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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: New mobile speed traps |
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 08:52
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| Folks, The police are out in force around the Bristol area with mobile speed traps. Today I saw two motorcycle cops in different locations at the side of the road with small cameras on tripods. This was in a country area where I have never seen speed traps before, in at least 10 years of riding. In ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 20mph speedcams |
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Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 15:31
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| Folks, First off, Happy Xmas everyone. Anyway, today (boxing day) I was driving down a main city road in Bristol, slowly as usual. Suddenly I spotted a new speedcam. At the same moment I saw a circled '20' painted on the road. Quickly dropped my speed from 30mph to 20mph but I don't know which way t... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: That gut wrench feeling |
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 23:14
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Replies: 26
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| For sure and this is the point that I often make on air that our Visual Perspective is altered to preserving our licences than from prevention of damage to people and property. Our livelihoods and lifestyle require our licences so our priority is altered. Whilst we now can spend time observing the ... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: The ambulance from heaven |
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 23:04
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| Folks, I was juicing it back home on the Yamaha Thunderace today and there was suddenly this police siren really loud behind me. In the mirrors there were blue lights right up my ar**. Then I saw the car bonnet with the yellow stripes and I was already making up my excuses for the courthouse. Pulled... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: That gut wrench feeling |
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 21:43
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Replies: 26
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Folks,
The feeling of not having received a ticket in the post must be one of the best things that can happen with your clothes on. 
Alex. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: In praise of lady drivers |
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 17:51
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Replies: 7
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graball wrote: You do realise she was just hanging her handbag on the light/indicator stalk....lol 
graball,
Maybe. But that lady certainly reminded me to avoid rash generalisations.
Alex. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: In praise of lady drivers |
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:46
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| Folks, I was tootling through a local village the other day, when an elderly lady driver flashed her lights at me. I didn't think much of it, maybe a horse in the road up ahead? Well, 500 metres on and there was the mobile speed trap!!! I slowed from about 33mph to 28mph and slid by him. Thank you t... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: That gut wrench feeling |
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Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:30
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| Daft thing was I could see it up ahead but my brain was full of who and what I was going to see and do. Big Tone, That's how it happens. When driving we are just not looking for speedcams/traps every minute of the time. Then we see one and it's "Is it -isn't it? How fast am I going? What's beh... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: That gut wrench feeling |
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Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 21:27
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| Often that instinct to brake can help you too, as so far from my experience, that sudden drop in speed makes it really hard for any LTi camera that I have tested to be able to get a fix. (This is not any official testing, just private, you understand). SS, Yes, in this case cruise control was not m... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: That gut wrench feeling |
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 10:23
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| guys, I've backtracked further on googlemaps and found the '50' signs. They are on both sides of the road just outside the city limits. :( My bad. So, it's back to watching the post each day. Dorset speedcam site says that a speed awareness course is available if the caught under 64mph in a 50mph. T... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: That gut wrench feeling |
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Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:23
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| Thanks botach, If I lived near Bournemouth I would certainly be checking the road signs, but I'm 100 miles away. Don't these things so often happen when we don't know the area and the roads? Yes, there is a chance of being just below the borderline speed. Also, other traffic was travelling faster an... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: That gut wrench feeling |
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Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 23:15
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| Folks, Have had a clean license for many years. Driving towards Bournemouth on the A338, dual carriageway, fast moving traffic. Have the cruise control on the Alfa set to just below 60mph. See a van in a layby, police van, speed camera! Suddenly that gut wrenching feeling kicks in and I brake too la... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: The future of rural speed limits |
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 11:23
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| Folks, All this tightening seems to have produced a widely used coping strategy. 1. Drive everywhere unfamiliar at 50mph. 2. Know your local unclassified roads, check them for white vans, and then enjoy them to the full!!!!!!! C. Please Note - Of course I would never condone exceeding speed limits u... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: All about everything. |
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 10:38
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| Folks, I don't quite see how the post shows that the view 'natural resources exist in fixed quantities' is false. Indeed, in a later sentence the writer suggests that natural resources used for transport can be conserved by using the internet rather than travelling. There is a problem in trying to c... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Are we facing Tory tolls? |
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Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 08:41
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Replies: 8
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Big Tone wrote:
Why is it whenever I hear the words “we have no plans” it translates in my mind to “we have plans”?
I have no plans to disbelieve anything they say...
Big Tone,
Spot on.
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Are we facing Tory tolls? |
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Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 08:52
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| Folks, Amongst the new tax rises muted by the Tory government are VAT increases and toll motorways. Link below on the tolls: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7571448/General-Election-2010-drivers-could-face-motorway-tolls-under-Tories.html Given that toll motorways are common on the con... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Should hi-vis clothing be compulsory? |
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Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 20:24
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| Folks, There has been some debate recently on the issue of police stopping bikers and issuing them with hi-vis clothing. In the recent M.A.G. mag, some people are concerned about the possibility of legal compulsion upon them to wear these vests. IMHO it does seem sensible to wear hi-vis clothing if ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: SPEEDTRAPS TO BE HIDDEN IN POLES |
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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:23
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| Folks, I have a sure way to beat these cameras, although of course I would never exceed the speed limit on public roads in any circumstances. So, before taking a trip out on your new racing motorcycle, take some time to walk the route. Carefully walk both sides of the road, paying special attention ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: A strange thing happened |
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:38
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Replies: 95
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| You should be careful, some people act totally irrationally. In one instance I know of, a driver was trying to overtake a 'slow' driver, but had difficulty due to the road (not straight and long enough). The driver was doing some aggressive driving, up close, pulling out then back in etc. The perso... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: A strange thing happened |
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 15:44
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| Of course, getting out of the car and coming over for a punch up does raise the stakes considerably, whereas slowing or stopping is just a frightener with no further consequences. It's clever. C. Its not clever, its cowardly. Clever would be taking his number plate. Mind Driver, I wasn't saying I w... |
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