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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: A56 speed limit reduction |
| Nemesis |
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 18:52
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Replies: 14
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| Does anybody know what is happening with this? Last I heard was that they'd partially backed down on the plans and only stretches around the junctions would be reduced - however that was at least 2 months ago. There have been greyed out 50mph signs at the start of the northbound section since around... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Auto Road safety and autism? |
| Nemesis |
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 15:09
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Replies: 47
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| I scored 19....lower than I expected as it is claimed that siblings of autism sufferers may exhibit one or two symptoms themselves. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Auto Road safety and autism? |
| Nemesis |
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 14:21
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Replies: 47
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| My brother is quite severely autistic and will never be able to drive a car safely. He is able to learn the mechanics of how to move, steer and control the speed of a car quite competently, and indeed has driven an automatic over 50mph under close supervision in a dual-controlled car. But the reacti... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: 10mph motorway driver given ban |
| Nemesis |
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 14:20
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Replies: 184
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| This talk of liability reminds me of a near miss I had about a year ago concerning a stationary car on a motorway. Posted here: http://www.safespeed.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11787 I would be very curious to know had I hit the car in question, whether Weepej thinks I should be liable or not. And ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Road Wars, Sky Three |
| Nemesis |
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Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 00:25
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Replies: 5
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| Just caught some of this - they've featured quite a serious looking crash directly under the view of a Speed Camera. The smashed up cars were literally across the Gatso markings on the road. Amazing that such a wonderful device could not prevent this crash :banghead: . And of course, on film the nar... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Testing the limits of civilised behaviour |
| Nemesis |
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Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 22:22
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Replies: 22
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| You know this sort of attitude really disappoints and annoys me too. I had a similar situation (not as severe) on the M62 on Saturday evening. Heading from Leeds to Manchester, the gantries start showing 50 and an arrow above L1 advising everyone to move over L2 and L3, (so should be MLM dreamland :... |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: First road rage incident, and hopefully last |
| Nemesis |
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Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 21:55
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| I was turning right, from stationary out of a hotel onto a fast straight NSL single carriageway. This would not be an easy turn at the best of times, but my view to the left was obscured by a breakdown van. It was relatively quiet but this is a fast straight section of road. Looked to my right - cle... |
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Forum: Paul Smith, RIP Topic: Condolences |
| Nemesis |
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Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 17:53
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Replies: 179
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| Very sad news, I too am very shocked to hear this. I wish I had gotten to know Paul better - a true fighter whom I had ultimate respect for. The world needs more people like him. My deepest sympathies and condolences to Claire and the rest of Paul's family. My support for the book and campaign will ... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Bus Lane Blitz! |
| Nemesis |
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 13:18
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Replies: 9
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| There is a bus lane near me on Didsbury Road in Heaton Mersey, (actually a continuation of Wilmslow Road mentioned in the article). The problem is that it runs up to a busy junction across a dual carriageway (Kingsway), and at the end of the bus-lane is a left-turn only lane. However all bus service... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Commuters facing £350 parking tax |
| Nemesis |
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 21:14
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Replies: 28
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| I am employed by an IT Outsourcing company but am permanently based on-site at the head-office of one of my employer's customers, (which is a major bank). The bank does not employ me, nor pay my salary but I use their car-parking space. And I never drive to any of the sites of my employer, so who's ... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: A56 speed limit reduction |
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 17:55
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Replies: 14
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| Even by today's standards of wholesale speed limit reductions I am stunned by this. I've been commuting along this full section for over two years, and it's one of the best quality dual carriageways I know. 80mph+ is perfectly safe under good conditions - the road itself is pretty much the same stan... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: R2 Jeremy Vine: Middle Lane Morons |
| Nemesis |
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 17:21
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Replies: 426
Views: 169490
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Does anybody recall the experiment from the USA, where all lanes were used by cars driving side-by-side exactly at the speed limit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuM2AfJ4fmc
This is exactly the sort of driving Peegee is advocating. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 1 in 50 crashes involve speeding (for most of us) |
| Nemesis |
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 15:34
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Replies: 17
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safetyman wrote: any-one out using the roads on a daily basis will know that speed is a major factor in most accidents
Speed is a factor in 100% of accidents. If nothing's moving, nothing will collide. |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: How Old Are You? |
| Nemesis |
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 14:22
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: R2 Jeremy Vine: Middle Lane Morons |
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 13:39
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Replies: 426
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| And when advised that you should move into lane 1 if you're not going to overtake anything within 30 seconds, his claim that "30 seconds is an incredibly short time" cracked me up. Other Middle Lane sitters defending themselves by claims that "it's safer to sit in the middle lane beca... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: R2 Jeremy Vine: Middle Lane Morons |
| Nemesis |
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 13:22
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Replies: 426
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| Yep, just heard it myself - what a moron!! |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Galaxy Zoo (Astronomy) |
| Nemesis |
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:46
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| Thanks for that - I'll register and start scouring some of our old "plates" ;-) Talking of astronomy, I noticed on the NASA site today that the Perseids this year fall when there is next to no moon. If you get a chance, sit out between 11PM and 3AM on Aug 11th/12th and look in the general... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Galaxy Zoo (Astronomy) |
| Nemesis |
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 23:04
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| I know Roger and a few others here are, like myself, into astronomy so thought I'd post this here.... http://www.galaxyzoo.org Project involving members of the public to categorise 1million+ galaxies. Interesting how they say they want real people to perform this task as they'll do a much better job... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: now unemployed due to smoking ban |
| Nemesis |
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 04:35
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Replies: 49
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RobinXe wrote: :stop: 
Agreed. This guy has talked nothing but shit since he registered. |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: ECHR Result: Case Lost |
| Nemesis |
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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 17:57
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Replies: 63
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| Anyone want to go back on topic? What has the ECHR judgement really done? I understand it as they have judged that driving a motor vehicle is a voluntary act that is subject to certain restrictions and legislation further to the 'right to remain silent' under the Human Rights act. I don't really ag... |
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