98 yr old duke crashes range rover
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Fastpedeller said:
I only recently realised I have the physical strength to move a skip with my bare hands! I only found this out after I saw the skip delivery man also do it .... on our gravel drive 
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talksthetorque said:
Fastpedeller said:
I only recently realised I have the physical strength to move a skip with my bare hands! I only found this out after I saw the skip delivery man also do it .... on our gravel drive
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NormarkSuperswede said:
talksthetorque said:
Worst "I have a gravel drive and am powerfully built" post this week.
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From Yahoo news.
A speed camera van has been spotted parked near the spot where the Duke of Edinburgh was involved in a car crash last week.
The brightly marked ‘Safety Camera Team’ was spotted at lunchtime today with a speed camera pointing out of the rear of the vehicle towards the 60mph stretch of road.
The incident happened a day before Norfolk councillors agreed to cut the speed limit on the A149, where there have been five deaths in the six-year period to May 2018.
In the same period, there were also 10 serious injuries and 25 slight injuries as a result of accidents.
Labour councillor Colleen Walker said the duke’s involvement had brought the speeding issue “right to the forefront”.
She told the county’s transport committee drivers would often race along the same road.
The Norfolk County Council’s environment, development and transport scheme will see the speed limit on the length of the A149 between Knights Hill Roundabout and Snettisham lowered from 60 to 50mph.
A speed camera van has been spotted parked near the spot where the Duke of Edinburgh was involved in a car crash last week.
The brightly marked ‘Safety Camera Team’ was spotted at lunchtime today with a speed camera pointing out of the rear of the vehicle towards the 60mph stretch of road.
The incident happened a day before Norfolk councillors agreed to cut the speed limit on the A149, where there have been five deaths in the six-year period to May 2018.
In the same period, there were also 10 serious injuries and 25 slight injuries as a result of accidents.
Labour councillor Colleen Walker said the duke’s involvement had brought the speeding issue “right to the forefront”.
She told the county’s transport committee drivers would often race along the same road.
The Norfolk County Council’s environment, development and transport scheme will see the speed limit on the length of the A149 between Knights Hill Roundabout and Snettisham lowered from 60 to 50mph.
Vipers said:
From Yahoo news.
A speed camera van has been spotted parked near the spot where the Duke of Edinburgh was involved in a car crash last week.
The brightly marked ‘Safety Camera Team’ was spotted at lunchtime today with a speed camera pointing out of the rear of the vehicle towards the 60mph stretch of road.
The incident happened a day before Norfolk councillors agreed to cut the speed limit on the A149, where there have been five deaths in the six-year period to May 2018.
In the same period, there were also 10 serious injuries and 25 slight injuries as a result of accidents.
Labour councillor Colleen Walker said the duke’s involvement had brought the speeding issue “right to the forefront”.
She told the county’s transport committee drivers would often race along the same road.
The Norfolk County Council’s environment, development and transport scheme will see the speed limit on the length of the A149 between Knights Hill Roundabout and Snettisham lowered from 60 to 50mph.
It would have been easier to just ban the old fool, deary me, never saw some rabid anti-motoring lefty councillor getting involved to increase her profile A speed camera van has been spotted parked near the spot where the Duke of Edinburgh was involved in a car crash last week.
The brightly marked ‘Safety Camera Team’ was spotted at lunchtime today with a speed camera pointing out of the rear of the vehicle towards the 60mph stretch of road.
The incident happened a day before Norfolk councillors agreed to cut the speed limit on the A149, where there have been five deaths in the six-year period to May 2018.
In the same period, there were also 10 serious injuries and 25 slight injuries as a result of accidents.
Labour councillor Colleen Walker said the duke’s involvement had brought the speeding issue “right to the forefront”.
She told the county’s transport committee drivers would often race along the same road.
The Norfolk County Council’s environment, development and transport scheme will see the speed limit on the length of the A149 between Knights Hill Roundabout and Snettisham lowered from 60 to 50mph.
In the '25 slight injuries', did this include the slightly limping hedgehog? What a joke,
yonex said:
It would have been easier to just ban the old fool, deary me, never saw some rabid anti-motoring lefty councillor getting involved to increase her profile In the '25 slight injuries', did this include the slightly limping hedgehog?
What a joke,
The 6 deaths are not though. Appears to be a high number for location/stretch. In the '25 slight injuries', did this include the slightly limping hedgehog? What a joke,
superlightr said:
The 6 deaths are not though. Appears to be a high number for location/stretch.
That area is like much of Norfolk IIRC. Country roads, limited sight lines, people get frustrated behind slower traffic. Fair number of cycles, bikers and agricultural kit. Lots of tourists in the summer who don't know the roads.Norfolk is a bit of a forgotten child for road infrastructure...
The councilor should be careful in mentioning speeding in the context of this accident as it may encourage the assumption that the party on the main road was speeding. Speed can be a problem. For example, if the Duke of E could see only 20m down the road, there's no hope of him avoiding anyone moving at modest speeds. However, too often speed is an excuse used by local and national authorities to avoid providing safer road layouts.
As for all the other issues concerning this accident and safety in general, though it may be unpleasant to accept, decisions should be a matter of optimising cost/benefit: how many lives or injuries or accident cost and can you save per pound spent on driver education/qualification, road layout, etc.
My subjective impression from the subjects raised on Pistonheads is that there are more problems with intersections, slip roads, and roundabouts than speed or older drivers. Some may be addressed by driver education, but others most certainly require expensive improvements in layout. Does anyone research the safety of different designs? My (again subjective) impression is that there are several designed to maximise the probability of accidents.
As for all the other issues concerning this accident and safety in general, though it may be unpleasant to accept, decisions should be a matter of optimising cost/benefit: how many lives or injuries or accident cost and can you save per pound spent on driver education/qualification, road layout, etc.
My subjective impression from the subjects raised on Pistonheads is that there are more problems with intersections, slip roads, and roundabouts than speed or older drivers. Some may be addressed by driver education, but others most certainly require expensive improvements in layout. Does anyone research the safety of different designs? My (again subjective) impression is that there are several designed to maximise the probability of accidents.
Peter3442 said:
The councilor should be careful in mentioning speeding in the context of this accident as it may encourage the assumption that the party on the main road was speeding. Speed can be a problem. For example, if the Duke of E could see only 20m down the road, there's no hope of him avoiding anyone moving at modest speeds. However, too often speed is an excuse used by local and national authorities to avoid providing safer road layouts.
As for all the other issues concerning this accident and safety in general, though it may be unpleasant to accept, decisions should be a matter of optimising cost/benefit: how many lives or injuries or accident cost and can you save per pound spent on driver education/qualification, road layout, etc.
My subjective impression from the subjects raised on Pistonheads is that there are more problems with intersections, slip roads, and roundabouts than speed or older drivers. Some may be addressed by driver education, but others most certainly require expensive improvements in layout. Does anyone research the safety of different designs? My (again subjective) impression is that there are several designed to maximise the probability of accidents.
OpulentBob would be your man. As for all the other issues concerning this accident and safety in general, though it may be unpleasant to accept, decisions should be a matter of optimising cost/benefit: how many lives or injuries or accident cost and can you save per pound spent on driver education/qualification, road layout, etc.
My subjective impression from the subjects raised on Pistonheads is that there are more problems with intersections, slip roads, and roundabouts than speed or older drivers. Some may be addressed by driver education, but others most certainly require expensive improvements in layout. Does anyone research the safety of different designs? My (again subjective) impression is that there are several designed to maximise the probability of accidents.
I think that your impression is slightly off - I wouldn't expect anywhere to be designed to maximise the probability of accidents, but, several old, long standing junctions/intersections are not able to keep up with the changing use of roads. Say for example a road that changes as it now leads to a lot more houses, meaning higher traffic flow than when it was built leading to increased chance of vehicle collision.
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