Speed Awareness Course

[blurredman]

I'm curious how straight face serious one can get reprimanded for doing greater than 20mph (in wales) on a road that was previously 30mph and had been so for many decades - i'm not going to go into type of road etc.

It is amusing that we are now suddenly killing kittens and slugs for what was a perfectly legitimate speed, simply because turkey neck made a gobble gobble and made it so.

Realistically, on the commute, everyone travels the 30mph the roads used to be
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[to v or not to v]

i get a warm fuzzy feeling inside when i hear of people destroying speed cams.
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[Serendipity]

[Ste]

"Course attendees are required to have a clean appearance and are individually responsible for their general presentation, appearance and personal hygiene.

Course attendees should not wear clothing which is likely to cause embarrassment to themselves or others and be aware of and respect cultural differences in dress and presentation.

NDORS reserves the right to refuse access or expel anyone for inappropriate behaviour, wearing inappropriate dress or for poor personal hygiene. Normally where this is implemented the course attendee will be referred back to the police."

https://www.ukroed.org.uk/faqs/standards-of-conduct/

How boring.

[Polarbear]

[panrider_uk]

[Polarbear]

FFS, talk about speeding and I get a NIP in the post from when I went to London to get my daughter. 24 in a 20. Bugger. I don't even remember driving through a 20 zone. Will I get an offer?

Fucking London.
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[Easy-X]

[Pete.]

Red light cameras have always recorded the speed when taking pics of red light violations.
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a.k.a 'Geri'

132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Easy-X]

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

You’ll be surprised how many people don’t know the speed limit on a dual carriageway is 70mph, not 60.

Speed isn’t the problem anyway, it’s inattentiveness, dabbing the brakes for no good reason and just being a dick.

I’m still amazed that cup holders in cars is a thing. I mean apart from the notion that modern man in a non-desert environment needs to carry liquid refreshments everywhere, usually held aloft like a trophy, hot liquids in the cabin of a fast-moving road vehicle must surely be a bad idea.

[stinkwheel]

[A100man]

[Easy-X]

Pedalling >20mph on a road bike is pretty easy, at least in bursts. And going down Wandsworth hill? Trivial. They've had to re-route or cancel road races because of 20mph zones.

Let's face it, outside of built-up housing and outside schools, etc. the 20mph limit is just another exercise in money making immiseration.
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[Pete.]

[blurredman]

[stinkwheel]

[Easy-X]

[Polarbear]

[Ste]

20mph limits are a problem for pro level cycle races as whilst the speed limit doesn't apply to bikes, the support vehicles wouldn't be able to keep up.

[Polarbear]

[Easy-X]

[Pete.]

[Ste]

[Easy-X]

Well, that's over

The guy running the course started on time, kept on schedule and we finished exactly on time. 10/10 would speed again

Some of it was enlightening. Hardly anyone knew how to define a dual carriageway or which speed limits applied to what roads (Apart from me, engage smug mode.) There were some sections of pure propaganda which would have caused an Applied Mathematician an aneurism and some "touchy feely" how would you feel shite. I managed to keep quiet and stick to politically expedient rather than correct answers. Jump through the hoops, get it over with.

In my action plan I suggested I might get a "THINK 20 MPH" sticker to put on the bike somewhere. I may actually do that and slap one on the Old Fella's Harley when he's not looking
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