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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speared By Bollards In Manchester Centre! |
| uzziel |
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 21:06
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| This video make me realise how very unlike normal road hazards these booby-trap bollards are. A driver with well developed hazard perception would have no reason at all to scan for a hydraulic jack rising out of the road. Perhaps... However, my hazard peception tends to notice huge LED no-entry sig... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: VSL / Advisory Terminations |
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Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 09:56
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| I believe either is fine. They used to terminate them with an NSL sign ages ago, but it's been slowly replaced with "end". Though some of the smaller repeater type of signs ni the central reservation near me still show NSL. I dont think theres any difference legally. Incidentally, the M42 is aprt of... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: French-style person-sized cutouts to warn of fatal accidents |
| uzziel |
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 23:53
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Replies: 16
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| Near me theres a small luminous yellow sign on the central reservation of a three lane dual carrigae way. Having peered at it for a bit, I've determined it sayd something like "x people were killed here last year. THINK!". Or similar. Stupid.... Distract people from looking at the road whilst approa... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed limiters in cars |
| uzziel |
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 14:43
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Replies: 43
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I'd like to see somethign similar, but how about something on your dash telling you what the current speed limit is, that perhaps flashes when you exceed it?
I suppose that speed limiters would confirm one way or another whether speed does kill. |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Traffic Flow on Motorways |
| uzziel |
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Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 23:15
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Replies: 32
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| hasnt this been known about for ages? Isnt it the whole point of the signs on motorways.... ? |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Immune from presecution...could be a growth industry |
| uzziel |
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Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 22:45
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Replies: 4
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| My brothers misses was gatso'ed in germany i think. Think it was when entering a town, they dont actaully post speed limits, the fact there's a town sign implies the limit. She never received anything through the post, |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: worst location |
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Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 23:33
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| Hi, Driving back from Stoke today to Manchester down the A34, I must have driven through an area in a 30 that had a camera every 100 yards or so. All this made me do was watch my speedo, which made me feel really unsafe. I dont like not knowing what coming up. Anyway, which is your most hated camera... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Your Reaction to an Emergency Vehicle |
| uzziel |
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Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 22:43
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| As said earlier, it is a situation that should be covered as part of learning to drive, as the number of people who react by instinctively stopping in the path of the very vehicle they are trying to assist. Yup, remember in one of my lessons, copper wanted to get through on a narrow street. Paniced... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: pedestrian responsiblity |
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 22:53
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Replies: 26
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| In practice, it would be impossible to introduce any kind of jaywalking law except in zones (maybe in city centres) where very frequent pedestrian crossings were provided, and even then it would be effectively unenforceable. Then how does it work in Germany? No-one, and I mean NO-ONE dares cross at... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Screen pillars and vision obscuration |
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 22:52
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Replies: 31
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| happens all the time to me, what actaully scares me most, is when somehow, a curve has been engineered so that the angle of the bend is in a perma-pillar-blindspot, and I'm forced to lean over to the passenger side to see. |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: 2003 Fatalities |
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 22:36
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| regarding bikers wearing bright colours, as a [car] driver I'm more than happy for them to also leave their lights on full beam. Never really bothers me, and I see them more out the corner of my eye in the rear view than i no doubt would normally. Especially in slow moving traffic where people tend ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: How effective were the cameras in your area? |
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 23:07
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| Well, A camera has appeared near my road junction as its an accident blackspot. Which I'm not in disagreement with. However, having lived here for about a year now, I've seen about two or three crashes. I'm assuming at least one fatality judging by the plastic remains of roses tioed to the railings.... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Motorways |
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Posted: Sat May 08, 2004 00:50
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Replies: 18
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| k, I've been messing around with the "quote" button for ages and have given up... How are you supposed to insert into a double quote? Anyway, as you say, I didn't really think my minimum idea was remotely workable... was just something to throw in the pot if you see. Perhaps some sort of "middle lan... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Road safety is not just about bumper-cars ! |
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 23:56
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Replies: 49
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| I'm under the impression that most scientists think global warming is a myth, and is simply perpetuated by the greens (and the daily mail). |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Motorways |
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 23:08
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Replies: 18
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| Though I'd go out on a limb here... I've been debating this with myself for some time, but what do people think of the idea that ll motorways being variable speed limit? By that I mean its inherantly unlimited, and only limited by signs a la M25. For example, in the clear at 4am Monday morning, driv... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Saying sorry |
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 22:47
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| same here mike. I've definately made mistakes, and I'd bet that eferyone does. It's a process known as 'learning'. Though in some cases, I've definately noticed other drivers 'increasing' my mistake by being tossers... eg, turning left onto a dual carriage way, car coming from dead on turning right,... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Pedestrian and other crashes |
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 22:42
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Replies: 7
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| maybe one way would be 'jay walking' charge if within 10m of a crossing or something. As if I hit a pedestrian, even if they are dancing in a road or whatever, its my fault for not seeing them... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: OK...let's look at speed.... |
| uzziel |
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 22:23
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Replies: 72
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| Fair point regarding kinetic energy, but that implies that the faster the speed the more dangerous the road. How then are motorways the safest roads, and yet small 30mph (or 20?) roads more dangerous? |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Can A Talivan Be Parked On A Central Reservation? |
| uzziel |
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 21:50
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Replies: 12
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| only if i can park on one too |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed Limit Signs |
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 21:41
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Replies: 13
Views: 9810
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i believe all raods with lights are by 'default' a 30, with local councils have to de-restict them to other limits.
Though I could be talking crap.... |
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