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Forum: General Chat Topic: New Scamera torched |
| Dratsabasti |
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 19:35
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Forum: Trucking Topic: Truck Theft |
| Dratsabasti |
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Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 18:52
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Replies: 5
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| The usual suspects are not interested unless there is some free advertising for themselves involved. Remember Jeremy Clarksons "incident" on Top Gear, they were all out of the woodwork then making complaints about how they had been inundated with calls of complaint, then urtu said they had... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Was it the Drivers fault? |
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Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 22:44
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Replies: 31
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Was it the Drivers fault? |
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Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 01:54
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Do as I say, not do as I do |
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Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 01:28
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Replies: 23
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| Sarah Fatica, from the road safety charity Brake, said the figures were "incredibly worrying". She said: "We would expect the police to obey the law at all times. "Even in emergency situations they should not risk a life to save a life." Does she really mean that? :o Brainw... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Bloody Hellfire! |
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Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 01:00
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| He was also in Lane 3, which is also 7.5ton limited. As a truck driver myself, I totally agree with the sentence, but there should have been a deportation notice on the end of it, with an order to never darken our country with his presence ever again. We drivers, of all vehicle should deplore this s... |
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Forum: Trucking Topic: Tilt brakes |
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 13:37
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| My company has some trailers fitted with this system. I've only had experience with it activating once and it scared me, it also scared the wotsit out of the car driver who was attempting to overtake me on the roundabout, M18 n/b onto the M180, as he suddenly got a cloud of tyre smoke in his face. Y... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Deaths and police pursuits top BBC headlines..again |
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 13:21
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| In Gear, as far as I am concerned, you do not have to defend the Police in these sorts of situations. These people made their own decisions, to break the law, to ignore a legal order to stop, to drive like idiots. I was watching Essex Interceptors yesterday, and one cretin decided to make off in his... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Sussex - C-Class Merc Traffic officer eating while driving! |
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 22:57
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Book to Buy ? ? |
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 21:58
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Replies: 6
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I shall certainly keep my eyes open for that book.
Can I suggest you try a book by Michael Crichton called "State of fear", excellent read, leaves you to make your mind up about global warning et all, and gives BOTH sides of the argument. |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Ex-Cop took on North Wales Police over speeding fine |
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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 22:50
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| Hmm let's weigh the running cost of a police helicopter against the cost of a speeding fine ? Hardly rocket science. North Wales Police should be ashamed of themselves for even contemplating using such an expensive piece of technology for what is in essence down to traffic patrols to do :welcome: I... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: 80s TV advert |
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 23:11
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| Was sent this by my petrolhead Sister, you know, the 65 year old, single, school teacher, in Kuwait, drives a Mustang muscle car and listens to music like Marilyn Manson. You've got to like someone like that. http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Isusu+Gemini+advert&hl=En&sitesearch=#q=Honda... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Carbon Credits |
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 23:07
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Replies: 13
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| I the muppets are capable of making this system work, God help us all. But, if everyboy can be given a card like this, why not use it to record the state of your Car tax, MOT and insurance status, and have to present it before you can buy fuel for your vehicle, I'm sure they could design it so that ... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: The GOS |
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Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 23:11
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Shobba |
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Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 23:09
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Here's a cartoonist with his finger on the pulse.
Stolen from this months Truck and Driver magazine.
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Perhaps a Berlin Wall Structure to Barricade? |
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 11:52
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Replies: 2
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Serious condolences to the family and friends of this lad, it should not have happened.
And even more serious thank to the family who didn't try to blame the driver for the incident, and in fact want to use their son's death to educate other kids in the dangers of playing about on the roads. |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Way To Go! Neil Hamilton! |
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Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 16:36
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| Neil Hamilton was my brothers MP while he was in parliament. Even he says Neil appears to be a complete prat, but underneath is a very intelligent man, and very astute. I have read a number of his SE articles over the years, and he takes his serious subjects very seriously, but takes the wee wee out... |
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Forum: Trucking Topic: HGV Training Y/N? |
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Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 22:52
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Replies: 25
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| The biggest problem you will come up against is the two year rule. It's great passing your test, but very few employers will touch you until you have two years experience. So where will you get this experience, no one will give you a job, so you can't get the experience. Your only answer seems to be... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Beware HGV drivers! |
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Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 22:23
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Replies: 18
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| on another occasion one of my colleagues was behind me heading south so its early hours (probably around 0330) when a small vehicle passed us (individually as there was a gap). i gave them a couple of winks to show the road was clear anyway and it turned out to be a small police van. he pulled in f... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: The best development in cars in 50yrs? |
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Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 22:10
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Replies: 24
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| Looking at the other side of the coin, the worst development has to be the catalytic converter. It doesn't do what it say's on the tin. To obtain 2gms of 98% pure platignum, the amount required for a CC, you have to mine 600kgs of expensively found ore, then put it through 6 months of polluting proc... |
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