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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: ACPO's Revenge squad |
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 19:20
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| Let me shake the tree again on this subject and see what falls out. My own case is now over (for the time being that is) despite the Home Office's FOI answer that "no type approved device has been tested or approved for use from within a vehilce" the magistrates decided otherwise and foun... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Drivers who kill could escape being sent to jail |
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:38
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Replies: 31
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| I have no sympathy for people who get caught on their mobile phone while driving. A hands-free kit is, what?, £20 or the alternative is to stop somewhere safe and have the phone conversation. Is is possible to have a phone conversation while driving and not have your driving diminished? Not sure, b... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: It always comes back to speeding |
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 19:35
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Replies: 169
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| In the village where my parents-in-law used to live in Lincolnshire the 30mph limit was widely ignored. I know this because, when entering or driving through the village I would be regularly caught up, and a quick time/distance check roughly established that speeds of up to 50 mph were not uncommon... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: It always comes back to speeding |
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 19:00
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Replies: 169
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| I totally disagree, if the speed limits were set higher many people would still drive at the limit plus a bit. Only the nutters would travel at speeds significantly beyond that appropriate; the great majority of drivers would choose a safe speed . Serious quation... Would they? Really? How can you ... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: It always comes back to speeding |
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 18:21
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Replies: 169
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| I totally disagree, if the speed limits were set higher many people would still drive at the limit plus a bit. Only the nutters would travel at speeds significantly beyond that appropriate; the great majority of drivers would choose a safe speed . Serious quation... Would they? Really? How can you ... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Speed Cameras |
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 16:37
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Replies: 126
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| So do speed cameras work.....absolutely. The simplest way to explain how, is to acknowledge that speed cameras are a speed reduction tool. Currently they have reduced a few mph in average speed from those driving in excess of the speed limit, which has resulted in saving around 100 deaths per year.... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: It always comes back to speeding |
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:54
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Replies: 169
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| I totally disagree, if the speed limits were set higher many people would still drive at the limit plus a bit. Only the nutters would travel at speeds significantly beyond that appropriate; the great majority of drivers would choose a safe speed . Serious quation... Would they? Really? How can you ... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Silly Rules |
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 18:40
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Replies: 71
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| Much like the smoking ban, an eating ban raises the issue of what actually constitutes eating. Is it the act of putting food into your mouth, or the act of chewing, swallowing? Much the same as if one was to inhale from one's cigarette, put the cigarette out outside, and then enter the pub before e... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: 10mph motorway driver given ban |
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:07
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Replies: 184
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| This debate is all a bit out of proportion - on both sides - and, imo, some salient points have been missed. 1. Of course driving at 10mph on a multi-lane road where other traffic is moving at up to 70-80 is 'dangerous'. For the purposes of speed differentials, there is relatively little difference ... |
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Forum: Paul Smith, RIP Topic: Condolences |
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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:06
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| I was out on our office Christmas lunch yesterday so only just logged in to see this dreadful - terribly sad - news. My sincere sympathy and condolences to Claire and Paul's friends and family. Paul's commitment to the SafeSpeed cause has been a shining example of altruism; he committed his life to ... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Question: Got caught out overtaking |
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Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 08:40
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| My tuppence worth: Just to say I fully understand the frustration of the situation described and how tempting it is to follow the car in front overtaking through, despite the possible dangers. I have experienced a very similar situation myself on an A-road where I was 3rd in a line of traffic behin... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Police 'Right to Strike' |
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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 19:07
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| Yes you should be happy, you are confusing your moral objection to the conflict with the absolute need for members of the armed forces to do as they are ordered. Aim your ire at the government, but don't ever suggest that our soldiers are 'unthinking' just because they dutifully go off and serve th... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: "Wannabe Police" Highways Officers? |
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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 13:08
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Replies: 154
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Pinto wrote: We do park up at strategic points. Over the past year or so, statistics have been gathered showing the 'hot spots' where incidents are most likely to occur.
What are these "hot spots" (what happens at them) and where are they located (general characteristics, not exact location)? |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: "Wannabe Police" Highways Officers? |
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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:59
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| What is the problem with it resembling a police vehicle? You stooge along at 50 to 60, that's fine... Except too many numpties don't appear to know what the national speed limits are, assume that you are cruising at the limit and jump on the anchors.! Not really conducive to road safety, peace of m... |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: Big factors in not crashing... |
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 01:13
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Replies: 22
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| I was thinking about desire not to crash on the way home. It is partly self-preservation but a bit more as well (e.g. the economic consequences). I can't think of a better way to combine those two factors in a single term than self-interest . However, there may be still more that's not covered by se... |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: Big factors in not crashing... |
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 19:48
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| So - attitude, skill, experience and physical fitness (so far) - a sense of responsibility - a desire not to crash (Are they part of 'attitude'? Not quite, I reckon) - suitable beliefs . Is this an improved substitute word for attitude? And 'physical fitness' implies something we're not looking for... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Dismiss Meredydd Hughes - Chief Constable of South Yorkshire |
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 19:18
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eyeopener wrote: ...and proved that it is a safe thing to undertake within good conditions.
You may want to rethink that choice of word?
(I know I'm quoting without full context but clarity could be improved, imho.) |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Smoking in Cars,,My Mate's are now POLICEMEN. |
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 19:14
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Replies: 166
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smeggy wrote: (flown in a plane recently?)
Oh come on. Aircraft have been no-smoking for years.
(BTW, mustn't say "plane" when you mean "aircraft" - Robin will smack your wrists.) |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: Big factors in not crashing... |
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 19:05
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| 'Experience' is a very important factor. Absolutely. So (in no particular order) attitude, skill and experience are the lowest common denominators of 'driver quality'. Any more? Yes. Physical things. - Good peripheral vision (tunnel vision is a distinct problem unless mitigated by loads of extra mi... |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: Big factors in not crashing... |
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 18:54
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| When you run round the house to get to the phone you do not apply C.O.A.S.T. There is a calculation to take the shortest route without crashing into stuff. Youcould run faster, but it would hurt. Driving , running it is all the same Perhaps you do (apply COAST), at least subconsciously. What happen... |
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