We're aiming to be in the Lake District that weekend, but like a transvestite bull laying on its back that seems to be going tits up. A couple of youngsters I work with are going so if I'm about I might tag along with them.
A friend of mine got done coming out of Shiptonthorpe towards York where the 30 becomes a 50 on the A1079. Just as he was passing the garage he was caught doing 33 approaching the 50. Going into the village would make sense, but stopping him when leaving the village towards a dual carriageway was simply nonsensical. A bit of common sense would not go amiss!
Forgive me if I'm wrong but I seem to remember as a kid, pre laser/GATSO and all the other bollocks, that the offence of speeding was prescribed in law as 'travelling in excess of the maximum prescribed speed limit for a mimumum of 1/3 of a mile. Any idea on when it changed to 1/12 of a second?
I failed a driving test for doing 27 in a 20. Guess the examiner didn't appreciate bouncing over speed bumps.
i never been done yet, but i drive sensibly as f**, it's the problem with driving only takes one c**t to f** up and you could be dead, i f**ing hate motorway driving.. ridiculously dangerous, your life is in the hands of someone else not making a mistake.. seems a bit prehistoric.. it's not the 60s anymore
I see the newport one made the top 10, When traveling from gilberdyke to newport it is around the corner as you travel on the dual carriage doing 60 it changes to 30 just around the bend so people that dont know the road dont slow down in time.
i believe so, although i'm not really driven anywhere, for me the worst culprit is the copper standing just after the fly over hessle road... on the mound of grass.. find that disgusting
I just read the first page, but if you dont want to get done dont speed, its easy, sometimes i go over 30 by accident cos my car is very tourquey, as i realise i slow down, the camereas are big and painted yellow ffs they shouldnt be hard to miss ffs. I always think if i hit someone in town and the fuzz said if you were doig 30 not 40 they would have lived, so i always stick to speed limits in town. sure i rag it out on the country roads but that cos im a good driver and can do it. no excuse for speeding in populated areas and you get what you deserve im my 16 years of driving ive never had an accident thats my fault or got a point, if you get caught breaking the law dont bitch just stop being **** driver
There are big ****ing signs everywhere so anyone who doesnt know the road excuse is stupid, you read the road and read road signs
[video=youtube;bvtvfSJi2fg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvtvfSJi2fg[/video] An old one, back when Clarkson had hair!!
in my 1 year of driving i've not had an accident, im just cautious as f**, only time i go over the speed limit is on the very rare times im on the motorway or a country road with a long straight.. but essentially.. i guess if you do break the speed limit, you can't complain.. regardless of whether the speed limit is too low.. the problem with accidents, many are caused by the differential speeding.. some people go at 60mph.. and f**ing undertake in the wrong lane which is wrong.. the speed limit at 70 so legally we can go at 70mph.. which causes most motorway accidents imo which brings back to why i hate driving on them.. seriously.. i think it needs a new system.. its not the 60s anymore..
exactly, if you got done for a robbery you coudnt say i only robbed them abit, law is the law, you break it, even a little bit you get done, and rightly so
The main cause of problems on motorways are HGV's which can instantly cause everyone to have to brake, when you are driving along at 70 & one decides to overtake another at 60, mostly pulling out even if there are cars almost alongside & then continuing along "trying to overtake" at 62 while a huge tailback develops behind them
As a HGV driver myself, the biggest problem is car drivers not anticipating the road ahead, pulling right up to the lorry (disappearing from its mirrors) and not making progress past the lorry as they overtake.
Nah. Clot heads pootling along in the middle lane are far, far worse. They effectively turn the motorway into a single lane. If they were out of the way, the lorry would be easy to get past.
