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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Contributory factor data is out |
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:06
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| The headline read out on 5 live states that speeding is responsible for 15% of all KSIs or 28% of fatalities. Where are they getting this from? They also seem to be cherry picking reductions (like the drink-driving reduction). Didn't the actual fatality reducty amount to about 1% over last year? Thi... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Speeding laws face human rights test |
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 13:18
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Replies: 105
Views: 52512
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They need to give our government a chance to fudge the law again before passing down judgement  |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Stealth 4x4 |
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 17:26
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Replies: 150
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| I'd be interested to know where a car like the Honda CRV fits in the anti 4x4 brigade? My wife drives one and it has been superb. We live half a mile up a farm track, she's a GP so needs reliable 'go nearly anywhere' transport and although not a true 4x4, coped better with the snow and ice that we h... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Under 12s in your car must have safety seats |
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 13:46
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Replies: 43
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| A few things that have annoyed me about this legislation:- 1. All over the news is the claim that this legislation will save up to 2000 childrens lives a year. We does this figure come from. If 3500 or so people die as a result of an RTA, are over half of these deaths, unrestrained children in cars?... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: car sharing (easy get out) |
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 17:53
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Replies: 23
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What legislation will they use to prosecute?
Do they define what is meant by a passenger?
A growing number of estate cars and SUVs now have privacy glass!
The only way this can be enforced is by real police. That'll be the day! |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Children under 12 or 4'5" will have to use child restra |
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 13:37
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Replies: 15
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| No matter how hard I pull the seat belt when installing a childseat I am never satisfied with it's rigidity, espcially for side-on collisions. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Children under 12 or 4'5" will have to use child restra |
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:32
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| Isn't it about time that car makers made proper height adjustable seat-belts for the rear of cars or made the seat bench height adjustable. Why, when so many new cars are fitted with ISOFIX mounting points is there only 1 ISOFIX child seat available in this country (Britax) which is the most expensi... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Trafpol speeding and driving in an intimidating manner |
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 13:43
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| Driving to work on the M4 South Wales this morning I noticed a car approach very quickley in my rear-view mirror. As it got closer I could see the police livery. This was a 2 lane stretch of motorway and I was on cruise at just under 75mph passing a load of slower vehicles. He approach and sat about... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Ladyman on Top Gear |
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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:30
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Replies: 43
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| Clarkson missed an even greater opportunity than the RTTM topic. I was screaming at the TV when the minister said, if you don't speed you won't get caught. Clarkson should have retorted with, 'that's assuming that they are accurate, and they're not, ask Trevor!' :twisted: Innocent people have everyt... |
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Forum: Brainstorming Topic: Roundabouts & Traffic Lights - An Idea |
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 13:22
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Replies: 4
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| Whilst waiting (again) at my favourite roundabout, cursing the fact that they have now switched the traffic lights on permanetly. I got thinking about how to improve traffic flow and reduce the confusion that reigns when the traffic lights are off (in part time systems) and reduce the frustration of... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Great Speed Gun Scandal |
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 17:37
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Replies: 22
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Reasonably doubt doesn't apply to speeding cases 
At least not when we have the 'zone of probability' theory. |
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Forum: CSCP Refugees Topic: Forum outrage - forum outage |
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 14:05
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Replies: 81
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Impersonating a police officer is a criminal offence.
If this person is not employed by the constabulary concerned, the act of using that constabulary's letter head and therefore leadgin the recipient to believe they are receiving an official police notice could be considered an offence. |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Off-roaders get clean bill of health |
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:54
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Replies: 24
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| Take a look at the emmissions of a Honda CRV petrol and diesel and compare them to any mondeo sized family car. It's one of the cleanest and safest (passanger and pedestrian) cars around - let alone 4x4s. What I find annoying is that while most mainstream 4x4s take up the same footprint as a family ... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Bio-fuel in the UK |
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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 17:11
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Replies: 51
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| Just checked some web sites and found that biodiesel is only about 4-6p/litre cheaper than DERV. Is that due to taxation and duty or just economies of scale? I still would be seriously interested in using it as I have space for another oil storage tank. Do I need a licence to store 2500 litres of he... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Bio-fuel in the UK |
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 16:45
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It is also very difficult to get hold of biodiesel!!
How can the government justify taxing it at all? |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Inside Out |
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 10:34
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Replies: 208
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conspicuous by his absence...
no sign of JJ for the last few pages of the debate...better dry clean that interview suit and brush up on that book...interview techniques for bullshitters.  |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Inside Out |
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 17:14
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Replies: 208
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| I have yet to see an LTI20.20 used on a moving platform Hmmm....so you don't use mobile scamera vans then! Y'know, the ones with wheels and sprung suspension. Vans than tilt and bounce when HGVs pass them or a gust of wind blows. Platforms that move when the scamerati moves around in them farting a... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Inside Out |
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:32
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Replies: 208
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The Lti unit itself does not know whether it is hand held or on a tripod, static or moving.
So it follows that if slip can be obtained by pointing a moving Lti at a stationery object, it must follow that slip can be obtained by pointing a stationery lti at a moving object. |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: The new licensing laws |
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:49
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Replies: 20
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| Sorry, I was misunderstood. I am not advocating increasing the cost of alcohol, it's the 2 for 1 offers, doubles for the price of singles, £10 to get in and all you can drink that I think encourages binge drinking. My other tongue-in-cheek suggestion is to ban lager and cider! If all you could get i... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: The new licensing laws |
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 15:53
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Replies: 20
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| I think the government should be alot harsher on establishments who discount alcohol, after all, people have finite resources and cannot afford to drink all night every night. Also, I would prefer to go out for a meal before heading off to the pub, the way licencing laws are currently set up, most o... |
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