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Forum: General Chat Topic: Crime and Justice in 21st Century Britain |
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 14:48
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| I totally agree with you, but I won't comment further because I'll find myself going into "rant" mode. My kids already think I would be a natural for "Grumpy Old Men" and I'm not even that old. However, this country is becoming sicker by the day. The perspectives of those in auth... |
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Forum: Opinions Topic: Safespeed Honesty & Manipulation |
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 20:12
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Replies: 5
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Thank you and welcome to Safe Speed.
I hope it helped getting that off your chest. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Chicanes |
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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 21:01
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Replies: 90
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| Why should they remove it? They appear to be a great way of educating stupid "get out of my way" drivers not to be, er, so stupid; especially if they have do deal with six months of protracted conflabulation with their insurance company after a little shunt caused by their ridiculous driv... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: London Mayoral Election |
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Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 13:32
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Replies: 14
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9/1/1 for Boris, or "BoJo" as Vanessa Feltz has been heard to refer to him.
I would have/will vote that way anyway. |
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Forum: What's New, Announcements, Technical and Administration Topic: New Forum |
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 16:26
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Replies: 25
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It's different, I'm lost and I don't like it. 
Seriously, it does look good but will take a little getting used to.
Well done.  |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Misguided call for lower speed |
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 20:36
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Replies: 371
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| I didn't want to quote Rumbly's post, as its understandably long, but almost exactly the same thing happened to me about 35 years ago. A small boy, I believe about 4 years old, ran into the road and ran straight into the rear left panel of my Escort estate. This happened right outside a Police Stati... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Offence trade-offs |
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 21:34
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Replies: 7
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| I picked up a new (to me) bike from north Wales a couple of weeks ago. I then rode back along the coastal road which is 2 or 3 lanes for its entire length, mostly NSL, occasional 50 limit where is passed close to a large town. Almost everyone was driving about 5 mph under the speed limit, but the ma... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: H4 conversion kit |
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 19:28
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| Sorry, BT, I didn't communicate very well. My Hayabusa has 2 seperate headlights, one H4 and one H7. I can't remember which way round they are at the moment, but it doesn't matter. This bike therefore has main and dip beam, both HID, and has passed an MOT with this set up. A friend has a Deauville, ... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: H4 conversion kit |
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:43
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Replies: 15
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| My Hayabusa has an H4 and an H7 headlight fittings, and I've had HID's in it for almost 2 years. The difference is that the busa doesn't attempt to use the second filament. A friend of mine fitted an HID to a Dullsville and lost his main beam, but said it didn't matter as the dip beam was now so goo... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Drunk in charge of a bicycle |
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Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:47
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| There also used to be an offence of Drunk and Incapable under the Metropolitan Police Act, so it applied to London only. Don't know whether it's still around. |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: In the spirit of human kindness |
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Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 13:52
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Replies: 8
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So this kitchen, the one with the freshly made custard tart, where is it exactly?
And this freshly made custard tart, the one that's in this kitchen, whereabouts in the kitchen is it?
I love custard tart, me.
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Crane lorry turbo. |
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 19:05
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| I was driving behind a lorry today which had a very large crane on the back, I can't remember what they're called in the trade but I think they carry and unload building materials. However, this one was empty and, whilst the driver was not reckless, he easily cruised at an indicated 35 (on my speedo... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Royal Enfield bikes for sale, new |
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 17:46
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Replies: 23
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| I love that bit on the site where you move over a picture of the bike and it shows that bit in close up. Very flash (pun intended!) |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: For all the trolls |
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 23:29
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Replies: 393
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| I made this simple diagram for you all. See if you can spot the difference and decide which is safer :) Accusing people who disagree with you as being trolls is trolling itself, and a subtle but powerful form of ad hominem attack. Whats more, looks like road you've drawn should be a 20 max, enforce... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Thefts of Car reg Plates |
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:16
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Replies: 10
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The Sun wrote: including almost two in five motorcyclists are not paying
Can't believe this. It must be the bikers who only tax for the summer months and delare SORN for the winter.
Otherwise the level of government and Police incompetence that allows 40% of bikes to be untaxed is breathtaking. |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Want a [local] referendum ? |
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 22:02
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What happens if you don't live in a parish, or at least don't have a parish council?
Apart from that, if this is true, there's lots that a bit of organisation could achieve. |
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Forum: Paul Smith, RIP Topic: Condolences |
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Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 22:25
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Replies: 179
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I only recently joined the forum, mainly because of the depth and breadth of Paul's intellect in presenting his case.
I'm shocked by this news, and offer my condolences to those left behind.
RIP |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Just been sent this - Re: Richard Brunstrom |
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 17:37
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Replies: 48
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What does "I feel much more Welsh in part" mean.
Perhaps he does need to concentrate on his English.
But isn't he really an a******e? |
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Forum: Help! I'm being prosecuted! Topic: Court summons with wrong details |
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 17:33
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Replies: 7
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| If you tell them now, they can reissue. If you wait for Court, the CPS will have to withdraw. The same thing happened to me a few years ago with reference to a speeding charge when the summons had the wrong road on it. On solicitors advice, I pleaded not guilty, then pointed out in court that the ro... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed restrictions preceding roadworks |
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 21:33
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Replies: 18
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Johnnytheboy wrote: Rigpig wrote: Perhaps we should just let the police enforce the laws that everyone universally thinks are sensible.... Or some kind of representation-by-voting system that ensures only laws that "everyone universally thinks are sensible" remain on the books?
We could call it "Democracy". |
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