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Forum: Safe Speed in the News and Media Topic: Observer Magazine, 5th November 2006 |
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Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 18:51
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Quote: Paul Smith hopes for a day, perhaps under a Conservative government, when he will see speed cameras being dismantled
dream on......
non the less , an excellent article and airing for safespeed.
rgds
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Forum: Safe Speed in the News and Media Topic: Sky TV News, 6th November 2006 |
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Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 18:45
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SafeSpeed wrote: . Am I really so scary?
YES 
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: National Road Maintenance Condition Survey: 2005 |
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 17:17
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| Essex say they need 2 billion to do all they need to do , and have no hope of getting that money from any government. They do the best they can. I have noticed last weekend, on the infamous m4 motorway, lots of road works. It seems its all about putting in pipes to carry electrical cable. I can only... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Feb 23 - Pictures of hidden Hampshire mobile camera *update* |
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Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 15:04
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| OU812, have you ever contacted any of the 3 Councils that have representatives on the scameraship steering committee? I have contacted 1 and about to contact a 2nd. It looks like the Coucils are represented by officers and not councillors on the committee. and there is little reporting/control exer... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: New speed limits for emergency services |
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Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 18:51
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| without blowing my own trumpet i could tell you the speeds of passing vehicles to within 2mph, just by a quick glance To be fair, I have heard this from another policeman , who I would trust 110 percent as for noise.. again right on the money, Noise is perceived as speed , and the demand for speed ... |
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Forum: CSCP Refugees Topic: Beware OUT of CONTROL Statistician!! |
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 17:32
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| AND dont forget, steer clear of kendal or Penrith between 9-10am, 12noon and 2pm, 4-6pm and 7-9pm, these are odd hours. most accidents are between 8-9 am and 4-5pm.. ie rush hour.. now there is a surpise... clearly in your area, there is a difference... it's the holiday makers.. gettin out of bed a... |
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Forum: Safe Speed in the News and Media Topic: Big speed cam article in the Bristol Evening Post today |
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 17:26
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| Dave Gollicker, from the Avon and Somerset Safety Camera Partnership, said drivers should not need an extra sign to tell them what the speed limit is. ffs.. if we tell people what the speed limit is they may slow down, our income goes to hell. and my gold plated pension gets shot to pieces.. I want... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: What should the limits be? |
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 09:49
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| hi rigpig, in the nicest possible way, I can not accept for one moment your view about the authoroties. To all intents and purposes these schemes are run by the council with the authority given to them by the police . EVERY scheme comes with a proposed biz niz plan, ie profit and loss. I have seen o... |
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: The next M4 protest |
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 17:46
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Replies: 24
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| M6 toll road i suspect our message may get clouded as they may think we are protesting about the toll charges, plus we would have to pay and fill the coffers when we should be preventing them picking our pockets when we exceed the limit slightly :lol: never enough cars on the toll road.. so its us ... |
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: The next M4 protest |
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 17:44
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| Has to be the m25.. :lol: has to be a huge circuit. :D has to be fed with people from all the main arteries.. so there is a time to join say 1 pm on the a13, 1.30 a127, 1.45 a12, 2.15 m11, 2.45 a10 , 3.45 south mims as the world will of stopped , :twisted: 4.15 M1 , etc etc all congregating at point... |
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: Press Coverage |
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 17:23
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| :gatso2: http://www.epost.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145176&command=displayContent&sourceNode=144906&contentPK=12352560 Fail to see how it was down to us as the accident occured in the 3rd lane! Oh and by the way Inspector Smith... if you want a witness statement to either event feel ... |
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: BBC Coverage |
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 16:56
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Replies: 17
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there was a good mention on beeb radio two on the hour.
rgds
Bill
ps and sunday times.. |
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: M4 Protest |
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 17:03
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| please can I ask? If it is so difficult for many people here to keep an eye on their speedometer how are you going to manage to stay below 56 mph? Like all drivers I am sure they will be exceptionally carefull & if that ends up at a long way below 56 mph , so be it.. With a lot of traffic about... |
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: M4 Protest |
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 15:24
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| I'd like to see more which incontrovertibly stated that 85th to 90th percentile was the safest speed as this link tends to suggest that such research is in short supply. I have seen a graph, may well be on safe speed, or linked from it, It's like a hocky stick in shape , One of the uni's was paid v... |
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: M4 Protest |
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:41
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SafeSpeed wrote: . I'd like to see supporters in the photos. 
reasonably dressed having washed behind your ears and combed your hair plse !!! 
rgds
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: M4 Protest |
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Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 17:55
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| I am on your side now I have read all the gumf from Paul Smith. Just wish the dickheads could be kept off the roads - hope the protest goes well - I am afraid I cannot be there however. All the best Fred Ingram :D blimey , good for you Fred... I hope the world now gets back to arranging for more an... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: About our visitors |
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 18:50
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I am not really called Bill
happy daze 
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Forum: CSCP Refugees Topic: Retreating into their sanctum.... |
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 15:07
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| [quote="JJ one slight problem Gareth, you need reliable data we do not have fixed cameras in cumbria. also you need the accident grid points and i know you hav'nt got that so just what have you got a database full of dreams JJ[/quote] As late commers to this biz niz, they know that static cameras ma... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: The frequency distribution of impact speed |
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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 20:18
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| I am not up to all the maths u guys are talking about, so going back to my first post.. looking at the line I wanted to draw, but u ignored :lol: I guess it crosses with the following numbers of feet to go before impact. 6, 15, 20, 25 35, the curve is turning down, ie speed. there is still a distanc... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: The frequency distribution of impact speed |
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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 14:20
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| on figure four, would it help to put a time line, at 30 mph there is less time to impact than at 70 mph., this may allow two things to happen car driver to brace himself, or duck ! pedistrian to jump out of the way.. or on the other hand the time graph superimposed on this one may not help. the opth... |
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