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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: What's the point?? |
| velocityraptor |
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 21:38
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Rigpig wrote: Seen them used as a temporary measure then get removed.
They have a short-term effect of making drivers think 'oops' and slow down, but it is rather temporary.
Im sure some drivers think like that, but our saxo sqaud seem to love it! I'd be interested in finding out how much it cost |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: What's the point?? |
| velocityraptor |
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 21:28
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| My home town of Aberdare seems to have moved into the new age of technology. Im not sure what you call them, but we've had our first sign that tells you how fast you are travelling. It isnt near a school or anywhere of use. It is just outside the town centre in a built up area just after a bend near... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Silly Rules |
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 21:20
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| I find it hard to believe anyone would think banning hand guns is silly. Because it only really affects law-abiding citizens. I don't think those people who are predisposed to shoot someone have really been put off by the legislation. Yes, but the legislation makes it harder to get hold of illegal ... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: TfLs' next purchase ? |
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 21:17
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| The police should buy these, they have more endurance than a helicopter, are more reliable, and when all else fails they could hellfire a stolen car! |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Silly Rules |
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 22:29
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| Gun crime and deaths were falling in the UK, but have risen recently mostly due to our changing population and incoming cultures which are more pre disposed to using firearms. I used the USA as an extreme example of what happens when gun laws are to lax. We are I believe one of the lowest in europe,... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Silly Rules |
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 21:58
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| I find it hard to believe anyone would think banning hand guns is silly. Last year the uk had 58 murders using firearms. Not bad! Very good compared to America which had 1,400, well by that I mean 1,400 lethal firearm accidents of which 181 were children under 14. The actual murder figures for Ameri... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Silly Rules |
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 21:29
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Thatsnews wrote: velocityraptor wrote: The ultimate 'silly rule'? .......... P.A.C.E. That's not silly. That transcends silliness into bloody stupidity! 
A-bloody-men! |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Silly Rules |
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 21:25
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| The ultimate 'silly rule'? .......... P.A.C.E. |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Silly Rules |
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 21:20
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| The 40 mph limit on the A56 Walton Bypass, Warrington. The 50 mph limit on the A34 Handforth/Wilmslow bypass. The 50 mph limit on the A666 Farnworth bypass. The 30 mph limit on the A6104 Victoria Avenue East, Manchester. You are probably right, many speed restrictions are plain stupid, and a result... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Drivers of longer cars to pay more for parking |
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 23:22
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| You're being silly now! A vecrtra, focus, A4, modeo etc are very different to fat dangerous (to all normal road users)4x4's. Silly? No. It's the logical next step - if the anti-large-car brigade manage to get rid of the largest cars currently on the roads, do you really think they'll stop at that, ... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Drivers of longer cars to pay more for parking |
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 22:16
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| Dunno? whats their braking distance, centre of gravity, handling characterisics? What happens to a hatch back they hit, or pedestrian? You know.....all the usual terrible characterisics that these things have. I don't know - it was you who raised the objection, so it's up to you to define what it i... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Drivers of longer cars to pay more for parking |
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 22:05
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| You're being silly now! A vecrtra, focus, A4, modeo etc are very different to fat dangerous (to all normal road users)4x4's. A familly saloon is practical and comfortable, 4x4's that potter around town all day and doing schoolr runs are a statement of wealth and stupidity (leaning heavily on stupid... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Drivers of longer cars to pay more for parking |
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 21:53
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| That said however I think its a bit harsh to increase it for a familly saloon such as the vectra :( Why? After all, a nice modern hatchback like an Astra/Focus/etc will seat 5 adults in reasonable comfort, and provide enough load-lugging capacity for most journeys, so why should anyone need somethi... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Drivers of longer cars to pay more for parking |
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 21:36
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| I think this is a great idea! Keep putting pressure on Chelsea tractors I say. They have a higher V.E.L., insurance, they eat fuel at a geometric rate, and kill people they hit with considerable ease. I personally believe that you would have to show a need to own a big 4x4 ie a farmer or towing hors... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Police outrage as plastic bobbies get pay rise backdated |
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Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 23:08
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| All of this over £30 million, parliment probably spends twice that on lunches! I think they've had it, forget all the other battles by unions against government, if the police get the right to strike the government will change their contracts in some sly way, this will then spark a strike, oh what a... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Police outrage as plastic bobbies get pay rise backdated |
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Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 22:23
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| 15,000 PCSOs in Britain today, that makes about 7,000 to 9,000 fully empowered proffesional investigating police officers. The choice is with everyone, have the government acted honestly? No they have ignored a the independent body that both sides said they would listen to (the police did, and accep... |
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Forum: Paul Smith, RIP Topic: Condolences |
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Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 23:15
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| Im very saddened to hear this. I first posted on this site a few years ago after hearing Paul on the radio. Ive only just come back to the site in the last couple of weeks and only heard him on the radio a week or so ago. His insightfull and tireless campaigning and the support he has, sets an examp... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Police 'Right to Strike' |
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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 22:23
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| Striking may or may not happen, but work to rule is easy and could be as equaly destructive in the long run, much of policng has been done on good will, the will is running out, a big showdown could be the kick in the balls this arrogant pig ignorant government needs. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: OMG, Just got a reply from Richard Brunstrom |
| velocityraptor |
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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 22:17
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| Brunstrum hasnt said anything in that email that is actually wrong, blunt, but not wrong. |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Says it all really! |
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 22:46
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| This could be due to the fact that the current administration does not view those who put their lives on the line to serve their country as real people, but 'resources'. They are a means to their end, nothing more. The current administration are, and have always been, obsessed with placing importan... |
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