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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Liability? Other car on my side of road overtaking |
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 15:04
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| Without casting aspersions on either party in the original incident, my uncle taught me a little rhyme when I learned to sail - it works for driving too... Here lies the body of Mike O'Day Who died defending his right of way He was right - quite right - as he sailed along But he's just as dead as if... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Changing The Clocks |
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 14:54
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Replies: 27
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Something I've never been able to get my head round...
Why do we change the clocks at all (apart from an historical quirk)?
Why don't we just stick to GMT?
Does it really make any difference? |
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Forum: Help! I'm being prosecuted! Topic: Speeding under special circumstances |
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 14:42
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Replies: 58
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| Nope. Emergency need is a statutory defence in RTRA 1984 S87. Nope, S87 provides an exemption from speed limits for vehicles used for certain purposes. It makes no reference to emergencies so, for example, an unmarked CID car would still be able to claim exemption if following a target vehicle - S.... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Anyone else hate un-organised fireworks? |
| FB2000 |
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 13:47
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Replies: 14
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| There's an altogether better petition here: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Bangers/#detail We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Permit fireworks, including professional displays to be purchased and fired by any adult. We must stop the trend in the United Kingdom of outlawing everything that... |
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Forum: Trucking Topic: objects thrown from bridges |
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 21:36
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Motorcycles banned from towns ? |
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 21:59
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Replies: 14
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| (Slightly off-topic, but) Hampshire Ian's comments remind me of someone who moved next door to a a supported housing project and promptly started trying to get it shut down. The Trust's solicitor remarked "Oh yes, Mrs *******, I've come up against her before. I think she's suffering from CCD - ... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: The HATO rolling roadblock case - update? |
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 21:23
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| Obeying the instructions of a police officer is mandatory. Obeying the instructions of a civilian is optional. Nope, the TMA 2004 creates the following offence (S.10[2]), therefore it's mandatory: A person who resists or wilfully obstructs a traffic officer in the execution of his duties is guilty ... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: The HATO rolling roadblock case - update? |
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 16:27
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| ...but a civilian with statutory powers under S.6 Traffic Management Act 2004: 1. This section confers the following powers on a traffic officer— (a) a power, when the traffic officer is engaged in the regulation of traffic in a road, to direct a person driving or propelling a vehicle— (i) to stop t... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Seatbelt law petition to No. 10 |
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 19:38
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| Philosophically, I would suggest that whether or not you want to wear a FRONT seatbelt should be entirely up to you - you'll be the one potentially taking a one way trip through a windscreen. If you fail to wear your REAR seatbelt it's someone else's life you're risking. The "cost to family / s... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Road Signs Reduce Safety |
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 14:30
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Replies: 30
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| Why box yourself in? The 'self explaining roads' concept is very much in its infancy. It works because it gives responsibility and encourages interaction and negotiation. These principles are extensible way outside of the 'home zone' type environment. With respect, I think you're confusing two diff... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Road Signs Reduce Safety |
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:56
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| If you and I are out hunting, and we are running along side each other at 20mph we can communicate with our eyes. If we both put on a spurt and reach 21mph, we can’t. Or do you mean…. if you are stationary and watching me do all the work, I can communicate at 20mph and not at 21mph? I refer the hon... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Road Signs Reduce Safety |
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:38
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| Yeah that was one of the theories that 'proved', 120 years ago, that we needed a red flag act. I'm perfectly comfortable controlling a vehicle and interacting with others at speeds considerably in excess of 100mph. So the verdict from this example of Homo Sapiens is 'psychobabble'. That is a totall... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Road Signs Reduce Safety |
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 19:40
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Replies: 30
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| It's about negotiation and acknowledgement - the communication between the various people in the shared space, pedestrians, drivers, riders etc., so messages pass "After you." "No, after you ..." and it becomes more complex with more than two participants. And yes a fit, young ma... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Road Signs Reduce Safety |
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 17:41
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| It's not so much eye contact per se as a whole lot of non-verbal communication based around eye contact. The 20mph parameter is based on the neuropsychological principle that the human brain is "wired" to be able to interact with other humans in close proximity up to around that speed sinc... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Financial Alert! |
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:50
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| I know this isn't a "personal finance" site, but handy hint if you happen to hold an MBNA credit card - for [insert deity or deities of your choice]'s sake check the next payment "due date" on your most recent statement! MBNA have recently changed the dates on a number of account... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Lib dems to ban the petrol engine! (in 33 years time!) |
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 20:18
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| What about wood? I'm sure they used wood for a chassis on an old something and I bet it's as good today. (I'm thinking Morgan but I could be wrong) <initiating anorak mode> You're thinking of the Marcos - they had a laminated wooden chassis. Morgans still have an ash body frame (except for the Aero... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: any legal beagles in here? |
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 21:58
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Replies: 51
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Designated "Clearways" |
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 21:39
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Replies: 6
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| In all probability they're acting perfectly legally - if you were to check the traffic order for the clearway it will almost certainly include exemptions for "vehicles used for: police, fire and ambulance purposes; in connection with the maintenance of the highway or associated equipment; for t... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: 'Motorbike crash man fails to notice loss of leg' |
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 21:40
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...and then there was the Earl of Uxbridge at Waterloo (the battle, not the station!):
When an artillery shot took his leg, one story goes that Wellington said "By God, Sir, you've lost your leg!", to which he replied "By God, Sir, so I have!" |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Don't break down in Suffolk |
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 22:58
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Replies: 12
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No, it wasn't theft.
No, it wasn't criminal damage.
Yes, it was actionable - but in the civil Court not the criminal. |
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