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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Majority of company car drivers knowingly break speed limits |
| whynot |
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 14:54
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Replies: 5
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| The worrying thing to me is that speed limits have become s farce with little relationship to the features of the road. Most these days appear to be set at the whim of parish councils. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Brake on band wagon again |
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 20:56
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Replies: 7
Views: 13128
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| The trouble with Brake is they seem to forget it is not only drivers who have resposibility for safety, but all road users and parents have responsibility to ensure their children are safe. How often do you see a toddler way ahead of mum walking along chatting to a friend with no thought about the c... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Motorist fined for allowing ambulance to pass |
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 22:23
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Replies: 4
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The way we are going this Country will strangle itself applying petty rules, common sense seems a thing of the past. Which is more important a bus being held up or an ambulance?  |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Daily Mail. Outer Lane Hog convicted |
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 18:14
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| I can't see, unless there is something missing from the report, why "drivers had to swerve to miss the van"? This would imply that the drivers behind were not concentrating. Not that I am defending the driver staying in the outside lane, but the police report did seem a bit over dramatised. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: A9 average speed cameras 'have reduced speeding' |
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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 13:50
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| That was exactly my thoughts, not a mention of any safety benefit, which would suggest that there has not been any. Malcolmw, they couldn't use lorries going faster as being of benefit, as that would demolish their argument that slower speeds are safer. I agree that bringing in two initiatives compl... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Some new mobile phone (and other distraction) research |
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Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 23:51
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| When driving you have to pick a time when road conditions allow for things like adjusting radios, heater controls etc. I am still not convinced that a short conversation on a phone, providing it is done at a suitable time and if it is not suitable you just stop talking until it is, is worse than whe... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Disregard of speed limits |
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Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 15:23
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Replies: 14
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| Reading through the various comments it seemed the most relevant was the comment that basically said it doesn't matter what the speed limit is, it should not make you any safer or less safe. In other words if you are driving correctly then you should be driving at the appropriate speed for the condi... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 50 MPH Speed Limit on A31 Rejected. |
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Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 19:59
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| It has been reported in the local press that the 50MPH speed limit, campaigned by local councillers from Ringwood, has been rejected following lack of support by the police. Out of 59 accidents over the last 3 years only two were put down to speed. I thought one of the comments reported from a couci... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Graduated Licences? |
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Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 08:57
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Replies: 40
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| To me it would be far better if night driving was included during the learning process while under instruction and included driving on rural road so that proper use of the headlights is learnt. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Sensible or Stupid? |
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Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 19:22
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Replies: 145
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| So therefore one has to drive to suit the actual conditions, which are continually changing, consequently what is a safe speed will also be continually changing. As Big Tone said, all a speed limit decides is that you are within or outside the law, which at least at one time was based on reasonably ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Why Speed Limits are Set Wrongly |
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 12:36
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Replies: 28
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| Seeing the A31 is a trunk road, why does the Councillor for Ringwood, which is a market town off of the A31, think that he should have sole durasdiction on setting the speed limit for the road? Most of the accidents on this road, as the police have pointed out, are rear end shunts and these tend to ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Advance Stop Lines |
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Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 16:51
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Replies: 32
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| corners with hatched white lines Yes. You need to be careful with these. Especially if the hatched section has an unbroken white line surrounding it. No crossing except in an emergency, as I was told. They are intended to force traffic to slow down and take more care. And to my mind an absolute was... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 20 mph speed limits |
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 20:59
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Replies: 102
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| To say that we all have exactly equal responsibility for road safety is patently ludicrous. The more able must always use their ability to protect the more vulnerable. And that is particularly true when those more able are in a position to inflict severe damage, such as being at the wheel of a moto... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 20 mph speed limits |
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:55
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Replies: 102
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| Tell me something Weepej, if the road is clear and there will be times when the busiest street is, why is a 20mph limit so important? It still gets back to a safe speed is relative to conditions and as conditions are constantly changing so does a safe speed. Cos it would cost far too much money to ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Advance Stop Lines |
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 01:11
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| I too have wondered what this is supposed to achieve other than obstruction and conflict. At one time it was considered incorrect for cycles to pass vehicles on the inside, but now it seems anything goes. Mind this is only one of the daft things that seem to be around these days, like corners with h... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 20 mph speed limits |
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 13:44
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Replies: 102
Views: 43424
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| Tell me something Weepej, if the road is clear and there will be times when the busiest street is, why is a 20mph limit so important? It still gets back to a safe speed is relative to conditions and as conditions are constantly changing so does a safe speed. I have not been able to get the link to w... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 20 mph speed limits |
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:43
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: SCHEMES CUT CRASHES ON DANGER ROADS |
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 21:25
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Replies: 7
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| Making several changes at the same time is the fatal flaw, so now we don't know which is really making the difference. But the cynic in me makes me think that is deliberate. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Young Drivers 'Face Passenger Restrictions' |
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 16:19
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| Quote "restrictions on night time driving for the first six months after passing their test" . It would make more sense to me for night driving to something that is taught whilst learning to drive. Perhaps then we would have drivers that knew how to use headlights effectivly which is often... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed Limits are carefully set |
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 14:16
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Replies: 6
Views: 5980
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| I have just read the following statement on the Hampshire Constabulary Safer Road site under the heading Speed. "The legal speed limit is carefully set as the maximum safe speed for the road." It may have been set as that, but I would question the "carefully" or the "maximum... |
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