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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: Indicators can't not can |
| greenv8s |
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 13:55
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| I don't think you can read more into indicators than an indication of the other driver's intentions. You absolutely can't assume that the indication was accurate, that you understood it correctly, and that the driver is going to follow through with the implied manoeuvre. For example, I've seen peopl... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Global warming |
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 14:53
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Replies: 86
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| Is that the coal fired power stations in China then? I believe they are opening one a week for the next decade or something equally astronomical. I remember reading that the growth is so fast that every two years the Chinese CO2 production will increase by an amount equal to the entire output from ... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: The Times attempts to rubbish the ABD! |
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 14:39
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Replies: 21
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| Why were they written about in the crime section? There is no hint of a suspicion of a crime? Not by the ABD, certainly. The morality behind the man-made global warming conspiracy is highly questionable though, as is the exploitation of millions of drivers under the pretext of improving road safety... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Ban competitions that have factors in conflict with safety? |
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 13:53
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Replies: 38
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| Why should people be allowed to do anything that causes danger, if they don't need to? You don't need to go running, it is safer to walk. In fact that walk in the park is quite dangerous, you might twist your ankle or get mugged, better stay in the house. Don't put the telly on though, you might get... |
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Forum: Help! I'm being prosecuted! Topic: serious advice on where i stand with the law |
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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:14
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Replies: 78
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| wheres the justice in that? From what you say you've been charged with failing to take the breath test rather than being drunk, and the evidence that you failed to take the breath is pretty incontrovertible. It seems you were some way over the speed limit, and apparently marginally drunk. Without w... |
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Forum: Help! I'm being prosecuted! Topic: serious advice on where i stand with the law |
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Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 18:49
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| I've never been asked to take a breath test so I have no idea how hard it is, but I would have thought they would revert to a blood test if you couldn't complete the breath test? I'm a tea-totaller when I'm driving because I know I have quite a low tolerance for alchohol. I'm not daft enough to expe... |
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Forum: Trucking Topic: tailgating and artic brakes |
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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:46
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| Oh I agree absolutely, it's bl**dy stupid for lots of reasons. But can anyone tell me what sort of deceleration a fully loaded artic can achieve under braking? |
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Forum: Trucking Topic: tailgating and artic brakes |
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 23:58
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| I found out yesterday that a good friend of mine is in the habit of slipstreaming behind artics on the motorway because it's the only way that his under-powered camper van and trailer will get over 50 mph. For this to work he has to be extremely close, ten feet or so off the rear bumper of the truck... |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: Speed camera economics |
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:46
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| I don't know if there is a standard way of pricing this up, but I bet the true cost is substantially higher than £60 a throw. Some proportion of cases will go to court, I don't know how much it costs to run a court but I would guess many hundreds of pounds an hour. People with point on their license... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Some words to savour in Local Transport Today |
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 15:02
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| I think this is just the end of the netting-off scheme (which is where the requirement for visibility came from)? I see they have removed the rules on camera placement too; they can put them where they like now? |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Good news: Safe Speed closing forever |
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 14:25
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SafeSpeed wrote: Not this Safe Speed of course...
Phew! |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: D/C close encounter |
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 21:43
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| I would say it's wrong and potentially dangerous for them to join into L2 in those circumstances, precisely because it makes their intentions ambiguous. I know a driver who was obviously far less competent than you who failed to cope with this situation and ended up rear-ending a moped rider in L2 a... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Estimating the proportion of 'speeders' |
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 21:29
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| I don't agree that the spread is purely random but I would suggest it is highly random. Agreed - I think a dominant factor will be how frequently you drive past a speed camera. For example I very rarely drive past one, which probably explains why I've never picked up any points. If every inch of ro... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Near Head-on |
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 20:18
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SafeSpeed wrote: But what's FOD?
Foreign Object Damage - its a common term in an aeronautical context. |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Near Head-on |
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 15:25
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| On a lot of modern A roads there's even a couple of feet of 'spare' tarmac to the left of a white edge line. I think I'd recommend crossing the edge line frequently (when safe to do so) - you don't want your subconscious to think of it as 'unavailable' space - and you can get substantial 'position ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Highway Code WTF! |
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:57
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| I prefer standards. One measurement for length, one for weight, one for mass, temperature, duration/time, etc. It makes things a lot easier, more compatible and comparable. And yet we have ended up in the crazy situation where the universal standard unit for mass is defined as a thousand grams, so ... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: DSA demands veil removal for driving tests |
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 23:57
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| But, but, but, peripheral vision is always crap in terms of resolution (you can't read with it for example). The beauty of peripheral vision for drivers is that you pick up on movement - and you don't need good focus or good resolution for that. I won't pretend that eyesight as bad as mine is typic... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Buying an untaxed vehicle. Can I drive it home? |
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 19:12
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| Sod's law says if you try your luck, you'll end up with somebody running into you, you won't be able to produce your documents, the PC with a hangover will throw the book at you, you end up a loads o trouble. If you're insured and have an MOT then just pop into a post office tomorrow and get it taxe... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: DSA demands veil removal for driving tests |
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 15:12
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| I think they should introduce a peripheral vision test as well, to make sure that headgear is not resulting in tunell vision. It's frightening to think of people driving around unable to see to the sides, but (apparently) fully legal because they can read a number plate right in front. There are so... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: The big "squeeze" has started. camera cash slashed |
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 17:53
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Gizmo wrote: Now the gravy train has officially ended I think the PR voice will start to dissipate.
On the other hand, instead of just the scamera operators and their immediate supporters, anyone who has a chance of getting their hands on revenue from this cash cow will be promoting them. |
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