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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Lorry driver verses camera |
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 16:04
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| I don't agree with red light jumping. But I do know that I drive differently around red light cameras on the A12 Eastern Avenue on my weekly commuter. I'll slow down to 30mph in case it changes on me, rather than keeping going 50mph. I have to spot the cameras at each junction. If a light turns red... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: very sad example of speed kills |
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Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:18
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Mole wrote: Am I missing something?
No, you got the point I was making  |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: very sad example of speed kills |
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Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:16
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| In case there's anyone left who didn't see my previous warnings about thewurzel, they're here and here . My advice, which you are free to ignore along with the rest of my ramblings ;), is not to bother with him as he has been trolling on other sites for a while. For anyone who's getting fed up with... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Lorry driver verses camera |
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Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 21:03
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| Well done to the lorry driver who knocked down what looked like a red light camera on the A4 Sutton Court road, London, today, as well as a section of barrier. I hope he didn't suffer any injury from the experience! So you support breaking the speed limit (an assumption based on your presence here)... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: very sad example of speed kills |
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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 20:13
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: speed cams in horse boxes, Are they legal? |
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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:15
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| (Funny how official stats are fine when they support the SS position, but not when they do not :lol:) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7299417.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/4459631.stm http://archive.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/2002/2/6/45770.html http://archive.thurrockgazett... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: speed cams in horse boxes, Are they legal? |
| thewurzel |
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 21:14
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| Not at all. Their presence prevents crime. (Both CCTV and speed cameras) Can't let you get away with this one sorry, please cite sources for the above claim. CCTV, among many: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/1999/12/73d64903-6efb-4004-a2af-ace08d4c5f5c Speed cameras: Any post on this or an... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: MP's speed campaign award |
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Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 23:43
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CJG wrote: This kind of behaviour from children HAS TO STOP.
No disagreement there, but consider how many children you pass on an average trip, compared to how many act like that.
We should not ignore children's safety just because of the actions of a small minority. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: MP's speed campaign award |
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Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 19:25
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| The hull figures are highly suspect; for one, I don't think they've taken into account any confounding factors. Such as traffic avoiding the route altogether because of suspension damaging humps, but also, more importantly Safer is safer, speed humps wouldn't be there without the lower limit. Peopl... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: MP's speed campaign award |
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Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 19:20
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| Pedestrian!!! FFS Don't jump in the road - you are smaller and more agile than a car and more likely to get hurt! Comprende? :D Driver!!! FFS Look out for pedestrians who may move in to the road, and adjust your speed so that you can stop in time if they do, you are the one driving a ton of metal a... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: MP's speed campaign award |
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Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 18:40
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| Oh good, this argument again. Wurzel, I hope you are not just trolling this site for an argument. The good folks here have suffered enough of that in the past. C. Nope, not deliberately anyway, though I can see that my views on this subject may provoke that in some people. I don't like being called... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: MP's speed campaign award |
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Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 18:28
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| That's certainly the logical extreme of what the "slower is safer" brigade keep suggesting. It's yet another basic way in which one of their core arguments can be shown to be totally ludicrous. No it isn't, and nobody has ever suggested this (except the "I should be able to drive as ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: MP's speed campaign award |
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Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 18:25
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| However, when a car hits a child, it's nearly always going to be the driver's lack of attention at fault... If you believe this, then there seems little point in further discussion. Please explain your reasoning for thinking this way, referencing how you would react in the driving theory hazard per... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: MP's speed campaign award |
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Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:48
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| The UK's child pedestrian casualty figures are terrible... We might go from being one of the most dangerous countries in Europe for child pedestrian casualties, to one of the safest. If one group are disproportionately represented in casualty statistics then there is probably something about that g... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: speed cams in horse boxes, Are they legal? |
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Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:25
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When you dismiss anyone who supports cameras as a troll, you're unlikely to find one, in your eyes.
What would a "non troll" camera supporter have to say to please you? (Other than "I've changed my mind, cameras are evil"  ) |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: speed cams in horse boxes, Are they legal? |
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Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 00:50
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| No, the only clue is a photograph which often does not show the driver, or a numberplate which has been cloned Which, as cars have to be registered to the person who is most likely to be driving them at any one time, is pretty good evidence. The owner of the car is welcome to challenge that fact. a... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: speed cams in horse boxes, Are they legal? |
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 21:29
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| Yes, they already fail to investigate some crimes because there are not enough clues. Outcry? No, people are used to it these days - it doesnt cause an outcry! But there are enough clues to investigate speeding drivers caught by cameras, and it doesn't even need to take the police away from investi... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: speed cams in horse boxes, Are they legal? |
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 16:59
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| Warning: thewurzel has been trolling on PH for several weeks. I was advised by several PH posters that these kind of petty insults aren't dished out over here to people with differing views on speed enforcement. Hopefully you are an exception to the rule :) (If I really wanted to troll, I would sim... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: speed cams in horse boxes, Are they legal? |
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 15:08
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| So why don't they concentrate on cutting down the antisocial driving and reducing accidents then? They do, as we already established. People know to expect this camera in that area, so drive at a more reasonable speed than they otherwise might. Just because there are things other than speed that ca... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: speed cams in horse boxes, Are they legal? |
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 14:51
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| If they were really serious about stopping accidents then they would stop people there and then Once people start to realise that this type of camera exists, they will be more likely to drive carefully everywhere, rather than just slowing down for the camera site and then instantly speeding up agai... |
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