worse than driving with a mobile

Originally Posted by NTECUK

Simply the most important thing is to remove the no passing on the left

You know you are allowed to pass on the left as long as it's not dangerous.

Originally Posted by Matt-EUC

F*ck building a railway that will save a grand total of 20minutes that gives no advantage to anyone. Spend the several BILLION on something more worth while. F*uck HS2!! Nobody needs it few people want it and it'll cause far more hassle than it'll ever solve. Simple way to think about this, we can't afford it. We are massively in debt. When you don't have the money for something, can you buy it? No. Can you afford something you don't have the money for? No. WELL DONT ****ING BUY IT THEN!!




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A governments income/expenditure is NOT like a household budget. Capital expenditure is useful and HS2 could actually help to stimulate the economy and provide jobs. The money might be best spent elsewhere but spending the money isn't a problem.

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by Spank86

You know you are allowed to pass on the left as long as it's not dangerous.

Whilst this is true, most coppers would decide that it is worth a tug. Dangerous is such a subjective term.

Originally Posted by timwilky

Whilst this is true, most coppers would decide that it is worth a tug. Dangerous is such a subjective term.

Depends how it's done.

If you move from the outside to the inside lane and go past the car at speed then back outside again they would definitely take issue.

If you toddle by in the inside lane at a reasonable speed and were in it both before and after the pass then they shouldn't and if they do pull you over you have the argument that what you are doing is SAFER than changing lanes which is inherently risky.


Plus the highway code states that you can pass on the inside in heavy traffic, and really when is traffic NOT heavy these days?

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by Spank86

If you toddle by in the inside lane at a reasonable speed and were in it both before and after the pass then they shouldn't and if they do pull you over you have the argument that what you are doing is SAFER than changing lanes which is inherently risky.

Agreed and if I was pulled for doing the above I would argue that the copper should be giving an FPN to middle lane meanderer under the new powers introduced last year.

[Balky001]

Originally Posted by timwilky

Whilst this is true, most coppers would decide that it is worth a tug. Dangerous is such a subjective term.

So a camera might be better than a policeman in this case?

Originally Posted by Spank86

A governments income/expenditure is NOT like a household budget. Capital expenditure is useful and HS2 could actually help to stimulate the economy and provide jobs. The money might be best spent elsewhere but spending the money isn't a problem.

Regardless of the amount of jobs they claim it will have created after they've finished (22'000-50'000) I can't imagine it will have the impact on the economy they think it will.

My prediction, it will be a massive flop.


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[Biker Biggles]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Agreed and if I was pulled for doing the above I would argue that the copper should be giving an FPN to middle lane meanderer under the new powers introduced last year.

Copper might do you both,especially if he was having a bad day or needed a few nicks to get his target.Whatever the rights and wrongs of it I wouldnt fancy the hassle of trying to argue it in court if a traffic cop said I was guilty.

Originally Posted by Matt-EUC

Regardless of the amount of jobs they claim it will have created after they've finished (22'000-50'000) I can't imagine it will have the impact on the economy they think it will.

My prediction, it will be a massive flop.


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I seriously doubt it will have a massive long term effect, or indeed that anyone will be able to tell since we can't simultaneously build and not build it.

Just building it will have an effect, Jobs for the north. Always a good thing.