Why post on this forum?

[Paul Dishman]

AClownsPocket said:

julian64 said:

If you complain and you've never been caught then what are you bhing about? If people didn't want speed limits they wouldn't have voted for those politicians.

Didn't the motorway limit come in because of the oil crisis?

No, the 70 mph limit came in during the late 1960s. In the interest of fuel saving it was reduced to 50 mph during the OPEC oil crisis in 1973

[C70R]

You do rather covet attention, don't you.

Perhaps that answers the "why post" bit in your case...

[KevinCamaroSS]

eatcustard said:

Can I have cake?

Only if you eat it with custard.

[Danattheopticians]

Ste1987 said:

Add trying to justify parking in a disabled space as well

This reminds me of another question I have. Why ARE disabled people allowed to park on double yellows? I get that it is only fair to allow them some more convenient areas to park in and do not want to sound discriminatory but, double yellows (so I though) are put in places where parking a vehicle is hazardous or causes an inconvenience in some way. So:
1) Do disabled badge holders have special small cars that create less of a hazard/hindrance? NO!
2) Is 3 hours just a short amount of time that reduces the scale of the hazard/hindrance? NO!
3) Are they allowed to park there to allow disabled badge holders easier access to shops amenities etc? YES!
So as 3 being the case then why are they double yellow? Why are they not disables bays?

I'm just interested to know if someone has the answer to this? Please don't beat me down for being a disabled badge holder hater, this is not what this is about. I'm just questioning the logic behind the decision as to why, 1 can they park there or 2 If the council (Whoever makes these decisions) believes it is safe to park there but would prefer it that only badge holders did, then why are they not marked as disabled bays? Then they could use double yellow when NO ONE is allowed to park there.

[Devil2575]

julian64 said:

If its sympathy you want then go find a friend.

This is the most useful bit of that whole post.

If you want sympathy for anything don't post on an internet forum. Random strangers on the internet are not the best source of sympathy.

[pim]

People like to let of steam being caught for speeding.We know it is the law,and the law is made by M.P's we voted in and can be kicked out.

Sneaky camara vans is all part of it Julius Caesar.

[PorkInsider]

Vaud said:

Here I think it was more about racing teams doing 170 on the M1, but I might be wrong.

Well we all know how dangerous speeding is. They must have killed many hundreds, if not thousands, of people if they did those sort of speeds.

[768]

A few people do like to suck the life out of this forum. Continuously.

[750turbo]

768 said:

A few people do like to suck the life out of this forum. Continuously.

Yep - And you have not been here long to notice it.

It is tiring, and spoils it for others.

[AClownsPocket]

Paul Dishman said:

No, the 70 mph limit came in during the late 1960s. In the interest of fuel saving it was reduced to 50 mph during the OPEC oil crisis in 1973

Ah OK, every day's a school day.

[don4l]

PorkInsider said:

Vaud said:

Here I think it was more about racing teams doing 170 on the M1, but I might be wrong.

Well we all know how dangerous speeding is. They must have killed many hundreds, if not thousands, of people if they did those sort of speeds.

The fastest that I have ever done on a public road was 152MPH coming down a Spanish mountain into Santander. To be fair, we did slow down to 75 in the villages.

[Devil2575]

750turbo said:

768 said:

A few people do like to suck the life out of this forum. Continuously.

Yep - And you have not been here long to notice it.

It is tiring, and spoils it for others.

It's a discussion forum. If you don't like discussion, debate and occasionally argument then you might be in the wrong place.

[Vaud]

768 said:

A few people do like to suck the life out of this forum. Continuously.

Please elaborate on your ~20 weeks experience?

[Steve H]

julian64 said:

If you complain and you've never been caught then what are you bhing about? If people didn't want speed limits they wouldn't have voted for those politicians.

If you could point me towards the alternative who is ready to throw middle lane hoggers in dungeons but allow well-judged breaches of the speed limits then i'd be happy to consider voting for them instead.

Edited by Steve H on Friday 30th September 21:06

[768]

Vaud said:

768 said:

A few people do like to suck the life out of this forum. Continuously.

Please elaborate on your ~20 weeks experience?

Please don't elaborate on your painfully naive chronological snobbery.

[roofer]

768 said:

Please don't elaborate on your painfully naive chronological snobbery.

Now that, made I larf

[Countdown]

Devil2575 said:

750turbo said:

768 said:

A few people do like to suck the life out of this forum. Continuously.

Yep - And you have not been here long to notice it.

It is tiring, and spoils it for others.

It's a discussion forum. If you don't like discussion, debate and occasionally argument then you might be in the wrong place.

I like discussion and debate but ONLY if people agree with me, otherwise it's not fair and you're all a bunch of lentil-eating BBC-watching killjoys

[singlecoil]

Steve H said:

If you could point me towards the alternative who is ready to throw middle lane joggers in dungeons but allow well-judged breaches of the speed limits then i'd be happy to consider voting for them instead.

I occasionally make a well judged breach of the speed limit on NSL roads but only for overtaking usually.

I am happy to 'allow' others to do the same. If they do so and get caught in the process I might even sympathise depending on the circumstances. If they come on here and bh about 'scameras' and 'meeting targets' etc, then I will probably say something.

[Vaud]

768 said:

Please don't elaborate on your painfully naive chronological snobbery.

Not at all.

"A few people do like to suck the life out of this forum. Continuously."

So continuously for 20 weeks from your experience? Or have you been a poster previously?

I don't really mind if you have been here for 2 days or 10 years, but as you know SP&L has been a (mostly) constructive forum with helpful posts from barristers, lawyers, police and those with commercial experience trying to help people without cost.

How does that suck the life out? It's a serious(ish) sub-forum.

[singlecoil]

Vaud said:

768 said:

Please don't elaborate on your painfully naive chronological snobbery.

Not at all.

"A few people do like to suck the life out of this forum. Continuously."

So continuously for 20 weeks from your experience? Or have you been a poster previously?

I don't really mind if you have been here for 2 days or 10 years, but as you know SP&L has been a (mostly) constructive forum with helpful posts from barristers, lawyers, police and those with commercial experience trying to help people without cost.

How does that suck the life out? It's a serious(ish) sub-forum.

It means there are too many posters that don't agree with his way of seeing things.