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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: WHOOPS-OUR CAMERAS CAN LIE |
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2016 00:36
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| This is nothing new, gastos can be fooled by vibrations in large flat panels, e.g. the rear of a delivery van. Wasn't there a similar case a few years back involving a caravan? The ticket isn't supposed to go out until someone has checked both photos, it's just sloppy work from the camera partnershi... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: Overtake too close to a cyclist? That's £5,000 please. |
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 03:02
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| Cycling along a 3 lane dual carriageway I'm often annoyed by the prats who can't be bothered to use one of the empty two lanes and insist on passing me with four inch to spare but a one size rule does not fit all. If traffic is slow and crowded then giving less room is acceptable. Besides who's goin... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Busy road turned into a head-on death trap after council ... |
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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 02:54
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Apart from the fact that as a cyclist I hate painted on cycle lanes because they encourage motorists to pass too close I don't see the problem.
It's pretty standard for minor roads in (for instance) The Netherlands, and they seem to cope. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Driver finded for failing to display tax disc. |
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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 15:10
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| Clearly the parking attendant or whatever they are called pushed the wrong button. That's all. |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: Manx Forums - Cyclists in clusters. |
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Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 21:19
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| Yes cycling two abreast, when going up a hill, just after a blind bend, is very sensible.....NOT! It is when it stops numpties from trying to squeeze past an inch from your handlebars. If it is safe to overtake a cyclist then there is room for two abreast, if there isn't room for two abreast then t... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: licence queries. |
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Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 15:58
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| I'm not sure what you are getting at. The alternative would have been for everyone with those entitlements and making use of them to have to go and take whatever test was required at the time regardless of how much experience they had. Or some other time and money consuming application process. Imag... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Bus Lane |
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Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 15:49
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Is this hydraulic barrier one of those rising bollards?
From past discussions there is very good reason why they would not be using it. i.e. What happens when a tailgating car gets caught on one of those. |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: ticket 31 in 30 |
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Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 15:44
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| I appreciate that a presenter admitting on air to have been got at 34 when you say 35 is minimum and she had no reason to lie, No reason apart from the simple one. It sounds less bad to say you got caught at 34 than 40. Especially if you are going to say that on air. Changing your story doesn't loo... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Shock /horror |
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Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 01:35
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botach wrote: A roadside study by Sussex Police found that 73% of the cars it tested had the wrong pressures.
And how many cars not involved in collisions have the wrong pressures? I'll bet it's pretty much the same figure.
It's just a nonsense statistic. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Can anyone remind me the threshold for speeding on dc's? |
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 04:01
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Replies: 8
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ItsEssexRob wrote: Nothing came through the post, is it still 14 days you have to have received NIP by?
They have 14 days to post it. Most send them out a lot quicker than that. |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: ticket 31 in 30 |
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 22:41
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| I'll believe it when I see a scan of the ticket. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: BBC The Nolan Show. Victim of car theft told to pay £300 |
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Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 01:31
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Surely the insurance company will cover it.
That's how it's worked when I've had a car written off and the police arranged for it to be recovered and stored at an exorbitant rate. Though this was a few decades ago. |
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Forum: Help! I'm being prosecuted! Topic: Zig-zag signs by speed limit signs - a distraction. |
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Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 06:14
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| Sorry, I'm having trouble seeing how a few badly worn and faded road markings distracted you from the dirty great dayglo backed speed limit signs. Not that it matters, arguing over some marks on the road (official or otherwise) isn't going to get you anywhere. I looked the location up on google maps... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Motorway speed cameras to be rolled out ... |
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Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 02:42
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| The cameras in the managed section of the M62 have been flashing when the limit has not been reduced. The result, a dangerous game of approach a gantry, check speed, check to see if gantry has speed cameras (can be tricky), adjust speed if it has, pass gantry, briefly drive as normal, repeat for the... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: 50 mph HGV speed limit trial for A9 |
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Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 03:15
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| I think the 40 for trucks on a s/c road is right. But until the advent of automated enforcement which could differentiate between different classes of vehicle it wasn't really enforced. And before limiters it was commonplace to have trucks travelling at car speeds without widespread carnage. Limite... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: 50 mph HGV speed limit trial for A9 |
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Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 03:06
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| Of course, if you ever have an out-of-control truck heading towards you, straight through the armco centre barrier, and the other carriageway armco and into a ditch, you may well consider that the limit on speed they can do is correct. Why, because if it hits it will hurt so much less than it would... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: One for Mobile Phone Lovers |
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Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 05:32
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| Not just phones Using a mobile phone, eating, drinking and smoking were all shown to increase the risk of a crash, Brake claimed. What next? Music, Conversations with passengers, garish advertising boards at the side of the road. All those dials and flashing lights in front of the driver are far to... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Bizarre Scottish "traffic calming" scheme |
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Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 04:48
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Replies: 11
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PeterE wrote: If drivers do actually end up following the lines
Nobody round here follows any lines anywhere, if it can be driven across without danger of losing suspension components then it's ignored, so I don't see it working. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Can you really safely drive a lhd car in a rhd country? |
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Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 04:44
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| I have driven my UK spec RHD car on the continent with no such issues. I don't see any problem driving a LHD car here. Overtaking, it sounds like you get far closer than I would even in a RHD car, lay well back and you can see past both sides depending on the curve of the road and on a straight road... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: A Visit to Amsterdam |
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Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 10:04
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| - There is clearly an understanding about who gives way to whom but, as a visitor, I found this inconsistent. Cars and vans give way to cyclists but cyclists expect pedestrians to get out of their way. This seems illogical. You need a local with you (I'm not but I visit friends there often). Cyclis... |
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