has already replied and as I happen to agree with much of her post - not going to add further to that.
Now both my wife and I are ex-BRAKE members. In fact - we were in at the start as Mary set up the charity because her mother was killed by a lorry with faulty brakes. We lost one of ours due to a lorry with defective everything and the guy ( a much liked and respected young father both in this country and his own homeland) was killed at low speed impact. Lightning struck again in this family soon afterwards when someone was taken ill behind the wheel of his car and nearly took out the WildCat herself. But then - we accept the incidents were freak occurrences and do not hold everyone else who drives a motorised vehicle responsible.
Now I suggest you look at the "Improve Your Driving and Cycling" forums where IanH, IG, Stephen, Man, Neil, and many other BiB who have posted to this site have given sound safety advice and have full respect from practically everyone posting to this site. That speaks volumes about the attitude of the average poster on this site - and none of us are suggesting dangerous or inconsiderate behaviour - but rather a return to justice and equity for all.
Witchescat wrote:
I have had car and bike licences for exactly twenty years.
Am pushing er - OK so I'm 46 and a bit
and drove on private land for a while before passing my driving test aged 17 years and about 7 weeks. My birthday falls in the summer and my school forbade time off for driving tests so... was really a case of pass before September start or chance half termly hols.... Was lucky - got a cancellation and passed it first go.
After that A levels and Uni course beckoned but managed to squeeze in my IAM before my clinical training started (am medic ....) and since then done RoSPA and other courses as matter of pride and desire to achieve best of my potential - I suppose.
Motoring Qualificationwise - most on this site can match by similar and experience - and some can better me - the BiBs and most certainly IG!
(He happens to be my wife's cousin - we know him well.
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cat in a right tizzy wrote:
I have been fined for speeding 3 times, all fixed penalty VASCAR( last one in 94 ). I'm guessing at around 350,000 miles in cars, vans ect and about 100,000 miles on bikes.
How much longer do you want me to consider my opinions?
Ah- but back in 94 things were nowhere near as daft as they have since become. Perhaps you were well above the 10% plus 2 as that was as I understand that to have been more normal practice and base this on what IG and his brothers and sister (all BiB) and his retired father (a Super in traffic during his career) tell me.
cat getting into a bit of a tizzy for no real reason wrote:
I think it is you who have not thought this through or you misunderstand my post.
I think you are getting your claws out for no good reason
and tapping your tail in temper here
cat getting into a tizzy wrote:
The question asked by the thread is WHY. I gave a list, what on that list do you not agree with?
You may have others to add but do you absolutely reject any I gave?
Do you speak for all drivers or just yourself in which case do you have special circumstances you would like to explain?
Was it the comment about not paying attention that irked you? Are you seriously suggesting that people are deliberatly driving through speed traps out of bloody mindedness?
I they don't see the camara then how can they claim to be paying attention?
People are getting pinged for very nit picking speeds these days. The fixed scams may be yellow - but they are placed on cambers, at spots where other road furniture takes the attention and the driver is at a safe and low speed but gets pinged at 34 mph because he did not pick up or discern the slight and gradual pull on a slight gradients or polished road. It can be as innocent as that. We know people who have attended the Lancs course because of this.
Also - scams placed behind bus stops, direction signs, and we found some well hidden in an underpass on the A2 direction Kent out of London once.
Then there are the mobiles near a speed limit change
These measures ping the safe blipper who actually believes (s) he's within the speed limit and gets one heck of a shock 14 days later - and guess what (s) he did not kill anyone before, during or even after all this
cat getting into a tizz wrote:
Let me sweeten the pill for you and confirm that ( apart from the drunkeness ) all the traits in the list I posted are ones which I am also guilty of, and so are YOU.
Nope..completely innocent mate!
Never been copped braking any laws either - so far
.Speak for Wildy
and self mainly but also reckon Riggers and rest of the gang also drive apply C O A S T. Best lifesaving message there is - shame it don;t make any cash though!
cat getting into a bit of a froth wrote:
The thread is titled 'Why people speed'.
What are you not getting ? Perhaps I am missing something here.
Is there a hidden question or meaning or does it in fact simply ask the question 'Why people speed'
Why the smarmy replies?
If the post title means something completely differant to you then perhaps 'Welcome to the forum' really means' go to hell!
Why not take a quick browse through any one IG post, Gatsobait post, Riggers post amongst many others.
I think you may find you will need to offer us and our Paulie your Christmas stock of Whisker's Finest and double cream
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