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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Lost tax disc |
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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 11:04
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| Its exactly the same as small number plates and a dark visor. Upset a copper and they will use whatever they find. In my case overtaking a copper ended up with them following me 3 miles and nicking me in my drive for a small plate. Ho hum, support a reduction in their pensions every place you get th... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: IAM - New - Rider's Lines via Alan Dale |
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 19:23
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| I clicked on the link - Where did they get their annual mileage figures from. They seem completely at odds with other research. I suspect that the bikes over 500cc have a very wide standard deviation, ranging from sports bikes with less than 1,500 per year to tourers who do 8-9k per year. I think o... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: IAM - New - Rider's Lines via Alan Dale |
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 19:21
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| Editor Alan H Dale with Item TCP 298 REVISED Indeed, when some years ago I attempted to discuss the problem with IAM HQ, I was very firmly told that the Institute could not countenance temporarily breaking a speed limit in any circumstances, which means that diehards of their persuasion would rathe... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Do we have Jeremy Clarkson on board? |
| balrog |
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:40
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Big Tone wrote: I agree May would be good but I don't know how he feels about motorbikes. I don't like Clarkson's anti-motorbike stance. 
May has, I believe, a triumph speed triple (the 1050 i think). He also has a model train set, I have met him in my local model train shop and he really is a nice chap. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 100 mile/h automatically dangerous ? |
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 22:02
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| I agree with your maths, but life is never simple as that. You overlook the point that the driver braked too, therefore slightly extending the ETA, not by much but perhaps enough. It is perfectly possible for someone to react within that time if they were on the lookout for such danger and had plan... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 100 mile/h automatically dangerous ? |
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 21:04
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| easy to prove 100 does not always result in instant death and destruction Imagine this *hypothetical* situation yesterday night just after the A24 heading east. Simple situation, M25 closed for about 10 minutes while stranded vehicle is recovered form lane 4 to the shoulder. 3 bikes filter to the f... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 100 mile/h automatically dangerous ? |
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 09:58
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| easy to prove 100 does not always result in instant death and destruction Imagine this *hypothetical* situation yesterday night just after the A24 heading east. Simple situation, M25 closed for about 10 minutes while stranded vehicle is recovered form lane 4 to the shoulder. 3 bikes filter to the fr... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Cynical Insurance co's |
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 15:40
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| I meant to act the difference between a civil and criminal convictions tends (not always as our legal system has more exceptions than compliances :-) ) to be a criminal conviction is an action between the crown/regina and an individual. A civil conviction would be a result of a tort between two indi... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Cynical Insurance co's |
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 15:36
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| Yes. A civil conviction. Can you define the difference? Yes: one is a criminal conviction and one is a civil conviction . . . . . What would be an example of a civil conviction? I have heard of civil penalties, but not civil convictions. Trespass is a civil offence and thus would lead to a civil co... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: A40-Strange looking camera type objects! |
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 14:18
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| The irony, of course, is that for a small but significant fee I can provide simple ways of stopping the tracking being effective. Similarly the mobile phone network tracks movements/personal interaction but can be avoided. So another huge amount of cash goes to some government contractor for little ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: New police boat |
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 14:24
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| Reminds me of an incident a few years ago. I saw a landrover discovery fly into a flood in much the same fashion. I was following in my mum's mini metro. I waited for the water to calm down then (with a little local knowledge; the pavement on the right had a very high curb so i had two wheels on tha... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Followed in a marked car, but not stopped |
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 17:22
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| Back in "The good old days" I got the distinct impression that :bib: that realised that you had seen them (and slowed down accordingly) generally concluded that you were competant enough to drive at that speed. I can remember back in the 80's I was doing a "Sensible" 85 or so on... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed camera that could have killed me... |
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 18:58
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repiV wrote: balrog wrote: Nice, thats really constructive. I just realised, he has the same first initial and surname as this really annoying English teacher from my college days that was universally despised by staff and students alike. It's all starting to come clear now...
Its a conspiracy then!! |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed camera that could have killed me... |
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 17:33
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mpaton2004 wrote: lol, not bad for someone who claims they're a great rider after 2 months 
Nice, thats really constructive. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed camera that could have killed me... |
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 16:54
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| You wanna read my post again?... “press left, lean left, go left” ... but with the front wheel out of contact with the ground..."lean left go left & hope there is nowt slippery or untoward that the rear wheel could contact" huh? Wink Mea culpa if you mean turn right, lean left go left... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed camera that could have killed me... |
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 16:07
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| This simply proves you have no idea how a bike steers not that having the front up is dangerous. At any speed above 10 or 15 miles an hour you can not physically affect the steering apart from a minimal amount. Do a little reading on counter steering and bike dynamics then we can talk more. Most wh... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed camera that could have killed me... |
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 14:39
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| I am sure you are complimenting the guys bike control. :D :D Seriously though most big modern bikes lift their front ends very easily. My triumph will lift the front in what I would consider moderate acceleration. Wifey on the back makes it easier to lift the front end. One wheel on the ground does... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed camera that could have killed me... |
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 17:48
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| Out of the 5 motorcyclist I saw on my drive today: Bike 1: Yamaha YZF-R1 Location: Bridgewater Expressway, Daresbury, Cheshire Wheelying away from the lights at full chat, 40mph limit. I am sure you are complimenting the guys bike control. :D :D Seriously though most big modern bikes lift their fro... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed camera that could have killed me... |
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 11:40
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| ooooh now youve gawn and brought back all my bad memories. :) I had my first and only road accident at around age 16, on two wheels as it happens, a pushbike. :D Borrowed a friends bike for a test ride round the block, travelled down a short incline and did a left onto the lane at around 25 maybe 3... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed camera that could have killed me... |
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 11:24
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| I don't know where this comes from but do recall a phrase "a driver should be in a state of zen-like calm" I tend to agree. Ignoring all my vitriolic anti car rants when riding I do not see piss poor car drivers reading harry potter and making phone calls as any different to diesel spills... |
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