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(Message started by: Highlander on Sep 29^th, 2008, 9:40pm)

Title: SPEEDING
Post by Highlander on Sep 29^th, 2008, 9:40pm

People who do 33 in a 30 should be hung! }{

Seconds out, round 1! }{

Title: Re: SPEEDING
Post by pinto on Sep 29^th, 2008, 10:52pm

Ah, my neck is safe at 47 then :P lol

Disagree with anyone who speeds in restricted zones - 30 in a 30, 50 in a 50 :) BUt as far as im concerned, the little white one with a black line through it means "Strike the warp core, No 1....ENGAGE" ;D

Drive at a speed sutiable for the road conditions :)

Title: Re: SPEEDING
Post by mr._floppy on Sep 30^th, 2008, 9:08pm

A new survey in The Times ( yeah, another one :-[ ) informs us that excess speed is a factor in only 3 % of motor accidents, which is a percentage so low that one suspects they've forgotten the zero.

But then, The Daily Mail will tell us tomorrow that speed causes 90% of motor accidents, and 90% of those are caused by illegal Albanian immigrants !

Title: Re: SPEEDING
Post by pinto on Sep 30^th, 2008, 9:45pm

I'd agree with that - the vast majority of accidents happen at 10mph or less (parking, roundabouts, pulling out of side roads, etc)

Perhaps we should add mandatory training in perception and anticipation every 3 years ?

Title: Re: SPEEDING
Post by peteHull on Sep 30^th, 2008, 10:54pm

on 09/29/08 at 21:40:12, Highlander wrote:

People who do 33 in a 30 should be hung! }{

Seconds out, round 1! }{

Totally agree Stuart...... ;D

Title: Re: SPEEDING
Post by Jonnycab on Oct 1^st, 2008, 1:32am

If you do 33 in a 30 in a Scorp, then you are only actually doing 30mph anyway....so who's breaking the law here :P........ ;D

Title: Re: SPEEDING
Post by gozz on Oct 1^st, 2008, 9:06am

Plod has to allow 10% for instrument discrepancy !

Title: Re: SPEEDING
Post by matt1987 on Oct 1^st, 2008, 2:49pm

10% plus 2mph according to my traffic cop friend

Title: Re: SPEEDING
Post by gozz on Oct 1^st, 2008, 4:23pm

matt 1987.
I had to have a retake on your post,thought you said traffic cop FIEND :D
GOZZ.

Title: Re: SPEEDING
Post by pinto on Oct 2^nd, 2008, 11:25pm

on 10/01/08 at 01:32:11, Jonnycab wrote:

If you do 33 in a 30 in a Scorp, then you are only actually doing 30mph anyway....so who's breaking the law here :P........ ;D

Glad to see your speedo is EXACTLY as innacurate as mine }{

Sounds like ford designed it that way ::)

Title: Re: SPEEDING
Post by Jonnycab on Oct 3^rd, 2008, 2:12am

on 10/02/08 at 23:25:49, pinto wrote:

Sounds like ford designed it that way ::)

Yea, probably to make the 0-60 time look more impressive ;D

Title: Re: SPEEDING
Post by Geoff_W on Oct 3^rd, 2008, 9:54pm

And to make your car more economical and save your licence ;D

Title: Re: SPEEDING
Post by Highlander on Oct 7^th, 2008, 9:50am

on 10/01/08 at 14:49:40, matt1987 wrote:

10% plus 2mph according to my traffic cop friend

So therefore 35 in a 30 before they prosecute?

So our Scorpio speedos would be showing nearly 40 by this stage :)