loads a money
Doesn't this just show how the noblest of objectives can be debased by grubby little people who's first thought is cash? Undercover probe reveals the 'buckets of money' made from speed cameras By DENNIS RICE...
If that's the IAM, you can keep it
Silk I've never driven an HGV, but IME driving up to 7.5T, and small PSV : 1) Driving larger vehicles requires...
What a dreadful accident.... Two dead in six vehicle M6 crash
Monday, 16 October 2006, 12:42 UK Two dead in six vehicle M6 crash Two people have been end and two more left seriously injured after a six vehicle...
Can satnav negotiate Whitehall maze
The Times October 16, 2006 Can sat-nav negotiate Whitehall maze? By Sam Coates, Political Correspondent THEY have tried to send drivers over cliffs, through rivers and into ditches. Now satellite navigation...
Can satnav negotiate Whitehall maze 772
In uk.rec.gps, nospam belched forth and ejected the following: I hate to say this but yes. When in a very unfamiliar place where you don't know which lane to be in or when...
Can satnav negotiate Whitehall maze 773
DervMan ... Yeas, handy that. "Turn left in 100 yards" - "Err, didn't we just pbutt that one?". They can be...
Can satnav negotiate Whitehall maze 774
and if that map reader is the driver as well, thats even more dangerous. A least with...
Evading Specs 775
It was mentioned on the Wright Stuff this morning as one of the headlines (unchallenged) to lots of laughter in the studio. Given that SPECS is only used through roadworks AFAIK, and this is to...
Evading Specs 776
On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:18:22 +0100, Mike Henry As I understand it from the Speed Check Services SPECS presentation cameras appear to operate in pairs. There is an Entry Camera...
Nearly made me late for court. 777
Compare the car par reciepts with the train tickets sold, that tells a different story. There they have a real train set with joined up lines and generally a good...
Nearly made me late for court. 778
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, NM is it still something like 4 or 5 trains a day each way? It really does have a...
Nearly made me late for court. 779
The only comment I can make on this whole affair is **** happens. I live in Cornwall...
Nearly made me late for court. 780
Alex W What I will put to you NM is I I aware of the delays caused by the by-pbutt construction and as I pbutt this way frequently I know when to expect the...
Nearly made me late for court. 781
You may not need this line, though I note from another ng that your attendance in court was on a charge of a motoring offence, so...
Sig discussion
Where oh where have you been my darling Kyle? -- These are genuine clips from British Council flat tenants complaining to the Council about problems with their flats: * My bush is really overgrown round the front...
The vanishing veil
In the UK it's considered rude for people to cover their faces when interacting with you. Covering your face is also, in some circumstances, loveually provocative. Many of these Muslim...
Ditch your safe car for a risky car says government 785
Brimstone At a ROSPA conference recently I saw a video reconstruction of a an estate car pushing a small car into a tree at...
OT: a lesson for all
Take care over revealing your personal details, there's some seriously disturbed people out there. Internet user admits 'web-rage' An internet user has been found guilty of...
Is this normal procedure 787
Welcome. We may appear unfriendly, but that's mostly because we're really really oppressed here (as motorists in Blair's Britain I mean), When motoring sections of the newspapers are subjected to 'politically correct' censorship that limits...
Is this normal procedure 788
Yes I am only too aware of our current political climate but instead of unpleasant womaning about it on Usenet I fought hard and long during the...
Yet ANOTHER type of camera van
Having seen a CCTV Van, a Tax Disc Van, numerous speed camera vans, today I saw the latest spy van to appear in my area. It is...
The Photo Wall in A Speed Camera Van
Targeted individuals, registration numbers and photographs of drivers, cars and motorcyclists and certain other people have been...
OI OI ! have a laugh at these fools 791
They would have to be a lot more reliable first. I saw the bollard nearest St...
OI OI ! have a laugh at these fools 792
SteveH try it, punk !! BANG (failed, here's the invoice) already happens with speed bumps so no change there then, eh ? f*** off you turd, if that's what...
OI OI ! have a laugh at these fools 793
is there now going to be a flashing sign saying danger, the car in front is going to have...
OI OI ! have a laugh at these fools 794
he also said it bollards could replace speed cameras and speed bumps... it was only later he started to talk about 20 mph so its not overly clear what he...
The Oldest Drivers in Britain 795
Daytona wrote in I pbutted the IAM test in 1990. About 10 years later I approached my...
The Oldest Drivers in Britain 796
It's not so much changing abilities that's the issue IMO, it's that people think they own the road, think they can get away with breaking the...
The Oldest Drivers in Britain 797
Just because one fails the test doesn't make one a dangerous or even a bad driver! You can fail because you're nervous or...
The Oldest Drivers in Britain 798
How about, every has to retest every 10 years, within 3 months of their initial pbutt date (solves the back log situation and drivers could be notified just before...
New car running costs at £462 per month RAC's Cost of Motoring Index
October 20, 2006 Creeping costs spell more misery for motorists Despite recent reductions in fuel prices, new figures reveal the cost of...
MPH to KPH
30 down to 20 for non-arterial single carriage way roads in town makes sense (ie residential areas) however if you...
Converting the MPH to KPH on Renault digital dash
I've been looking for an answer to this for ages, and I suspect some other Renault drivers too who have a digital dash. I do a lot...
Are cyclists allowed to race on public roads 802
So, 'motorists' who, by definition drive 'motor' vehicles on public roads ARE paying to use those roads. (Although that is besides the point...
Are cyclists allowed to race on public roads 803
Matt B Whatever. Parking on double yellow lines, parking on pavements; I'm sure you know what I mean. Blocking the...
Are cyclists allowed to race on public roads 804
Do you know what "decriminalised" means? Have you asked the council to reinforce the pavement and provide adequate parking where it is obviously required? So...
Are cyclists allowed to race on public roads 806
Matt B You are being an arse. What is needed is an explanation of "validity" in the context of your post, because...
Are cyclists allowed to race on public roads 807
On Fri, 20 May 2005 13:55:05 +0100, "Matt B" For some values of "like" and indeed "all". If you want to appreciate one important difference between taxes and...
Are cyclists allowed to race on public roads 808
No it isn't it is to raise revenue. So why don't they tax the use of fats high in polyunsaturates in the same way...
Are cyclists allowed to race on public roads 809
Matt B Quite. Preventing congestion accounts for 90% of TROs. The remainder are around schools and so on for safety. I...
Are cyclists allowed to race on public roads 810
It is cheaper and quicker for me to take the bike and trailer to do the weekly shop than the car. I cope quite happily with small kids by bike. In fact...
Are cyclists allowed to race on public roads 811
wrote in message You're lucky too then. You must live close enough to shops for...
Are cyclists allowed to race on public roads 812
On Fri, 20 May 2005 17:19:46 +0100, "Matt B" Try "sensible". I know a lot of people do choose to live so far...
Are cyclists allowed to race on public roads 813
Fine if you have the choice and the resources. Excuses for what? Well done! What...
Are cyclists allowed to race on public roads 814
On Fri, 20 May 2005 23:37:40 +0100, "Matt B" Ah, so you were forced at gunpoint to live where you do? I have lived in a number of places, none of them...
Are cyclists allowed to race on public roads 815
How far would you reckon that is then? the upper limit on shops being within practical cycling distance. More than the median number in a family with kids. As for cycleways, we do have...
Are cyclists allowed to race on public roads 816
wrote in message I would regularly cycle about fifteen miles each way to mine. That can be a bit of a struggle in bad wether or...
Are cyclists allowed to race on public roads 817
I went for a drive on Saturday in rural Stirlingshire, near where I live. Between Drymen and Aberfoyle there was...
Are cyclists allowed to race on public roads 818
Alan of the short memory off the having previously written this: "I will not take any notice of some lycra-wearing fool with a flag telling me...
Police Road Safety Unit
On Thursday had cause to take a drive along the A92 from Halbeath area to Glenrothes...
Police Road Safety Unit
On Thursday had cause to take a drive along the A92 from Halbeath area to Glenrothes. On joining at Halbeath I saw...
120mph on the A1M what's the damage 821
Adrian It only takes a moments lapse of concentration to get into trouble. I have witnessed several drivers go to sleep at the wheel where serious damage...
120mph on the A1M what's the damage 822
saying : Perhaps you shouldn't be driving, then. I - together, hopefully, with most other drivers - manage to keep a fairly complete mental picture...
120mph on the A1M what's the damage 823
saying : Ah, so we're extending it to harnesses now? Compebreastive impacts aren't very similar to road impacts - I can't recall...
120mph on the A1M what's the damage N!rmpbcBiyXn8GRV.z60~gpz0J#a0P_LaB.sV
Firth) Bwhahahahahaha, try to save some face while you can you f***biscuit. Umm no, they are legal. I've pbutted police cars at these speeds and had little more than a...
120mph on the A1M what's the damage 825
Just a comment, nothing else. Difficult to say, without having seen the circumstances, might have been totally reckless, might have been a totally safe speed for the road...
ID re Speed Camera N!rmpbcBiyXn8GRV.z60~gpz0J#a0P_LaB.sV
Fine and points and the magistrates hand out very stiff fines. I spent a day at court watching...
Speed Camera Strategy My Observations Approved: wibble
On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 19:09:29 +0100, Chris Newton was popularly supposed to have said: The problem currently is that speed limits that used to...
Does any one know of a website with a list of speed cameras in staffordshire
BIG NIGE The difficulty is not in knowing where the cameras(boxes) are, but in knowing which ones are currently active. Unless you know someone on the inside...
Does any one know of a website with a list of speed cameras in staffordshire
On 21 Jul 2005 04:43:57 -0700, whilst Carstairs had his head thrust between the maids thighs a note arrived from...
Police Speeding 830
He is a highly trained and ecperienced police driver. There are special provisions in law that allow police...
Police Speeding 831
inappropriate Er, no. Inappropriate speed is dangerous no matter whether the speed is inappropriately fast or inappropriately slow for the conditions at the time. Often, the speed limit is inappropriately fast. For example...
Police Speeding 832
Geoff Lane So what happens if one vehicle a. is travelling inapropriately slowly for the conditions and another vehicle b. inapropriately fast...
Police Speeding 833
This is insufficient information to say. I would simply do what is necessary to get out of...
Police Speeding 834
First, sorry for the shoddy snip. Do you know the road from the Forth Road Bridge to the Barnton...
Police Speeding 835
Pre-speed cameras, the national road rest toll reduced year on year. This was attributed...
Police Speeding 836
I see this as another attempt by the pro-scamera brigade, who use misdirection like "regression to the mean" to "show" that cameras save lives: The number of vehicles was also increasing rapidly...
Police Speeding 837
Conor formulated on Saturday : I don't follow your buttumed to be obvious link between the two.... Twice yesterday...
Police Speeding 838
Rather obviously, it is best for the vehicle to travel at a speed that is neither inappropriately slow nor inappropriately...
Police Speeding 839
Dr Zoidberg a their True, but IMO he was not using the vehicle for police purposes at the time. He wasn't rushing to an emergency, he wasn't in pursuit of a suspect, all...
Police Speeding 840
Until his training (including vehicle familiarisation) is complete, I don't think he should be available for rapid response...
Police Speeding 841
So, you're happy for the police to unnecessarily put the public in danger? Places like Millbrook have every sort of road type and offer a chance to find out...
Police Speeding 842
What public. I understand he did it on an empty road at night! There was nobody else around. what public? What Danger? There was nobody else about, if there had been I...
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