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Forum: General Chat Topic: Driving BELOW the Speedlimit |
| Mr Chirpy |
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 15:24
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Replies: 23
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| What I find most dangerous are the people who drive, in normal conditions, at considerably below the speed limit (and invariably speed up in lower mph zones!). This causes considerable frustration for other road users, long tailbacks and on most days I see extremely risky overtaking manoeuvres bein... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: I have definitely been GATSOed |
| Mr Chirpy |
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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 15:27
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Replies: 16
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| It happened yesterday. I was in Holland driving a rental car near Baarlo, a town in eastern Holland near the German border. I saw the Gatso, which was on a straight piece of road at a time when no other vehicle was present. In a somewhat cavalier, gatso-hating moment of passion, I stepped on the ac... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Scam van 'causes smash' ! |
| Mr Chirpy |
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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:40
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Replies: 68
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| People seem to be missing one very simple concept, the speeds done over 70mph are wrong, beacause the law states it. It doesn't matter if its a straight piece of dual carriageway road, the law says you have to do 70mph. The chap from the partnership said they weren't interested in people doing a bit... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Oh dear we have problems in Notts?? |
| Mr Chirpy |
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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:37
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Replies: 21
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| Sorry if this is wrong forum, but this makes interesting reading as i believe Nottinghamshire is one of the leaders in the anti car game. TOP COP: WE CAN'T COPE WITH CRIME Daily Mirror - Mar 14 00:20 A CHIEF constable admitted yesterday his officers were so overwhelmed by violent crime they could n... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Sex effects |
| Mr Chirpy |
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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:32
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Replies: 29
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| ok - a controversial one..... I consistently find my driving is better the morning after a sex-free night compared to one after a good time. Can anyone else corroborate that - or refute it? (I split this post from the topic about "off days") Ah, yes, two of my favourite subjects. :) Whats that, sex... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: I got flashed.... |
| Mr Chirpy |
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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:13
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Replies: 42
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| God What have i started??? :lol: Some other poor git got flashed on the way to work yesterday by the same gatso. I just hope to god that the bloody thing was out of film. I got three points about 4 months ago driving to work on the rugeley road on staffs. I never even saw the f&%$ing flash. The... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: I got flashed.... |
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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:07
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Replies: 42
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| I'm not about to embark on this daft and bankrupt semantic argument, and not least because "safe" is normally a useful relative term not an absurd way to express "zero risk". I agree. It is therefore odd that, when I (a few weks ago) offered "Drive Safely Within the Speed Limit" as a simple mantra ... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: I got flashed.... |
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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 14:33
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Replies: 42
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| Could you explain the three points for 'driving safely'??? What's to explain? Surely you're not suggesting that exceeding the speed limit is automatically dangerous? Try this. Find a stretch of (well lit) road where 30mph is a sensible safe maximum speed during busy daytime conditions. What's the m... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: I got flashed.... |
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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 14:03
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Replies: 42
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| Ta guys. It was on a stretch with boat loads of other cams that have recently been installed. it was rear facing and hiding behind a sign saying 30mph dropping from 60mph and on a blind bend... Ive allready had three points this year for driving safely to work. The last time i got caught i had to s... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: More barking mad ramblings from T2000 |
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 17:18
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Replies: 32
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| Speeding traffic has been one of the main causes for the decline in community life in the 20th century. MPs must take this opportunity to make the 21st century one of community renaissance.” The coalition is calling for: • A 20mph default speed limit for most urban and residential roads. • Changes ... |
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: Safe Speed window sticker |
| Mr Chirpy |
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 18:28
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Replies: 46
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Gizmo wrote:
See, no witty remark back, u aren't intelligent enough eh! |
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: Safe Speed window sticker |
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 17:35
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Replies: 46
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| The point was raised to try and educate silly 17 year old boy-racers like yourself Actualy I am 45 so I will take it as a complement..... :wink: Its funny that when you are proved to be total wrong you just move on to make the next stupid statement...but thats what Trolls don't they. You haven't ac... |
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: Safe Speed window sticker |
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 16:38
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Replies: 46
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| Anything obscuring 20% of the visible glass is surely a potential design fault?? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: You don't like to be proved wrong do you... :wink: I presume that for all your driving experience you don't have a modern car then. At least one with rear head rests then. In any case the rear w... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: What do people on here think of this???? |
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 03:20
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| http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4152841.stm I would like some of your opinions, especially yours SafeSpeed. I think this is absolutely disgusting! Yes, the driving ban is indeed disgusting. This has already been addressed in this thread I am pleased that he was not faced with a trumped-up charg... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: What do people on here think of this???? |
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 03:01
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: Safe Speed window sticker |
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 01:48
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Replies: 46
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| Another reason is simply because of visibility. I thought that the whole point of glass in the car was due to this. If you think about it, as a driver you use all of the transparent parts of your car to aid visibility at some point. Not true. In my car there are 3 rear headrests, factory fitted. Th... |
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: Safe Speed window sticker |
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 17:32
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Replies: 46
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| Most vehicles have several areas of glass which could comfortably accommodate a reasonably sized sticker without causing a problem. Why is there glass there in the first place then? 1. Because it makes the shape of the glass more regular, allowing for easier manufacture and installation, and improv... |
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: Safe Speed window sticker |
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 17:25
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Replies: 46
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| Good reply Twister bit Chirpy is just winding us up. He just picks up in the tinyest point to make an argument. Nothing to do with the thread. Its pointless responding. He is just taking the p*ss. The style looks familiar...... :roll: If you had any common sense you would realise that even the smal... |
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: Safe Speed window sticker |
| Mr Chirpy |
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 20:18
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Replies: 46
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| If you were trying to make that point, then why didn't you say exactly that in the first place? Because it's nice to live in hope that the audience are sufficiently clued-up as to be able to infer the meaning from a carefully worded comment, instead of simply having to force-feed them with the desi... |
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: Safe Speed window sticker |
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 20:13
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Replies: 46
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| The letters "SS" in a UK standard speed limit sign layout are intended to remind drivers about the importance to road safety of selecting a Safe and appropriate Speed according to the conditions. How? If someone doesn't know about SafeSpeed then how are they to know what it means? What do people as... |
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