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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Side effect |
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:32
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| Just for starters - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/210672.stm Often the people behind these sorts of things are acting on their opinion of what the issue is, not their experience or knowledge. Not unlike the 'Speed Kills' message and the people who call for speed cameras in a street 'before someone ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Abuse of Fuel Duty laws? |
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:21
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| I used to work with a guy who had 2 tanks fitted to his landrover, a big one for the red and a small one for the norm..fill the big one from inside. and looking from underneath the tank looks normal but with the top cut off.clever I thought. I suspect more people who do stuff like this get caught b... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Cycle Lanes |
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:59
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| Of course in my day (Back in the Dark Ages) you had schools doing cycling proficiancy (With a strong hint that if you hadnt passed the test you shouldnt cycle!) and the Tufty Club (Anybody remember that? Its a bit before Green Cross Man!) Nobody seems to do this anymore (Or so it seems :cry: ) At m... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Side effect |
| pembrokestephen |
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:49
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| Where has this actually happened? Birmingham & West Bromwich at least. I know this for a fact, as this is the area in which I live and have seen it first-hand with my own eyes. What has happened (links to documented evidence and not just heresay please) and how exactly has it affected you? Just... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Side effect |
| pembrokestephen |
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:32
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| Honestly, anyone would think you were trying to find things to be offended about! Hear here. I don't perceive the problems PaulAH and others are voicing their opinions so strongly against. In fact I see them shouting more than the people they claim are forcing opinions on them. Ohhh, the irony. I g... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Side effect |
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 09:41
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| It may not be a lifestyle that, as heterosexuals, we find attractive, but that doesn't make it "wrong". I do find this "it ain't natural, so it shouldn't be allowed" attitude very, very tiresome... And it doesn't make being told that we must embrace it "right" either. ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Side effect |
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 09:08
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| No, if you're flamed, it'll probably be for being a narrow-minded reactionary racist bastard. So you're calling me a "narrow-minded reactionary racist bastard" because I object to my national identity being eroded, my country becoming over-populated etc etc etc? I worded that post quite c... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Side effect |
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 08:58
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| Elton John, Graham Norton are typical examples of those who are glamourised simply for the very fact that they are overtly homosexual. I couldn't disagree more; Norton and Elton are both highly established and popular personalites in their field because they have an outstanding ability to entertain... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Side effect |
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 22:34
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| You know what, I am sexist in that I would not employ a female of child-bearing age in a position where the continued success of my business depended upon it. Me neither. I am racist in that I believe that those coming to live in this country should integrate into our ways and traditions and not de... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: lawn mower fuel, should it be taxed? |
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 18:41
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Ziltro wrote: But as this is fuel for a lawnmower I doubt it would be on the road... 
Ah, my mistake
Ziltro wrote: Can you get diesel engined lawnmowers?
Ermmm...I'm not sure how small you can make a diesel engine and have it still work OK... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: lawn mower fuel, should it be taxed? |
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 18:22
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| keni, I live near a marina on the River Thames, where diesel is sold for around 45p/litre. Not sure what the petrol price is, but I'm sure it's lower than the road price. If you have a marine facility near you, could you buy your fuel there to escape road duty? That seems to be the one thing that C... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: lawn mower fuel, should it be taxed? |
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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 12:30
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| As regards the mechanics of filling it, you could easily tap into the gas feed to the house in an unobtrusive way in order to extract the fuel. In fact, even if you were to do so blatantly, what could anyone do about it? I can't see it being illegal simply to own the correct gear for filling your c... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: fun at camera sites |
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Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 16:00
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| I suppose the crux of the problem is that people just don't trust the authorities not to be up to some sneaky money-making scam (I wonder why). They are probably fully aware that the posted limit is actually 60, but think something along the lines of " Well they wouldn't put a camera on a safe... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: lawn mower fuel, should it be taxed? |
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Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:16
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| It seems a conversion costs £1000-£1500, so it seems like a 12 month payback before you actually save any money. (Less the additional costs incurred by the extra mileage you'd inevitably do once fuel became "cheap"). Yes, I did the numbers and came up with a similar figure. Still, a 12 mo... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: fun at camera sites |
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Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:42
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| i like it best when i park up around 300m after a fixed camera, they all slow down for the lines then floor it as soon as they are clear then argue they did not know the limit I reckon a lot of the time they probably don't! There's a 50mph limit on the A3 in SW London, and it's quite shocking how m... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: lawn mower fuel, should it be taxed? |
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Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 09:59
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| Well I have an LPG tank in my back garden, and consume about 3,000 litres a year to heat the house. Now if my consumption were to double then yes it might seem a bit suspicious, but in reality who would do anything about it? I know for a fact that a larger and less insulated house down the road has... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: lawn mower fuel, should it be taxed? |
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Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 00:06
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| The bloody great LPG storage tank in the back garden might be their first clue. Delivery levels of gas that couildn't possibly be utilised by heatibg/cooking alone and no books to show trading in LPG would lead to suspiscions - as would having an LPG pump to do the refueling of the vehicle. Or are ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: lawn mower fuel, should it be taxed? |
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Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 23:43
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| Am I right in thinking you have to pay fuel duty for any fuel you use on the road? Yes. See the link I posted above for the tax rates. Vegetable oil is classed as Biodiesel. Note the amount of tax on "marked heavy oil..." (red diesel) compared to 'carbon neutral' vegetable oil... It's cra... |
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Forum: Help! I'm being prosecuted! Topic: Oops, looks like the SCP tripped up... |
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 23:07
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| So why are you trying to get out of it? Are you one of the people who complains about British justice going down the pan? Why not go back to your earlier posts dating before your dramatic 'enlightenment' and apply your previous logic to answer this question? What is it with this one? He seems to ha... |
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Forum: Help! I'm being prosecuted! Topic: Oops, looks like the SCP tripped up... |
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 22:58
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| Were you doing 89 mph on the motorway? Back in February, I got snapped on the M4 doing 89 Tell you what: why not have a guess? So why are you trying to get out of it? Are you one of the people who complains about British justice going down the pan? I don't quite understand what you're banging on ab... |
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