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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Police Crashes up again |
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 21:34
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| Or lone plod could stop drunk driver and get a good kicking or worse? I accept having more officers in a car would not always prevent this ( as recent events show ). From a Traffic point of view i feel two Officers would be safer for the police, immediate backup, during a pursuit the driver wouldn't... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Police Crashes up again |
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 20:22
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| ts routine now days to have one traffic officer per car, radio talk button is on the gearstick, knowledge of area so instead of 2 officers 1 car covering say 20 square miles you have 2 officers 2 cars covering 40 square miles, which is what you want What we want is more cars with 2 officers, the ac... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Ohh it's foggy |
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 23:02
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| still a few with with fogs + sidelights although as i drove it occured to me that this might actually avoid the usual dipped lights reflecting off the fog. i tried it for a millisecond when it was quiet, and since you're going that slowly anyway it wasn't any worse, not good for being visible to ot... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Police Crashes up again |
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Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 13:11
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| Always used to see Traffic Cars with two officers in. Around here they all seem to have only one officer ( unless armed response ). So instead of one officer concentrating on driving and one on radio, giving directions, additional pair of eyes at junctions etc, the driver has to do all of this. That... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Speeding scares children from walking to school |
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 20:31
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When riding my motorbike i find that most young children smile & wave ( especially if i blip the throttle ), they don't seem at all scared.
It is the anti-car/bike "Road Safety" groups that create any fear in children as they grow older. |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Joyriders die -Police get bashed! |
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Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 20:28
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| Is this the one where the Police were 1st aware of the car AFTER a cyclist phoned 999 to say he had been knocked off his bike? Reminds me of an episode of "Car Wars" a few years ago on BBC, officers in unmarked car were informed of a stolen car, they headed to the area were the car had been taken fr... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Extreme ignorance... |
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 11:28
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| Rutland.....you have got to be kidding Fairly rural around Rutland, ambulance response times are the subject of much comment from local MP, new Scania Fire Tenders based in Oakham are too big for some streets, and the older tender with specialised equipment looks likely to be taken out of service a... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Limehouse Link Tunnel - Road Safety Improvements |
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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 21:04
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| Of course I haven't seen the figures but I would be more interested in the number of incidents in which these people were killed. The 17 might have all been in one bus accident (sorry, this is extreme to put the point). Not that extreme - in last few days there have been two crashes in Lincolnshire... |
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Forum: Polls Topic: Advanced Drivers |
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 11:04
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| IAM since 1993. RoSPA Gold this June ( both car ). Currrently preparing for IAM Bike Test. I too do not necessarily agree with their letter of the law policy, but still feel the benefits to my driving meant the time and effort involved was worthwhile. Would recommend it to any driver, while some hav... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Another brain dead report on speed limiting. |
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 10:45
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| SCE wrote: Education is needed, not rigid enforcement of a notional limit which itself may only be the maximum safe speed on a road for a few minutes a day. Crikey, you must drive on roads with speed limits set rather differently to the roads around here. Round here, it's more likely that it would ... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Another brain dead report on speed limiting. |
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 19:15
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| I also fear it would lead to a catastrophic decline in driving standards as people took the view that the responsibility for safe driving had largely been taken out of their hands. Agree 100%. The less you ask people to think for themselves, the less they think. Foot down, up to the limiter, they m... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Another brain dead report on speed limiting. |
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 19:08
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| But even when you have several cars together, all going along at the limited speed, I don't understand why they would tailgate. They can't go any faster than they're already going, so what would be the point of driving along close to the car in front, I would have thought the natural reaction would... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Another brain dead report on speed limiting. |
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 09:46
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| If someone accelerates slowly up to a limited speed, they can be easily caught up by someone accelerating more positively. Especially if the road has plenty of bends. So you can still caught up and tailgated even if both cars are limited to the same speed. The limited speed sould still be 10/20/30+ ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: What is an acceptable speed to drive at in a 30mph limit. |
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 09:36
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| Always aim to keep at or below 30. Won't claim to be 100% successful, but confident i keep it within 1 or 2 mph over. When i started taking an interest in advanced driving about 15 years ago i read many articles, all had one common theme - stick to 30/40, but in NSL use your discretion. As for level... |
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Forum: Polls Topic: Driving Skills and Experience |
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 20:06
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| Driving since 1987, drive 12k a year, passed IAM test in 1992 and have just joined local ROSPA group with view to taking test soon. Been on skid pan, but a long time ago, and last year had half day assessment with ex Hendon instructor which led me to get some more training and try ROSPA. Passed mot... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Overtaking - question for Advanced / Police drivers? |
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 17:54
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| On single carriageway, signal before carrying out the overtake, cancel when crossed centre line, no need to signal when moving back in as should be well clear of vehicle being overtaken. Indicators of most benefit to any vehicles behind before the overtake started, long headlight flash may be more u... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Observations - once you've eliminated the impossible... |
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 19:36
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johnsher wrote:
Quote: you mean to tell me that there are people who rely solely on mirrors when changing lanes or turning corners?
There are plenty of drivers who don't even use the mirrors!  |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Change tyres at 3mm? |
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Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 09:26
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| The idea of changing at 3mm is nothing new. I have a copy of the "Porsche Driving Guide" ( can't remember exact title at moment ) by John Lyon of HPC. This was written around 20 years ago, when minimum tread depth on cars was 1mm ( i think ), and he recommends changing at 3mm. It may be the case tha... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Another brain dead report on speed limiting. |
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 13:39
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| Stevei, So have I understood correctly, everyone else on this forum finds it extremely challenging to get from A to B without crashing? If so, I hope I don't encounter any of you while I'm out on the road... Yet you also said The number one obstacle to me, personally, sticking to the speed limit, is... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: SHADES OF HEARTBEAT |
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 22:23
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Quote: Oh and when the NIP for speeding comes through it will be accompanied with one for either wreckless or dangerous driving followed by the summons for a court appearance.
Surely "Wreckless" driving is very safe - it implies the absence of a wreck!  |
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