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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Right or wrong? |
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:38
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Replies: 142
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 Good on you, Ian. If only there were more traffic cops like you. |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Village speed vigilance |
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 20:23
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Replies: 32
Views: 16156
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Those old gits with radar guns?  It's almost as bad as giving a monkey a loaded gun. |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Over Zealous Officials |
| Colinjg |
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Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 14:32
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Replies: 16
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Serge wrote: They do employ parking wardens with brain cells, it just depends on which one's using it at the time.
 The award for the funniest post of the day. I almost split my sides laughing |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Can it be true |
| Colinjg |
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Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 11:00
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Replies: 64
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| "THE LAW IS AN ASS AND AN IDIOT." Charles Dickens. |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Police use aircraft to catch apple-eating driver |
| Colinjg |
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:54
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| "BACK OFF. I'VE GOT A RIPE GOLDEN DELICIOUS AND I'M NOT AFRAID TO USE IT!! That ridiculous use of police resources kind of reminds me of that Monty Python sketch, "How to defend yourself against someone armed with a piece of fruit." Would Northumbia Constabulary care to comment on the number of burg... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Congestion Charges |
| Colinjg |
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:19
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Faulty brake survey |
| Colinjg |
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 09:31
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Replies: 0
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| Belfast Telegraph, January 24. DRIVERS FAILING TO CHECK BRAKES Many motorists drive with faulty brakes because they do not check them frequently enough, a new survey has revealed. Nearly three in five drivers rely solely on their annual service for brake checks and many have no idea of the real stat... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Automatic braking |
| Colinjg |
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 13:49
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Replies: 32
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| I've had further thoughts about this system. How well would such a system sense the road conditions? Braking distance is affected in adverse weather conditions such as rain, ice or snow or even if there's mud on the road. Secondly, just how reactive could an automated braking system be? If the syste... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Automatic braking |
| Colinjg |
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 13:20
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Replies: 32
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| Too much reliance on these robot devices is a dangerous thing. If this is a EU Directive, they obviously haven't thought it through properly and besides, "IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON'T FIX IT!". |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Hello - my views on speed and safety |
| Colinjg |
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Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:03
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Replies: 16
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ONNAT!
Paul, I think that stands for:-
Oh No Not Another Tractor! |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Hi Viz clothing - is it still effective? |
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Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 09:52
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| I used to work in a warehouse and had to wear a hi-visibility vest INDOORS because there were forklift trucks moving about. I suppose hi-visibility clothing does have its uses because only two weeks ago, while night driving, I saw a cyclist whose bike had no lights or reflectors and he wasn't even w... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Gob Smacked |
| Colinjg |
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 14:53
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Replies: 28
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| Yep, she should've been booked. The Highway Code states that you should not park or overtake on the zig zags of a zebra crossing. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Jumping the lights |
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 13:47
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| [quote="SafeSpeed"]I'm worried about red light cameras. We have to look at the different reasons that folk go across on the red. Type 1: Never sees the red light, or sees it too late to react to it. Type 2: Recklessly ignores the red light Type 3: Goes through early in the red phase having... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: What do you like about driving? |
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 13:53
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| :D What I love about driving is the sense of freedom and also Motorway driving. I know it takes extra concentration, but that feeling of speeding at 70mph is really enjoyable. Last summer I drove on the M6 and the A66 through Cumbria. The A66 is a great road (except for the twisty bits in around Bas... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Speed mullah tries a little tolerance |
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 13:37
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 I saw an edition of Top Gear on Sunday 19 December. Jeremy Clarkson announced Brunstrom's conversion and described him as a "petrolhead"
Never take anything at face value Jeremy! |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: I thought I was going to die |
| Colinjg |
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 13:49
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| I know only to well what being involved in a RTA is like. In January 1980, I was a passenger in Ford Cortina mk 3 that was involved in a side on impact with some moron who jumped a red light. My mother was injured and I had whiplash. I failed all my exams at school and when a teacher asked me why I'... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Police chief at nearly 100mph |
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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 15:54
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Replies: 14
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I think the word in this case is SCHADENFREUDE!
Oderint dum metuant |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Safer Level Crossings |
| Colinjg |
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 16:00
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Replies: 23
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| A report on the BBC Breakfast News on 8 November stated that the train survived the initial impact with the car. De-railment occured when the train came to a railway siding. Anyway, during my driving test 20 years ago, I remember being asked a question about what to do if my car stalls on a level cr... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Safer Level Crossings |
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 11:44
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| [The worrying thing is, there will be a group of people looking at this "accident" with the opposite intentions of safety, how easily the rail network could be disrupted. Scary! :cry:[/quote] I agree. This will probably bring the PC car-haters out in force. And as usual, all motorists will be blamed... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Where do we learn to drive? |
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Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 16:29
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| Mad Moggie, I'm impressed! That's a great methodical way to learn to drive. I've one piece of advice. Tell your eldest son to consider going for any of the ROSPA Advanced Drivers awards before joining the IAM. It'll mean more lessons with a professional instructor, but he may consider it worthwhile.... |
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