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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Blackpool cameras |
| Chris The Sheep |
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:00
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Replies: 34
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| I just love the way Blackpool scammers are out and about on sundays with their mobile tax machines to get you after you have negotiated all the fixed cameras safely without killing any one crossing the road while you keep checking you have'nt absentmindedly crept over the 30 limit. Favourite spot s... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Blackpool cameras |
| Chris The Sheep |
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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 22:01
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| As a resident of Blackpool I can confirm that it's a nightmare! I got myself six points at a mobile site - five days apart, got caught the second time before I even knew about the first - on one of those roads that used to have a 40 limit. There's one just before a junction on Devonshire Road that's... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Traffic light camers |
| Chris The Sheep |
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 13:22
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Replies: 54
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| It really worries me that so many people put jumping red lights morally at the same level as speeding. OK, so it might look harmless on a roundabout around a motorway junction, but in town most traffic lights are also pedestrian crossings. The extended red light phases we're seeing aren't just to 'c... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: A5 Tamworth (M42) / Dordon - what the heck is the limit? |
| Chris The Sheep |
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 20:17
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Replies: 8
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| OMG, that's depressing! I've been driving down the A5 between Cannock and Hinckley for nearly twenty years. When I started it was mostly NSL, with 30s in towns and villages, and very little enforcement. There were few bypasses, and much of the road was in poor condition and at night could be pretty ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: A5 Tamworth (M42) / Dordon - what the heck is the limit? |
| Chris The Sheep |
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 13:56
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| Thanks - I think next time I'll retrace my steps and take notes - when I travel it's usually a Sunday and there's no traffic problem - and very little surrounding traffic to match my own speed with. Unfortunately the days when you could use logic or common sense are long gone - it wouldn't surprise ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: A5 Tamworth (M42) / Dordon - what the heck is the limit? |
| Chris The Sheep |
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 19:55
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| I regularly drive down the A5 to Hinckley, and the last couple of times have been confused by the limit southbound from the A5 / M42 junction (Tamworth Services) to the village of Dordon. Can any locals clarify? You approach the A5 / M42 roundabout down the dual-carriageway, NSL Tamworth bypass. On ... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Times: reduce rural speed limits spin |
| Chris The Sheep |
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 19:30
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Replies: 40
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| Well-balanced argument there between Messrs Wolmar and Gill, I think not. Kerry Gill, while basically right, lets himself down by describing the driver sticking to the limit as a 'smug fanatic'. Well I'm sorry, I stick to the limit because the sons-of-bitches landed me with six points and I need my ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Jeremy Clarkson on Gatsos |
| Chris The Sheep |
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 10:09
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| maybe we have some like-minded individuals working within EDS etc Rest assured the government is quite capable of mucking things up by itself and then blaming the likes of EDS when years of indecision and micro-management don't get the results they want. It's the same problem everywhere - a governm... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: About our visitors |
| Chris The Sheep |
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 19:59
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Replies: 103
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| Hi all, I've been hanging around this site for a while, and finally decided to join because I see more sense here than anywhere else. I live in Blackpool, work in IT, been driving since 1982, and got my motorcycle licence in July 2005, since when I've sold my car and use the bike every day. I was dr... |
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