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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Interesting court decision |
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 14:21
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Parking against the flow of traffic (Highay Code) |
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 14:11
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patdavies wrote: Oscar wrote: I thought parking lights were the ones operated by the indicator switch when the ignition is off  No, parking lights is the first position of the lights switch - although many, many drivers insist on driving with only these lights on 
And a lot of these with foglights too...  |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: "Wannabe Police" Highways Officers? |
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 16:58
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| - Is their training and experience really good enough to deliver safe behaviour in motorway situations? Personally I don't think it is. Given the number of times I've seen their range rovers parked on the hard shoulder with the front end pointing towards to motorway and the wheels turned to the rig... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Make room for horses? |
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 14:07
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| They are telling the traffic to stop, but they're not old enough to hold even a provisonal licence and were barely in control of there animals. Surely they should have to be supervised by an adult. They didn't seem to like being followed by a tractor and trailer and a Honda VTR 1000 SP2 with Akrapo... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Political correctness sees Tom and Jerry cartoons banned |
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 17:54
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| Well, some extreme vegetarians/vegans to put their dogs and cats on a vegetarian diet. Apparently a dog can cope with it, just about, but a cat's metabolism is different and it's a death sentence :neko: Cats do just fine - they'll go out and find themselves something that squeaks or chirps and make... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Partnership logic. |
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 21:35
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camyug wrote: It is impossible for any driver to make a judgement about any road that is more sound than the speed limit set.'
Hm.
I guess it's ok to travel at 60 on a NSL B-road during rush hour in freezing fog, then. There I was thinking that it might be a good idea to slow down... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Driving Licence Checks |
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 20:58
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Replies: 24
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| What could be easier than taking a photocopy of the licence. Why should I sacrifice my privacy for the sake of "ease of admin" I have found that is you are honnest with your employees they will probably be honest with you. If you don't have that your business is going down the pan. With s... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Driving Licence Checks |
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 20:27
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| Gizmo, As I said, the primary reson for adopting this approach is actually ease of administration, rather than actually trying to catch anybody out (although that's what most people fixate on!). According to the HSE, licences have to be checked - there's no getting around that. Would you object on t... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Driving Licence Checks |
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 20:02
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| I have a company car. They take a photo copy of it every year...thats all the need to do.. :wink: If they gave me a consent form to sign I would refuse. They have not right to access that information. This smacks of lack of trust in the honesty of their employees. That is control freak stuff. I wou... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Driving Licence Checks |
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 17:50
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| I asked this question because I run risk management programmes for company car and van fleets - we do a comprehensive risk assessment which includes licence checking as one element. We then look at the full picture (type of car, mileage, age, location, accident history, points, etc) and put drivers ... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Make room for horses? |
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 09:37
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| Another rider here! This thread has made very interesting reading - it reflects what I see practically every time I ride on the road. You have the rider who says "It's my right to be here, and to hell with everybody else", the rider who is careful and courteous to other road users, the dri... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Driving Licence Checks |
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Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 16:04
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| Why not just sign the form? |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Introducing folk with a special interest in Motorcycling |
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Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 15:49
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Passed my DAS last October - my 2nd go as managed to pick up 15 stitches in my leg in the course of my first attempt!!
Currently sans bike, but eyeing every Thundercat I come across... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Driving Licence Checks |
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Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 14:13
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| Interested to hear peoples' thoughts on this. Scenario: Your job involves driving, and your company gives you a car/car allowance. They say that they need to check your driving licence for duty of care reasons, and ask you to complete a form giving your permission for them to get your licence detail... |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: Ban company policies that encourage dangerous driving |
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Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 13:40
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| It probably sounds cruel but until it is noted on accident reports if the driver(s) involved where on comapny business it doesn't stand a cat in hell's chance, a few deaths would also help. Neither the HSE or Police see it as 'their' problem !! First post, so be gentle! :) Since late 2004, traffic ... |
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Forum: Safe Speed in the News and Media Topic: Fleet News, July 13th 2004 |
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 14:42
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Just googled my own name and found this (egotistical of me, I know!)
I'm still around, a lone voice in the wilderness, trying to keep my head while all around me are losing theirs... |
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