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Forum: General Chat Topic: More computer problems |
| Rumbly |
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Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 00:58
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| You can only ping an IP address, http://www.safespeed.org.uk resolves to an IP address which is why it works. Don't think you can't ping a specific file, index.php is a file. Can I suggest trying to look at an image in a forum page and see if that comes up ... for instance http://www.safespeed.org.u... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: What is the point of sports bikes on the road? |
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 23:43
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| Hmmmm .... I think actually there is a fundamental problem with the question .. for different people the point may be completely different, so askimg what "the" point is seems a bit ummm .... pointless :D. Some ppl might buy one simply cos the next door neighbour has last years model and t... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: What's the dumbest accident you've had? |
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:54
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| One that I had years ago sticks in my mind .... had a Triumph Herald with a slight water leak, going home from work one night, started engine then thought I'd best check the water before setting off. Opened bonnet removed radiator cap (engine still running), saw it did need water so topped it up. As... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed camera analysis, can anyone here help me out, please? |
| Rumbly |
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Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 22:31
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Replies: 7
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| You can just copy and paste into excel from the original website ... highlight the bit you want to copy .. copy it ... paste it into excel .. it'll show up in correct colums .. saves all the dreamweaver fiddling about and should end up with the same result ... I think!! |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Middle lane hoggers |
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 21:07
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| Rumbly, If you read the OP you will see that it was about a bully driver behind another driver travelling at 70mph in L2. Ummmm nope, I just read it and it doesn't invite any comments about the driver behind, only what the driver in L2 should do ... and the topic title is "Middle lane hoggers&... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Middle lane hoggers |
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 22:06
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| I have noticed a marked lack of enthusiasm here to condemn the bully driver; although not by everyone. Close to getting away without being challenged on this ... but don't open the champagne yet :lol: As far as I'm aware this thread is about driving in the middle lane of a motorway, not the behavio... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Muslim with two wives escapes driving ban |
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 13:35
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| Without actually being in court during the case and knowing the stretch of road its difficult to come to any real conclusion if the punishment is fair or not. When was the last time anybody remembers a newspaper reporting much fairly or accurately? The "man keeps licence because two wives"... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Bus lanes and TfL |
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 13:06
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| Transport for London are still dragging their heels on allowing motorbikes into bus lanes despite all the evidence shwoing it's safer all round - for cyclists, pedestrians and bikers... :x Nothing seems to be stopping them... I do believe there is an election for mayor of london coming up, if you h... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Misguided call for lower speed |
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 01:38
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Replies: 371
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| If everybody doubled their vigilance And how exactly do speed enforcment measures encorage anybody to increase their vigilance to real hazards? I believe it has exactly the opposite effect in that it reduces peoples vigilance to anything much other than staying under the speed limit when knowiningl... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Where it all falls down |
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Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 22:31
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| Hmmm .. so according to your theory it would be just fine & dandy to have LGV's driving the NSL sections of the A9 at 30 - 35 MPH? |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Middle lane hoggers |
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 01:37
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| I've not read every post in this thread, it's so very very long and time is so short, so s'cuse me if I'm repeating any old ground. IMO there are reasons why its a bad idea to unnecessarily drive in middle lane ... and COAST covers them nicely I think. Consideration & courtesy ... you are not be... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Think bike people! sheesh! |
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 20:32
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| Don't know much about PT Cruisers in particular but could be a case of screen pillar blind spot ... just had a thought about that .... do people who drive closer to the windscreen suffer worse from screen pillar blind spots, is bind spot worse due to angle of view and distance from pillar? As with s... |
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Forum: Highlands Issues Topic: A82 - Direct action threat over A82 upgrade |
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 01:53
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| It's a long single-carriageway road that in summer attracts heavy tourist traffic, including a high number of caravans, and sees a lot of overtaking accidents. The A82 is a road I regularly drive .... between Glasgow and Fort William. Yup overtaking accidents are all too common and often very serio... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Misguided call for lower speed |
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 22:44
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| COAST is more or less the criteria we use to assess candidates on our own tests as well as the DIS/Speed Aware invitees :wink: It should be part and parcel of all Bikeability to Driving Test requirements. Most certainly - it should be the main message out there as it does actually - er - control an... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Misguided call for lower speed |
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 18:56
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| Since then I haven't become any more careful , I have always tried to be careful, but I have worked hard to develop the skills that allow me to actually be careful You seem to say you're not any more careful, but you apply skills that result in you being more careful? Hiya weepej, yes it does look ... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Misguided call for lower speed |
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 16:19
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| I'm writing this as someone who has run into a child who suddenly ran across the road right in front of my car. Fortunately in this case no serious injury resulted, but the impact was definitely hard enough to cause serious injury or even have killed the child dead on the spot, that this was not the... |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: Private Cars & Passengers |
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 00:48
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| problem is the amount of setting up and policing it'd take. then when it's an official system with payments you have to think of liabilities in accidents etc etc etc. Car share schemes, like most things, need to be simple by nature Yes can see that insurance etc could be a problem. I'm with you on ... |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: Private Cars & Passengers |
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 00:37
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| Hiya Anton, thank for your input. The swipe card could be stolen. Once in your car its too late. I went to court in portsmouth and the case before ours was a chap who uses any private car in Portsmouth as a taxi. He gets in and orders you to take him somewhere and then as he gets out he rummages thr... |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: Private Cars & Passengers |
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 15:34
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RobinXe wrote: High-tech hitchhiking?
Kind of ... but the hitchhiker would be paying for fuel used, and the vehicle driver would have passed an advanced driving test. |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: Private Cars & Passengers |
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 15:32
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| All those required Criminal Records Bureau checks (in case children are carried) should put paid to this. I can imagine people being keen to get into a stranger's car, can't you? :) Yes can see this could be a problem but not sure its a deal breaker, could there be a way of minimising risk? Technic... |
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