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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Meredith Hughes |
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:03
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Are HID lights really a safety feature? |
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 16:23
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| Apologies if this has been discussed before but following on from the LED rearlamps discussion am I the only one who thinks HID lights fitted to an increasing number of luxury vehicles are at best a nuisance and worst a potential danger? HIDs have been around for a long while now, and available on ... |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: New traffic signalling devices |
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 20:23
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Draco wrote: I've noticed recently that the Dutch seem to have adopted the flashing Amber during quiet periods........any further info anyone?
Other countries in Europe too - it just means "Proceed with care." It doesn't imply priority one way or the other, there may be other signs or road markings. |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: perception of other drivers by the cars they drive. |
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 17:55
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| What about the related question: What's the effect on our own driving of the car we drive? I've been trying to answer the question myself, and I'm actually finding it quite hard. Putting aside the deviations from our "normal" driving style that may be imposed by dynamic limitations of the... |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: perception of other drivers by the cars they drive. |
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 17:51
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| I saw a fine example of stereotyping yesterday. I was travelling anticlockwise on the M25 somewhere around J9 at about 8am, traffic flowing freely, so making brisk but safe progress in lane 3 (of 4), with a BMW 330Ci in fairly close company. Another BMW, a new 5-series estate with twin tailpipes but... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: A new take on Fantasy 10 Car Garage |
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Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 15:52
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| Hmmm..... Ferrari - 288GTO. Precursor to the F40 and much prettier - like a 308GTB on steroids. Porsche - 959 in white. The original four-wheel-drive supercar. Mercedes - Brabus CL-class SV12 S Biturbo. A bit of a one-trick pony but you can pretend you're at Santa Pod on every straight. BMW - Alpina... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Daytime running lights back in the news. |
| JohnF |
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 22:00
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When I got my Volvo S60, one of the first things I did was to get my dealer to turn the day running lights OFF.
I'm the pilot in command and I will decide when the lights ought to be on, thank you very much! |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Just a bit of fun - what does YOUR car say about YOU? |
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 21:46
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| I thought it would be interesting to know what sort of car the members drive and what it says about them? Me... 2001 Volvo S60 T5 SE manual in gold. Looks just like this one... http://a138.g.akamai.net/n/138/3538/20030722064707/www.cars.com/stock/350x233/225576.jpg I'm not sure what it says about m... |
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Forum: Polls Topic: 30mph urban speed limit |
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 21:42
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Replies: 26
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| The 30 limit has served us well for years . It is the misuse of it that has caused problems . People are taught to drive "to the limit" - eg drive too slowly on a test and you'd fail - so newbies think that at all times they should be doing about 28 - even in a street lined with cars and kids on th... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Speed camera fiasco: 46% of photos taken=useless (ireland) |
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 21:35
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| I just got back from a few days' holiday in the west of Ireland (Shannon area). I didn't see any speed cameras but did observe the following... - Many speed limits (now metricated, so in km/h) are IMHO unrealistically low - Most drivers observe the speed limit - The overall standard of open-road dri... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Driving for passengers? |
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 20:50
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| ... So my question is, what can I do to make life more comfortable for my passengers short of rounding every corner at 10mph and driving everywhere at 45mph? This isn't the best road in the world for surface condition and flatness, so was my old man just being fussy after too many years of not bein... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Nine Points That's Why |
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 19:34
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| I think I made a thread about it here ages ago too. So you did, here . The rest of the images, including shots from underneath that bridge in both directions and a shot of the van from the otherside that reveals that the talivan is parked on a FOOTBRIDGE (which is also a marked bridleway) can be fo... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Caught??? |
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 17:43
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| My real name is Mrs Gilmour! I’m sorry, then, Mrs Gilmour. By the way, are you related to Gary Gilmour, the American mass murderer who was shot by firing squad and whose eyes were the subject of a pop-song by The Adverts? I think you will find the gentleman in question was actually called Gary Gilm... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Nine Points That's Why |
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 14:27
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| Ah, the A413 Wendover bypass, I know it well :) I didn't realise that's the photo location but you're right about the road width. There's easily space for two vehicles side by side in each lane - and then some. Is there a crash record justification for enforcement on that stretch? I recognised it s... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Nine Points That's Why |
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 20:05
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| That's a little unfair IMO. The guy is from Bucks, home of Talivans that like to park like this: Ah, the A413 Wendover bypass, I know it well :) Three easy steps to making money: 1) Build an almost dead straight road, as wide as the runway at Heathrow, but with only two lanes, so a default 60mph li... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: The Middle Lane Owners Club - official club website launched |
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 19:54
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| Click here for expert driving advice :roll: Hehehe... most excellent! I imagine you will be considering a merger with CLARA at some point (the Centre LAne Residents' Association). Being serious for a minute... it's even worse than that. There are now five lanes on the M25 in between J12 (M3) and J1... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Question about going slowly on m'way |
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 07:52
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| I'd be less concerned about being stuck behind a lorry, than having lorries stuck behind me ... My car has a "space saver" spare tyre which is limited to 50mph. I was on my way down the M3 and running on the spare, and I was keeping the speed down, as I didn't want the spare to go the same way as th... |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: Wipers and headlights |
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 07:42
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| A slight tangent but with the new HID (High Intesity Discharge) lamps it is a legal requirement that they have washer jets but having seen a collegues with these, spraying water does very little to clean the lens, so why not wiper blades for headlights like some of the old Volvo's had ?? And not-so... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Box Junction Cameras |
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 21:37
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Replies: 14
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| I've got a feeling that there's a huge point of principle here, but I haven't quite focused in on it yet. I've got these fragments: - social behaviour tends to be self optimising - most people do the right thing irrespective of the rules - rules give information to most and only usefully peanalise ... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Box Junction Cameras |
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 09:28
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| A couple of years ago a scheme was introduced in London to reduce congestion, by using CCTV cameras to track down and fine drivers who clog box junctions. It seems that, overall, this has actually made the congestion worse... :lol: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2217605,00.html |
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