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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: HGV speed limit 56 or 60? |
| Ian |
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 21:00
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Replies: 25
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| If you are in a union get them to fight the issue of the written warning. It also might be a good idea to get the union to turn up at the annual drivers meeting with a lawyer who specialises in Road Traffic law and get them to explain matters to management in simple words. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speeding couple fined after saying they couldn't rememberwho |
| Ian |
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 23:48
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Replies: 127
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Of course if we returned to the days of traffic police dealing with drivers at the time the driver committed the offence  instead of using a semi automated processing system we would not have this problem would we. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Local Community Speedwatch |
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 21:51
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Replies: 36
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| Our so called community volunter plonks himself and his SID on the footway. Someone without the confidence to tell him to shift before they report him for obstructing the footway steps into the road without looking behind them straight into the path of a car - guess the rest. A great contribution to... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Uninsured Drivers and CIE ? |
| Ian |
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Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 22:20
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Replies: 35
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| When my sons were learning to drive I put them on my motor insurance and naturally had to sit down when told how much extra the premium would be. I then asked how much to keep them as a named drivers once the test had been passed. I was told that the premium would remain the same. My observation tha... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Eating and drinking behind the wheel |
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 17:15
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Replies: 21
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| Not only eating and drinking observe those around you on any motorway, applying make up, shaving, texting / phoning, sat nav fiddling, reading newspapers the list is endless yet these people never appera to come to the attention of the BiB |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: £3,300 for a new car in green tax blitz |
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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 21:52
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Replies: 11
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| Since new cars are more fuel efficient and getting more so all the time should we not have more of them and get the older less fuel efficient ones off the road? Al this will do is pursuade more of us to keep our old cars for longer. |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Shoddy legislation = Childcare Act 2006= bonkers policy |
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 21:16
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Replies: 11
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| As the other half of an OFSTED registered, fully inspected and insured registered childminder I know all about OFSTED. Most of their concerns relate to paperwork is the childminder observing the children and recording their development and progress? Does the childminder have policies and procedures ... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Straying’s over, Rover, the state is watching you |
| Ian |
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 20:55
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Replies: 22
Views: 9370
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| The Control of Dogs Order 1992 has required that a dog when in a public place must wear a tag with the owners name and address on it. For most people this has become a name and a phone number their own, their vets or even a company who will then put finder in touch with owner if Fido has become lost... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Ministers target climate change doubters |
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 20:45
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Replies: 41
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In Gear wrote "We have mollycoddled our young too much ... dumbed down their education .. and stunted the survival against all odds.. gene . perhaps" From all the good sense you write you must be over 45  |
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Forum: Near Misses and Crashes Topic: silly old bag |
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 21:49
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Replies: 27
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| In Gear wrote "A tidy car does help concentration" I have always felt that I drive better in a clean and tidy car. Not sure why this is maybe it is pride, feel good factor, confidence boost who knows but if it works for me it is a good excuse to keep washing and polishing the car despite t... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: it's in the post |
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 21:33
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Replies: 16
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| I always get the tax disc at the local village post office. Sub post offices need our support otherwise they close and we are all the poorer. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Ban dangerous police procedure of using the hard shoulder? |
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 21:06
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Replies: 64
Views: 31265
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| As one who drives on a motorway every day I would say that police need to stop more drivers not fewer. Driving standards during peek hours are getting worse a fact bourne out by the number of accidents some little more than bent metal others requiring parra medic attendance. I am not saying more fix... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Question about headlight incident that happened ages ago |
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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 21:40
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| A lot probably depends on drivers attitude and the absence of other issues. Defective headlight good enough reason to stop and breath test. Zero so let go on way they could issue a vehicle defect rectification scheme notice in respect of the head light but what is the point if the driver is co-opera... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: Lunatic at large in Cheshire - CW. |
| Ian |
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Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 21:07
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Replies: 4
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| Am I missing something here but FOUR witnesses all should be able to say 'At (day date time and place I was riding ....) ' They can also say what effect the incident had on them. As non professional witnesses their statements should be taken from them independantly of course. Suspect vehicle is trac... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: Asda's Pedal Power under fire from ACT |
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Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 20:55
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Replies: 13
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| One problem is today few people know how anything works or is put together. When I was young you learned how to put a bike together from your dad or your uncle. They showed you how wheels were built, how to fix a flat tyre, adjust the gears and if you did not have a repair kit you packed the tyre wi... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: M4 Speed Cameras |
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Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 20:36
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| The cameras are over head and were installed last week in connection with the roadworks due to start soon. They are both the west and east bound csides. There are signs adjacent to the gantry saying Cameras Not In Use, well they were there on Friday evening, and there is no indicated speed limit low... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: How clean is your licence? |
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 18:14
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Replies: 8
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| Words of Advice Yes :clap: Vechicle Defect Rectification Notice if a slightly wrong attitude perhaps :clap1: FPN If very very bad attitude and definately not to make up the number so some bix ticking boss can claim to have met his or her target. :x As for my licence still as clean as the day I got i... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: East Riding villagers mount speed patrols |
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 21:00
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Replies: 11
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| This evening one of the local busy bodies was out with his Council issue SID taking up the whole of a narrow footway and the only way to get around him would have been to walk through a hawthorn hedge or step out into the road. Very dangerous in my view for those walking with children as you are for... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Is Driving Under The speed Limit |
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 20:23
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Replies: 80
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| Fisherman wrote “Just how bad would driving have to be before you consider a penalty to be appropriate?” By this I take it you mean a financial penalty. Why does it have to a financial penalty? A driver improvement course would be a penalty in the same way that a Community Order is would it not? If ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Is Driving Under The speed Limit |
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 21:46
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Replies: 80
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| And the point of prosecuting this little old lady was??????? Yes she was a danger but would not a better course of action have been to send her on a driver improvement course. Have her driving properly evaluated and if she is capable of driving safely with training spend the £200 fine money on drivi... |
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