"Ban likely" for 10mph on the M32

[i want an aero]

resit the test after a long time with an instructor.

[herewego]

thinfourth2 said:

Jules360 said:

She sounds like the safest driver in the country to me. Thousands of GATSOs can't be wrong!

Exactly my thoughts

we have had speed kills as the only road safety message rammed down our throats for years

I think under no circumstances should she be charged with anything as she is by what i have been taught the safest driver i have ever heard of

Speed kills

If they charge her then they call into question the very concept of speed kills

No they don't. The speed kills message is for those who are currently driving too fast in the wrong places. Also it isn't the only message out there although if you are a little too focussed in one area then you may think it is. Other messages are watch out for bikes, don't drink and drive, don't drive too close.

[Hooli]

herewego said:

watch out for bikes

that'll be the bike they automaticly blame for going to fast then?

[herewego]

Hooli said:

herewego said:

watch out for bikes

that'll be the bike they automaticly blame for going to fast then?

Not on the advert that I've seen. The one where the driver has to look twice for bikes because they are not as easy to spot as cars.
Paranoia alive and well?

[Hooli]

herewego said:

Hooli said:

herewego said:

watch out for bikes

that'll be the bike they automaticly blame for going to fast then?

Not on the advert that I've seen. The one where the driver has to look twice for bikes because they are not as easy to spot as cars.
Paranoia alive and well?

tbh i hardly ever watch tv so ive probably missed that advert.

[Flintstone]

There are two reasons why this woman is not fit to hold a driving licence.

On one of those counts (apparent medical condition) she has my sympathy, on the other (the stupidity of venturing onto a motorway when she knew she shouldn't be there) she earns only my disdain. What she (knowingly) did endangered others and for that she needs to be held to account.

Behind all this is the tenet that a driving licence is a privilege, not a right. If I lose my sight, use of my limbs or become a mentalist I expect my licence to be taken away. So should she.

[Jules360]

herewego said:

thinfourth2 said:

Jules360 said:

She sounds like the safest driver in the country to me. Thousands of GATSOs can't be wrong!

Exactly my thoughts

we have had speed kills as the only road safety message rammed down our throats for years

I think under no circumstances should she be charged with anything as she is by what i have been taught the safest driver i have ever heard of

Speed kills

If they charge her then they call into question the very concept of speed kills

No they don't. The speed kills message is for those who are currently driving too fast in the wrong places. Also it isn't the only message out there although if you are a little too focussed in one area then you may think it is. Other messages are watch out for bikes, don't drink and drive, don't drive too close.

Yeah right, that's why traf pol are on the decline, DD is on the way up and no one ever got done for "driving too close" ... too much effort for the BiB ... just tax everyone doing 34 in a 30... with the right use of statistics, that keeps the roads safe, not to mention the revenue .....

Edited by Jules360 on Tuesday 25th December 18:12

[GPSHead]

herewego said:

Hooli said:

herewego said:

watch out for bikes

that'll be the bike they automaticly blame for going to fast then?

Not on the advert that I've seen. The one where the driver has to look twice for bikes because they are not as easy to spot as cars.
Paranoia alive and well?

Gullibility certainly is, apparently.

[catmartin]

No wonder she has a phobia - this is what she drives!



It looks like a corrective shoe on wheels.

[herewego]

GPSHead said:

herewego said:

Hooli said:

herewego said:

watch out for bikes

that'll be the bike they automaticly blame for going to fast then?

Not on the advert that I've seen. The one where the driver has to look twice for bikes because they are not as easy to spot as cars.
Paranoia alive and well?

Gullibility certainly is, apparently.

Quite likely, but which people are being taken in depends on your point of view.

[Scraggles]

maybe just give her a mobility scooter, some of them can do 10 mph and she would be quite safe

[TheCarpetCleaner]

Scraggles said:

maybe just give her a mobility scooter, some of them can do 10 mph and she would be quite safe

Dont be so sure... she would probably try to go down the M32 in that as well...

[Jasandjules]

TheCarpetCleaner said:

Scraggles said:

maybe just give her a mobility scooter, some of them can do 10 mph and she would be quite safe

Dont be so sure... she would probably try to go down the M32 in that as well...

And she wouldn't be the first one either.......

But seriously, if she is that scared she should have her license revoked, she is a liability.

[eccles]

odd that there's no comment from 'Brake' on this story!
it should fit right in with their speed kills stance, just that in this case its not enough speed.

[tommundy]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7171154.stm 

7 days...

At least she has to take another driving test! Some extra tuition wouldn't have gone amiss either.

Thoughts?

[joewilliams]

tommundy said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7171154.stm 

7 days...

At least she has to take another driving test! Some extra tuition wouldn't have gone amiss either.

Thoughts?

She'll fail the test.

[Burgmeister]

7 days! what has ms got to do with it? she should certainly have been fined. hopefully she will fail her test over and over and over again.

[tigger1]

joewilliams said:

tommundy said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7171154.stm 

7 days...

At least she has to take another driving test! Some extra tuition wouldn't have gone amiss either.

Thoughts?

She'll fail the test.

Hopefully.Or hopefully she'll decide that she'stoo nervous to try to do one and give it up.

[Dr Jekyll]

herewego said:

The speed kills message is for those who are currently driving too fast in the wrong places.

No it isn't. If it was it would say 'excessive speed kills' and nobody would argue with it.

By omitting the word excessive they clearly mean everyone should go slower irrespective of how fast they are going to start with.

[Jasandjules]

Burgmeister said:

7 days! what has ms got to do with it? she should certainly have been fined. hopefully she will fail her test over and over and over again.

I hope so, or the roads won't be as safe. MS is also a deteriorating condition, so she will get worse as time goes on?

What annoyed me was the BBC said she was convicted of driving at 10mph......