Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[skyblue]

i take it nows not a good time to admit i ignore speed limits quite a lot     on boxing day i hammered it from london to portsmouth to watch the football  cant be late for the match

It's your licence, and if you get caught up doing a ton up then it's an instant ban.

which team do you support then? you've never made it clear 

i will give you a clue  its not wet spam or crippled alice

Queer rangersa  :-?

you win  how did you guess skyblue

FACK OFF    BUT well done on beating the inbreads from the wrong end of the M69

[Lazydocker]

I've watched this thread with interest and have voted.

I'm no angel when it comes to speed but honestly feel I drive to the conditions. 20, 30, 40 and 50 mean 20, 30, 40 and 50 (maximum) to me but in National speed limits I drive to the conditions... A clear stretch of motorway/dual carriageway with good visibility and conditions and I will break the limit sometimes but generally will sit at about 75 most of the time. Whilst I accept that this is "over the limit" it is within the accepted leeway.

That said... There is still the odd time when I am in an area of National limit when I have driven faster than I should. If we were all completely honest I doubt there's a person with a licence who can say they have never broken the speed limit, including temporary ones posted on the matrix signs on motorways

As Amigo said at the start... No if's/but's... The question is, have you/do you break the speed limit.

As for the religion side of things... Yes Lizzie, I agree that your time is up when it is up. I have witnessed the aftermath of many fatal accidents when I was working recovery... They are awful, sobering scenes but if I had let everything I ever saw/witnessed bother me then I would never leave the house It's about risk assessment and reaction. The majority of accidents I have seen/been involved in/tidied up after have been in built up areas with the vehicles involved travelling within the posted limits. As someone else has stated, it's the distractions that cause accidents, not speed

Just my opinion mind

[tidla]

I've watched this thread with interest and have voted.

I'm no angel when it comes to speed but honestly feel I drive to the conditions. 20, 30, 40 and 50 mean 20, 30, 40 and 50 (maximum) to me but in National speed limits I drive to the conditions... A clear stretch of motorway/dual carriageway with good visibility and conditions and I will break the limit sometimes but generally will sit at about 75 most of the time. Whilst I accept that this is "over the limit" it is within the accepted leeway.

That said... There is still the odd time when I am in an area of National limit when I have driven faster than I should. If we were all completely honest I doubt there's a person with a licence who can say they have never broken the speed limit, including temporary ones posted on the matrix signs on motorways

As Amigo said at the start... No if's/but's... The question is, have you/do you break the speed limit.

As for the religion side of things... Yes Lizzie, I agree that your time is up when it is up. I have witnessed the aftermath of many fatal accidents when I was working recovery... They are awful, sobering scenes but if I had let everything I ever saw/witnessed bother me then I would never leave the house It's about risk assessment and reaction. The majority of accidents I have seen/been involved in/tidied up after have been in built up areas with the vehicles involved travelling within the posted limits. As someone else has stated, it's the distractions that cause accidents, not speed

Just my opinion mind

how true.

rep mobile in the middle doing the usual distracted speed of 65 far more dangerous than someone on the max section of an autobahn , doing the ton.

[millwall]

the other thing that affects how i drive is wether im alone or have family or friends in car  i generally wont speed if i have passengers

[Vamps]

I've watched this thread with interest and have voted.

I'm no angel when it comes to speed but honestly feel I drive to the conditions. 20, 30, 40 and 50 mean 20, 30, 40 and 50 (maximum) to me but in National speed limits I drive to the conditions... A clear stretch of motorway/dual carriageway with good visibility and conditions and I will break the limit sometimes but generally will sit at about 75 most of the time. Whilst I accept that this is "over the limit" it is within the accepted leeway.

That said... There is still the odd time when I am in an area of National limit when I have driven faster than I should. If we were all completely honest I doubt there's a person with a licence who can say they have never broken the speed limit, including temporary ones posted on the matrix signs on motorways

As Amigo said at the start... No if's/but's... The question is, have you/do you break the speed limit.

As for the religion side of things... Yes Lizzie, I agree that your time is up when it is up. I have witnessed the aftermath of many fatal accidents when I was working recovery... They are awful, sobering scenes but if I had let everything I ever saw/witnessed bother me then I would never leave the house It's about risk assessment and reaction. The majority of accidents I have seen/been involved in/tidied up after have been in built up areas with the vehicles involved travelling within the posted limits. As someone else has stated, it's the distractions that cause accidents, not speed

Just my opinion mind

I could not have said that better myself, fully agree with LD here..... 
(Worried)

[skyblue]

Around town I will stick to the speed limitbut on a trip back home on the motorway I will give her a push along aslong as its safe to do so and I wi=ont go sitting on the bumper of a car either if Ive caught them up.

But the thing I do hate are the plonkers who set their CC at 70 and then sit in the middle lane overtaking nothing..... FFS  it winds me up no end that they dont think to pull over to the nearside lane when not overtaking anything

[Dishevelled Den]

Re Zulu's homily above;  Do/did you have access/permission to exceed posted limits either off the public highway or on it?  If so that can remove the desire to drive fast in "normal" mode.
. 

No Chris I haven't driven professionally for some time now so I have no special dispensation to drive at speed (either in excess of the posted limits or the prevailing road conditions) either on or off the public roads.

[geoffr70]

the other thing that affects how i drive is wether im alone or have family or friends in car  i generally wont speed if i have passengers

If you generally don't speed when you have passengers, what is the reason behind that? I think I'd be safe in saying that it's because you care about their safety and wouldn't want them hurt?

So from this statement could one assume that when you don't have passengers you generally do speed?!?!?! For the same reason?!??!

If you caused a crash, where other people were injured, whether or not the injured the people were travelling as your passengers is irrelevant, as you would've caused their injuries regardless of their location.

So I think to try and justify ones speeding by saying that no passengers are being carried is wrong, because an innocent sod stood at the side of the road minding his own business could be hurt.

[geoffr70]

Getting caught doing 100 mph isn't an instant ban

[Chris_H]

Re Zulu's homily above;  Do/did you have access/permission to exceed posted limits either off the public highway or on it?  If so that can remove the desire to drive fast in "normal" mode.
. 

No Chris I haven't driven professionally for some time now so I have no special dispensation to drive at speed (either in excess of the posted limits or the prevailing road conditions) either on or off the public roads.

Thanks for that Zulu.

I suspect there are three ways that inherent speeders can overcome the desire.  One is to let it out off the public roads, another is to get old and 'past it', and the third is to somehow just get over it.

I hope I'm in the last set but I've used some tricks to get myself there. Like buying cars that don't suit going fast in my mind as mentioned above.

[geoffr70]

How can people say that when you're number's up it's up?!?! And say about fate and what have you?!?!

Well then what's the point in having speed limits, traffic lights and safe systems of work and road design?

If someone has a heart attack let's just leave them to die, or if someone has cancer don't give them any treatment, just leave them, it's their turn to kick the bucket! What's all that about?!?!

I don't think so. Yes there are many things that we can't change or do anything about, but as has been mentioned it's all about risk assessment and taking action to mitigate the risk.

Everyone on this forum, countless times everyday without even thinking about it will take action or not take action to change outcomes, or to increase or decrease the likelihood of something happening or not happening.

This thing we call fate is just our brains looking for patterns and trying to find a reason for things we can't explain or don't want to accept.

[Chris_H]

How can people say that when you're number's up it's up?!?! And say about fate and what have you?!?!

Well then what's the point in having speed limits, traffic lights and safe systems of work and road design?

If someone has a heart attack let's just leave them to die, or if someone has cancer don't give them any treatment, just leave them, it's their turn to kick the bucket! What's all that about?!?!

I don't think so. Yes there are many things that we can't change or do anything about, but as has been mentioned it's all about risk assessment and taking action to mitigate the risk.

Everyone on this forum, countless times everyday without even thinking about it will take action or not take action to change outcomes, or to increase or decrease the likelihood of something happening or not happening.

This thing we call fate is just our brains looking for patterns and trying to find a reason for things we can't explain or don't want to accept.

I agree that came across as a bit fatalist in the discussion but I don't think it was meant that way.

There are some circumstances where you know that YOU have no control over whether you live or die.  At those times it might be appropriate to say our number's up.  However, we find ourselves in situations daily where we can choose if we live or die, and if someone else lives or dies.  That's where social responsibility comes in.

As for God intervening...  I am sure he does on occasion but generally he relies on the ordered nature of what he's created to determine outcomes.
I have a nephew who shouldn't be alive but his non-God-believing neurosurgeon says it's a miracle that he is alive.  Three years on from his collision he is starting to walk again.  Not a complete healing by any stretch of the imagination, but his parents are mighty happy to have him around.

[albitz]

Getting caught doing 100 mph isn't an instant ban

Nor is getting caught at 125 - but you have to be very very lucky.

[Chris_H]

Getting caught doing 100 mph isn't an instant ban

Nor is getting caught at 125 - but you have to be very very lucky.

Talking of bikes (which I suspect you are Albs) it is VERY easy to wander over a limit while you're not watching the speedo.

Anyone who has not ridden a powerful bike would be amazed how far the speedo can move while you're concentrating on the road for a few seconds.

[albitz]

Yep - many modern sportsbikes will do 0- 100 in around 5 seconds, luckily brakes and suspension design have kept pace with advances in power output. Not always the case with the nut attached to the bars though.