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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Road charging 'many years away' |
| BigBen |
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 18:44
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| I'm glad the government have dropped this (for now at least)...obviously they saw it as political suicide if they brought it in.. The problem with using hard shoulders is...what's going to happen when someone breaks down on one, or if the emergency services need to quickly get to the scene of an acc... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Road charging 'many years away' |
| BigBen |
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 16:47
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| Road charging 'many years away' A national road pricing scheme cannot go ahead until concerns about privacy, fairness and enforcement can be answered, Ruth Kelly has said. The transport secretary also said new technology and local pilots were needed first. Her officials said any scheme would be &qu... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: 10mph motorway driver given ban |
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 16:21
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| She shouldn't be on the road in the first place....I wonder how many accidents she's caused by frustrated drivers overtaking her... Her Doctor has been treating her for 3 and a half years & he must have informed the DVLA of her condition (as stated here)... http://www.mssociety.org.uk/about_ms/v... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: 10mph motorway driver given ban |
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 15:36
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| http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7171154.stm 10mph motorway driver given ban A woman has been banned from driving for seven days after she drove along a motorway at speeds lower than 10mph. Stephanie Cole, 58, of Fishponds, Bristol, repeatedly braked as she straddled the hard shoulder of ... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Recalled vehicles 'go untraced' |
| BigBen |
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:59
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| http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7110487.stm Recalled vehicles 'go untraced' About 1.3m vehicles were recalled last year, Vosa said Manufacturers failed to trace more than 100,000 potentially defective vehicles last year, government figures reveal. The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (Vosa) said ... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Death crash father seeks reform |
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 02:30
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| http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7043455.stm Death crash father seeks reform Louise Jones (far right), with (left to right) Kayleigh Parry, Katie Roberts, Danielle Caswell A father whose 16-year-old daughter died with three of her teenage friends in a car crash has called for the driving test to be sc... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Nissan studies drink-proof cars |
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 01:01
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| http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6929931.stm Nissan studies drink-proof cars Nissans of the future could incorporate the drink-drive systems Japanese carmaker Nissan has unveiled new technology designed to detect whether a driver has been drinking. It includes odour sensors that monitor breath, ... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Life in the fast lane |
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:39
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| http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6913402.stm Last Updated: Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 10:06 GMT 11:06 UK Life in the fast lane Speeding drivers are increasingly being given the chance to pay their dues by joining awareness classes. After 20 years of driving without a blemish on her licence, Alison... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Seventy is Safer |
| BigBen |
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 13:17
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| westerndailypress SEVENTY IS SAFER Be the first reader to comment on this story BY BARRY LEIGHTON B.LEIGHTON@BEPP.CO.UK 08:00 - 23 July 2007 The West police force that sparked fury among motorists by using speed cameras to permanently monitor its stretch of motorway, yesterday claimed the move has ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: BBC Radio Bristol |
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 03:02
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| On Friday morning, they had a "debate" on Speed Cameras & Speed Awareness courses, and I found it one of the most awful pieces of journalism yet. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/noscript.shtml?/radio/aod/bristol_aod.shtml?bristol/dave_barrett_bristol What complete and utter bias. They had o... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speeding motorist 'faked death' |
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 19:46
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| http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/6419195.stm A woman who pretended to be dead to avoid a speeding conviction has been given a suspended jail sentence. Glenda Askew, 47, of Clase in Swansea, pretended to be her daughter and wrote to the court saying her mother had died in a car crash. She... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: First evidence of the great camera carve-up |
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 14:12
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| So if SCP money is being allocated elsewhere & thus the hours of operators are possibly being shortened, is this why some Police Forces are pushing the Community Speed Groups, where they get general busy bodies doing their dirty work for free? So in theory, it looks as if something is being done... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Toll of the tolls |
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 00:42
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| http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_headline=toll-of-the-tolls%26method=full%26objectid=18581976%26siteid=94762-name_page.html TOLL OF THE TOLLS Traffic Road charging could cripple the economy and cost thousands of jobs By Vanessa Allen And Jake Morris ROAD charging would be fatal to the tourism and ha... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Man arrested over '172mph drive' |
| BigBen |
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Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 18:33
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| Man arrested over '172mph drive' A motorist has been arrested on suspicion of driving at 172mph on a rural road. The 33-year-old man was detained by police who had been using a speed gun on a bridge over the A420 near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, on Saturday. The man has been released on police bail unti... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: 551 Government websites to be axed... |
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 19:40
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Motorist wins speeding test case |
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 14:27
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| http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/6197011.stm Motorist wins speeding test case A motorist has won a High Court battle to overturn a speeding fine after arguing he could not see the roadside warning signpost. John Coombes, from Wells, Somerset, was fined for speeding in a 30mph zone in 200... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Fewer MoTs, says gordon brown... |
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 13:08
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| Over time, the number of serious DIYers will no doubt diminish, as new cars are becoming more and more complicated to repair. With some, you need a laptop, rather than a spanner. Although, it could also mean that older cars are kept on the road when normally they are "retired" as they aren... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Killer Speed Cameras? |
| BigBen |
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Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 15:41
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| I'm not sure if this has been covered or not, but with Dr Ladyman's & the Government's rhetoric on Speed Cameras saving 50 lives a year, are there any "official" figures stating how many lives are lost per year, due to them? Either by drivers not concentrating on the road & hitting... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Fighting a losing battle? |
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 18:14
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| Are we fighting a losing battle? This government seems to be determined to control the behaviour of drivers & driving in this country. Would another party be any different? What with the nanny state, Speed Cameras, both fixed & mobile, now GPS tracking & speed limiters, is it just a matt... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Daily Express 11 May, SPY IN THE SKY ON MOTORISTS |
| BigBen |
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 14:53
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| This "policy" really is a load of tosh, and if ppl stand for this, then I'm definitely emigrating too. I can imagine the number of bike sales will shoot through the roof, and seeing as they don't cause congestion, they would be very cheap to run too, with no duty on fuel. I wonder if it did come on,... |
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