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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Lane discipline and motorway junctions. |
| flyingbanana |
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:26
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| I see this often on the M40 J15/M42 J3 Northbound. HGV's position in lane 2 rather early, and slow down traffic in lanes 1 & 2 for the M42. It's very annoying. This is just next to a 'authorised vehicles only' ramp at the side of the carriageway. It doesn't help that this section has recently ha... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Driving challenge - inattentional blindness |
| flyingbanana |
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 13:41
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| This test seems to give you 3 tasks to do simultaneously: 1. Process and respond to driving hazards 2. Listen and respond to a phone conversation 3. Count coloured T-shirts. I'm not sure if 3 is supposed to be a proxy for 1. but I gave up on counting T-shirts and failed back to observing hazards. I ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Case Won! A33 Southampton. Unenforcable 5 camera route! |
| flyingbanana |
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Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:51
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Replies: 89
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| >>when in reality they don't have to tell you anything of the sort and essentially you have abosolutey no right to know. Some partnerships actually advise daily on local radio in the traffic bulletins which streches of road they are enforcing. It's matter of operational strategy for the partnership ... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: "Radar gun trial sees cut of 2mph" |
| flyingbanana |
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 16:32
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| I'm afraid I tend to be a 'limit lurker', which on a couple of occasions has saved me from the "Safety Partnership Lurkers" who like to enforce these 'buffer zones' outside villages on rural roads, particularly when the 'buffer zone' is on a bend! Also for IAM and ROSPA test purposes you h... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Do you want to know the truth? - Basingstoke Gazette |
| flyingbanana |
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 16:25
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| Watchdogs refuse to disclose figures, Thu 19 Apr 07 ANTI-SPEEDING watchdogs have refused to reveal how many road users have been caught by a set of cameras on the A339 near Basingstoke. From Basingstoke Gazette Last month, The Gazette applied under the Freedom of Information Act to find out how many... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Under 12s in your car must have safety seats |
| flyingbanana |
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 13:01
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| keycare said: >> 1. All over the news is the claim that this legislation will save up to >> 2000 childrens lives a year. We does this figure come from. From the RoSPA car seat site, in conjunction with THINK! (http://www.childcarseats.org.uk/carrying_safely/casualty_statistics.htm) Child Car Passeng... |
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