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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Smoking in Cars,,My Mate's are now POLICEMEN. |
| Paul_1966 |
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 22:46
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| I see your point, the public access is probably what threw me. It's not unrestricted public access like a public street though, which is the point. It is private property to which the owner allows the general public access under certain conditions, either implied by the nature of the establishment ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Smoking in Cars,,My Mate's are now POLICEMEN. |
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 19:57
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smeggy wrote: Paul_1966 wrote: My view on smoking in pubs, restaurants, and so on is simple: It is a private establishment,... Is it?
Unless you know of any state-owned pubs and restaurants, of course it is. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: OMG, Just got a reply from Richard Brunstrom |
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 19:54
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| Possession of a driving licence is a privilege, not a right. I'm glad somebody else has commented on this, because this "driving is a privilege" line seems to be used more and more by the authorities these days. According to the law, when somebody passes the appropriate medical exams he i... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Smoking in Cars,,My Mate's are now POLICEMEN. |
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 19:41
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| My view on smoking in pubs, restaurants, and so on is simple: It is a private establishment, and so long as smoking remains a legal activity per se , then it should be entirely up to the owner/management as to whether smoking is allowed or not. Nobody is being forced to go to that establishment and ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: EU speed restriction on vehicles over 3.5t |
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 19:35
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| How long ago was it that the license categories were changed and newly licensed drivers only granted up to 3.5t -- Maybe 10 years or so? I think that may well account for increased popularity off the smaller vans. Those of us with older licenses were grandfathered and can still drive up to 7.5t. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Seatbelt law petition to No. 10 |
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Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 13:46
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| What's "plenty" as a percentage of the National fleet, would you say??? Of that "plenty" what proportion of the annual fleet's mileage do they do these days? I have no idea of the figures. All I can tell you is that around here you won't have to go far to see vehicles 20+ years ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: EU speed restriction on vehicles over 3.5t |
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Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 13:35
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| I just came upon this notice while looking for something on the Royal Mail website: http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content1?catId=400144&mediaId=61300695 This is the first I've heard of this new 56 mph limit on all vehicles over 3.5 tonnes. Given that the new law comes into effect in less th... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Jim Fitzpatrick calls for zero drink drive law |
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Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 13:31
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| My father used to tell of somebody he knew in the army during WWII. He said that his driving while sober was erratic and fast to the point that he didn't like riding with him, but it became much more steady after a couple of beers. |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Cheap overseas phone calls |
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 18:41
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| http://www.1899.com - Currently 5p connection plus 2p/min. http://www.18185.co.uk - Currently 4p connection plus 1p/min. Same rates on both for Thailand landlines or mobile phones. I can't guarantee what the service is like for Thailand though, as I normally only use them for calls to North America.... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Just been sent this - Re: Richard Brunstrom |
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 18:28
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Yokel wrote: We all know what we think of Blunderstorm, but how is he viewed abroad?
My American friends who have read about his exploits don't think much of him. It's not just his attitude toward motorists either. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Seatbelt law petition to No. 10 |
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 18:26
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| A lap belt in the centre rear seat was still acceptable fitment until a few years ago. There will be plenty of cars like this still on the road for some years to come. On my daily runabout I only have lap belts in the outboard rear seats as well. That's a 1987, and still likely to be in use a good ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Seatbelt law petition to No. 10 |
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 18:17
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| system-wide, only one fifth of occupants are not wearing their seatbelt at any one time (average figure for all occupant types of cars and vans for Oct 06), yet one third of serious injuries involve an unbuckled occupant. This is known as over-representation and, given the balancing effects of a la... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Seatbelt law petition to No. 10 |
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 17:43
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| O.K., I apologize for not getting back on this query before. The bi-annual survey of seatbelt wearing rates, conducted by TRL, shows a high compliance rate, especially for car drivers and front-seat passengers, although the numbers are lower for van drivers and rear seat passengers.[32] However, the... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Jim Fitzpatrick calls for zero drink drive law |
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 17:26
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| I believe that this is the primary evidence and remains more or less unchallenged Do you know how the "likelihood of serious collision" factor was determined in relation to blood alcohol level? If accurate, that graph would seem to suggest that somewhere around 0.05% is the limit beyond w... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Seatbelt law petition to No. 10 |
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 13:23
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Rigpig wrote: Point, well and truly missed. 
Funny, that's what I thought. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Seatbelt law petition to No. 10 |
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:55
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| Of course, they're not actually fitted to many of today's roadgoing cars - but then, neither are the types of belt you just mentioned either! They may not be fitted to cars being manufactured today, but they are still in service on older vehicles and their use is still mandated by law. I suppose I ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Jim Fitzpatrick calls for zero drink drive law |
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 19:13
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Seatbelt law petition to No. 10 |
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 18:47
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| Did you miss the 'corroboration' aspect. I'm trying to dig out the document that I had a few years ago which contains many examples, but I can't find it at the moment. I'll post some of the accounts when I can locate it. Just to make sure I understand you correctly, can you confirm: If there was a ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Jim Fitzpatrick calls for zero drink drive law |
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 18:34
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| Calls for a zero limit are ridiculous. Is somebody who blows a 0.005% any more likely to be impaired than somebody else who doesn't register at all? A true zero limit would effectively make it illegal to drive after eating a sherry trifle, brandy butter with Christmas cake, or even many cough syrups... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Seatbelt law petition to No. 10 |
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 14:39
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| So you are saying that even if the actual ratio of seat belts being beneficial vs. harmful was as close as 50.1% to 49.9%, you would still be happy for them to be mandatory? No thats not what I'm saying. So what are you trying to say then? You stated that if belts save on injuries, cost etc. even i... |
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