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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Drivers Still 'Speeding' |
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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 18:39
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Replies: 304
Views: 122055
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I have two motto's:
"The more laws you make, the more criminals you make"
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"Rules are for the guidance of the wise, and the obedience of fools" |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: 20mph zone |
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 21:57
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Replies: 220
Views: 89151
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| Try this Gooddriversam - pull out of a junction 10 times without looking, or changing lanes 10 times without checking your mirrors, then drive at 21mph down your street 10 times, see what causes the most actual harm, (I'm not condoning any of the behaviour happening on your local roads). safespeed c... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: SC Overtakes |
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 20:40
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Replies: 47
Views: 18053
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| whilst we're on the point of slowing down well before turning off, been experiencing a fashion on motorways of late of people when wishing to exit a m-way, moving into lane 1, (during normal free flowing conditions) slowing right down to 30-40mph then exiting onto the slip road, causing no end of is... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Is Driving Under The speed Limit |
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:27
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Replies: 80
Views: 29610
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| cue quotes of "its her right to drive that slowly, she shouldn't have it violated, its the people behind who are at fault for wanting to go faster than 5mph" :lol: It can be dangerous in that it causes frustration (fundemental human psychology) in following drivers who may out of frustrati... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: SCP Hypocrites! |
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 17:59
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Replies: 3
Views: 2948
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| Was on my way to Keighley today on a job when I found myself behind a West Yorkshire Safety Camera Partnership Ford Galaxy (I made a note of the reg. no.), accelerating to 40mph+ through a 30mph limit along Thornton Road towards the A629 for Keighley, then when the limit changed to 40mph, they accel... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Should some people actually be allowed to drive cars at all? |
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Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 21:24
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Replies: 144
Views: 50123
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| We are in dangerous times where we have a new age attitude emerging where as long as you're driving really really slowly you can drive how the hell you like, "oh you don't have to check your mirrors / watch the road, bump into people, because you're driving slowly so you won't hurt anyone"... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Country Road 999 8pm Mon 15th June 09 |
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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 20:40
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Replies: 27
Views: 8819
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| Had some very valid points clearly made but ultimately beaten down by government biased, left-wing anti-motorist factions too obsessed by speed speed speed! Ok slap on a blanket 50mph limit, the drunken / drugged up / no license / no ability drivers will still screw it along too fast for the conditi... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Does being a driver make you a better pedestrian. |
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 18:57
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Replies: 159
Views: 98733
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absolutely! i echo all comments made on this. I watch out for cars indicating if i'm crossing a junction, I NEVER WALK BEHIND REVERSING CARS, I take more time if I'm crossing the road near a bend.
My dad has a saying "you become a road user the moment you step into the road" |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: A strange thing happened |
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 18:43
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Replies: 95
Views: 39841
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| But of course, anyone who wishes to progress at a quicker rate than the driver in front of them is automatically the "bad one", regardless of circumstances. A post i read on this site a while back about how a self confessed slow driver should not have his right to drive slow violated by ot... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Fear of getting a ticket |
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 11:05
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Replies: 74
Views: 22354
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| those "traffic womble" cars (as they get reffered to as) are like marshalls at a race track and not the officials, they clear up and assist with accidents and breakdowns, not in policing the roads, they were set up to free up the police from attending minor incidents, so i do find it laugh... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed reduction consultation - We need to fight this HARD! |
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 17:02
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Replies: 46
Views: 24042
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| The top and bottom of reducing limits left right and centre is motorists driving around slower but still as abysmally, i too listened to Jezza Vine on radio 2 yesterday, the main lady featuring raised enough points other than her choice of what velocity she chooses to drive at, to validate her drivi... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed reduction consultation - We need to fight this HARD! |
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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 08:28
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Replies: 46
Views: 24042
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| We may see less injuries on the slower roads which is a good thing, but overall i think there will actually be more accidents caused by people not paying attention to the road, as well as the continuing decline in driving standards due to "speed kills", which i certainly don't think is goo... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Free and Unashamed |
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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 08:25
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Replies: 13
Views: 5115
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| We all know out rights, but not our responsibilities |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Gear change technique - right or wrong? |
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 12:32
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Replies: 19
Views: 9263
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| It is a good technique in that its less strain on the engine for the revs to drop down (for the engine to spin down) when re-engaging the clutch and gears as opposed to them having to rise (spinning the engine up), theirs also a similar technique used in motor-racing "heel and toe" where t... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Passing parked cars |
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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 15:51
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Replies: 60
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| Listening to certain members admittetly valid points at times, it seems that no matter what happens, whatever set of circumstances, motorists are always always at fault, and peds, cyclists can never ever possibly be at fault no matter what happens, this is why road safety is not improving as certain... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Passing parked cars |
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Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 20:22
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Replies: 60
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| Is it me, or is it a part of this "new age" road safety attitude, that pedestrians can behave and do what the hell they like, and drivers are fully responsible for the outcome? yes they are more vulnerable and extra care need be attributed, but giving one side the "moral high ground&q... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Allowing Emergency Vehicles past |
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 16:27
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Replies: 45
Views: 13908
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| We'll see those blue flashing lights in a mirrors and hear the wailing sirens and most always immediatly pull over to allow the ambulance for e.g. to pass, good stuff, but sometimes I think, a car approaching a tight blind bend pulls over and the emergency vehicle sometimes still has to cross onto t... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Climate change |
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:52
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Replies: 100
Views: 39692
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| In the big scheme of things, we're still coming out of the last Ice Age, I've put this next question to lots of people and they don't seem to get it...."what does the planet do after an Ice Age?" i put the answer to them - it warms up! We're being forced to hear statements from peope about... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Money at Any Cost |
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Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 16:47
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Replies: 38
Views: 10810
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| not wishing to compare racing with motoring (although I wish that some of the motor racing discipline could be adopted by many motorists), but in motor racing when the cars are bunched up on track, that is when a higher chance of collisions occurs, when the cars spread out (after the quicker cars pa... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: A Challenge |
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 21:13
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Replies: 16
Views: 5621
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| The point i'm trying to make is that whilst i respect where camera supporters are coming from, I never seem to hear them mention anything else such as common sense factors such as checking mirrors, leaving a gap, moving over an extra couple of inches when passing cyclists etc etc, its all speed spee... |
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