I'm not sure I want to do a speed awareness course.
I always know what speed I'm doing : )
( girlinthehole, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:49, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I knew what speed I was doing
I just didn't know that the speed limit for my van was 10mph less than the speed I was driving.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:50, Reply)

I also knew what speed I was doing last time
I merely didn't think that the speed limit was sensible for the car concerned, the road and the conditions. Turns out the court doesn't think that's a viable defence, strangely.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:53, Reply)

The speed limit has changed for the road I was on about 5 months ago.
Why is anyone's guess. There's been no accidents that I'm aware of.
( girlinthehole, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:53, Reply)

there's a stretch of dual carriageway in Edinburgh
that has come from 50 to 40 to 30 in the 5 years I've been here. To protect people crossing the road. It's a dual fucking carriageway, with fences. If I kill someone trying to run across that rather than use the underpass or the crossing, it's bastard Darwinian.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:56, Reply)

Calder Road?
Is that down to 30mph now? Christ.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:53, Reply)

Ask dchurch
he will explain about how it's all a conspiracy by the banks and the government.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:56, Reply)

It's not a conspiracy.
However the general move to keep absolutely everybody safe, even the really stupid, all the time, has gone way too far. See also: spending millions on adverts telling people that unmanned level crossing might just be dangerous. If you can't work out that two metal tracks occasionally contain hurtling piles of heavy death, then you're lower on the evolutionary scale than an Irish Setter and why excatly are we wasting our time and money keeping you alive against all the odds?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:05, Reply)

it's to prevent disruption to the train
not to protect the idiots
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:22, Reply)

excuse me
Irish setters are not dim, as commonly believed - just as single minded as swipey on the pull
(CheatingRabbit, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 11:25, Reply)

what sort of van and what sort of road?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:21, Reply)

Transit Connect
Dual Carriageway. Limit is 60mph if you vehicle has a gross weight of over 2000kg.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:38, Reply)

that's a bastard
I intend to get a VW T5 at the end of the year and turn it into a camper, but don't think I am going to meet the criteria to get it reclassified from a van by the DVLA. So will have to bear those speed limits in mind
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:43, Reply)