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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: What happened to democracy then? |
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Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 21:46
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Some of the worst culprits for excessive speed are women drivers....  |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Council parking profits soar by 15 per cent |
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Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 00:19
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Plague of the cold callers |
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 16:54
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| I recently added my mobile phone to the TPS service - my landline has been registered for some time now and I can't recall the last time I had a cold call on it. You should never send "STOP" text replies to these :censored: - it lets them know that the random diallers they use have hit a '... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Fixed penalties for careless driving |
| WhiskyBob |
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Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 00:23
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Replies: 17
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Quote: £913?million cycling budget
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Fixed penalties for careless driving |
| WhiskyBob |
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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 19:38
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| Regarding the make shift skid pan - what a shame that the local Council isn't encouraging some use for some wasteland somewhere, clearly they are going to be some of the safest drivers on the road if they happen to skid as they will be instinctively controlling their vehicles (potentially) perfectl... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Fixed penalties for careless driving |
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Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 19:36
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| 2 . Number of times I have had to take avoiding action while on a roundabout when a driver joining has just ignored the 'give way to traffic' rule completely. There seems to be a breed of driver who learned to drive on the continent, where the give way to traffic joining the R/A is the rule in some... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Huhne Court Case |
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Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 16:15
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| It's not so much the fact they were out so soon, which was pretty predictable, it's that he'll be lining his pockets "advising" a green energy company, which is going to be raking in huge profits by way of increased energy costs, that you and I will have no real choice but to pay, that gri... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Calls for city-wide 20mph speed limit - Cambridge |
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 19:05
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| So the sandal wearing, bike hugging, car hating council in Cambridge are driving forward a 20mph city wide limit, all in the name of reducing accidents and pollution. Driving at 20mph improves traffic flow? What traffic flow? They are determined to drive the car out of Cambridge step by step. I expe... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Huhne Court Case |
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Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 20:12
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Well, eight months each - probably be out in 3 months then get a job with some green energy company earning thousands for a few hours work...
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Huhne Court Case |
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 00:16
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Huhne Court Case |
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 13:03
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: "Community Reassurance" |
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 17:12
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Just another example of 'corporate' babble - plain old English will not do if they can dress up a title or task in some ridiculous alternate title.
Someone is paid to think these up... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Cambridge 'sneaky' speed limit change! - Be aware! |
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 19:08
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| Thanks for the replies - Dougman, I've found out there is a sign fitting the description you posted at the 40 to 30 limit point. " Regular drivers might not at first realise that the speed limit has changed; they might not notice that the speed limit signs have been removed ." Would Mr Plo... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: EU Tyre Label |
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 00:52
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| Ahh, yes - the 4x4 drivers who think that their all season road tyres will get them out of that muddy field or along that icy lane! :lol: I was 'daft' enough to take the car with Nokians fitted down some roads a couple of years ago, that had 6-8 inches of snow to get the feel for how they handled - ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Council parking profits soar by 15 per cent |
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 17:38
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| My local council had the brainwave to increase the charge for using it's car parks from 60p for one hour to £1.20 for two hours. There is already the option to park for two hours at a charge of £1.20 but some bright spark thought by removing the option to park for one hour would increase footfall on... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Outrage on Overtake |
| WhiskyBob |
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 17:32
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Before long, every stretch of road will have solid white lines down the centre - overtaking will be verboten in the drive to reduce 'road casualties' by the anti-car lobbyists in local councils...
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: EU Tyre Label |
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 17:21
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| I am a firm advocate of winter tyres. A few years ago I invested in a set of Weissenfels Snowsocks for the car, due to travelling regularly up to Cumbria in the winter. They made such a huge difference in the snow and ice, I then researched winter tyres and ended up getting a set of Nokian WR G2s. I... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Cambridge 'sneaky' speed limit change! - Be aware! |
| WhiskyBob |
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 12:52
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| As the temporary one way stop/go traffic control was diverting traffic around the point where the new 30 limit sign is now, I am hoping that they were actually in the process of putting it up.... (coincidently, there were some road works taking place at the old 30 location - ripping old one out as n... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Cambridge 'sneaky' speed limit change! - Be aware! |
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 23:19
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| Don't know if this is the correct place for this... I often drive into Cambridge from the A14 along Huntingdon Road past Girton. I last drove into the city about 2 or 3 weeks ago. The length of Huntingdon Road from the end of the dual carriageway, adjacent to Cambridge University Farm/Girton College... |
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Forum: Paul Smith, RIP Topic: Condolences |
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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 14:07
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My sincere condolences to his family and friends.
Been a long time reader. Sorry my first post had to be like this.
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