who states that THE DEFENDANT

"andy" · 26 Jan 2008 at 22:43

after reading posts on this forum im actually worried about what its going to take to make him stop driving like a loon

lad i went to school with was the same albeit just a saxo vts

thought he was a driving god and would never crash or get caught
showed off to chavy lasses in it etc
got pulled over constantly for driving like a **** , few court appearances etc, always seemed to get away with it due to his well off family sorting everything.

then he crashed it racing someone on an A road and killed both the lasses who where in it... 16/17yr olds...

chrisd · 26 Jan 2008 at 23:12

mjt said:
it works as a warning to the rest of us. speed and you'll get shafted.

Most of us don't need to be warned not to drive like morons.

thepharcyde · 26 Jan 2008 at 23:17

Keats: you slowed down since being stopped?

Vasquez · 26 Jan 2008 at 23:49

what would the DSC do if you ran someone over?

mjt · 26 Jan 2008 at 23:50

limit wheelspin caused by bits of bone and blood

Fr0dders · 27 Jan 2008 at 00:03

[TW]Fox;10977648 said:
Yea becuase adding peverting the course of justice to the list of charges is an awesome idea.

agreed

dont lie, just say that you itend to.

you're not breaking any laws if you then change your mind about selling it once they give you a less leanient penalty

im not excusing what you've done. or condoning it. It was an utterly stupid thing to do

so hopefully this will teach you to calm down a bit. Everybody speeds, but for the sake of your license, keep it under 25mph over the limit. Most they can give you for that is another 3 points which is nothing.

therealnerd2 · 27 Jan 2008 at 00:16

MrLOL said:
Everybody speeds, but for the sake of your license, keep it under 25mph over the limit. Most they can give you for that is another 3 points which is nothing.

Ahh, I must be the only one who feels that sticking to speed limits is a good plan

[TW]Fox · 27 Jan 2008 at 00:17

therealnerd2 said:
Ahh, I must be the only one who feels that sticking to speed limits is a good plan

Probably, yea.

therealnerd2 · 27 Jan 2008 at 00:20

[TW]Fox;10978344 said:
Probably, yea.

MagicBoy · 27 Jan 2008 at 00:23

therealnerd2 said:
Ahh, I must be the only one who feels that sticking to speed limits is a good plan

Speed limits are what they say on the tin. It's not a suggested speed, it's not a recommended speed. It's a safe maximum for that road.

Jonnycoupe · 27 Jan 2008 at 00:23

Can you get a DSC lawyer?

Gets you out of everything else doesnt it?

[TW]Fox · 27 Jan 2008 at 00:29

MagicBoy said:
It's a safe maximum for that road.

Really? So 60mph around a tight bend in the middle of nowhere, thats safe?

therealnerd2 · 27 Jan 2008 at 00:30

MagicBoy said:
Speed limits are what they say on the tin. It's not a suggested speed, it's not a recommended speed. It's a safe maximum for that road.

Quite - by sticking i meant not driving 10mph over them because i'm a better driver than everyone else

One More Solo · 27 Jan 2008 at 00:31

MagicBoy said:
Speed limits are what they say on the tin. It's not a suggested speed, it's not a recommended speed. It's a safe maximum for that road.

Speed limits can be funny things, there's a dual carriageway near me that is 30mph despite being on a non-residential stretch of road which is hardly what I would call a safe maximum. No surprise there's constantly mobile cameras on the road. :rolleyes:

However, the road the OP was caught on certainly had a fair speed limit, and his attitude to it seems frankly appalling, he's a cocky ****.

mjt · 27 Jan 2008 at 00:32

speeding has got nothing to do with being a better driver.
i speed on the motorway because the limit is too low

UK limits are quite low..
70mph is 112km/h, which is lower than probably all motorway limits in the rest of europe

MagicBoy · 27 Jan 2008 at 00:35

[TW]Fox;10978407 said:
Really? So 60mph around a tight bend in the middle of nowhere, thats safe?

Which part of "safe maximum for that road" reads as "tight bend"? I see a tight bend and slow down due to fear of death. Following the defendants logic he would do 120mph and rely on DSC to sort it out.

Dave M · 27 Jan 2008 at 00:44

60 though an estate is fine if other road users are paying attention.

It is only dangerous because most drivers and peds are idiots. That said most laws passed in the last 60 years are for the defence of the stupid.

therealnerd2 · 27 Jan 2008 at 00:45

Telescopi said:
60 though an estate is fine if other road users are paying attention.

It is only dangerous because most drivers and peds are idiots. That said most laws passed in the last 60 years are for the defence of the stupid.

What about the small innocent children skipping along the pavements and dashing randomly into the middle of the road????

Firestar_3x · 27 Jan 2008 at 00:47

Or the escaped Horse i almost ran over this evening!

Fr0dders · 27 Jan 2008 at 00:48

therealnerd2 said:
Ahh, I must be the only one who feels that sticking to speed limits is a good plan

on here ? yes

Inappropriate speed is whats dangerous, not exceeding some government defined limit

dont get wrong, there are places where i wouldnt dream of doing 30, despite them being 30 limits. But there are other places i can think of where everybody does more than the prescribed limit because its too low.

Not least a dual carriageway in leicester, that despite having full crash barriers, central reservations, no pavements, no acess for the public and service station like petrol stations on it

is a 50 ??