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STATO - Member
Getting an IAM certificate is slightly different to high-speed driver training given to emergency services.The title of your link is misdirecting though, on reading it that case was about his use of speed to chase another car, and the police argued they should not be punished for dangerous driving in that circumstance. The report notes he was (rightly) convicted in a previous case when using (extremely) excessive speed for no valid reason.
[url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/shropshire/4559173.stm ]Nah he got off the previous charge too[/url]. Either training is a valid mitigation for safety risk at speed, or it isn't. I bet Police drivers really are not anything special, most people with a race licence probably have better high speed handling skills.
On the other hand, it does annoy me that there are cases where police officers have quite obviously been taking the piss (not on emergency call, no flashers/siren on) and got away with it just because they are the police and they have 'special training'.
I take it you lot are also pro-gun rights, because guns don't kill people, do they...
Guns don't kill people.
Bullets on the other hand...
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nickc - MemberIf it hasn't been said already
I make sure I mention it every time, but it is often overlooked. 🙂
[url= http://metro.co.uk/2016/09/06/topless-women-carry-speed-limit-signs-to-help-at-accident-blackspot-6111657/ ]i forgot to weave this one in earlier[/url]
So given the opinion seems to be that a 200mph car IS more likely to crash than a 20mph one shall we just rename Bloodhound to Bloodbath and be done with it?
Think about it for a second.
Saw this review of a Focus RS in today's Metro and thought I'd post it here as it speaks volumes about our attitudes to speed :
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Woo.. It [i]can[/i] stay within the speed limits if you like grandad, but if you want some [i]fun[/i] then select the Track or Drift mode and [i]"push it to your limit"[/i]. 🙄
I'm sure the journalist would argue that, of course, they meant on a private race track - but there's not even a pretence of that in the article.
^ DM sure has changed its tune since the Carlton Lotus eh?
Think about it for a second.
I don't even need a second.
The trollseeking question that I put was:
[i]If speed was irrelevant in the context of accidents happening then someone doing 200mph through a busy residential street would be no more likely to crash than someone doing 20mph. Do you believe that to be true?!?[/i]
Frankly anyone that does believe that shouldn't be allowed a driving license.
This thread still going?
What's happened?
Last time I looked it seemed like common sense was going to prevail.....
But then again this is STW...!
I must have missed your original point then, I saw a stripped out version that gave some sense to my comment.
As you were then...
squirrelking - Member
I must have missed your original point then, I saw a stripped out version that gave some sense to my comment.
As you were then...
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That's the problem with long threads, you can't type detailed context in every response but if you don't someone will pick apart a tiny detail to try and prove it wrong despite a general overtone of context. Here we are talking about traffic cameras (thread title) and discussion moved to speeds (on the roads - context), so you said a car soon 200mph on a salt pan is safe... 😆
https://m.facebook.com/groups/220834201349298?view=permalink&id=1019643878134989
Just seen this on the Facebooks. This is what I'd like to do as a job... Yeah that's it, cry it out. Idiots.