A.B.Yaffle Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 If I"d got pulled by a police car, he most likely would have had a quiet word in my ear, with the cameras you"ve no chance. Just wondering, has the awareness course changed your driving? Do you try to drive safely now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Just wondering, has the awareness course changed your driving? Do you try to drive safely now? I always drive carefully... the speed awareness course did"nt make a ha,peth of difference, all they did was tell me what I already knew. I have been a professional driver all my working life, and of course I make mistakes no body is perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.B.Yaffle Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Depends on your definition of good driver tbh. Fair cop isn't having a shady bloke sitting at the bottom of a huge hill on a road that's capable of driving 120 down ready to snap you at anything above 30 on a Sunday evening when nobody is on the roads. Nanny state and all that. Fair play to you if you're okay with that kind of business going on though. Are you serious? I don't believe you are. But just in case you are an unbelievable idiot like the one who killed my friend's child by speeding a few years ago, that "shady bloke" is trying to keep our roads safe. Many people get caught breaking the speed limit by accident or even on purpose and accept the consequences. To boast about deliberately speeding and potentially murdering someone and then trying to blame the police is utterly stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Are you serious? I don't believe you are. But just in case you are an unbelievable idiot like the one who killed my friend's child by speeding a few years ago, that "shady bloke" is trying to keep our roads safe. Many people get caught breaking the speed limit by accident or even on purpose and accept the consequences. To boast about deliberately speeding and potentially murdering someone and then trying to blame the police is utterly stupid. AB, DC. is"nt boasting about anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey104 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 I always drive carefully... the speed awareness course did"nt make a ha,peth of difference, all they did was tell me what I already knew. I have been a professional driver all my working life, and of course I make mistakes no body is perfect. Honest question, what makes you a professional driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.B.Yaffle Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 AB, DC. is"nt boasting about anything. I didn't actually say DC was boasting. That was aimed at all the people who get caught speeding but blame the police for catching them instead of blaming themselves for making a mistake or deliberately risking killing others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Honest question, what makes you a professional driver? 41yrs driving buses for 1st group. mainline, STD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carosio Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 In many circumstances it would be unsafe to travel at 29mph, but in others it would be safe to do 40mph (in a 30 limit), the latter being an offence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willman Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 I went on the speed awareness course, morning session, afternoon session was fully booked up....I counted 30 people all paid £90.. £2700. same again afternoon, that's £5400 for the day, 2 instructors to pay.... theres 100s of centres around the country, at least dick turpin wore a mask. Dick Turpin robbed innocent people though. Don't get me wrong i'm not anti car or anti speeding(in the right circumstances) but if you get caught man up and accept it. As i advised my elderly relative on his speeding fine and training course, 51 years with a clean license doesn't mean you don't speed, it simply means you haven't been caught before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 There is not necessarily a correlation between being over the limit and being unsafe, but I would think the faster you go, the less safe you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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