howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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interesting piece on the front page about an event in town tomorrow.
let's see how we all get on with the simulator.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Yes this seems to be a big push by KCC to increase safety on the roads..something that is very close to Nigel's heart, as are all things to do with the Queens Highway. They want to point out that speed kills, particularly inappropriate speed in inappropriate urban locations.
The simulator could be fun.
Guest 648- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 258
Not always speed .More often people who dont know the highway code.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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indeed susan , it is abundantly clear that a minority of motorists are not clued up on the rules or choose to ignore them.
it is generally accepted that exceeding the speed limit on dual carriageways and motorways is less dangerous than someone doing a perfectly legal 30 m.p.h on a side road when weather conditions are bad or when schools are chucking out.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,888
They know the highway code but do not adhere to it, like so many other laws.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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i hope this event goes on as planned tomorrow, looking at the front page picture nigel seems to have terrible earache.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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lol!! Them phones get ever smaller...have you noticed who that celeb is lurking in the background in the same picture?? ColetteB took that one, threw a net over several 'names' at once.
Yes they should be setting up as we speak. Hopefully they will get the safety message out. I have noticed personally that across the county there seems to have been a whole spate of nasty motorbike accidents so like they say...every little helps.
Guest 663- Registered: 20 Mar 2008
- Posts: 1,136
Your right there PaulB and noticed Terry lurking in the background, lets hope today goes someway to getting out the message that speed does kill, I myself love speed but am sensible enough to know you do not put peoples lifes at risk by driving carelessly.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
caught them setting up this morning,nigel coller supervising the whole thing.
nigel allso got earache from me about york street being closed of for 9 days,it comes about that not evan he knows what diversion routes are yet.so much for forward planning.
ps.our sue from river,the hat queen from the leafy suburbs was all so presant in the biggin street area making her way to the hairdressers to get her hair done for a big posh do tomorrow at the cathedral.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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the gloom and drizzle not conducive to good photos today in biggin street.
nitro nigel at the helm here.
Guest 719- Registered: 11 Jul 2011
- Posts: 443
I had a go on the road safty simulater it was hard i go 26% out of a 100%
Yorkshire Born And Yorkshire Bred
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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I got 73 but felt very car-sick by the end of it.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
nigel was saying that a few people thought that they would get better marks than they actually did.
I got 86% the same as are firemen but the wife still thinks she is a better driver than me, these women are so deluded of course men are better drivers we don't have to do our hair or put on lip stick when we stop at the traffic lights. Now I'm leaving the country.
Brian were is your respect for a lady, Mrs Sue N from river. And Ted the army learned you to drive now your letting the side down.
