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doesn't matter what they do because they know full well they can get away with it!! they know how hard it is for people to leave the uk and emigrate - it's almost impossible to emigrate to the us (i've been trying) and they know people don't want to leave their families anyway so their going to do whatever they want. ____________________ -=[Sam/b]=- cx500's the only way to travel, we do it in style just like jimmy saville
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I imagine there will be a backlash given time, but I doubt the people responsible will suffer; they've got their pensions sorted out now (screw everyone else... ), and will just move onto sullying something else.  ____________________ I must not be a troll...
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| Walloper wrote: | Kickstart, with respect. Hitting someone at 35mph plus will probably kill them. |
The reality is that people do not hit people at 35. Almost always they have braked and lost most of the speed. If the mantra about doing 40 you stand a 95% chance of killing someone had any basis in the real world then the number of deaths would be far higher than it currently is (or ever has been). Look at the numbers of pedestrians killed and compare that to those seriously or slightly injured and you will see that it is closer to 1% that are actually killed (and that is ignoring those who are not reported), which suggests the average impact speed is already way below 20mph.
Better idea is to prevent the accident in the first place, which can be done with decent road designs and seperating pedestrians from vehicles. Far more effective that making everyone drive slowly and half asleep, hoping that the increased number of accidents will be cancelled out by people going slowly.
| Walloper wrote: | But some cameras do help prevent accidents. |
Generally not, for various reasons. Some cause accidents by people concentrating on their speedos. Some cause accidents by pushing people onto less safe roads to avoid the cameras. Some cause accidents by allowing the police to ignore the roads (concentrating almost 100% on the causes of 5% of accidents while ignoring the cause of the other 95% is certainly going to increase deaths).
Deaths on the roads have barely changed for years. Last year was the first year they had dropped in ages, and that is despite massive improvements in vehicle design, harder driving tests, etc.
| Walloper wrote: | Why do we need to speed through our towns? |
Why do the town speed limits need to be rammed out into rural areas? Why are urban dual carraigeways with no pedestrian access getting 40mph speed limits? Why are people being done by camera for doing 32mph in a 30 limit?
Personally I try and keep to urban limits, but being honest it is very rare that I see anyone (now, or in the past before cameras were dumped on us) going excessively quickly, and those few would be better dealt with on the spot .
| Walloper wrote: | I'm in town for about five minutes before a 2hr run then 5mins to get home. No problems. I do go over but not mental. |
Around here we have rural trunk roads with 50mph limits covered in cameras. We have talivans on fast dual carraigeways. We have no traffic police at all (disbanded a few years ago).
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 map Mr Calendar

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| R4nger wrote: | ...Soon there will be 20mph limits without traffic calming. |
I recall in an earlier thread I quotes the scamera line that speed reduction by 1mph will result in 5% less deaths.
So taking that to it's logical conclusion reducing speed limits by 20mph would result in 100% less deaths. If you don't think that would happen then you're obviously a fool as statistics don't lie do they
Obviously for 20mph limits this would cause a problem. Having thought about this I think that for these zones these should be an entry area where you have someone to walk in front of your vehicle carrying a red flag through the zone. That'd be a win-win situation, no more accidents/road deaths and creating employment for the people carrying flags Where's the contact details for my MP, I'll get in touch with him right away to suggest it - Oh, forgot, they're on holiday
<edit>To get around the problem just put to me, what happens if you live in a 20mph zone. The answer is easy, you'll call a number (premium rate obviously, to offset the administration costs of new red flags) to book your flag carrier before you can leave.</edit>
Oh, yes I nearly forgot, remember it's lies, damn lies and statistics. ____________________ ...and the whirlwind is in the thorn trees, it's hard for thee to kick against the pricks...
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| Walloper wrote: | OK ya b4starts! Speed if you want.
But hit me any of my family or friends and I'll batter your fu(king heads in respectively. |
So if I am doing 35 when one of them runs out in front of me, but manage to slow down to 10 resulting in barely any injuries you will batter me, while you are quite happy for Joe Bloggs doing 30mph half asleep to run them down and 30 with a good chance of killing them?
| Walloper wrote: | Do not believe the tosh about 'It's OK to speed statistic shit.' |
The statistic shit is what we have been fed by the speed camera partnerships for years.
| Walloper wrote: | Run into a wall at 15 miles an hour and tell me if it din't hurt. |
Try running at 15mph into the back of a non moving van, then try the same into the back of a van that is accelerating away and doing 14mph because they saw you coming.
| Walloper wrote: | YOU ARE THE REASON WE HAVE SPEED CAMERAS BUT YOU DON'T SEE IT!' |
Why, do they want me to drive half asleep, with the remaining attention on the speedo, and run someone over?
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Schools, busy streets and such need scamera enforcement coz some folks don't care for other people's safety.
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Have you driven around a school lately when they are all pouring out? they don't need cameras they need to educate the fucking kids on how to cross a road, because they have not got a clue. Can't say I have EVER seen anyone speeding round a school, funny how all the near misses are at low speed due to people not paying attention, telling their kids off in the car etc though I guess if they do the limit they are safe.
There is a stretch on the A4155 (henley road), beside it is shiplake college, one of the teenagers that goes there was killed on the road. The limit was reduced to 30 from 60 and a camera was plonked their, I believe this kid was killed by a joyrider in a nicked car. They now have a scamera van just up the road catching people coming from the 50 - 30, it is hidden on the corner of the road just over the crest of a hill, some nice 'slamming on brakes action'.
Just some random things that came into my head, come up with some decent opposition to what Kickstart has said and perhaps somebody will listen, but what you say (at best) is total lies. ____________________ NSR 125F > BROS 400 > NC30 > BROS 400 > Trumpet S4 > '97 VFR 750 |
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Old Thread Alert!
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