| Author |
Message |
Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: East Riding villagers mount speed patrols |
| sm1thson |
|
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:26
|
|
Replies: 11
Views: 5600
|
| in short for those who dont want to read the full article: Local East Yorkshire village buying a speed gun getting trained by police and clocking motorist who get a 'letter' (not a fine or points, but repeat offenders may be targeted by the police) http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/East-... |
|
 |
Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Think! (not police) operated speed camera. |
| sm1thson |
|
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 16:15
|
|
Replies: 12
Views: 4638
|
| so its the same as a gatso but in a different box. I can agree with that, but how come it doesnt require lines on the road? i know the lines are just for a secondary varyfication, but these have been shown to be essential as gatsos can and do go wrong. whats the secondary varyfication on the portabl... |
|
|
Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Think! (not police) operated speed camera. |
| sm1thson |
|
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 14:22
|
|
Replies: 12
Views: 4638
|
| driving in Hull last night and saw a 'safety camera' operated by someone in a "Think!" car. to explain more: the camera was a yellow box (about 2' cube) on a small tripod, (this looked the same as our local camera van uses, the camvan normally has it pointing out the back but sometimes it ... |
|
|
Forum: Brainstorming Topic: HGV Rhetorical question |
| sm1thson |
|
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:16
|
|
Replies: 68
Views: 57461
|
| my road to work often means driving behind HGVs, far too often i see their back wheels locking up on breaking. more recently i was alongside the back end of a HGV on a bend (2 lanes per side dual carriageway) and his back wheel locked up and started to smoke -fortunately the other wheels kept his tr... |
|
|
Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Gwent police roadside eye tests |
| sm1thson |
|
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:20
|
|
Replies: 7
Views: 3373
|
| I have often wondered about this: when you apply for a licence it asks if you need corrective leses, cant remember if this is shown on the licence counterpart? when the police pull you over are they able to access this infomation? is it used against you in insurance claims etc? |
|
|
Forum: General Chat Topic: Working in engineering |
| sm1thson |
|
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 09:39
|
|
Replies: 20
Views: 7117
|
| Have you looked at doing a KTP scheme? generally for people graduated in the last couple of years (3 at a push) so your still in with a chance. its a scheme set up by DTI basically you get put in a company on a 2 year scheme you manage a project over 2 years and are partnered up with a university to... |
|
|
Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: 13 mobile phone deaths |
| sm1thson |
|
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 09:27
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 4297
|
| I'm struggling to get this in perspective, 13 deaths and 400 injuries mobile related, but what is that out of? i.e: how many people were killed on the road last year? and how many were injured? (in total) |
|
|
Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: A unique approach to safety |
| sm1thson |
|
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 14:37
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 10617
|
| Why not teach childrenhow to cross a road safely rather than...... my thoughts exactly. in Hull they redid a street (newland avenue) and on the radio they said it was because a lot of school children have been in accidents on it. My thoughts were just as yours. -not to mention that theyve made the ... |
|
|
Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Highways Agency Vehicles |
| sm1thson |
|
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 13:47
|
|
Replies: 34
Views: 10584
|
| I headed south last weekend and saw a few of the Highways Agency cars on my travels, but noticed that they now say 'traffic officer' (i thing it was traffic officer if not it was something similar) on the rear side windows (along with Highways Agency on the bumper) have they got extra powers now? i ... |
|
|
Forum: Brainstorming Topic: A sensible approach to roadworks |
| sm1thson |
|
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:31
|
|
Replies: 4
Views: 5902
|
| I have often thought this should be the case. when the m62 A1 junction was been redone the 50mph zone just seamed to grow and grow and often there was noone working (at the times i travel) and certainly not accross the entire roadworks. at first i found myself sticking ridgidly to the 50, a year and... |
|
|
Forum: Brainstorming Topic: Speed Bump Alternative |
| sm1thson |
|
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 09:40
|
|
Replies: 17
Views: 15078
|
| I've noticed that in the central Belfast traffic light system, if you drive at around 25mph (which is usually a fairly safe speed for around the city) more carefull planning like that sound like a good idea! the traffic light network is more complicated than most people would expect, but that’s not... |
|
|
Forum: Brainstorming Topic: Speed Bump Alternative |
| sm1thson |
|
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 09:12
|
|
Replies: 17
Views: 15078
|
| surely the addition of lights near a particular hazard provides a further distraction for the driver away from spotting the hazard.... :? yes this could well be the case, I do find lights less of a hazzrd than speed bumps and cameras though. Also, a number of schools already have lights for a pedes... |
|
|
Forum: Brainstorming Topic: Speed Bump Alternative |
| sm1thson |
|
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 14:45
|
|
Replies: 17
Views: 15078
|
| Right, probably not the best idea to offer a new suggestion in a new topic for a first post, but I have lurked these forums on and off for some time and have done a search-sorry if its come up before. I dislike speed bumps for the same old reasons that are all over the site (uncomfy, wrecking suspen... |
|
|
| Sort by: |
Login
Register
FAQ
Search
Members