Safe Speed Forums

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My views do not represent Safespeed but those of a driver who has driven for 39 yrs, in all conditions, at all times of the day & night on every type of road and covered well over a million miles, so knows a bit about what makes for safety on the road,what is really dangerous and needs to be observed when driving and quite frankly, the speedo is way down on my list of things to observe to negotiate Britain's roads safely, but I don't expect some fool who sits behind a desk all day to appreciate that.

Anyone stupid enough to think that posting such a video on the internet is a good idea is probably too stupid to be allowed near a car anyway.

My first encounter with the police shortly after passing my driving test. "I don't mind you driving at 35 in a 30 limit but doing it for a mile with a police car behind you is pretty stupid" The a long lecture on proper use of rear view mirror and sent on my way with nothing worse than a red face and a determination to improve my observation. Proper policing

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When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells
When I see a youth in a motor car I do d.c.brown

His forward observation & anticipation was a darn site better than the female police officer I followed down the A325 between Aldershot & Farnborough this afternoon.

She stuck rigidly to every speed limit going (braking quite hard at one point to scrub off 30mph when she saw the 40 lollipop), but I'd say that her distance of less than 2 car lengths between her & the van in front at 70mph was a darn site more dangerous than that kid in the video (save for the bit where he decides to steer with his knees of course).

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What makes you think I'm drunk officer, have I got a fat bird with me?

Isn't that the same road which a certain police man was "testing the capabilities of his vehicle" on?

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Andrew.

Yep I think he used the M54, which after about 10pm is usually pretty well deserted anyway. The other road that he was doing 80 plus on was once part of the A5 and NSL (70MPH in the seventies) too.

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My views do not represent Safespeed but those of a driver who has driven for 39 yrs, in all conditions, at all times of the day & night on every type of road and covered well over a million miles, so knows a bit about what makes for safety on the road,what is really dangerous and needs to be observed when driving and quite frankly, the speedo is way down on my list of things to observe to negotiate Britain's roads safely, but I don't expect some fool who sits behind a desk all day to appreciate that.