Speed Awareness Course
Discussion
ArmaghMan.
"I have absolute contempt for traffic police"
Really, Why is that then?, most Roads Policing cops as they are now termed are 'petrolheads', that's why they apply for that role, are all advanced drivers and genuinely have In interest in catching criminals who use motor vehicles as well as advising and enforcing road traffic legislation.
They are also the ones who end up dealing with the fatal and life altering collisions, I'm sure if one of your relatives was unfortunate enough to be one of these 'statistics', or they were spending time trying to catch anyone stealing your precious vehicle, your attitude would hopefully not be one of contempt.
Still we can't all be pleasant and judge people on their individual merits, far easier to make general assumptions.
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"I have absolute contempt for traffic police"
Really, Why is that then?, most Roads Policing cops as they are now termed are 'petrolheads', that's why they apply for that role, are all advanced drivers and genuinely have In interest in catching criminals who use motor vehicles as well as advising and enforcing road traffic legislation.
They are also the ones who end up dealing with the fatal and life altering collisions, I'm sure if one of your relatives was unfortunate enough to be one of these 'statistics', or they were spending time trying to catch anyone stealing your precious vehicle, your attitude would hopefully not be one of contempt.
Still we can't all be pleasant and judge people on their individual merits, far easier to make general assumptions.
.
Kevin-2g5x2 said:
ArmaghMan.
"I have absolute contempt for traffic police"
Really, Why is that then?, most Roads Policing cops as they are now termed are 'petrolheads', that's why they apply for that role, are all advanced drivers and genuinely have In interest in catching criminals who use motor vehicles as well as advising and enforcing road traffic legislation.
They are also the ones who end up dealing with the fatal and life altering collisions, I'm sure if one of your relatives was unfortunate enough to be one of these 'statistics', or they were spending time trying to catch anyone stealing your precious vehicle, your attitude would hopefully not be one of contempt.
Still we can't all be pleasant and judge people on their individual merits, far easier to make general assumptions.
"I have absolute contempt for traffic police"
Really, Why is that then?, most Roads Policing cops as they are now termed are 'petrolheads', that's why they apply for that role, are all advanced drivers and genuinely have In interest in catching criminals who use motor vehicles as well as advising and enforcing road traffic legislation.
They are also the ones who end up dealing with the fatal and life altering collisions, I'm sure if one of your relatives was unfortunate enough to be one of these 'statistics', or they were spending time trying to catch anyone stealing your precious vehicle, your attitude would hopefully not be one of contempt.
Still we can't all be pleasant and judge people on their individual merits, far easier to make general assumptions.
Kevin-2g5x2 said:
ArmaghMan.
"I have absolute contempt for traffic police"
Really, Why is that then?, most Roads Policing cops as they are now termed are 'petrolheads', that's why they apply for that role, are all advanced drivers and genuinely have In interest in catching criminals who use motor vehicles as well as advising and enforcing road traffic legislation.
They are also the ones who end up dealing with the fatal and life altering collisions, I'm sure if one of your relatives was unfortunate enough to be one of these 'statistics', or they were spending time trying to catch anyone stealing your precious vehicle, your attitude would hopefully not be one of contempt.
Still we can't all be pleasant and judge people on their individual merits, far easier to make general assumptions.
.
+1"I have absolute contempt for traffic police"
Really, Why is that then?, most Roads Policing cops as they are now termed are 'petrolheads', that's why they apply for that role, are all advanced drivers and genuinely have In interest in catching criminals who use motor vehicles as well as advising and enforcing road traffic legislation.
They are also the ones who end up dealing with the fatal and life altering collisions, I'm sure if one of your relatives was unfortunate enough to be one of these 'statistics', or they were spending time trying to catch anyone stealing your precious vehicle, your attitude would hopefully not be one of contempt.
Still we can't all be pleasant and judge people on their individual merits, far easier to make general assumptions.
.
Very well said, sir
VSKeith said:
Kevin-2g5x2 said:
ArmaghMan.
"I have absolute contempt for traffic police"
Really, Why is that then?, most Roads Policing cops as they are now termed are 'petrolheads', that's why they apply for that role, are all advanced drivers and genuinely have In interest in catching criminals who use motor vehicles as well as advising and enforcing road traffic legislation.
They are also the ones who end up dealing with the fatal and life altering collisions, I'm sure if one of your relatives was unfortunate enough to be one of these 'statistics', or they were spending time trying to catch anyone stealing your precious vehicle, your attitude would hopefully not be one of contempt.
Still we can't all be pleasant and judge people on their individual merits, far easier to make general assumptions.
.
+1"I have absolute contempt for traffic police"
Really, Why is that then?, most Roads Policing cops as they are now termed are 'petrolheads', that's why they apply for that role, are all advanced drivers and genuinely have In interest in catching criminals who use motor vehicles as well as advising and enforcing road traffic legislation.
They are also the ones who end up dealing with the fatal and life altering collisions, I'm sure if one of your relatives was unfortunate enough to be one of these 'statistics', or they were spending time trying to catch anyone stealing your precious vehicle, your attitude would hopefully not be one of contempt.
Still we can't all be pleasant and judge people on their individual merits, far easier to make general assumptions.
.
Very well said, sir
ARHarh said:
I know a funeral director who was caught speeding in the hearse, it was on the way back.from.the funeral though so not as bad as it could have been.
An ex-colleague of mine had a patient who had a dying wish that the undertaker take him down the bypass at 100mph on the way to the crematorium. I couldn't say if his dying wish was granted.Horbury56 said:
ARHarh said:
I know a funeral director who was caught speeding in the hearse, it was on the way back.from.the funeral though so not as bad as it could have been.
An ex-colleague of mine had a patient who had a dying wish that the undertaker take him down the bypass at 100mph on the way to the crematorium. I couldn't say if his dying wish was granted.
Huff said:
VSKeith said:
Kevin-2g5x2 said:
ArmaghMan.
"I have absolute contempt for traffic police"
Really, Why is that then?, most Roads Policing cops as they are now termed are 'petrolheads', that's why they apply for that role, are all advanced drivers and genuinely have In interest in catching criminals who use motor vehicles as well as advising and enforcing road traffic legislation.
They are also the ones who end up dealing with the fatal and life altering collisions, I'm sure if one of your relatives was unfortunate enough to be one of these 'statistics', or they were spending time trying to catch anyone stealing your precious vehicle, your attitude would hopefully not be one of contempt.
Still we can't all be pleasant and judge people on their individual merits, far easier to make general assumptions.
.
+1"I have absolute contempt for traffic police"
Really, Why is that then?, most Roads Policing cops as they are now termed are 'petrolheads', that's why they apply for that role, are all advanced drivers and genuinely have In interest in catching criminals who use motor vehicles as well as advising and enforcing road traffic legislation.
They are also the ones who end up dealing with the fatal and life altering collisions, I'm sure if one of your relatives was unfortunate enough to be one of these 'statistics', or they were spending time trying to catch anyone stealing your precious vehicle, your attitude would hopefully not be one of contempt.
Still we can't all be pleasant and judge people on their individual merits, far easier to make general assumptions.
.
Very well said, sir
As far as I can see they are more interested in revenue generation than road safety.
The amount of effort put into motorway speed detection in relation to the number of accidents on the motorway network ( in Northern Ireland) makes no sense ( unless revenue generation is the aim).
Not (m)any of the people I went to school with joined the RUC. None.
My late father in law taught in a school of a different hue where many of his past pupils joined the police
He referred to it thus. The A stream.The B stream. And the RUC stream.
Petrolheads...catch yourself on
Re. a relative, my experience of their "work " at an RTC is that they can't wait to get away. Non fatal I'll grant you. My son in law was involved in an RTC ( rear ended by another vehicle whilst stationary behind another vehicle waiting to turn right. They breathalysed him despite the fact that he was in no way culpable. Just might have been another staistic.
If my vehicle were stolen I'd have zero faith that they'd catch the culprit ( or even put any effort into trying).
Too busy hiding in hedges trying to catch speeders.
ArmaghMan said:
Why is that then?
As far as I can see they are more interested in revenue generation than road safety.
The amount of effort put into motorway speed detection in relation to the number of accidents on the motorway network ( in Northern Ireland) makes no sense ( unless revenue generation is the aim).
Not (m)any of the people I went to school with joined the RUC. None.
My late father in law taught in a school of a different hue where many of his past pupils joined the police
He referred to it thus. The A stream.The B stream. And the RUC stream.
Petrolheads...catch yourself on
Re. a relative, my experience of their "work " at an RTC is that they can't wait to get away. Non fatal I'll grant you. My son in law was involved in an RTC ( rear ended by another vehicle whilst stationary behind another vehicle waiting to turn right. They breathalysed him despite the fact that he was in no way culpable. Just might have been another staistic.
If my vehicle were stolen I'd have zero faith that they'd catch the culprit ( or even put any effort into trying).
Too busy hiding in hedges trying to catch speeders.
Sounds like the ramblings of a drunk. Very incoherent.As far as I can see they are more interested in revenue generation than road safety.
The amount of effort put into motorway speed detection in relation to the number of accidents on the motorway network ( in Northern Ireland) makes no sense ( unless revenue generation is the aim).
Not (m)any of the people I went to school with joined the RUC. None.
My late father in law taught in a school of a different hue where many of his past pupils joined the police
He referred to it thus. The A stream.The B stream. And the RUC stream.
Petrolheads...catch yourself on
Re. a relative, my experience of their "work " at an RTC is that they can't wait to get away. Non fatal I'll grant you. My son in law was involved in an RTC ( rear ended by another vehicle whilst stationary behind another vehicle waiting to turn right. They breathalysed him despite the fact that he was in no way culpable. Just might have been another staistic.
If my vehicle were stolen I'd have zero faith that they'd catch the culprit ( or even put any effort into trying).
Too busy hiding in hedges trying to catch speeders.
Super Sonic said:
ArmaghMan said:
Why is that then?
As far as I can see they are more interested in revenue generation than road safety.
The amount of effort put into motorway speed detection in relation to the number of accidents on the motorway network ( in Northern Ireland) makes no sense ( unless revenue generation is the aim).
Not (m)any of the people I went to school with joined the RUC. None.
My late father in law taught in a school of a different hue where many of his past pupils joined the police
He referred to it thus. The A stream.The B stream. And the RUC stream.
Petrolheads...catch yourself on
Re. a relative, my experience of their "work " at an RTC is that they can't wait to get away. Non fatal I'll grant you. My son in law was involved in an RTC ( rear ended by another vehicle whilst stationary behind another vehicle waiting to turn right. They breathalysed him despite the fact that he was in no way culpable. Just might have been another staistic.
If my vehicle were stolen I'd have zero faith that they'd catch the culprit ( or even put any effort into trying).
Too busy hiding in hedges trying to catch speeders.
Sounds like the ramblings of a drunk. Very incoherent.As far as I can see they are more interested in revenue generation than road safety.
The amount of effort put into motorway speed detection in relation to the number of accidents on the motorway network ( in Northern Ireland) makes no sense ( unless revenue generation is the aim).
Not (m)any of the people I went to school with joined the RUC. None.
My late father in law taught in a school of a different hue where many of his past pupils joined the police
He referred to it thus. The A stream.The B stream. And the RUC stream.
Petrolheads...catch yourself on
Re. a relative, my experience of their "work " at an RTC is that they can't wait to get away. Non fatal I'll grant you. My son in law was involved in an RTC ( rear ended by another vehicle whilst stationary behind another vehicle waiting to turn right. They breathalysed him despite the fact that he was in no way culpable. Just might have been another staistic.
If my vehicle were stolen I'd have zero faith that they'd catch the culprit ( or even put any effort into trying).
Too busy hiding in hedges trying to catch speeders.
ArmaghMan said:
Super Sonic said:
ArmaghMan said:
Why is that then?
As far as I can see they are more interested in revenue generation than road safety.
The amount of effort put into motorway speed detection in relation to the number of accidents on the motorway network ( in Northern Ireland) makes no sense ( unless revenue generation is the aim).
Not (m)any of the people I went to school with joined the RUC. None.
My late father in law taught in a school of a different hue where many of his past pupils joined the police
He referred to it thus. The A stream.The B stream. And the RUC stream.
Petrolheads...catch yourself on
Re. a relative, my experience of their "work " at an RTC is that they can't wait to get away. Non fatal I'll grant you. My son in law was involved in an RTC ( rear ended by another vehicle whilst stationary behind another vehicle waiting to turn right. They breathalysed him despite the fact that he was in no way culpable. Just might have been another staistic.
If my vehicle were stolen I'd have zero faith that they'd catch the culprit ( or even put any effort into trying).
Too busy hiding in hedges trying to catch speeders.
Sounds like the ramblings of a drunk. Very incoherent.As far as I can see they are more interested in revenue generation than road safety.
The amount of effort put into motorway speed detection in relation to the number of accidents on the motorway network ( in Northern Ireland) makes no sense ( unless revenue generation is the aim).
Not (m)any of the people I went to school with joined the RUC. None.
My late father in law taught in a school of a different hue where many of his past pupils joined the police
He referred to it thus. The A stream.The B stream. And the RUC stream.
Petrolheads...catch yourself on
Re. a relative, my experience of their "work " at an RTC is that they can't wait to get away. Non fatal I'll grant you. My son in law was involved in an RTC ( rear ended by another vehicle whilst stationary behind another vehicle waiting to turn right. They breathalysed him despite the fact that he was in no way culpable. Just might have been another staistic.
If my vehicle were stolen I'd have zero faith that they'd catch the culprit ( or even put any effort into trying).
Too busy hiding in hedges trying to catch speeders.
ArmaghMan said:
Why is that then?
As far as I can see they are more interested in revenue generation than road safety.
The amount of effort put into motorway speed detection in relation to the number of accidents on the motorway network ( in Northern Ireland) makes no sense ( unless revenue generation is the aim).
Not (m)any of the people I went to school with joined the RUC. None.
My late father in law taught in a school of a different hue where many of his past pupils joined the police
He referred to it thus. The A stream.The B stream. And the RUC stream.
Petrolheads...catch yourself on
Re. a relative, my experience of their "work " at an RTC is that they can't wait to get away. Non fatal I'll grant you. My son in law was involved in an RTC ( rear ended by another vehicle whilst stationary behind another vehicle waiting to turn right. They breathalysed him despite the fact that he was in no way culpable. Just might have been another staistic.
If my vehicle were stolen I'd have zero faith that they'd catch the culprit ( or even put any effort into trying).
Too busy hiding in hedges trying to catch speeders.
Have attitudes changed since the RUC became the PSNI or are the old prejudices still apparent?As far as I can see they are more interested in revenue generation than road safety.
The amount of effort put into motorway speed detection in relation to the number of accidents on the motorway network ( in Northern Ireland) makes no sense ( unless revenue generation is the aim).
Not (m)any of the people I went to school with joined the RUC. None.
My late father in law taught in a school of a different hue where many of his past pupils joined the police
He referred to it thus. The A stream.The B stream. And the RUC stream.
Petrolheads...catch yourself on
Re. a relative, my experience of their "work " at an RTC is that they can't wait to get away. Non fatal I'll grant you. My son in law was involved in an RTC ( rear ended by another vehicle whilst stationary behind another vehicle waiting to turn right. They breathalysed him despite the fact that he was in no way culpable. Just might have been another staistic.
If my vehicle were stolen I'd have zero faith that they'd catch the culprit ( or even put any effort into trying).
Too busy hiding in hedges trying to catch speeders.
Kevin-2g5x2 said:
ArmaghMan.
"I have absolute contempt for traffic police"
Really, Why is that then?, most Roads Policing cops as they are now termed are 'petrolheads', that's why they apply for that role, are all advanced drivers and genuinely have In interest in catching criminals who use motor vehicles as well as advising and enforcing road traffic legislation.
They are also the ones who end up dealing with the fatal and life altering collisions, I'm sure if one of your relatives was unfortunate enough to be one of these 'statistics', or they were spending time trying to catch anyone stealing your precious vehicle, your attitude would hopefully not be one of contempt.
Still we can't all be pleasant and judge people on their individual merits, far easier to make general assumptions.
.
They are all, each individually by definition, a grass "I have absolute contempt for traffic police"
Really, Why is that then?, most Roads Policing cops as they are now termed are 'petrolheads', that's why they apply for that role, are all advanced drivers and genuinely have In interest in catching criminals who use motor vehicles as well as advising and enforcing road traffic legislation.
They are also the ones who end up dealing with the fatal and life altering collisions, I'm sure if one of your relatives was unfortunate enough to be one of these 'statistics', or they were spending time trying to catch anyone stealing your precious vehicle, your attitude would hopefully not be one of contempt.
Still we can't all be pleasant and judge people on their individual merits, far easier to make general assumptions.
.
Just done my 1st ever SAC.
My god, how clueless are most drivers!
1 woman, passed her test about a year ago and could just about speak english, thought the speed limit for a car on a motorway was 60mph.
Old granny, who came in using a zimmer frame said that if some is tailgating her she switches her lights on so the tailgater thinks she is braking.
1 bloke who constantly interrupted, after about 30 minutes of this, myself and a few others told him to shut up, and we got a nice smirk from 1 of the instructors.....
At least 50 % of the people there were just clueless.......
My god, how clueless are most drivers!
1 woman, passed her test about a year ago and could just about speak english, thought the speed limit for a car on a motorway was 60mph.
Old granny, who came in using a zimmer frame said that if some is tailgating her she switches her lights on so the tailgater thinks she is braking.
1 bloke who constantly interrupted, after about 30 minutes of this, myself and a few others told him to shut up, and we got a nice smirk from 1 of the instructors.....
At least 50 % of the people there were just clueless.......
rambo19 said:
Just done my 1st ever SAC.
My god, how clueless are most drivers!
1 woman, passed her test about a year ago and could just about speak english, thought the speed limit for a car on a motorway was 60mph.
Old granny, who came in using a zimmer frame said that if some is tailgating her she switches her lights on so the tailgater thinks she is braking.
1 bloke who constantly interrupted, after about 30 minutes of this, myself and a few others told him to shut up, and we got a nice smirk from 1 of the instructors.....
At least 50 % of the people there were just clueless.......
When I did mine, a gobby woman kept interrupting and arguing with the two guys running the course. She was warned that if she interrupted again she’d be booted out and get three points on her licence.My god, how clueless are most drivers!
1 woman, passed her test about a year ago and could just about speak english, thought the speed limit for a car on a motorway was 60mph.
Old granny, who came in using a zimmer frame said that if some is tailgating her she switches her lights on so the tailgater thinks she is braking.
1 bloke who constantly interrupted, after about 30 minutes of this, myself and a few others told him to shut up, and we got a nice smirk from 1 of the instructors.....
At least 50 % of the people there were just clueless.......
She never uttered another word.
To me it was simple- sit down shut up, ignore the utter bulls
t coming out of the preacher's mouth. Those were the rules of the game. As seems common from what's written here, one guy felt the need to mouth off & failed the course, so got both the course fee plus the FPN.
They're only interested in the (easy) money & it's better than doing something productive so the safest course is to just go along with their scam. The fact that it massively undermines support can be their problem to debate.
t coming out of the preacher's mouth. Those were the rules of the game. As seems common from what's written here, one guy felt the need to mouth off & failed the course, so got both the course fee plus the FPN. They're only interested in the (easy) money & it's better than doing something productive so the safest course is to just go along with their scam. The fact that it massively undermines support can be their problem to debate.
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