Sam
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My licence has been clean for just under a year too LOL, got a NIP in the post today from Thames Valley Police's gaylord squad for doing 36mph in a 30mph zone. I was speeding UP a hill leaving High Wycombe... 
The thing is after I passed the van there was a 40mph speed limit sign.
GAY. 
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Cosmo
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bit of a piss take getting done for doing 36 in a 30.
Do they not offer you a speed awareness course there?
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Sam
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Don't think so, need to read through the crap they sent me when I'm not in such an annoyed mood to check for sure!
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Ry_B
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
bit of a piss take getting done for doing 36 in a 30.
Do they not offer you a speed awareness course there?
Not really, haven't you seen the 30/35 killing kids adverts? 30's there for a reason, most the other speed limits are also there for a reason but they are money orientated 
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Sam
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And you can kill kids doing 36mph up a hill on an enclosed dual carriageway just before a 40 sign how? 
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Ry_B
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I wasn't on about that. The way Cosmo worded it implied that doing 36 in a 30 is acceptable all the time.
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by Ry_B
quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
bit of a piss take getting done for doing 36 in a 30.
Do they not offer you a speed awareness course there?
Not really, haven't you seen the 30/35 killing kids adverts? 30's there for a reason, most the other speed limits are also there for a reason but they are money orientated
those stopping distances on the adverts are taken pre-ABS (and probably brake discs), so are not actually that acurate with modern cars.
I agree though that speeds outside schools and heavily built up areas are stupid, but if he was doing 36 just before it goes to a 40 zone I think its stupid.
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Marc
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Samuel 
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Ry_B
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Fair enough, just the way you worded it made me think otherwise  
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Gaz
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unlucky Sam,
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by Ry_B
Fair enough, just the way you worded it made me think otherwise
nah, Im not one to agree with speeding in the wrong places, but some 30 zones have little need to be 30, and getting done for doing 6mph over it is harsh.
If speed cameras stuck to being outside schools, parks and places like that then there would be less hatred towards them.
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Sam
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Sorry Ribena.
People who live in/near High Wycombe will probably know the road I'm on about, leads out of Wycombe towards the M40 roundabout.
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CorsAsh
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quote:
Originally posted by Ry_B
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Originally posted by Cosmo
bit of a piss take getting done for doing 36 in a 30.
Do they not offer you a speed awareness course there?
Not really, haven't you seen the 30/35 killing kids adverts? 30's there for a reason, most the other speed limits are also there for a reason but they are money orientated
The ones that say hit a kid at 30 and it'll rebuild itself and come back to life?
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dna23
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hire Nick Freeman, he'll sort it
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Jambo
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gutted sam, i know of a very similar hill on a private testing ground near me where i "tested" how much torque an LET corsa has 
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Sam
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I just read the stuff they sent me, it says if I am eligible to go on a speed awareness course they will tell me, I can't ask to go on one. 
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Ry_B
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quote:
Originally posted by Sam
I just read the stuff they sent me, it says if I am eligible to go on a speed awareness course they will tell me, I can't ask to go on one.
In other words, we're sick of you cheeky coonts asking for that instead of being punished so PSTFU
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Sam
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I might go set fire to some Gatsos tonight to make myself feel better.
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Ry_B
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quote:
Originally posted by Sam
I might go set fire to some Gatsos tonight to make myself feel better.
Opportunity for a CS meet? 
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Andrew
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Only for the chavs Ryan 
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Ben ev
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dude i got this how to get off speding email thing which mgt be worth a read. think it is mostly if you get caught and pulled over TBH but never really read it properly. if you wont a look pm me and ile email it to you
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Sam
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U2U sent!
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ed
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I take it you got caught on Marlow hill. More fool you The safety van on there is pretty much a permenant fixture....
Sorry
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Ben ev
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sending in progress let me no how you get on. might try and post the whole thing up on a forum if it will let me. who noes might help people out one day.
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by Ry_B
quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
bit of a piss take getting done for doing 36 in a 30.
Do they not offer you a speed awareness course there?
Not really, haven't you seen the 30/35 killing kids adverts? 30's there for a reason, most the other speed limits are also there for a reason but they are money orientated
Yea, but where he got caught, the van is in that place for a reason. That reason is to make money. It's a 30mph dual carridge way where there are no schools. Then when you get to the entrence of a school the speed limit is the increased to 40, then when you get to the next school the speed limit is 50.
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