RE: High speeds not dangerous, says judge
Discussion
Racing Rod said:
Racing Rod said:
. . . . nor am I seemingly full of paranoid hate of the Police force.
Not met many plod have you ?
Lots, but none with two heads..........yet!
I think we should find a cushion cos that fence looks awfully uncomfortable!!
Youve been lucky not to have met the same plod as me. I followed a Mondeo Traffic car back to the station, after it passed me at nearly 100mph in a 50 with no lights or sirens. When I pulled up at the station, it was bang on 10pm, and they were all arriving back for shift change. Its that sort of crap that puts your back up. I have a few friends in the Fil..Force, and they all tell me that they drive around at 50 in 30s, and there warrant card is a get out of jail card if they get pulled. Im not for sitting back and taking sh!t like that, but if you are, then someone kindly pass the vaseline!
bazzza said:
totally agree with the person earlier that said about those rally drivers getting prosecuted for speeding, at the end of the day those rally drivers are way more experienced at driving at high speeds on any type of road and would be more than capable of dealing with any situation they may have been faced with...
With respect I'm not sure that is a complete answer to the concerns.
Top notch rally drivers have exceptional skills in terms of handling cars at very high speeds on poor quality roads, such as forest tracks etc., and on that basis I admire them greatly. Considering the intensity of the competition I think they have an extremely good record of reliability, i.e. freedom from shunts. Even so, this is not a particularly good guide to their ability to drive at high speed safely in a public road environment.
The two scenarios are rather different, and high level skills in one situation do not fully translate into a high level of ability in the other.
Best wishes all,
Dave.
TripleS said:You obviously forgot how many rallies are run on tarmac these days - Streaky
totally agree with the person earlier that said about those rally drivers getting prosecuted for speeding, at the end of the day those rally drivers are way more experienced at driving at high speeds on any type of road and would be more than capable of dealing with any situation they may have been faced with...
With respect I'm not sure that is a complete answer to the concerns.
Top notch rally drivers have exceptional skills in terms of handling cars at very high speeds on poor quality roads, such as forest tracks etc., and on that basis I admire them greatly. Considering the intensity of the competition I think they have an extremely good record of reliability, i.e. freedom from shunts. Even so, this is not a particularly good guide to their ability to drive at high speed safely in a public road environment.
The two scenarios are rather different, and high level skills in one situation do not fully translate into a high level of ability in the other.
Best wishes all,
Dave.
v8-fettler said:
I think we should find a cushion cos that fence looks awfully uncomfortable!!
Youve been lucky not to have met the same plod as me. I followed a Mondeo Traffic car back to the station, after it passed me at nearly 100mph in a 50 with no lights or sirens. When I pulled up at the station, it was bang on 10pm, and they were all arriving back for shift change. Its that sort of crap that puts your back up. I have a few friends in the Fil..Force, and they all tell me that they drive around at 50 in 30s, and there warrant card is a get out of jail card if they get pulled. Im not for sitting back and taking sh!t like that, but if you are, then someone kindly pass the vaseline!
Well, all I can say to that is,............no, sorry mate, I'm bored of this now as I've just imagined talking to you on this subject face to face, and at the risk of sounding rude, I'd either fall asleep or walk away and go and do something 100 times more exciting like watching paint dry
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