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Forum: General Chat Topic: Britain Goes Third World: Industry dies. |
| brossen99 |
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 23:25
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| I regularly use the quote your corporate sponsor objects to and you censored ( although I suspect it was the context of the text ). perhaps safe speed is just a Trojan horse for the establishment, let a few people sound off without actually winning the argument. No progress on removing fixed speed c... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Four dead after hitting tree |
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Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 18:40
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Replies: 13
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| BBC North West Tonight were pointing the finger at a pot -hole in the side of the road leading up to the crash site, the county council have now filled it in, but plod wouldn't speculate further than saying said pot-hole could be a contributory factor. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Top 5 Tips for Safer Driving? |
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 06:17
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Replies: 49
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| [edited by moderator] The HSE staff at Tilcon introduced sheeting regulations at all their quarries, sheeting up is a pretty dangerous thing to do, at least for the driver and especially in high winds. We always sheeted dust anyway but now everything had to be sheeted, no exceptions in high winds (... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Top 5 Tips for Safer Driving? |
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 23:20
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| Speaking as a trained motor vehicle technician it strikes me that if you got into the habit on changing down from fifth to second or even third you would significantly reduce the life of the syncro clutch on the gear you were changing down into. Thus leading for the need of premature replacement gea... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: The Demise of LDV |
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 13:20
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Replies: 4
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| Back in the 1970's the then British Leyland spent an absolute fortune developing and testing to ultimate destruction their Sherpa Van. After the division and sale of BL LDV as we now know it emerged as a relatively small van supplier with a loyal customer base. However, back in the late 1990's, seve... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Hogging the middle lane... |
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Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 05:33
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Replies: 17
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| HGV's ( fitted with speed limiters ) are the worst culprits on the four lane section of the M6 northbound between the A59 and M55 at Preston. Ignorant HGV drivers often pull out as far as the third lane for no good reason up to a mile before the M55 junction starts proper even if the traffic is fair... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: PeLiCon Crossings |
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 22:40
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| The original PELICAN crossings are OK where the lights go red and allow pedestrians to cross very soon changing to flashing amber to keep the traffic moving where pedestrians are " light ". Its the latest PUFFIN and TOUCAN ( one of them has something to do with cyclists but not sure which ... |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: Traffic Calming ? ? ? |
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 16:38
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Replies: 13
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| I have been following the development of potential Toll Roads ever since during the 1990s when I deduced that road safety was being used as an excuse to obstruct any alternatives. All three main parties are keen to demonstrate just how green they are and combating Global Warming. However, they all a... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: A682 the most dangerous road ? |
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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 22:07
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| I for one am pissed off with empty headed politicians squealing for lower speed limits, to do any good on the A682 they would need to be set at 30 Mph when the bulk of the route is safe at close to the current limit of 60, but our foolish electorate keep putting the bent bastards back in at both loc... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: A682 the most dangerous road ? |
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 06:56
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: A682 the most dangerous road ? |
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 13:21
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Replies: 21
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| If you take out the Bike fatalities its doesn't look that comparatively dangerous, have seen the stats but can't give exact details, I believe Cat and Fiddle stats likewise. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: A682 the most dangerous road ? |
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 13:00
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| I live near the A682 and don't particularly find it to be a dangerous road as such, its high fatality rate is due to the following factors. 1. Said road is part of an unofficial bikers time trial from Nelson to Kirkby Lonsdale ( and back ) so many biker's ride like lunatics to start even though they... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: New Government Road Safety Campaign |
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Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 16:28
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Replies: 11
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| The Corporate Nazi's *[EDITED 19.04.09 by Site Owner : this Word and Comment is NOT the OPINION of Safe Speed's, but purely that of a poster who speaks entirely for him/herself. And is NOT to be debated, in this driving Forum ]* want 20 Mph limits because instead of killing a few potential wage slav... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: How are we expected to take these people seriously? |
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 23:06
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Replies: 12
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Most local newspapers are good " Corporate Nazi's " and have to keep their shareholders happy, don't campaign for lower speeds etc and their shares will be short sold by fund managers.
Anything to make life more expensive and inconvenient. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Numpty Overload |
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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 23:30
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Replies: 73
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| Suggest refer to How To Spot A Blind Driver |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: SafeSpeed - what kind of campaign is it? |
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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 21:27
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| graball What you describe is typical of the Ten Bob Fat Cat mentality of some people, its probably mostly due to property speculation. People buy houses on roads which HGV's regularly use as the best route, then campaign for a 7.5 tonne weight limit. Likewise getting the speed limit cut from 60 to 4... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: HGV speed limit 56 or 60? |
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 13:27
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| The HGV motorway speed limit is 60 Mph, its an EU directive which states that all HGV's be fitted with speed limiters set at 90 Kph and our then Tory government foolishly implemented it. Prior to that speed limiters on new vehicles were set at 60 Mph for a short period under a separate " Britis... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Fog |
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Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 18:30
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Replies: 38
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| Typical of the stock market parasites friends to suggest the mandatory introduction of some potentially expensive electronic gadget when all you need to do is turn the switch. Sometimes its quite bright during fog and then road salt / dirt could obscure the sensor and leave you with lights on all th... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Petition to reduce speed limits/single track country lanes |
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 22:29
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Replies: 101
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| I find the moor top sheep to be surprisingly quite bright, they are attracted to the road on summer nights because the tar stores heat, but sit on the side, only very occasionally do you find them in the middle of the road itself. The biggest problem occurs when the farmer introduces new Hogs, but e... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Is Safespeed a registered charity? |
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 17:04
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Replies: 635
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| Warwickshire County Council are cutting many rural speed limits on the strength of a DfT Circular 1/2006. IF the government allow local authorities to cut speed limits to 40Mph, transport in rural areas will be put back to 1930s standards. Pre 1974 local councils spent an absolute fortune improving ... |
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