Anyone attended 1 of those speed awareness course's?

not tarring anyone what i'm saying is if bikers where educated in the same way as they are doing with other drivers that would also save life's, all this telling drivers to look out for riders, makes some riders forget to look out for them self,

 

Forgetting his driving habits for a minute he has got a point. All the high profile advertising campaigns are completely one sided and in my opinion causes resentment towards bikers. There should be high profile advertising campaigns aimed at riders as well. It's alright telling drivers that we have to keep looking for bikes because they're hard to see but maybe a few lives would be saved if there was an ad telling bikers to remember that they need to take care BECAUSE they're hard to see.

Camera shot from drivers point of view of him looking in his mirrors and seeing nothing then cutting away to him moving round a parked car only to hit a bike which was going passed him at the time with a message coming up on screen 'sometimes no matter how hard they look it can be hard to see bikes. Take care around other vehicles, they can't avoid you if they can't see you'.


Also what is the law on filtering?

 

One that I have a particular issue with is when the speed limit is for example 40 but then there is a sign saying 'max speed 30mph' when the road gets a bit bendy. The 'max speed' sign is simply advisory and not a limit so why the hell is the speed limit set higher than it is safe to drive at? Surely for the same money it cost to put an advisory sign up they could have put a proper speed limit sign.

 

I like to always keep in mind the speed limit, but sometimes it's hard to drive at that speed when going with the flow of traffic.

As obvious as it is that speeding does kill, I also think that driving too slow can cause accidents. A plankton driving 30mph on a 50mph road infuriates other drivers, that they have to pull out and overtake this person.. it only takes a slight misjudgement and a lorry coming the other way for it to all end in tears..

 

You can attend a course closer to home, it just depends on what company the police force in that area uses. I had to go to York for mine as it was the closest AA course to me, as I was caught up near Darlington. SYP use a different company to North Yorkshire, so had I got caught anywhere in south yorks, I could have gone to Priory Campus to do it.

 

You can attend your nearest centre of the Force nearest to you. I was done by Humberside, and could have attended at Lundwood for South Yorkshire Force. Turned it down and took 3points

 

Filtering is legal, but if you can be done for dangerous driving if you do something stupid.

 

Has driving within the speed limit been banned

You get caught suffer the consequences

Try telling some of the familys who have lost loved ones through speed related accidents that speeding is fine

 

The other day I was on the motorway and there was a lorry doing no more than 50mph in the middle lane and another trying to overtake it in the 'fast' lane while the 'slow' lane sat empty. They were causing absolute mayhem with cars hitting the brakes left right and centre.

Another one that annoys me is when there is a development or a change to a road which means the limit is reduced even further simply due to bad planning. A prime example is the road that bypasses Wombwell town centre (the 50mph road) which they have built a school next to. The school is actually a long way from the road via a longggg access road so during the day there shouldn't be any kids wandering about at all yet some bright spark decided to build a giant roundabout in the middle of the bypass and lower the speed limit. what the hell? The school has a bridge built over the bypass so there is no reason at all for ANY child to cross the road and we're not talking about 5 year olds either, its a secondary school full of kids who should know the basics of road safety. Also the last time I checked the entrance to a school only has traffic coming and going from it at two points in a day, 9am (or whenever) and 3pm (or whenever it is) so why the hell did they feel the need to build a roundabout which affects traffic 24/7 for what is essentially 30 minutes worth of use a day? If they really needed to do something to stop the obviously stupid parents and bus drivers from having to use a junction like everyone else in the world then why not use part time signals so that the limit could stay at 50mph and the school still be safe?

Unbelievably poor planning which has cost more money than it should (a full size roundabout rather than a traffic light) and has meant everyone is negatively effected with a reduced speed limit just in case some 15 year old pillock CHOOSES to ignore the bridge they spent money building and runs out into the middle of a bypass.

 

Is that reality ?
No.


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You know why they make a big fuss about looking out for bikers is that you hit someone on a bike you'll more than likely kill them.


How many of the drivers on this forum actually looks out for bikes whilst driving...

 

Sadly most bikers on the road are *****s

Aged 40+
Speed
Harass other drivers weaving etc
I look out for all other road users not just bikers

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Have you been on one to be able to make that comment?

 

Easy tiger ;-)