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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Nearly T-boned |
| adam.L |
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Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 21:50
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| Last week I am on a round about and a nice old gold Roller is approaching said roundabout. Nice Roller, thinks I. I'd made eye contact and the silly old bugger just kept coming, then the penny dropped that he needed to stop :roll:. He was a good way on the roundabout when he twigged and where I want... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Norfolk police target drivers who use mobile phones |
| adam.L |
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Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 21:45
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| a couple of years ago a vehicle (white pickup) I was using was parked outside a house that was burgled. Any road up, the rozzers called and I had to go the the cop shop :bluelight: as a potential witness. I phoned them while I was driving my tractor and told them this while I was in the interview ro... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Norfolk police target drivers who use mobile phones |
| adam.L |
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 13:24
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| Essentially what you're saying is that people should be criminalised for actions which are not in themselves unsafe because you assume they'll also undertake these actions at a time when they aren't safe. Minority Report much? Picking up and using your mobile phone even in a queue of traffic is pot... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Norfolk police target drivers who use mobile phones |
| adam.L |
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 12:52
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| If we are to believe what we are told that driving while on the phone = certain death. Who said this? That's how these campaigns are normally sold aren't they? Speeding = certain death Using the phone = certain death drink driving = certain death They will show some child mindlessly wander out into... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Norfolk police target drivers who use mobile phones |
| adam.L |
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 12:34
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| I am broadly in favour of giving people a hard time that are on the phone while driving. Phones are miss-used an awful lot and not just in cars. They do cause a distraction and just watch what you are doing, will you? Buuuuuuut 20 years ago hardly anyone had a phone to even use while driving, now ju... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Lawlessness in London |
| adam.L |
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 17:20
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Replies: 8
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| Today I witnessed rampant lawlessness on the streets of London. Cars were been driven on the wrong side of the road, and through red lights. I saw several with either no number plates or illegal ones, and a few weren't displaying tax disks. Also, many cars were been driven without seat belts being ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Lost tax disc |
| adam.L |
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Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 19:48
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| In 21 years, I have been pulled up once in the US for an overtake in the S10, I was speeding, but one needed to build up such a head of steam in that POS I should have received some kind of award. He let me go 8-) and I got stopped on a tractor at 4am :lol: Tax disc of not, I'm going to norf this we... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: It's simple numb-nuts, don't park across my f##kin' drive! |
| adam.L |
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 14:57
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| It would be a terrible shame if one of the cars that blocked you in had a puncture or 4 |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Lost tax disc |
| adam.L |
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 14:52
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| The tax disc fell off my bike and I have sent off the form and the cheque, so I will probably get stopped now before the new one comes... if I do, do I still get fined? |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed awareness courses |
| adam.L |
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Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 21:21
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| My ex girlfriend is a slow and "careful" driver and I would say not that confident either. Anyway she has had her picture taken and they want £60 for it. She's been offered the speed awareness course and has decided to take it. I sent her some links to pepipoo for legal advice and to here ... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: Nearly T-boned |
| adam.L |
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 22:14
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| why did you continue when it became clear she wasn't slowing / stopping ? surely the safest thing to do would have been to stop rather than hold your line just because you expect to be give right of way ? (just reflecting on other cycling discussions where people appear to be criticised for expecti... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Fair Fuel For All ... |
| adam.L |
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 22:02
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Replies: 38
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| I never quite understand why every thing we buy must always get cheaper, electrical goods, clothes, food, with two notable exceptions, namely property and fuel. Indeed. It has long puzzled me why we expect governments to increase our standard of living year on year without us working any harder. Ph... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Science (electricity) question! |
| adam.L |
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 21:58
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Elderly driver who killed disabled woman walks free (Aug 10) |
| adam.L |
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 18:39
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| I think DCB does too - but for some reason wants a different narration of the verdict, which would only result in the same circumstances. I would like a conviction on the serious charge of dangerous driving to send the message that driving with defective vision will not be tolerated by the judicial... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Fair Fuel For All ... |
| adam.L |
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 17:51
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| ' Petrol per gallon 1950 = 15 (new) pence (36 old pence)' I was serving petrol in 1949/50 at 11d a gallon (fact). That's ~ 1p a litre!!!! :scratchchin: 140%? Do wages even begin to compare? :? If it was 1p/litre it has gone up more than 140%, there might be a couple of noughts to go on there. I nev... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Elderly driver who killed disabled woman walks free (Aug 10) |
| adam.L |
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 22:19
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| Stupid mare on pit road assumed that the bin lorries will see her. It is not an unreasonable expectation that someone driving a motor vehicle will look where he is going. On that road you are not looking for pedestrians, 7 years olds on go carts, 12 year olds on motocross bikes, you are looking for... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Elderly driver who killed disabled woman walks free (Aug 10) |
| adam.L |
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 22:06
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| What on earth has the action of a women trespasser to do with the topic under discussion? There are two distinct matters here. The foolishness of the deceased on assuming that drivers would look out for her safety, which I don't particularly care to discuss. people on foot tend to assume that there... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Elderly driver who killed disabled woman walks free (Aug 10) |
| adam.L |
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 20:55
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| The point that I raised you on was the reasonableness of the pedestrian's actions (walking in a road when a pavement is available, doing so in a pool of darkness, not having reflectors or lights, walking with traffic); they are not without some level of blame. Given the degree of visual impairment ... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: County’s speed cameras ‘will not be switched off Essex |
| adam.L |
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 18:33
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| The SPECS on the A127 are a night mare. I use that road off peak and they add significantly to my journey time. They are particularly bad on a bike in the :50: Everyone travels within a couple of MPH of the limit so vehicles creep into your blind spot and often stay there. Every time I use that stre... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Fair Fuel For All ... |
| adam.L |
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 18:27
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| I seem to recall unleaded being about 38ppl in circa 1993/94 when I was doing 500 miles/week. Now it's 130p, my wages haven't gone up 3.4x even taking the fact that I was on the basic rate of pay and now I am getting a supervisors grade + a bit + other benefits. How cheap do I want fuel? I will pay ... |
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