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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: Psychological promotion of good road safety behaviour |
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 00:42
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My daughters' boyfriend tends to drive far too close to the car in front. I used the crash, your fault scenario and regularly re-enforce the message.
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Keeping to the speed limit is what really matters !!! |
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 04:12
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Replies: 14
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Yokel wrote: as Winston Churchill said “In my experience, he embraces she[/i]”).
But the reality is that she embraces he.  |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: tyres - reasonable wear? |
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 22:48
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Replies: 26
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| Finally, I am wondering why the corner-to-corner swap? I had been led to believe that changing the running direction of steel-braced radial (irrespective of tread pattern) is a recipie for poor handling until the tyre is bedded in again in the new rolling direction (and that that process gives a sh... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Motorcycle filtering on M25 |
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 22:55
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Replies: 28
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| About 30 years ago, when I used to ride, a car deliberately moved to his right to block my filtering progress (eye contact in his mirror prior to his move). I was already at his rear bumper when he started to move right and had no chance of avoiding him by braking. So I accelerated, hard, and as I p... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: did indicating go out with hand signals? |
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 01:15
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Replies: 38
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| I am in total agreement. I was taught to ALWAYS indicate. I indicate even when I know there are no other cars about, probably because shortly after I got my license I was booked by a traffic cop, we had them back then, for failing to indicate. (I'm over 50 now) He was actually parked without any lig... |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: How many crash scenarios are there? |
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 00:18
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Replies: 29
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| I think you need a few no fault categories such as: Vehicle component failure (Brakes, Tyres, Steering, Headlights etc.) Act of God (Tree falling, Black ice etc) Medical condition (Heart attack, stroke etc) Morons (rocks, or other objects, thrown from bridges or side of road) Road surface issues (Di... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: A tragic accident? |
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 04:28
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Replies: 21
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| He may have been distracted by the call and not noticed the other car as he caught, and started to pass, it and having not noticed it ahead of him before changing lanes would have thought the lane would be clear. A Clio is fairly small, and looking across the cab the car may have been totally obscur... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: bus lanes & bus gates |
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 05:38
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Replies: 24
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As it is a specialised lane which has been setup by the LA one would assume they could create such a sign. (Note the royal 'one' as it appears that most LA's think they are above the rest.....  ) |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: bus lanes & bus gates |
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 03:32
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Replies: 24
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| Ask the Local Authority to place a "Bicycles excepted" sign on the pole? |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: FATIGUE KILLS! You Could get 14 years for it too. |
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 01:17
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Replies: 36
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| A big problem is that when faced with unrealistically low speed limits I often find myself getting very drowsy, but even if I stopped for an hour and actually slept I would be drowsy again in 15 minutes of ongoing boring driving. I have never fallen asleep, that I know of, but I have felt close to i... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Co Durham Crushed 1300 cars in last 18 month or so.. |
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 00:52
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Replies: 36
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| We are, after all, 30% down on KSI on a year which reflected well enough on us already We aim to reduce our incident rate all the more... properly removing the very dangerous from our roads whilst continuing to allow a certain amount of professional discretion to the blipper contingent. Paul, is th... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Ashes to Ashes |
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 04:37
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Replies: 15
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| Yeah I listened avidly to the BBC commentary and watched parts of the matches at my in-laws' house. While it is true that England were not exactly on form, I think that the media should also have given more credit to the fact that Australia were just really good! I'd have to agree, England were not... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Wildy's now a Crime Statistic! |
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 23:55
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Replies: 20
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| What surprises me is that the air bag went off at all. It should NOT have deployed unless the seat was occupied. Maybe her car is not setup that way but my 1995 BMW has a sensor in each seat and will not deploy an airbag unless is senses someone is sitting on the seat. I find in amazing that anyone ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Is GPS Safe? |
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 23:19
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Replies: 25
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| I set my Road Angel to only tell me about FIXED camera locations. In Victoria there are NO warnings about cameras and the fixed cameras are virtually impossible to spot. The roadside traps are easier to spot and so rather than have warning after warning I only want to know about the ones that are de... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: UK Speed limit GPS database |
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 23:07
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Replies: 341
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| We've been through it all. Tediously. Your scenario is not in place. There's no point arguing against something that may or may not happen. THat's just silly. Your personal experience is interesting. From what you say the camera caught you, but your argument was that you were not speeding, so you w... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Police defend speed gun after RM's rap. |
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 06:29
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Replies: 5
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| We have had stop-watch average speed over here for the last 20+ years. No recordings and nothing to view. The officer simply divides distance by time to derive speed and books you for the calculated speed. I was booked about 20 years ago for a speed that ended in 2 decimal places - when I joked &quo... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Ashes to Ashes |
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 03:38
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Replies: 15
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| Roll on the Americas Cup! Whose replaced Alan Bond, Ross? Unfortunately we don't have enough rogues to cover that one... :D I am not really a cricket fan but I have to say that there were several incredible sections of the series. The first I saw was when we won the second test, if I remember corre... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: New Mobile Phone law |
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 03:20
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Replies: 27
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| A big problem I see emerging is linked to this issue but is more concerned with speed limits set too low and traffic over compensating. Due to our ridiculous 2mph tolerance, it is actually the norm for people to drive 10-15mph UNDER the posted limit. Many people I have spoken with about this have ad... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: UK Speed limit GPS database |
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 02:19
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Replies: 341
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| What I am arguing is that there is no need to be forced into a big distraction at a speed camera site. If your driving is at a place where you are confident of your speed, and awareness of this (as you agree) need not be more distracting than awareness of other necessities when driving, then a quic... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Ashes to Ashes |
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Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 05:47
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Replies: 15
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| My commiserations on being well and truly trounced by Australia in the Ashes series - 5 NIL :D :D :D :twisted: Did anyone over there watch the destruction on TV? If so, did anyone notice the incredibly inaccurate and plainly wrong banner at the SCG proclaiming " There is no such thing as safe s... |
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