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Forum: General Chat Topic: Note to our leaders. Read this: |
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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 22:50
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| We, the population, are not the players in the game - we are the stakes..... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed Limiters |
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:23
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Replies: 34
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| Coasting is already solved, the brakes apply to limit the speed. As a driver, you'll be aware of the many circumstances where it would be suicidal to apply the brakes in an arbitrary fashion - without regard for the road surface/weather conditions for instance. I wonder who'll take the blame for in... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed Limiters |
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 23:53
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| ....that may have not been considered: How about when descending a steep hill.? Knock the box out of gear and coast well above the limit on many slopes. How about when entering an area of high RF activity where the receiver is de-sensed and incoming control signal is lost.? This could be interpreted... |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: Unlicenced drivers! |
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Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 17:11
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| Nice post which covers only the tip of an ever growing iceberg. Consider this scenario: you find on your way to work early one morning, that the limit on your well used roads has been reduced by 10mph. Used to travelling at your normal 38mph, you inadvertently collect six points. You're a young fell... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Digital enforcement: 6pts for 45 in 30 - 55 in 40 - 95 in 70 |
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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:10
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Replies: 25
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| This is getting rather silly and the ensuing results will be worrying. I forsee: A spiralling Social Security bill when even more drivers lose their licences/jobs/homes and perhaps families An entire army of bailiffs being needed to collect unpaid fines An increase in those driving whilst disqualifi... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Follow Up on Mini-roundabouts |
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:57
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| I was once pulled over by trafpol and when I asked what offence I'd committed, got the excuse that I'd 'run over' the mini island with two of my wheels. I was then asked for a breath test (the real reason for being pulled) and which proved perfectly clear. I then asked trafpol to hang around and sto... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: foreign drivers escape paying |
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Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:58
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| Gixxer didn't mention living in a lorry cab or having dual nationality. Those circumstances didn't apply to the defendant in the case I have mentioned. I have no wish to live in a sleeper cab, but ditching British nationality wouldn't worry me in the slightest to be honest with you. I am reasonably... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 15 grand ? |
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 19:01
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weepej wrote: Spireman wrote: just how far the forces of law have become - and are becoming, the enemy of those they pretend to serve........ They serve me, I'm well up for people being fined for speeding.
You'll be one of the loudest bleaters when you're caught doing 30.2mph once they've screwed the camera settings. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 15 grand ? |
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 18:16
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| "This appears perverse but it shows to what lengths and what amount of public money they are prepared to spend to defend cameras." On a more sinister note, it serves to demonstrate just how far the forces of law have become - and are becoming, the enemy of those they pretend to serve........ |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: On ITV1 on Tues 8pm, CRASH SCENE INVESTIGATORS. |
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:14
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Replies: 6
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| The first question arising of course is what business does any pedestrian have being on a 70mph highway? |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: BBC Blame 13333 deaths on speeding |
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:41
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| Speed is a factor in all accidents - as are wheels, tyres and engines. I agree, but a factor involved in a crash often has little or no relationship to the cause, only the sequence of events following the cause,speed in excess of the limit causes no more or less deaths than speed within or below. I... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: BBC Blame 13333 deaths on speeding |
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:49
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| Speed is a factor in all accidents - as are wheels, tyres and engines. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Curious Secondary Camera |
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 13:52
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| Cameras could never work in the USA. Too many people with guns. Much too crude for the British taste. A light smear of Vaseline, surreptitiously applied with the end of a walking stick will curtail the proceedings - at least for that particular roll of film....no-one notices, no noise, no permanent... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Curious Secondary Camera |
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Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 14:47
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| ......I find that a smear of Vaseline works very well. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Fighting fire with fire? |
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 19:30
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Replies: 14
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| Next is to 'have a go' at motor racing circuits, motocross venues and speedway stadiums as these come under the definition of 'open spaces'. Whilst we're at it, what about horse racing? Surely, the intrusion of thousands of racegoers prevents walkers enjoying the peace and quiet of the countryside?... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Fighting fire with fire? |
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 18:48
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| Next is to 'have a go' at motor racing circuits, motocross venues and speedway stadiums as these come under the definition of 'open spaces'. Whilst we're at it, what about horse racing? Surely, the intrusion of thousands of racegoers prevents walkers enjoying the peace and quiet of the countryside? |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: New super-cameras to target smoking, eating & phoning... |
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 22:26
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| Among the peer group I come into contact with on a day-to-day basis, I know of no one who's of the opinion that speed cameras are a life saving institution but take the view that they're simply revenue raisers. I appreciate that such straw polls amount to diddly squat with the pro camera brigade but... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: New super-cameras to target smoking, eating & phoning... |
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 13:13
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| How long will it be before the level of hatred of these infernal devices reaches such a pitch that civil disobedience and downright anarchy is fomented? Although I disavow lawbreaking, it seems the authorities are hell-bent in getting up the backs of "Middle Englanders" in their dash for c... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Major road closures - is it my imagination? |
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 09:40
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| May I be excused for entertaining a suspicion that the hidden agenda is to cause as much distress and disruption to the motorist by way of apportioning blame to the 'many'? |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Major road closures - is it my imagination? |
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 17:23
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Replies: 8
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Each day on radio 2, there seem to be more and more road closures for seemingly trivial reasons. Further, the cleanup operations appear to take longer and longer.
Is it me? |
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