Driving Standards

[Dogsauce]

My insurer sent us one of those to stick in the car for three months, the result was we were rated as very safe, but can't remember what the consequence was for premiums, they've been decreasing the last couple of years. I only drive it about once a month and are pretty good at sticking to speed limits, it wobbles a bit above seventy anyway.

 

[Dogsauce]

I had a feeling it also worked partly on the time of day you drove, so you'd get marked down if you were regularly out at 2am on a weekend - our policy is also 'domestic and leisure' excluding commuting, so it might have been them checking up on this.

 

[T & P]

I don't know if you live in London, but given the number of vast 20 mph areas that include certain main roads on which about 98% of drivers go over that limit, the insurers are probably having a field day with London drivers fitted with those devices. Unless they give them a bit of leeway on such situations.

 

[hash tag]

Insurers, give leeway, why, when they can jack premiums up. Give em an inch....

Would you argue with a fireman? Special.
Driver hurls abuse at firefighters after he parked across their drive

 

[Almor]

So, modern speed bumps, the plastic ones, it's possible to drive over them at the speed limit without damaging a car?

I've been behind a few cars recently slowing almost to a stop for them which seems excessive

 

[existentialist]

So, modern speed bumps, the plastic ones, it's possible to drive over them at the speed limit without damaging a car?

I've been behind a few cars recently slowing almost to a stop for them which seems excessive

I've yet to find any speed bump it was possible to drive over at the posted limit without an excessive level of bouncing around. But some are exceptionally vicious.

 

[Spymaster]

So, modern speed bumps, the plastic ones, it's possible to drive over them at the speed limit without damaging a car?

I've been behind a few cars recently slowing almost to a stop for them which seems excessive

They're not supposed to be driven over at the maximum speed limit.

 

[mauvais]

If your car has low ground clearance or stiff suspension, you will want to traverse them carefully.

 

[Saul Goodman]

I've been behind a few cars recently slowing almost to a stop for them which seems excessive

That's the idea of speed bumps. They're not substitutes for a fairground ride

 

[cupid_stunt]

I've yet to find any speed bump it was possible to drive over at the posted limit without an excessive level of bouncing around. But some are exceptionally vicious.

The speed humps around here need you to drop to 20 mph, despite the 30 mph limit, to be comfortable & avoid damage to your own vehicle.

I miss having a company car.

 

[existentialist]

If your car has low ground clearance or stiff suspension, you will want to traverse them carefully.

Mine's (Celica, so quite low and quite a firm ride) definitely less forgiving than Mrs E's C3, although that feels as if it's about to do the Clown Car Impression if you do any more than "proceed" over them.

 

[a_chap]

I've yet to find any speed bump it was possible to drive over at the posted limit without an excessive level of bouncing around. But some are exceptionally vicious.

I used to own a Citroen Dyane which, by design, had no damping on the suspension. When you hit a bump at speed the wheel would literally bounce off the ground.

So you could drive over speed humps at 30mph and - literally (again) - not feel them at all

The ever so slight downside was that if you hit a bump whilst cornering the car tended to go straight on...

 

[Saul Goodman]

I used to own a Citroen Dyane which, by design, had no damping on the suspension. When you hit a bump at speed the wheel would literally bounce off the ground.

So you could drive over speed humps at 30mph and - literally (again) - not feel them at all

The ever so slight downside was that if you hit a bump whilst cornering the car tended to go straight on...

I'm pretty sure they did have shock absorbers/dampers. They were just a very strange suspension setup.
We used to race a few of them (2CVs and Dyanes) on a motocross track back in the 80s. They were great fun

 

[a_chap]

I'm simply repeating what the local 2CV enthusiasts (who used to service it for me) said. Apparently it had great slabs of cast iron instead of proper damping ("beateurs")

 

[mauvais]

It had mass dampers instead of hydraulic ones, so nothing you would think of as a shock absorber now. It was pretty soft though.

 

[hash tag]

Oh dear Woman who left note on ambulance and gave neighbours 'hell' removed from home

 

[hash tag]

It's not a 4x4. It's an Audi...i wonder if it's anyone we know? Car smashes into home as family watches TV

Bahnhof Strasse?

 

[planetgeli]

Cool driving bro.

Man, 73, smashes Porsche through wall

 

[T & P]

They don't make walls like they used to.

 

[a_chap]

Liz Kershaw not getting the sympathy she was expecting:

 

[hash tag]

The law is the law is the law. What makes her so entitled that she is exempted from it.
36 in a 30 is points as opposed to speed awareness?

 

[Spymaster]

The law is the law is the law. What makes her so entitled that she is exempted from it.
36 in a 30 is points as opposed to speed awareness?

The SACs are discretionary so they're not always offered. Maybe she's pissed someone off or already done a course in the last 5 years.

 

[DotCommunist]

so not only does she do that shit DJ thing of talking over an intro RIGHT till the first vocal starts (and also does the same for outros) she's also a speeder. And a professional northener. I'm donning the black cap here

 

[hash tag]

The leeway is greater than I thought. I thought it was up to 5 maybe 10% over the limit. Speed Awareness Course Eligibility - Speed Awareness Course
What's The betting she's been done before.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

The advice given from chief plods is 10% + 2mph, so up to 35 you don’t get done at all, (unless there are other factors in which case you can of course be done for 30.1 mph).

36 is points or a course, can only do one course every three years and not all forces offer courses (City of London being one that doesn’t).

So the shit DJ needs to suck it up.

 

[hash tag]

There's me thinking she drives an Audi and you were coming in to support a fellow Audi driver

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

There's me thinking she drives an Audi and you were coming in to support a fellow Audi driver

No idea what she drives, certainly lacks the style and sophistication to drive a real Audi, would probably opt for a Q3 or some such pile of shite.

 

[dervish]

The advice given from chief plods is 10% + 2mph, so up to 35 you don’t get done at all, (unless there are other factors in which case you can of course be done for 30.1 mph).

In my speed awareness course they made quite a point that the 10% is entirely discretionary, he told us that a lot of gantry cameras have no buffer zone and you'd be pretty stupid to rely on it. It was only due to the fact that old speedos weren't very reliable, now they are much more so, so less need for a 10% bugger zone.

 

[mauvais]

It's discretionary but noone gets done for less. Occasionally people claim to have been done for 31, 71, etc, but noone ever evidences it.

 

[hash tag]

Done you just love the people who complain through the press....ive been driving for 25 years and this is my first offence etc.
what they probably mean is they have never been caught before