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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: bad days up north |
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 17:09
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| Yet the North-easts finest "boys in blue" have only been visible in this area on the straightest, and coincidently, the "fastest" sections of the A90 where it is dual carriageway, and more worryingly, this morning, this vastly overstretched body of men/women could spare 2 officer... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: What do we all drive? |
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Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:52
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I've reached the dizzy heights of a Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 (its the SXi mind , whatever that means !) 
And something for the weekend , Kawasaki ZX6R ( green of course)  |
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Forum: Polls Topic: Traffic cop - endangered species? |
| greengoblin |
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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 13:59
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| It very much depends on which route I take to work. If I take the back roads (B class and unclassified ) I could safely say that I've never seen one.. However if I take the A90 (nice piece of dual carriageway) I may well see them as often as once a month or more frequently even....... Now the cynic ... |
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Forum: Polls Topic: John Lennon |
| greengoblin |
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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 13:48
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Maybe because I'm only mid 30's I just don't get it , but I voted overrated because I think they were more "of their time " than anything else . 
P.S. If its any consilation I think Oasis are shite too ! |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Court considering jail for 112mph |
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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 13:49
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| I can't believe what I'm reading here ! I've been away for a couple of weeks and it looks like I've returned to a different site. I remember not long ago debating that PC Milton wasn't automatically dangerous JUST because of his speed , now everyone seems to be advocating locking this guy up on the ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Ten killed in one night |
| greengoblin |
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 14:51
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| I still believe cameras, used correctly, are a tool that can improve one aspect of road safety. But all they do is slow cars down for about 100 ft. (usually whether they are above the speed limit or not , had one slow to about 25 on a 40 dual carriageway in front of me last night :shock: ) How is t... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: BiB - 1, Mr Angry/Speed Cameras - 0 |
| greengoblin |
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 15:07
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Wasn't daveyboy was it ????  |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Where do you see yourself politically? |
| greengoblin |
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 13:44
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Oh no , apparently I'm a liberal lefty....
All yhose years in my youth as an angry punk have counted for nothing !!  |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: SHADES OF HEARTBEAT |
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 14:07
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Quote: I'd sooner pay £35 for having no / illegal number plate than £60 and 3 points for speeding.
I could be wrong but I believe that may only be the case for NO number plate .
Riding with a false one is a far more serious offence , possibly perverting the course of justice (whatever that is ?). |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: One for the cyclists round here |
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 15:19
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| As a Driver I treat overtaking a cyclist the same way as overtaking any other slower moving vehicle on the road (horse, tractor moped ......) and give a wide berth accordingly , regardless of width . ( You'd treat a horse with this respect so why not a cyclist !) As a cyclist I like to be overtaking... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: How Safe Are You On A Bicycle? |
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 14:18
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| How many cars have I seen accelerate to get past me - often quite dangerously - and then have to slam their brakes on because they, bizarrely, haven't noticed the queue of traffic just in front of them. Of course it's me that's holding them up as they cut back in front of me and attempt to run me o... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: How Safe Are You On A Bicycle? |
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 09:02
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Bloody hell . I only got 2 right and I cycle everywhere.
Buggered if I know how I'm even alive today !!!  |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Partnership reply on a motorcycle forum....! |
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 13:37
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Forum: General Chat Topic: "Child On Board" |
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 13:13
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| I'm glad you made this post . For years I have always wondered what the purpose of those signs were for...... I had wrongly assumed that perhaps I was meant to adjust my own driving in some way or accept driving errors on their part.... :? I can see now that they make sense......... if used correctl... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Footballer escapes ban......camera calibration wrong |
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Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 15:20
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| Am I right in thinking that the error would have been in favour of the driver, ie. he could have been going faster? G doesn't it mean he was going almost 50% faster? ie he covered what the machine thought was 1/2 mile in 16 seconds (roughly 109mph) but in fact he'd actually covered 3/4 mile in that... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Getting overtaken while turning right |
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 09:00
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| Just to add fuel to you're fire, a freind of mine was actually charged with driving with undue care and attention for colliding with a car turning right whilst he was overtaking . Surely the same scenario applies if someone turns left out of the same junction ? I have always believed that extreme ca... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: The death of a Brazilian at Stockwell underground station |
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 08:42
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Ah well . I guess he was asking for it then Daveyboy ...... give me strength  |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Car seized for speeding!!! |
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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 09:10
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| I would be sorry to see PaulF go . I will concede that sometimes he can tend to go off on a tangent , but feel that is just indicative of his obvious passionate nature, I doubt very much that he is the only one who feels like a pawn in a "big game"! I'm sorry that you (Paul) felt the need to chastic... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Justice? |
| greengoblin |
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 15:15
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| I also read this on Pepipoo. IMHO tragic as this case surely is , the decision taken to race (assuming they were racing) is a personal one , either party at any time could have made the decision to stop. There is too much emphasis on blaming someone else when something goes wrong in todays society, ... |
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Forum: Polls Topic: When you were done for speeding.... |
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 14:46
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| I answered none to scamera NIP. I have had one endorsement (81 in a 70) pulled by a police car for being a twat but that was 13 years ago ! :oops: However I think this highlights that it is not a desire to race about the countryside at break-neck speeds that fuels MY dislike of the honey-pot that is... |
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