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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 28, 2018 9:08:45 GMT
Indeed - I think this is a complete cop-out (pun intended) by government trying to cut down on the numbers of Police. I feel that the Police or whoever should actually be around at the point an offence was committed in order to point out at the time to the offender what they had done wrong. We rely far too much on cameras etc to just punish people financially rather than trying to educate them on the errors of their ways and the possible consequences - OK I appreciate that there are always some who won't care but we could at least try (and this doesn't just apply to motoring issues) What about a Highway Police, not funded by central government or taxation, but fully self-funded by the issuing of motoring fines?
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Post by johnc on Nov 28, 2018 9:59:00 GMT
It's just big brother...and he's a bully. Not what I want to see in my country. I've got no problem with dashcams being used for serious accidents or to prove who was in the wrong but the idea of warped minded vigilantes roaming the streets looking for things to report doesn't sit comfortably: they are exactly the kind of arseholes who close gaps if you are overtaking or crawl round corners and then floor it for the next straight - they deliberately want to provoke a response and should therefore be prosecuted themselves for inciting the very actions that they then want to go on and report.
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Post by PG on Nov 29, 2018 11:40:39 GMT
Don't you just have to claim it was some Russian bloke and then conveniently forget that your employer was closed for the summer recess and anyway, as a new employee, you were overwhelned with everything anyway so it was all just a big mistake. And no, it wasn't me driving anyway. Oh sorry, that's just MPs. I must say, based on the evidence I saw in various press reports, that I found it rather hard to understand how the jury "failed to reach a verdict".......
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2018 12:54:58 GMT
I find far too many people who overtake and then barge in where there is no space leading to braking hard to avoid a collision. Some of the time it is people hurtling down the outside lane coming to a junction they want to exit at and just not planning the move, they cut in and cause other people problems. What is THAT about?
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Post by Martin on Nov 29, 2018 13:05:15 GMT
I find far too many people who overtake and then barge in where there is no space leading to braking hard to avoid a collision. Some of the time it is people hurtling down the outside lane coming to a junction they want to exit at and just not planning the move, they cut in and cause other people problems. What is THAT about? It's because they are more important than you and their time is much more valuable.... Really annoys me too, even more so when they don't get out of the way as the road clears because it's so important they still stay ahead.
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Post by Tim on Nov 29, 2018 13:22:57 GMT
I find far too many people who overtake and then barge in where there is no space leading to braking hard to avoid a collision. Some of the time it is people hurtling down the outside lane coming to a junction they want to exit at and just not planning the move, they cut in and cause other people problems. What is THAT about? It's because they are more important than you and their time is much more valuable.... Really annoys me too, even more so when they don't get out of the way as the road clears because it's so important they still stay ahead. Add to that the ones who carry out the first manoeuvre and then proceed to dive down a sliproad.
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Post by LandieMark on Nov 29, 2018 18:12:12 GMT
This is the reason why I bought a dash cam - this kind of driving is par for the course around here. I'm guessing he was texting, but I couldn't see due to the rain. Certainly woke me up this morning. I had an empty trailer on the back as I was going for hay.
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Post by johnc on Nov 29, 2018 18:27:02 GMT
It's because they are more important than you and their time is much more valuable.... Really annoys me too, even more so when they don't get out of the way as the road clears because it's so important they still stay ahead. Add to that the ones who carry out the first manoeuvre and then proceed to dive down a sliproad. On the way back from Gloucester at the weekend we sat behind a 1 series in the outside lane for miles. They wouldn't pull over and really began to wind me up because I was on cruise control and would catch them up to the extent I would need to turn it off and coast, only to find them putting the foot down and pulling away, engage cruise control and repeat!!! They finally got their foot down just before some pain in the arse average speed camera road works and stayed in the outside lane for several more miles before barging into the left lane and straight down a slip road. Wankers!
EDIT. We also passed a lorry who had been gently swaying in and out of our lane for about a mile - I waited for his sway to take him to the inside and then floored it. My daughter said he was talking on his phone. When will people learn!
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Post by Tim on Nov 30, 2018 12:19:25 GMT
For the first one I would've probably got fed up and if they didn't respond to a flash of the lights go past them on the left.
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Post by Blarno on Dec 1, 2018 10:36:50 GMT
I make sure I undertake people like that. I get it every day on the new Mersey crossing. The far left lane is a filter and the other 2 are normal lanes, so why do so many people sit over to the right and leave the middle lane empty?
Because they are pricks. Pricks who sit there at 59 mph despite there being no speed cameras on the bridge.
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