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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speeding Bikers |
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Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 20:14
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Replies: 24
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| they can't photograph my face when i use a mirrored visor. |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: brunstrom again! |
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Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 12:39
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Replies: 4
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| cheers paul. the way it was reported it sounded like something new being quoted. glad it isn't. |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: brunstrom again! |
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Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 05:11
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| just read ride magazine oct 04 issue page 16 there's a snippet saying brunstrom wants to place speed cameras up to 12 miles either side of any accident site. bikers are apparently a particular problem by slowing down for the cameras then speeding up again and crashing on the next corner. his words n... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Born again bikers |
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Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 21:17
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Replies: 9
Views: 5970
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| definitely shop around for insurance. my renewal in july said 603 fully comp for 3 year old cbr600. googled uk motorbike insurance, ended up with 225 fully comp. 378 quid saved for 10 minutes work! the stupid thing is my car is 291 fully comp, how is a diesel nissan almera more of a risk than a spor... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Mis- Use Of Headlights? |
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Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 14:41
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Replies: 14
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| i like the idea of real time monitoring instead of scameras. would that involve some sort of ... well trained, experienced traffic police? that's a good idea. maybe we should get rid of scameras and try this instead! btw, reading some of the more intelligent posts on this website has made me sign up... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Screen pillars and vision obscuration |
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Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 05:01
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Replies: 31
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| i checked the list in the what car link and my current tin box (nissan almera) comes out as exactly average of those tested. which scares me bloody well rigid! i know to look around the a pillar and move my head to get the full picture of what may be coming towards me. mainly cos i also ride a motor... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: If you have done nothing wrong..... |
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Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 01:17
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Replies: 1
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Mis- Use Of Headlights? |
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 05:22
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Replies: 14
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| bikers flash each other warnings all the time, certainly in north wales where i do most of my riding. i know this is widespread in france, where double or multipe flashes mean speed trap ahead. maybe this idea needs extending to the populace as a whole? |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Awareness |
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 05:17
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Replies: 33
Views: 13934
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| awareness i drive a car pretty much every day, i also have a motorbike that tends to be used mainly at weekends (you can't carry pc's, servers, cisco routers etc on a honda cbr600, even with panniers!). i believe that awareness is the MOST VITAL component of any driver/ rider on the roads. if you ar... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: cloned cars |
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 04:07
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Replies: 5
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| a friend of mine had a problem with cloning years ago he ran a ford orion as a taxi in liverpool. first he knew of cloning, several armed plod arrived at 5am, smashed his front door in, stormed the house, guns pointed to his head etc. turned out the clone had been used for armed robberies in manches... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: HGV40 madness |
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 03:34
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Replies: 21
Views: 11616
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| to all who struggle to overtake, particularly when there are queues of snails on an otherwise open road. plan 1: sit back and enjoy the scenery plan 2: buy a motorbike and blitz the snails ps plan 2 will get you in deep sh*t in derbyshire, north wales and the lake district to name but three. pps pla... |
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