Radar Detectors-Banned !!!!

Hmm, wonder if "Motorists Against Detection" are going to step up their membership recruiting drive....

Goldryder wrote: Cos if you insist on being an habitual speeder, you ain't adult enough to drive a car anyway.  Taking responsibility for your actions, only you can do that, not some overpriced gizmo sat on the dashboard screaming like a banshee.  Speeding is stupid, dangerous and just not necessary..we all have done it and grown out of it..those who haven't grown out of it, maybe need to quit driving before they take someone elses life.  Perhaps an age/experience related cc/bhp limit should be introduced too.

they do say that reformed drivers are the worst kind

whats that saying?

"let he who is without sin cast the first stone"

put that rock down, Ally

Hmmm, all very interesting..
Braking distances were based on a Ford Anglia circa 1960's (so my dad is ok since he has one ). But things have come a long way since then, to pass a driving test now is much harder than it used to be.. Insurence costs keep all but the richest youngster away from using powerfull cars (or their parents form putting them on their insurence..no offence to anyone on here)

I've found that when driving at night, I have exceeded the speed limit several times, with no other traffic on the road, and no danger to anyone/myself.

I'm not condoning going over the top end of what the law says, but I will say a bit of common sense is needed before doing so, you must take into account the weather, traffic etc. (which goes without saying)

I also think that age should be related to the power of the car you drive, no-one in there right mind should belive a 17 year old youngster is capeable of driving, say a 600+bhp Skyline straight after passing a test in a metro/fiesta..
Exactly the same reason applies to bikes, there are age restrictions on the size of machine you can drive, as well as power restriction after passing your test (unless you are of a cetain age, and have taken an accelerated course)

..this is always of course open to argument, and is only my oppinion .

another more interesting law that has been passed is the positioning of speed cameras, after a long report it was deemed that most of the cameras were in useless positions and only put there to make revenue for the department

now they are going to put in more usefull positions ie actual and not fictional blackspots

yes gps based detectors dont tell u whether the camera is alive or not but it does tell u if its there which is kind of the whole point anyway  its also warned me of risk zones as they are called

i remember earlier this year when i was heading down the A9 it went off and warned me to slow down which i did so i could see the riskzone in ? and as i braked wouldnt u know it if a deer just shot across the road, now thats wot i call a fortunate happenstance

remember the old days before gatso's took off, when u got caught by actual policemen and given the stern lecture about speeding?

that really hit home when i first got caught speeding

remember radar detectors are illeagal in parts of the US and france but that doesnt stop them being used does it? food for thought

[QUOTE=Goldryder]And 30mph will still kill a child.

>>> NO mention of parental training whatsoever?????, how come ALL the Safety partnerships are NOT Shouting "Green Cross code " Day & Night????? cos there is No money in it and Look Look Look, isnt as Dramatic, as Speed Kills.93% of accidents are not speed related--NOT that this fact is included in any DOT Bliarspeak.Just the same as the 4000 death,s each year in the Home--is of No concern-NO money!!

So the answer for habitual speeders is to have a DOT restrictor in the car, and only work use (So TAX can be paid) So presume habitual Drug & Drinkers will get an electric shock from state fitted wrist strap, each time they have a thought.Why not take it to the Logical end, get Chippeduk to get US rechipped, sounds like the "Thought Police", maybe someone could write a book about it--1984--BUT-- its already a way of life-NOW.

We need to preserve OUR Right of Freedom & choice, NOT surrender it to govt parasites.

 

I was doing 60mph on a National Speed Limit road at 3am this morning, when suddenly infront of me is a drunken 20stone hussey, walking down the white centre lines, arms outstretched, not a care in the world.

Obviously the countless redbull n vodkas and smirnoff ices inside her had made her immortal, and also oblivious to my loud horn and flashing lights.

Managed to miss her anyway (feared the car would have bumped off her, not t'other way round to be honest)

But a speedcamera in that situation wouldnt have saved her life (as I wasnt speeding), so I agree with the general concesus of B7 VP's arguement and think that the penalties for such stupid behaviour should be more publicised, infact she should inherit my 3 points that I received last month for doing 36mph on a duel carriageway (missed the 30 sign that was located moments before)

Rant over.

Rhys wrote: Should have just treated her as a traffic island..

Nah would have well lost my front lip spoilers .... Im always up for a big hump, but she was taking the mick!

B 7 VP wrote: [QUOTE=Goldryder]And 30mph will still kill a child. >>> NO mention of parental training whatsoever?????, how come ALL the Safety partnerships are NOT Shouting "Green Cross code " Day & Night?????

No matter how much you tell them, occaisonally kids are going to run accross the road without looking. Yes instilling the highway code is a good start but it's Motorists who need to take most of the responsibillity in looking out for kids when driving in built up areas, after all it's the drivers that are the grown ups. Do you have children?  I don't, but I know that it just isn't possible to watch them 24 hours a day.

No prizes for guessing that your not a fan of the Labour party. Well if you think that the rest will be any better then I think you may be dissappointed.

You sound a bit like a Daily mail headline lol

 

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[QUOTE=Peter Fenwick][QUOTE=B 7 VP] 
 

No matter how much you tell them, occaisonally kids are going to run accross the road without looking. Yes instilling the highway code is a good start but it's Motorists who need to take most of the responsibillity in looking out for kids when driving in built up areas, after all it's the drivers that are the grown ups. Do you have children?  I don't, but I know that it just isn't possible to watch them 24 hours a day.

No prizes for guessing that your not a fan of the Labour party. Well if you think that the rest will be any better then I think you may be dissappointed.

You sound a bit like a Daily mail headline lol

 >> Yes!! I have grownup children, who now teach their own 3-5 year olds the green cross way, and at this age--they can tell you not to go near the road.This is far better than Blaming every one else, Cos THAT-doesnt bring them back if they are a Statistic.

If being a Freedom loving person, who Will fight for My freedom of choice,and it sounds like a Newspaper--I AM yer Man!!!!Perhaps many people in the UK, do NOT realise just how much of their democratic rights have been Stolen by this band of Crooks, and more are going every month.

If one says something often enough,some people begin to beleive it, as Fact, just like Ol King Bliar,s New Clothes--ME!! I got 20/20 Vision.