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Be aware that the police are using hand held speed guns on the M65, I have seen them twice this week sat in thier patrol car with a hand held gun pointing down the motorway. I was lucky only doing 60 at the time.
Both times the car was parked between junction 8 and junction 7 with the camera pointing towards Burnley, perhaps the cop is a rovers fan and he fancies handing Burnley fans a few more points. |
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surely if a police officer has time to sit in a car all day pointing a speed camera at the road it means that all crime has been prevented and solved in lancashire so it must be a good thing right ?
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exactly. but remember it's an easy £60 back in the goverments bank
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Costs more n that if yeh choose a speed awareness.:eek:
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if it wasnt for cars the country would be bankrupt insurance,fuel,mainatinance,MOT and fines alone are probbably keeping this country afloat its about time the government started thanking drivers not persecuting them :D |
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I wouldn't mind so much,if money from Road Tax n these fines was spent on the sodding roads,:(
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I don`t have a problem with speed cameras myself, they`re there to catch people breaking the law. What happens to the money from the fine is pretty irrelevant in my view. I think most people know the 10%+3 rule when it comes to speeding so if you`re prosecuted in a 70mph limit, you`re most likely doing over 80, and you can`t really have any complaints.
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I agree about upping the limit, modern cars are much better now, my first car was an austin princess, which I don`t think I would be on the motorway long enough to get to 70. I`ve been done twice now, caught by speed cameras, both times I was driving, my foot controlled the accelerator and brakes and I got caught, nobodys fault but mine.
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I thought road tax was for road repairs, as far as the fines go, the money can go to wherever it`s needed the most. Doesn`t it just go into the governments pot with everyones tax money?
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speed cameras in built up areas or outside schools and hospitals etc i agree with but theres a hell of a lot of cameras that are set in places deliberatly to sneakily catch a motorist unawares.
i did meet a nice copper one time on the motorway he had stopped me to inform me that i was touching 99mph and that if it had been busy on the road he woulda done me but because it was late and no traffic he would let me off with a verbal warning.Its a pitty a lot more coppers dont have the same shred of integrity and common sense this copper did |
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one local example as you enter great harwood coming from rishton there is a 50mph sign about 40 yards after that sign maybe less in a dip in the road there is a 30mph sign and this is a spot where speed trap cameras like to hide i know that i am about to enter a town but someone not familiar to the area will see that 50mph sign and by the time they see the 30mph sign and start to slow down its too late they are zapped |
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another example same town different exit
if you are leaving rishton to come to accrington past the dunk hotel you pass a fixed speed camera then head down a steep incline.Police and speed traps like to hide there at the bottom to catch people that are putting their foot downa little to get their car ready for the steep incline ahead.Iv known people get tickets for doing 33mph on that one which is a tad harsh but like its been said speeding is speeding :rolleyes:] funny thing is 2 miles away the police do sod all about red light jumpers at whitebirk which is a more dangerous threat in my opinion and more likely to cause death |
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i think it was flashy a membe ron here whos sisters tyre was blown out by a hole in the road a while back.Im not sure how she got on with teh council .Maybe she will see this and let us know if she got her dammage repaired by the council |
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err, how am I supposed to that when its illegal to stop on the motorway? Never mind having the balls to be knelt down with a 10p piece whilst artics are whizzing past me! :D there are some absolute HUGE potholes on my journey to work, mostly on M66/60/6. I've caught one or two quite heavily and I'm surprised with the silly low profile tyres that are now fitted to most cars the wheel itself wasn't damaged. |
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About 20 years ago, a girl I used to work with was two seconds behind a Porsche on the motorway. It stopped, for whatever reason, and they went into the back of it. Her "defence" was that it was a performance car that stopped far quicker than the van she was in, so it wasn't her fault... :rolleyes: It wouldn't bother me if the police started a zero-tolerance policy to road speeds. I do try to keep within the limit, but occasionally go over. My view is that if I'm tagged, I'm not paying enough attention and so the punishment is justified. No journey I make is ever important enough to speed. When I used to do weddings, and my arrival time was non-negotiable, I just set out earlier... |
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the only good thing cameron has wanted is a 80mph limit on motorways but the crybaby bitches afraid of doing more thaqn 50mph on a motorway got their way and stopped it
if government was truely dedicated to safe speed they woudlnt allow cars on the road that can do 150mph like mine can they would all be fitted with limiters by law |
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how about we actually start convicting people for stupidity...
the speed limit on motorways was instigated becausde at a time that the average family saloon could just about push 80 and took 1/4 of a mile to stop from that speed the Jag E type and AC cobra were being tested at ~ 150 up the M1 with full media cover nowadays my 4 door saloon car is limited to 155 and stop from 80 in less than half the distance despite weighing 2.5 tonnes thanks to all the technology at play ( ABS, vastly superior tyres technology, suspension ) my beef has always been that we don't have variable speed limits, at rush hour on an icy sleeting Feb morning 50 is probably right for motorways, at 5am on a beautiful summer morning 120 would be equally safe. We should also consider what the police do, have an extra test for those who wish to qualify to drive faster by showing greater skill levels. give them a huge badge to stick on the front of their car, say a circle with 4 quarters, two blue, two white, surround it with a nice black circle to make it stand out..... :) |
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I agree something should be done for bad driving, speed should not come into it. Inappropriate speed kills, not just speed. |
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speed kills ive been a witness to a fatal crash which a driver was speeding down a motorway and clipped a car which knocked the clipped car into a central reservation .both were speeding 3 deaths.cars are not toys there are speed restrictions for a reason.speed kills fact.
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130 kmh (80 mph) Autobahn speed limits here, but folk regularly travel faster. The Police tolerate it as long as you're driving sensibly, safely & not endangering other road users & that the vehicle is capable enough.
Added to that, on the 3 laners you don't often find iidiots tooling along endlessly in the centre lane doing 90 kmh (55 mph) when the insides free. The Outside tends to be the domain of the Audi, Merc & BMW. ;) |
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not defending speeding excessivly here but that seems to have been caused through carelessness rather than speed infact the same result would most likely have occured at a 70mph impact someone not looking over their shoulder when moving into the fast lane at 60mph can cause death .Its not always about speed its usually peoples neglegence that causes accidents |
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when i spoke to the copper he said if they were doing the right speed the car wouidnt have took off to somersault about 6 times and miss the barrier.
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really sounds like im defending excessive speeding lol but its teh easy option to blame speed its as though accidents and deaths dont occur under 70mph |
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is that wrong ? |
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Sticking to restrictions were applicable, then getting the boot down when you can, all happy bunnies (except the tree hugging enviro-mentalists! Still when are they ever happy?:rolleyes:). Folks getting to & from, work, play or whatever all at reasonable speeds & time. |
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the best example of dangerous speed i have ever witnessed was an old couple pulled up in the fast lane at night with the interior light on looking at a map on the motorway..
i nearly filled my trousers to put it politely zero mph almost deadly it wa sonly a little red micra |
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this seems to suggest otherwise... |
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maybe something to staying in the EU after all .. JOKING |
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I can remember watching a car go flying past the front window of the Coach and Horses pub on Haslingden Old Road, ended up wedged in a tree next to the barn, the driver lost control taking the double bends just before the pub, hit the kerb and took off, the driver walked away with hardly a scratch, one lucky chap
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I have just spent 3 days down south working and they are terrible drivers. On the M1 coming back north, its 4 lanes and a young lady was sat in lane 3 for about 5 miles. She was doing about 70 but she never once changed lane even though there was nothing in lanes 1 and 2 and cars were backing up behind her to get past. I was sat behind her in lane 1 laughing at her |
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I had a heated discussion with a Police man the other week because he had parked on the yellow zig zags outside a school at school closing time |
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I was sat at 50mph on the M1 yesterday morning for no reason at all. It was a lovely morning perfect for driving. 4 lane motorway with very little traffic and we were stuck at 50mph for miles. The problem with variable speed on motorways with lots of camera behind the variable sign is those without and possible even those with cruise control are spending too much time looking at the speedometer and not the road. |
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but he probbably wasnt there |
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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 :D |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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what about them scumbags that arnt coppers that sit in yellow vans pointing them not acurate speed guns at people? |
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It seems that many are obsessed by speed.
A few extra mph may get you there early or on time, but is it really worth the risk? It is a manifestation of the rat race. If you can't opt out, just slow down. You may have less time to sit in front of the goggle box, but there's nothing lost there. |
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someone once said to me that speeding dosnt get you to where you want to go any faster
i would just like to confirm that is bollocks you do get to where you want to go faster its simple maths really i dont know why people say otherwise |
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I work up Shad Ind. Est. and on the way home I see this one guy who likes to put his foot down, overtaking everyone at every chance along blackburn road and through west end and everytime when I get to commercial lights he`s right there. My brother used to live in Germany and I remember when visiting once he told me on a stretch of dual carriageway, that the lights were timed so that if you kept to the limit, the lights will be on green, if you speed you get to the lights sooner and they will be on red. |
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Seen a lot of nasty accidents on the motorways on my journeys to and from Bristol, some have been fatal. Was very lucky once to not run into the back of a speeding white van who hadn't noticed the traffic had almost stopped and so to avoid the car in front of him he pulled in to the lane I was in without warning. If you want to speed then that's up to you. What bugs me is when people are speeding and they try and intimidate others who choose not to speed. |
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He was in diusburg / dusselforf and Kiel. Went over there a few times and can`t remember which one it was.
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Not that she will be on here but if that daft woman had bothered to look in her mirrors on the M6 this evening she would have noticed the big green thing rapidly getting bigger and it would not have been a surprise to find it a few inches from her bumper with its nose pointing downwards.
It's not always speed that causes accidents but other drivers assuming everyone is doing 60mph like they are. |
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big thick white lines obviously mean something else to some folk ffs also i must really attract these morons because tonight coming into ossy some absolute prick in a black peugout 207 heading towards ossy from blackburn road jumped a red light and he had 3 kids on the back seat.Wonder how impressed the mrs would have been if he had killed them |
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There is always the exception to the rule, When I worked for Shopfitters I stayed at my mates home in Chorley so we could have an early start for a lunchtime booking down south, this was the early 70s, we joined the motorway and it was pretty much empty except for a few cars, then we came across the SUNDAY DRIVER sat in the middle lane doing 30mph, now being in a Ford 2 ton Lorry we weren't allowed into the overtaking lane, but of course our SD must not be aware of it and no matter how many times my mate piped the horn or flashed the lights the guy was not for moving, his wife was looking round giving us black looks, until after about 10 miles he pulled over, as we drove by he look up and shouted there's another lane you know, I informed him with words of one syllable that the law prevented us from undertaking on the inside or use the overtaking lane, think he got the message
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On Friday afternoon I was coming back from Clitheroe and arrived at the A59 at the same time as someone in a Fiat 500 Abarth. I stayed left at 50, he thrashed it down the outside lane, and cut in ahead of someone right at the big roundabout with the A671 - he'd gained about 350 metres. By the time I arrived at the lights he was two cars in front. He hammered it again to get past the cars ahead of him so he disappeared from view - until we got to the lights where we split off on the 680 towards Great Harwood. Now there was only one car between us. At the turn into Harwood, the separating car continued off into Clayton. We arrived at my destination at the same time. I hadn't needed to stop at the two sets of lights, he had. So that had cut his average speed down to the same as mine, even though he'd been thrashing it whenever he could. |
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Keep taking the pills as we all do.
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