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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: So, Do They Increase Safety? |
| R1Nut |
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 18:48
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On Meridian News tonight they mentioned that "safety cameras" had caused more accidents at some sites than when the cameras weren't there.
Nuff said.
Edited to add: it's on the ITV news now too. |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Card fraud :-( |
| R1Nut |
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 14:08
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Replies: 67
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| This whole debacle also begs the question why retailers send goods to an address other than the cardholder address! If they didn't do this then it would be pointless to steal cards as you could only send the stuff to the card owner address. Not your dodgy mate down the road or wherever it all ends ... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Axing speed cameras has caused road deaths to FALL |
| R1Nut |
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 14:04
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Replies: 8
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Could the poor state of the roads following two consecutive cold winters be a factor? More people watching the roads for new crevasses instead of watching their speedos?  |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: is filtering to be banned next |
| R1Nut |
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Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 14:12
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Replies: 6
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| All I get is that drivers are impatient when held up. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Driving on Ice tips ... |
| R1Nut |
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Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 23:14
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Replies: 16
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When in a queue of traffic on an icy road in an automatic, front-wheel drive car; keep your foot on the brake, apply the handbrake, put the car in neutral and take your foot off the brake. That way the front-end won't start sliding on the road's gradient.  |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Fined For Warning About Camera |
| R1Nut |
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 18:07
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Replies: 36
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Didn't stop me warning other drivers of a camera van hidden in the bushes today  |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: "Speed Awareness" Course |
| R1Nut |
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 17:59
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Replies: 30
Views: 7863
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IIRC I read about someone who went on one of these courses and started on about RTTM and other points raised on Safe Speed.
They didn't do well and I can't even remember where I read it |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: "Ford cars get draconian parental controls" |
| R1Nut |
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 21:07
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Replies: 13
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| So you can still do handbrake turns and reverse donuts? |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Planned 40mph speed limit - objections? |
| R1Nut |
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 14:05
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Replies: 12
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| Continuing the poorly designed roundabouts theme. Keep an eye on this link to see the new roundabout being added to the A329M. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=jennetts+park&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=14.693358,39.506836&ie=UTF8&hq=jenne... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Snow on Car roofs |
| R1Nut |
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 20:47
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Replies: 23
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| Surely the speed rating would only apply if you were exceeding the speed rating of the tyre? By which time you'd be more worried about the dangerous driving and probably unlawful killing charges. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: M4 average speed cameras trap 6,500 in south Wales |
| R1Nut |
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 20:40
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Replies: 11
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| Works to install the variable speed system on the M4 have been completed but lane restrictions associated with the concrete barrier replacement scheme are still ongoing. I have recently been told that there is going to be a variable speed limit section on the M20 near the junction with the M26. Won... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: ‘Speeding fears are unfounded’ Wokingham |
| R1Nut |
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Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 19:44
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The part of Evendons Lane which isn't NSL, near the A321, is very narrow and usually has many cars parked so I don't see how speeding can be an issue.
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Importance of Wearing a Motorcycle Helmet |
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 21:00
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| I guess you would want some protection if you rode into one of these.... http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a399/Engraver/DSCI0083.jpg Pah, that's titchy; try hitting a suicidal pigeon at 70mph. Nearly took me off the back of the bike! I've also had a tennis ball sized piece of tarmac thrown up into... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Not Very Complimentary |
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Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 20:07
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Replies: 7
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GOS for prime minister  |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Barriers on Berkshire's A329(M) 'may have saved life' |
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 17:31
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Replies: 13
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| I know that stretch of road quite well. The central reservation which didn't have a barrier was a grass verge which is approximately 3 metres wide at its widest, narrowing to approximately 2 metres. The problem with this is that the verge is dipped in the middle from the carriageway which results in... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: IAM - New - Rider's Lines via Alan Dale |
| R1Nut |
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Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 21:31
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Replies: 12
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| To do with overtaking ... Why is it that if you are on your bike, pulling away from a dual carriageway roundabout in the outside lane, that the car in front of you, with nothing in front of it for half a mile and nothing inside for a couple of hundred yards, will refuse to pull over and let you cont... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: New satellite technology speed cameras in road tests |
| R1Nut |
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Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 21:01
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Replies: 15
Views: 16171
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| [blond]How can they eliminate rat-runs?[/blond] |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: If you have nothing to hide....... |
| R1Nut |
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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 20:43
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Replies: 11
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Simple answer; ACPO.
Create their own policing policies, don't ask the government and provides millions of pounds to their members.
Mind you, most of the kids nowadays can't even spell Police State. |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: smoking in your car.. calls to ban it.. |
| R1Nut |
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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 20:50
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Replies: 99
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| I do think that think that modern politicians would like to adopt the Sergeant Major approach to jurisprudence - "Any thing that is not expressly permitted, laddy, is forbidden" Common Law states that everything is permissible unless there is a law banning it. It also includes things like... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Plymouth could get a camera car to catch bad drivers |
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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 21:00
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Replies: 7
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| A friend of mine was running late in dropping her child off at school. She parked outside the gates on double yellows to let her child out then drove off. She noticed one of these camera cars a bit further up the road and a couple of days later she got a ticket for parking on double yellows. What ma... |
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