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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Hi Viz clothing - is it still effective? |
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 12:15
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Ban motorcycles, safety expert says |
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 18:33
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| in their profession they could come up with decent ideas to improve the safety of riders like http://www.smidsy.org.uk/ but instead they go for cheap publicity and spout crap. Great, apart one one minor detail: most fatal crashes are the responsibility of the rider, usually either mucking up a corn... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Your opinions... |
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 15:58
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| in the morning . . . I was clearly visible. Can you pad out the detail here? ie Facing towards / back to the Sun, or side-on? Or overcast? Or twilight? Hi viz? Reflective / fluoro? What background would the rider have had you against? eg hedge / wall / overhanging trees etc.? Could be the rider cou... |
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Forum: Paul Smith, RIP Topic: Condolences |
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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 13:37
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Sincere condolances to Paul's family & friends.
He was one of that rare breed of British 'mavericks', and I mean that in the nicest way possible.
He was sorely needed, and will be sadly missed. |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Motorbike crash rates... |
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 16:57
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| RoSPA did some research into motorcycle crash rates in the late 80s and concluded that motorcyclists were slightly less likely to cause a crash than car drivers. the conclusion was partly risk compensation, but also the better visual awareness that a rider has. Dr Alf Minter researched car & bi... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: what happened to leg protectors |
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 16:50
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| From Bike October 06 Are car drivers the problem? Dopey motorists killing innocent bikers is a nice idea. Trouble is, it's a myth If we're talking danger, it doesn't get more dangerous than death. Sussex Police inspector Simon Labbett has spent many years trying to understand the reasons why bikers... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: what happened to leg protectors |
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 16:46
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| Hello! :D Just taking a break from supporting Paul in another forum . . . so thought I'd have a stroll around here :) Motorcycle Roadcraft lists 3 things that make a motorcycle more vulnerable than a car: Not stable – bikes will fall over No protection provided by a steel cage Not easily visible Whi... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Motorist group takes control of Council |
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 15:34
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| Call me a cynic [" Horse! You're a cycnic !"] but how good are they going to be on planning applications, waste disposal, etc. etc. - all the other usual 'council' stuff? Or are they councillors & wannabees who've banded together? Well, my LA does jacksh1t for me (and charges me £1100... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Motorist group takes control of Council |
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 10:31
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Call me a cynic ["Horse! You're a cycnic!"] but how good are they going to be on planning applications, waste disposal, etc. etc. - all the other usual 'council' stuff?
Or are they councillors & wannabees who've banded together? |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Fact or fiction? |
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 13:45
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| I don't think it's exponential - I think it follows a "squared" relationship. Also how did anyone know the girl was hit by the bus at 50? Obviously, I'm glad she's getting better but I am always very wary of figures like that. There was an item on the BBC 'Trauma' series, where they shado... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Parking wardens told to book 100 cars an hour |
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 09:41
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| i thought that parking on a grass area and not the public highway was a police reportable offence This is where it gets ridiculous. I parked where I did because that section of the car park's access road system didn't have any yellow line markings - while other parts did - and ensured I wasn't caus... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Parking wardens told to book 100 cars an hour |
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 18:08
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| The signs also have to be perfect and they must not be confusing. Any more detail on that, please? Because . . . http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=488110 Motorists stung by tickets Published on 16/04/2007 VISITORS to the Lake District have been warned about parking illegally after 1... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Parking wardens told to book 100 cars an hour |
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 09:12
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| This is what decriminalised parking enforcement is all about. The people who make up the restrictions and inflict them on us even when we don't want them are the same ones who make money from "enforcing" the restrictions. See my 'Cumbria' thread . . . FWIW, I paid the £30 disounted 'offer... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Going to Cumbria for your hols? |
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 09:23
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| But back to the OP.. parking in our area can be a nightmare According to a local 'source', my letter to the paper (which may or may not bear resemblance to the first post ;) ) was published in the local paper, although I understand they changed my title from "Advocating Tourist Taxation" ... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Going to Cumbria for your hols? |
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 12:43
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| Well if yu DO decide to come back - at least to Windermere, give me a call or check out my first post in this thread! The Belsfield Hotel is often given to offering rooms at reduced rates at off peak times. :) We will be back - despite any suggestion I may have made to the contrary ;) - just much m... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Going to Cumbria for your hols? |
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:31
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| I dont think it's even flustered tourists - there just seems to be a lack of common sense. I have seen people who have not been causing any obstruction get a ticket - even when they have actually PAID to use the car park My situation (as with many other users that day) as I - gently, and after unlo... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Going to Cumbria for your hols? |
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 09:05
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IanH wrote: Hello again Horse.  I did say hi in another place, but you didn't remember me.  
Diff. sign-in there? Is this your old CSCP one? If so, then now rings a bell!  |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Going to Cumbria for your hols? |
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:03
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| If so, be warned: I visited Keswick on Easter saturday afternoon, and as you might imagine there were a few other visitors too . . . What you might not imagine was the council's attitude to those visitors, particularly with enforcement of parking regulations - their own regulations at that. When we ... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Headlights tip |
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 14:04
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| So it recommends turning them on when the sun is low behind you? This is one of the reasons I strongly object to DRL on bikes - if you have the sun low behind you and a headlight on, you break up your silhouette making you HARDER to see. This is quite interesting: http://jmrc.tripod.com/fa/stealth/... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Are HID lights really a safety feature? |
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:06
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Replies: 17
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| HIDs have been around for a long while now, and available on just about anything from VW Polo upwards, not just luxury cars. My present car does not have them, and I miss them - the next one will I doubt that future purchasers will have much choice. My previous car (a Vauxhall Omega MV6) had them b... |
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