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Who likes driving on public roads any more?
Topic Started: May 20 2007, 05:50 PM (415 Views)
Norbert
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Usually the opposite - they're too busy concentrating on *how* to drive rather than what's happening around them!
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AndyW76
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It's like my Ex's mum, she is atrocious. She never looks where she is driving and believes that if you drive everywhere at 35-40 mph, then it is safe driving. She really has issue whith paying attention to the road. Thankfully she drives so slow that any accident will be a minor one. In fact, she once told my ex to slow down when she was doing 70 on the motorway.
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rickyclean
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I get no pleasure at all from driving on public roads anymore which is why I do track days. <thumbsup>
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willyshafter
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18/5/07

In June, laws prohibiting local authorities from randomly deploying speed camera vans will be relaxed, allowing mobile units to operate on any road. Cumbria could be the first authority to take advantage of the new rules, where mobile units - dubbed 'talivans' by many - will be positioned near existing fixed yellow box sites to catch drivers who brake for the speed camera and then accelerate off. The vans are also expected to work in pairs - catching off-guard drivers who spot the first mobile camera van and increase speed having passed it, only to be caught by the second.

http://fifthgear.five.tv/jsp/5gmain.jsp?lnk=101&id=2233

Looks like there is trouble ahead.
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The STIG
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u4coffee,May 21 2007
12:36 PM
Slow driver does not = good driver <no>

Neither does a fast one = a good one.
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AndyW76
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The STIG,May 21 2007
04:59 PM
u4coffee,May 21 2007
12:36 PM
Slow driver does not = good driver <no>

Neither does a fast one = a good one.

True, but what is being inferred is that there is a class of driver that drives very slow but is still dangerous. Like I said before, my ex's mum is like this. Remember you can still kill someone in a 40MPH crash, no matter where it is. The problem is that this class of driver thinks they as safe because they drive slow and generally does not have a clue about road safety or car control. I remember seeing a clip on Police Stop where an old man sets off from a garage and mows down an old woman who was crossing the forecourt. He wasn't driving fast or like a lunatic but he did not look where he was going, which is one of the most dangerous things you can do.
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I used to love the a1/a68/a696 drive from Durham to Edinburgh, some great roads and challenging overtaking places and even more fun to ride on a bike. The company I worked for had offices in both places and I held the record from shortest elapsed time driving between the two. But then the route got murdered by speed cameras. They put them everywhere and made the route boring.
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