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Forum: General Chat Topic: Ode to SIT NAGS |
| TripleS |
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 18:50
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Brake on band wagon again |
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 06:52
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Replies: 7
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| The problem with upgrading the "careless" offence to become equal with "dangerous" is that a minor driving error by Mrs Average which has unfortunate consequences would result in a long prison sentence and thus be out of proportion to other offences. For example, Mrs Brown (who ... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: Overtake too close to a cyclist? That's £5,000 please. |
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 16:28
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Replies: 7
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OK, the idea of giving cyclist a safe amount of clearance when overtaking them is fine, and many of us have been mindful of that for above 50 years of driving, but when might we expect to hear about measures to discourage a proportion of cyclists from behaving like dickheads?
Best wishes all,
Dave. |
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Forum: Polls Topic: Right foot. |
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 15:38
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| It depends on the height relationship between the pedals. With some cars the brake pedal pad was set so much higher than the accelerator pad, that lifting the foot was necessary. IIRC the Ford Consul/Zephyr/Zodiac range of the 1950s were like that, but hopefully more recent designs do not incorporat... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: KNEE JERK ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGNS |
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 08:43
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| If we're thinking about the same incident, it was indeed a tragic case - loss of spouse - in which an elderly driver pressed the wrong pedal. However, this type of incident is exceedingly rare, and as far as I'm concerned it provides no basis for automatically retesting all drivers when they reach t... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: HC RULE 67 |
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Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 08:06
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| It's a fair point. He WASN'T driving. OK, he was the drivER and HAD BEEN driving, but wasn't at the time of the offence. Even if that one COULD have been argued, what about the case of a 4 door car where a rear seat passenger opens the offside rear door? No reason for the same law not to apply to (... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Are cameras in decline |
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 15:13
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Replies: 4
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| Notice a marked decline in mobile enforcement in recent months. I also note from other forums that other posters are commenting likewise and it seems to be nationwide. Anyone else noticed this ? No, I regret to say I haven't noticed it; but then I'm not travelling as much these days as I did a few ... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Speed camera firm pays peanuts in tax |
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Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 12:44
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Company tax payable is based on profits though, not income or turnover, is it not? A company could have a huge income/turnover, and still make a loss and eventually go out of business. Now there's a thought.... 
Best wishes all,
Dave. |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: ABD Survey |
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 17:11
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Replies: 6
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SafeSpeedv2 wrote:
I just clicked that link and it told me I had already taken part! It must be quite old.
Best wishes all,
Dave. |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: 50 mph HGV speed limit trial for A9 |
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Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 16:47
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Replies: 17
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| Yes, that strikes me as a sensible thing to try. I'd rather they'd have let them run at their governed 56, than 50 though. I think the closer you can get traffic speeds for all vehicles to being the same, the less overtaking we're likely to see. I suppose the only downside is that overtaking someth... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Mobile Phones. Was I Wrong? |
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Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 13:54
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Replies: 131
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| OK then guys, how about this: I have a small hand-held memo taker that I occasionally use while driving. This is for recording details of routes, roads and points of interest like suitable wild camping spots for future holidays in our motorhome. This device is voice activated, so it starts recording... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Mobile Phones. Was I Wrong? |
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Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 19:36
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Replies: 131
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| This only serves to reinforce my feeling that the driving/mobile phone law in its present form was ill-conceived, and that it has ended up as a load of nonsense. So far as hand-held phones are concerned we sometimes hear that you're not allowed to touch the phone, but at other times it is said that ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Sheppey crossing crash:'Miracle' as no-one diesworst pile-up |
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Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 22:56
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| Your proposition is completely nuts and without foundation; make a reasonable proposition and I may reply. No, what Mole says is a perfectly valid interpretation of what has been happening. It might be interesting to compare the number of crashes before and after the arrival of the speed cameras. I... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Sheppey crossing crash:'Miracle' as no-one diesworst pile-up |
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Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 06:37
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| I wonder if ISA based on the degree of visibility would be more use than ISA based on speed limits? I don't know if the technology exists, but it wouldn't surprise me if it did. Certainly the earlier comments in the article about the radar-based Advanced Emergency Braking systems would have been ve... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Sheppey crossing crash:'Miracle' as no-one diesworst pile-up |
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Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 15:47
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| Will be interesting to find out how many of these drivers did stop before they hit the pile of vehicles in front. Of course, travelling at a suitable speed and managing to stop in time is all well and good, at least until some twunt piles into the back of you. Apparently the fog caused it. Rubbish,... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Community Speedwatch (Again) |
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Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 07:24
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Replies: 7
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Well said, Malcolm.
Best wishes all,
Dave. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Mobile Phones. Was I Wrong? |
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Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 16:29
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| It doesn't surprise me that weepej is sticking to his view, but I still think he's wrong. I am, however, surprised to see the somewhat dogmatic line, and slightly offensive tone, adopted by Oscar. Just because some research is claimed to have been done, there is no certainty that it correctly identi... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Mobile Phones. Was I Wrong? |
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Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 18:17
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Replies: 131
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| If I use my mobile phone while driving How stupid are you? Simply using it put you in a situation where you clearly aren't in proper control of the vehicle, you've only got one hand free for a start. If something happens and the police check your phone records you'll go down as using a mobile whils... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Mobile Phones. Was I Wrong? |
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Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 15:43
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Replies: 131
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| Using a mobile while driving is not automatically dangerous, at times it can be done perfectly safely. Utter utter b****ks, a driver using a mobile phone immediatly cripples their ability to control the vehicle in relation to their ability to control it without using the phone. No, Homer is right. ... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Ditch 'anti-car dogma' and boost parking, councils told |
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 12:31
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Replies: 24
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| A welcome outbreak of common sense from Eric Pickles http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23837610 But will councils take any notice? This is by no means the first time Eric Pickles has produced a welcome bit of common sense, but I very much doubt if the predominently anti-car local authorities wi... |
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