police speed checks m65 - Page 5

gpick24 · 17-05-2013, 14:07

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Originally Posted by Neil

Maybe he was and was having a little fun flipping him over

All these years I`ve been blaming myself and it was all him. Oh well, no harm done really, apart from losing my no claims.

accyman · 17-05-2013, 15:21

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Originally Posted by Neil

A couple of months back I was doing well over 90mph on the M65 at about 4.30am on my way home from nights. I was in full auto pilot mode and didn't notice a car catching me up. He pulled level with me and that was when I spotted he was a police car. He waved with a slow down type wave then he put his foot down and sped off

i once got pulled over on the M65

the copper said he had been waiting all day to catch somone like me

i said i know thats why i was driving so fast i wanted to get there as soon as i could

NAH i didnt but one day i will get to use that one

jaysay · 17-05-2013, 17:09

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Originally Posted by gpick24

Was about level with road when I landed on it. Went too fast round the bend, caught the kerb, car flipped over, wnet through a wall and landed on the barn roof. Novemberish 1990. One hell of a white knuckle ride.

The incident I refer too was in the late seventies and it was a sunny June day

Neil · 17-05-2013, 17:54

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Originally Posted by accyman

i once got pulled over on the M65

the copper said he had been waiting all day to catch somone like me

i said i know thats why i was driving so fast i wanted to get there as soon as i could

NAH i didnt but one day i will get to use that one

I was pulled over on the M65 almost 20 years ago and on the M6 a couple of years ago.

I have been chased by the Police dog van but got away only to be pulled over by another Police car when I was about 50 yards from home. He just finished telling me that even though it was 3am and the roads were empty I should slow down when the dog van turned up

accyman · 17-05-2013, 18:16

iv had police dogs set on me when i was younger.I was a pretty fast runner back then but the dog still won.It didnt grab me because i stopped running when i realised i wasnt going to win that particular race but im pretty sure i woulda got a bite if i hadnt stopped lol.

turned out the police wernt after me i just heard the policeman shout stop and with my then relationship with accys finest i thought sod this lark and legged it lol

DaveinGermany · 17-05-2013, 18:24

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Originally Posted by entwisi

this seems to suggest otherwise...

Gabriel is an over inflated blimp, lots of noise but little substance & as for the greens ................ The motoring industry in Germany (Mercedes, BMW, Porsche, VW, to name a few) carry a fair bit of clout so there's not going to be change anytime soon.

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Originally Posted by Barrie Yates

Seem to remember a pretty strict max/min limit on one particular section of Autobahn - lovely sightseeing on the road to Berlin - all the T34s etc with brewer's droop

Aye Barrie, the A10, Berlin corridor, checkpoint Bravo/Charlie, us watching you, watching us, happy days.

gpick24 · 17-05-2013, 20:33

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Originally Posted by jaysay

The incident I refer too was in the late seventies and it was a sunny June day

Must be an accident black spot then, need to put some speed humps there to slow down the numpties who go to fast.

stanley convert · 18-05-2013, 09:09

Sorry no sympathy for anybody caught speeding (and I was last year) if ya going from a 40 to a 30 ya should be doing 30 as ya pass the 30mph sign simple as !!!!!!!!!! as for raising the speed limit on the motorway just because modern cars are much better is tosh cos ya raise it to 80mph the idiots do 90 mph, plus drivers these days have many more distractions i.e radio,sat nav oh and the favorite of all the mobile. was walking up Henry street yesterday at about 4pm traffic was stationary heading towards Ossy young lass anchored on just before chippy then traffic pulled away an she just sat there came past me eventually and guess what, yep she was texting and continued to do so as she turned into Tanpits.

jaysay · 18-05-2013, 09:09

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Originally Posted by gpick24

Must be an accident black spot then, need to put some speed humps there to slow down the numpties who go to fast.

The coach and horses was my watering hole back in the late 70s the number of accidents near those bends was incredible, the police were always spoiling our after time sessions

Think the worst one I ever saw was a motor bike accident on the Haslingden side, the road was still one way when we were going home, the rider had been decapitated, what's more the poor guy was a neighbor of the wife's mother

gpick24 · 18-05-2013, 11:22

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Think the worst one I ever saw was a motor bike accident on the Haslingden side, the road was still one way when we were going home, the rider had been decapitated, what's more the poor guy was a neighbor of the wife's mother

I was told a story like that several times when I was younger, trying to put me off getting a bike I think. If it`s the same one, he lived near us also, around Queens Road West area, and from the way he died, he had a rather ironic surname.

accyman · 18-05-2013, 12:36

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Originally Posted by gpick24

I was told a story like that several times when I was younger, trying to put me off getting a bike I think. If it`s the same one, he lived near us also, around Queens Road West area, and from the way he died, he had a rather ironic surname.

there used to be a corner shop on westwood street opposite saint mary mags church and wether this is true or not i dont know but legend or whatever says that a motorcyclist lost control and went through the window.Apparantly he lost his head which landed in the bit wher eyou put your basket when paying for your stuff.

i do remember the window been boarded up and the street been cordened off but as for teh accident i would have only been about 10 or 11 so it may just have been kids assuming or telling tales as to what happened

jaysay · 18-05-2013, 14:53

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Originally Posted by gpick24

I was told a story like that several times when I was younger, trying to put me off getting a bike I think. If it`s the same one, he lived near us also, around Queens Road West area, and from the way he died, he had a rather ironic surname.

This guy came from Helmshore Mr G.

accyman · 18-05-2013, 15:40

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Originally Posted by stanley convert

Sorry no sympathy for anybody caught speeding

no ones asking for sympathy just common sense from coppers and a bit of leeway,hell even a little less sneakyness as well

i forget which council did this but one removed all speed cameras and dosnt have mobile cameras either in a deal with drivers that if teh accident rate didnt go higher they would stay gone.Accident reports fell probbably because folk wernt slamming on when seeing a mobile camera unit or watching the road instea dof tehir speedo

DaveinGermany · 18-05-2013, 16:33

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Originally Posted by accyman

i forget which council did this but one removed all speed cameras and dosnt have mobile camerasa

Swindon, although the police mobile units still operate.

Swindon has UK?s safest roads after SCRAPPING speed cameras - Yahoo! Cars

accyman · 18-05-2013, 18:14

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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

Swindon, although the police mobile units still operate.

Swindon has UK?s safest roads after SCRAPPING speed cameras - Yahoo! Cars

what about them scumbags that arnt coppers that sit in yellow vans pointing them not acurate speed guns at people?