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15-12-06, 03:49 PM

Worth going, if:
a) you learn something (which we all can)
b) you don't get the points on your license, coz for me thats the killer

Biker Biggles · 15-12-06, 04:12 PM

"Dual carriageway with little traffic"
So why the 30 limit?
If it's the road I'm thinking of it's a dirty great big bridge over the North Circular(The one the IRA blew up some years ago)and doing 30 on it is likely to get you rear ended.Daft limits and daft law lead to this nonsense and it seems the copper realized that for once.

northwind · 15-12-06, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Ceri JC

You missed "and having fun" from your equation.

Evasion's half the fun though

TBH I don't want the limits on b's and fast a's to be as high as I like to ride them sometimes, since everyone else would go at the same speed and there'd be a Clio in every ditch

15-12-06, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by northwind

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ceri JC

You missed "and having fun" from your equation.

Evasion's half the fun though

TBH I don't want the limits on b's and fast a's to be as high as I like to ride them sometimes, since everyone else would go at the same speed and there'd be a Clio in every ditch

good point! but probably won't go down well!

northwind · 15-12-06, 04:20 PM

I suspect not

But, my record speaks for itself, every time I've crashed I've been well within the speed limit! Once I was barely moving...

15-12-06, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by northwind

I suspect not

But, my record speaks for itself, every time I've crashed I've been well within the speed limit! Once I was barely moving...

proves that you need to max out at all times then

northwind · 15-12-06, 04:34 PM

Exactly. That's scientific proof.

Also, I reckon in any given hour, I've got maybe a 1/5 chance of just randomly falling off for no reason. So if I go at 120mph instead of 40mph, I'll crash 1/3 as often. Just sense, isn't it.

15-12-06, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by twosizes

It would appear I have caused a disturbance here of which I did not mean. Okay, I WAS speeding. But I was on a dual carriageway and it was fairly empty. No, I have not been on my speed awareness course yet (it's on Wednesday). I would imagine that after it I will be a paragon of sensible riding and never ever speed ever again.

I was not boasting about my excess speed and getting away with it, merely sharing my good fortune. It could have been different I know and the policeman concerned would have been well within his rights to do me.

As for where this thread is going, speed and safety are completely relative.

twosizes - it didn't come across as a brag or anything, don't worry.

It did come across as intended, i.e. in a positive manner that you had good fortune and there were actually some nice traffic coppers out there!! So its all good on that front, don't fret

But I did read into the situation and the fundamentals behind what went down ... i.e. bearing in mind you are currently having a slapped wrist; to be blatantly still disregarding the speed limits is bad. Then to get caught and just let off is teaching you no lessons when you already obviously have no regard for speed limits!!! (Not saying I don't speed or am a saint, but if I had only just got done you can rest assured that I'd keep a check on it for a while

).

So a one off 'let the boy go' is refreshing to hear, and no problem with that (just wish they would do that for me once in a while

), but bearing in mind you are already/recently in trouble for speeding I'd want to see you ripped a new one!! Sorry!!

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Originally Posted by twosizes

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Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

Just goes to show that the speed awareness thing they have set up is a complete waste of time and tax payers money!!!

I would just like to say that the tax payer isn't paying for it, I am. It cost me £72 in replacement of the £60 fine I would have otherwise been given

So it cost you £12 more (and save you £many in insurance premiums over having the points) ... I can guess that that is still subsidised or like speed cameras or speeding fines that money goes back into a big pot, not the expenses pot for the people who run the scheme!?!?

16-12-06, 10:23 AM

Sorry for the sporadic responses, lack of available internet.

No Tomcat, no points awarded.

Biker Biggles, yep, that's the place, just entering West Hendon towards Halfords.

Okay, yep, I suppose I do deserve the abuse I guess - ha ha. I'll let you know how the course is. It's run by an independant agency - DriveTech, who I would imagine are an independant company doing just what any other company in the world is there to do - make money. It's a 2.5 hour course with probably (I would guess) about 10-15 people attending each one. At 72 quid a head, that a hell of a lot of dollar for half a morning's work for anybody, and so I therefore guess that it is in no way subsidised by the government.

Anyway, as I said, I'll let you know Wed afternoon...

15-12-06, 04:12 PM	#32
Biker Biggles Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Barnet Herts Posts: 5,071	"Dual carriageway with little traffic" So why the 30 limit? If it's the road I'm thinking of it's a dirty great big bridge over the North Circular(The one the IRA blew up some years ago)and doing 30 on it is likely to get you rear ended.Daft limits and daft law lead to this nonsense and it seems the copper realized that for once. __________________ On a clear day we stand there and look further than the ordinary eye can see.

15-12-06, 04:20 PM	#35
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	I suspect not But, my record speaks for itself, every time I've crashed I've been well within the speed limit! Once I was barely moving... __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

15-12-06, 04:34 PM	#37
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	Exactly. That's scientific proof. Also, I reckon in any given hour, I've got maybe a 1/5 chance of just randomly falling off for no reason. So if I go at 120mph instead of 40mph, I'll crash 1/3 as often. Just sense, isn't it. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

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15-12-06, 03:49 PM	#31
Tomcat Guest Posts: n/a	Worth going, if: a) you learn something (which we all can) b) you don't get the points on your license, coz for me thats the killer

16-12-06, 10:23 AM	#39
twosizes Guest Posts: n/a	Sorry for the sporadic responses, lack of available internet. No Tomcat, no points awarded. Biker Biggles, yep, that's the place, just entering West Hendon towards Halfords. Okay, yep, I suppose I do deserve the abuse I guess - ha ha. I'll let you know how the course is. It's run by an independant agency - DriveTech, who I would imagine are an independant company doing just what any other company in the world is there to do - make money. It's a 2.5 hour course with probably (I would guess) about 10-15 people attending each one. At 72 quid a head, that a hell of a lot of dollar for half a morning's work for anybody, and so I therefore guess that it is in no way subsidised by the government. Anyway, as I said, I'll let you know Wed afternoon...