to do with the book is to look at the discussion from a non scientific but qualified point of view and offer corrective exercises to prevent us from killing each other. Out of interest, what qualificatipons do you have that you consider to be relevant to this debate? I underst... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Controversial case, texting driver kills red light cyclist. |
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 18:39
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Replies: 365
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| Weepej I agree but there will be times when either deliberately or accidentally lapses of concentration occur. I wonder if the reason that cyclists jump red lights is because the chances of them actually getting caught are pretty slim. Would you be in favour of cyclists being required to be register... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Controversial case, texting driver kills red light cyclist. |
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 18:14
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Replies: 365
Views: 90110
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weepej
Well I cannot for the life of me work out how you think the car driver is more to blame than the cyclist. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Controversial case, texting driver kills red light cyclist. |
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 16:27
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Replies: 365
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Weepej
In terms of % of fault where do you think that lies with the cyclist and car driver? |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Controversial case, texting driver kills red light cyclist. |
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 16:13
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Replies: 365
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| Isn't this the classic scenario that Paul used to bang on about? (One road user makes an error and the other fails to react in time). My view is that if the cyclist had adhered to the rules he would not have been at that place on the road at that particular time. So he should, IMHO, shoulder to brun... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Conservative Way Forward - Transport Policy Document |
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 13:36
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Replies: 60
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| I've met the author on a couple of occasions and he is without doubt one of the most astute peope I have ever met. If it does become official policy,Cameron could do a lot worse that appointment Malcom as an advisor. |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Scared PCSOs 'called police for help' |
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 16:37
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Replies: 20
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| Here's a novel idea - and the Government can have it free of charge! Get all the "Plastic Policemen" sitting behind desks, filling in forms, meeting "targets", attending "diversity awareness" courses etc etc - and put the real ones back on the beat! :D I don't agree wi... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Pensioner handcuffed in store was innocent |
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 16:35
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Replies: 5
Views: 2003
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| I think the police are duty bound to act if an allegation is made. However, it looks like the initial investigation at the scene was rather poor. If it were me, I think I'd be looking at suing B&Q. Given that you are innocent until proven guilty, then I dont see how the police can justify leadi... |
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