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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 'Five drivers a day' caught speeding at more than 100mph |
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 19:28
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5 Live are in quite a frenzy about it, conflating cars racing at high speed in urban areas with 100mph on an empty motorway, interviewing bereaved fathers, repentant speeders etc.
there's an extended discussion at 6:30.
I may end up throwing the radio out of the window. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: The inevitable has happened |
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2016 20:43
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it's going to divide the village that's for sure.
At least the Civil Engineer household has a single voice on the matter.
Junior Engineer (8) thinks its wrong that that man sits in his van all day filming families and children as they pass. I found it hard to disagree. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: The inevitable has happened |
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 22:34
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| Go Safe have decided that my village is now scheduled for persecution. As with most historical state sponsored acts of oppression many of my neighbours are willing supporters of this, confusing traffic volume with traffic speed. Something must be done, think of the children etc etc. words fail me. :... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: OutrAAge Bosses making millions from speed awareness course |
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 20:54
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Replies: 5
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: A9 average speed cameras 'have reduced speeding' |
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Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 00:13
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Replies: 9
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| Any monkey can increase compliance with any law or rule. Here in Wales we have a corker. The carrier bag 5p levy. yep a mandatory 5p minimum charge that any business must charge if they give you a bag (carrier/paper/tesco/mcdonalds/chipshop etc) I hate it and everything it represents. its what happe... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: A9 average speed cameras 'have reduced speeding' |
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Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 21:19
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Replies: 9
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More rigid enforcement of rule results in more compliance with rule.
whatever next?! |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Drought |
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 20:50
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Replies: 20
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| The investment would be massive and that's once you've decided on strategy. The technology is easy. There are a few fundamental differences between water and oil. Firstly there will be fewer points to connect, secondly the margins in oil are significantly larger so investment is more affordable. Rem... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Transplant driver found guilty of speeding |
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 19:25
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Replies: 10
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Was getting the organ there quicker of benefit? Yes
Did the driver believe he was doing the right thing? Probably yes
Would the man on the clapham omnibus complain if this prosecution had not proceeded? No
Are the prosecutors pleased with themselves! You bet! |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Drought |
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 19:15
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| There are many who consider a national water grid to be. A pipe dream, excuse the pun. The engineering and economic challenges are significant. I'm not convinced that leakage has a significant impact on water availability although the Water companies are very focussed and face financial penalties if... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Catchy Caption Competition No.15 |
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 23:34
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Replies: 22
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| 'i think we'll need a bigger tent' |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Motorists to be hit with £100 speeding fines |
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 14:23
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Replies: 7
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| Who is the victim of a speeding 'crime'? |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Chris Huhne says speeding allegations 'incorrect' |
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 21:26
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Replies: 48
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| But let's face it a leftist nanny statist is being prosecuted for ptoj in attempting to evade one of the archetypal nanny laws. And for that reason alone we should rejoice. I hardly think that Perverting the Course of Justice can fairly be described as an "archetypal nanny law". It strike... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Climate doom-mongers model incomplete? |
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 00:48
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Replies: 15
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There'll be some apolcalypse brought about by the greed of man I'm sure.
We've had global cooling, warming, acid rain.....maybe the next thing will be global mildness. Temperate and pleasant conditions brought about by man's continued rape of the planet. Something must be done. |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Climate doom-mongers model incomplete? |
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 00:03
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| Global warming is going out of fashion pretty rapidly, in a few years collective embarrassment will erase it from history. Labour is lurching left again so the left can dispense with the green cover and resume the class war god a while, who cares about carbon and patio heaters when we have bankers t... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Chris Huhne says speeding allegations 'incorrect' |
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 23:50
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| This whole episode is brilliant on pretty much every possible level. The man is a sanctimonious idiot who dishes out liberal doses of greenwash, his ex wife has incriminated herself in her haste to stick the knife in, we have the hypocrisy of the politician, the overzealous prosecutors...........whe... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: New... Road Safety Concept - MOMENTUM EXISTS |
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 19:40
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Replies: 51
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Welcome,
Are you sure that a moving vehicle has no momentum? |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Stiffer fines are not working |
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 21:58
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Replies: 27
Views: 73920
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I'm entirely on the same page as you, can't find a tongue in check one but here, have a pint  |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Stiffer fines are not working |
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 21:32
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Replies: 27
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| Do they distract? If they do can the level of distraction be quantified? Is it at the same level for everyone? Are there other things equally or more distracting? If so are they banned? If not why not? How many lives has the ban saved? Where is the evidence? :clap: :clap: Perhaps we now need more n... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Stiffer fines are not working |
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 19:48
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Replies: 27
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Do they distract? If they do can the level of distraction be quantified? Is it at the same level for everyone? Are there other things equally or more distracting? If so are they banned? If not why not?
How many lives has the ban saved?
Where is the evidence? |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Stiffer fines are not working |
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 14:09
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Replies: 27
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| The sanction is irrelevant it's the enforcement that drives behaviour. The mobile phone ban is arbitrary and I don't believe it has any impact on road safety which must ultimately be measurable by KSI stats. We have laws for dangerous driving, careless driving etc etc. Enforce those laws, if texting... |
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