Saul Goodman
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Perhaps there should be a thread for the stupidity of drivers 
Husband and wife's uninsured cars seized
Police seized the wife's car after she arrived to pick up her husband whose own car had been seized.
www.bbc.co.uk
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Perhaps there should be a thread for the stupidity of drivers
Husband and wife's uninsured cars seized
Police seized the wife's car after she arrived to pick up her husband whose own car had been seized.www.bbc.co.uk
Husband on a provisional too, selfish cunts.
They're not total sheds though. A few grand each. Pretty mad they wouldn't bother with insurance on either, with all the ANPR cameras around these days it was only a matter of time.
Amazon are introducing/enforcing this driving app that monitors the safety of drivers through their android or iPhone device whilst working:
Looking at the device technical requirements to run this app suggests it will be data intensive and could cause potential lagging/slowing of device.
This app may well give Amazon some insight into the driving habits of a small handful of drivers who are able to complete a 9hr route in 5-6 hrs tho.
Looking at the device technical requirements to run this app suggests it will be data intensive and could cause potential lagging/slowing of device.
This app may well give Amazon some insight into the driving habits of a small handful of drivers who are able to complete a 9hr route in 5-6 hrs tho.
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Or where we are not even single g - that'll be interesting
Amazon don’t care, that’s for the drivers to deal with in their eyes.
Tbf, Amazon introducing this app is likely just them covering their backsides in case some driver ploughs thru somebody’s bay window whilst they’re watching TV.
The real issue which Amazon don’t want to acknowledge is that they are the root cause of bad driving by having inhuman productivity expectations which can lead drivers to drive badly - mostly driving too fast.
BigTom
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I'd hope it has an option to upload data when on wifi so you can upload it each evening when you get home rather than needing to do it on the road. I'm guessing that what it's doing is using GPS and accelerometers to measure someone's driving so doesn't need a lot (if any) data whilst it's running, though it collects a lot on the device whilst it does.
I'd like to think the data from this app might prove to amazon that you can't drive legally & safely with the workload they give drivers and that they need to reduce that, but that'd mean Jeff Bezos not getting another ivory backscratcher.
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This is NOT a laughing matter
www.mirror.co.uk
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Porsche driver hits SUV and then lands on another car while attempting to park
A video of the Porsche Taycan accelerating forwards over the wall before crashing onto another car on a residential street in Manningtree, Essex has gone viral
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I am going to guess Bahnhof Strasse ’s reaction to the above news, and eagerly wait to see if I’m right
A testimony to the excellent design and build quality of Audis
A testimony to the excellent design and build quality of Audis
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Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
I am going to guess Bahnhof Strasse ’s reaction to the above news, and eagerly wait to see if I’m right
A testimony to the excellent design and build quality of Audis
Lesser marques would see a door embedded as an issue, but road-owning Audis are clearly a cut above
Saul Goodman
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Ladas?
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Funnily enough I see Bahnhof Strasse has had his eye on another carI am going to guess Bahnhof Strasse ’s reaction to the above news, and eagerly wait to see if I’m right
A testimony to the excellent design and build quality of Audis
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Funnily enough I see Bahnhof Strasse has had his eye on another car
Was looking at the Volvo, but will still with the four rings, guy in the office next to me has just got an etron, so I reckon I can get an RS6 under Spymaster's emission sharing scheme
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Nobody ever died in a V90. Probably driven by drivers who err on the side of caution. Would it help the missus though
This would probably be best for her...
Bahnhof Strasse
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Ingrid Messenger death crash: Tony Packenham jailed
Tony Packenham was driving at nearly 80mph when his Land Rover struck a car, killing a 13-year-old.
www.bbc.co.uk
80mph in a 60 with wet roads in a Land Rover Defender, kills a 13 year old girl, seriously injures her mum and sister. Perverts the course of justice by removing the memory card from his dash-cam and lobbing it in a bush, yet in spite of this he's remorseful, so gets 4.5 years, out in 2. Fucking joke.
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That’s cunting disgraceful- people caught looting in the London riots got handed out the same sentence ffs.Ingrid Messenger death crash: Tony Packenham jailed
Tony Packenham was driving at nearly 80mph when his Land Rover struck a car, killing a 13-year-old.www.bbc.co.uk
80mph in a 60 with wet roads in a Land Rover Defender, kills a 13 year old girl, seriously injures her mum and sister. Perverts the course of justice by removing the memory card from his dash-cam and lobbing it in a bush, yet in spite of this he's remorseful, so gets 4.5 years, out in 2. Fucking joke.
If I were an assassin I would choose a car as my weapon. That way if I was ever caught I’d be looking at a manslaughter charge rather than murder and 15 years inside
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(* and fellow travellers).
Cameras fight growing danger of tailgating
New roadside cameras could be introduced across England under plans to target potentially deadly tailgating on motorways, The Times has learnt.Highways England said it was analysing a trial of the technology on a small section of the M1 through Northamptonshire with a view to launching it elsewhere
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Cameras fight growing danger of tailgating
Graeme Paton, Transport Correspondent, Saturday December 19 2020, 12.01am, The Times
New roadside cameras could be introduced across England under plans to target potentially deadly tailgating on motorways, The Times has learnt.
Highways England said it was analysing a trial of the technology on a small section of the M1 through Northamptonshire with a view to launching it elsewhere on the network.
Drivers are being issued with warning letters under the crackdown, which began after a rise in the number of fatal and serious crashes caused by vehicles following too close to the one in front.
In only two months the cameras have been used to identify 26,000 tailgating cars, vans, trucks and buses, figures show. It is equivalent to 419 a day.
The figures, which cover the period from early October to the first week of this month, show that 3,700 offenders have been caught multiple times.
In some cases, the very worst drivers have been clocked tailgating other vehicles as many as 12 times on one stretch of road.
The cameras, developed by the consultants Aecom, have been installed on a 150m stretch of the motorway. They operate in a similar way to speed cameras — identifying number plates and taking readings of the distance between vehicles.
A series of cameras is deployed in unison to determine whether the tailgating is a result of deliberate action or conventional manoeuvres such as overtaking, changing lanes or sudden braking.
Highways England said it was sending out warning letters to drivers “advising them they were too close to another vehicle and highlighting the dangers”.
It told The Times that the trial would last six months, adding: “The results will then be analysed to see if it does lead to a change in drivers’ behaviour and reduced incidents of tailgating. If successful, the cameras may be rolled out to other areas.”
Drivers can be fined £100 and handed three penalty points for tailgating, although the cameras are not currently used for prosecutions.
The move follows the publication of figures from the Department for Transport showing that serious crashes caused by tailgating drivers have jumped to their highest level for at least seven years.
Last year, 28 fatal and 599 serious road crashes were logged in which “following too close” was identified as a contributory factor. The total, 627, was up from 444 a year earlier and 483 in 2013.
Particular concerns have been raised over heavy goods vehicles driving dangerously close to cars past stretches of motorway roadworks where the speed limit is just 50 or 60mph. Edmund King, president of the AA, said: “Tailgating, even below the speed limit, is incredibly dangerous. Hopefully the presence of tailgate cameras will convince drivers to stick to the two-second rule because the consequences of driving too close can be fatal.”
Caroline Layton, who works as a data and intelligence analyst for Highways England, told how she feared her car would be “hit and crushed” as she was tailgated by a lorry while driving through roadworks at junction 4 of the M27 near Southampton.
Video captured on her rear dashcam showed the lorry feet away from her car with the driver flashing his lights and gesticulating before eventually overtaking.
She said: “He came up really close, just a couple of metres behind. I thought I had to slow down because if it hit me at 50mph I would be crushed. This was very intimidating behaviour and likely to cause a crash and serious injury.
“If anyone had stopped in front of me, he would have gone into the back of my car and I would have been sandwiched in the middle.” Under the Highway Code, motorists are supposed to leave at least a two-second gap between themselves and the vehicle in front, with a longer distance on the fastest roads.
On some roads painted chevrons indicate the distance motorists should keep between them and the vehicle in front. Studies have suggested that they can significantly reduce accidents.
The RAC advises tailgated motorists against slowing down in an effort to force the other driver to do the same. Instead they suggest remaining calm and shifting lanes or pulling over to let the other driver pass.
Jeremy Phillips, Highways England head of road safety, said: “These new cameras have, sadly, highlighted just how many people are driving too close on our roads.
“We understand that most tailgating is unintentional by drivers who are simply unaware they are dangerously invading someone else’s space. But not leaving enough space between you and the vehicle in front can be very frightening and intimidating — it could also prove fatal.”
Graeme Paton, Transport Correspondent, Saturday December 19 2020, 12.01am, The Times
New roadside cameras could be introduced across England under plans to target potentially deadly tailgating on motorways, The Times has learnt.
Highways England said it was analysing a trial of the technology on a small section of the M1 through Northamptonshire with a view to launching it elsewhere on the network.
Drivers are being issued with warning letters under the crackdown, which began after a rise in the number of fatal and serious crashes caused by vehicles following too close to the one in front.
In only two months the cameras have been used to identify 26,000 tailgating cars, vans, trucks and buses, figures show. It is equivalent to 419 a day.
The figures, which cover the period from early October to the first week of this month, show that 3,700 offenders have been caught multiple times.
In some cases, the very worst drivers have been clocked tailgating other vehicles as many as 12 times on one stretch of road.
The cameras, developed by the consultants Aecom, have been installed on a 150m stretch of the motorway. They operate in a similar way to speed cameras — identifying number plates and taking readings of the distance between vehicles.
A series of cameras is deployed in unison to determine whether the tailgating is a result of deliberate action or conventional manoeuvres such as overtaking, changing lanes or sudden braking.
Highways England said it was sending out warning letters to drivers “advising them they were too close to another vehicle and highlighting the dangers”.
It told The Times that the trial would last six months, adding: “The results will then be analysed to see if it does lead to a change in drivers’ behaviour and reduced incidents of tailgating. If successful, the cameras may be rolled out to other areas.”
Drivers can be fined £100 and handed three penalty points for tailgating, although the cameras are not currently used for prosecutions.
The move follows the publication of figures from the Department for Transport showing that serious crashes caused by tailgating drivers have jumped to their highest level for at least seven years.
Last year, 28 fatal and 599 serious road crashes were logged in which “following too close” was identified as a contributory factor. The total, 627, was up from 444 a year earlier and 483 in 2013.
Particular concerns have been raised over heavy goods vehicles driving dangerously close to cars past stretches of motorway roadworks where the speed limit is just 50 or 60mph. Edmund King, president of the AA, said: “Tailgating, even below the speed limit, is incredibly dangerous. Hopefully the presence of tailgate cameras will convince drivers to stick to the two-second rule because the consequences of driving too close can be fatal.”
Caroline Layton, who works as a data and intelligence analyst for Highways England, told how she feared her car would be “hit and crushed” as she was tailgated by a lorry while driving through roadworks at junction 4 of the M27 near Southampton.
Video captured on her rear dashcam showed the lorry feet away from her car with the driver flashing his lights and gesticulating before eventually overtaking.
She said: “He came up really close, just a couple of metres behind. I thought I had to slow down because if it hit me at 50mph I would be crushed. This was very intimidating behaviour and likely to cause a crash and serious injury.
“If anyone had stopped in front of me, he would have gone into the back of my car and I would have been sandwiched in the middle.” Under the Highway Code, motorists are supposed to leave at least a two-second gap between themselves and the vehicle in front, with a longer distance on the fastest roads.
On some roads painted chevrons indicate the distance motorists should keep between them and the vehicle in front. Studies have suggested that they can significantly reduce accidents.
The RAC advises tailgated motorists against slowing down in an effort to force the other driver to do the same. Instead they suggest remaining calm and shifting lanes or pulling over to let the other driver pass.
Jeremy Phillips, Highways England head of road safety, said: “These new cameras have, sadly, highlighted just how many people are driving too close on our roads.
“We understand that most tailgating is unintentional by drivers who are simply unaware they are dangerously invading someone else’s space. But not leaving enough space between you and the vehicle in front can be very frightening and intimidating — it could also prove fatal.”
sleaterkinney
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Kill someone and try to cover it up?. 30 months.
metro.co.uk
Learner driver who killed woman and swapped seats with boyfriend is jailed
The woman got her boyfriend to drive the car away and told neighbours there was a hit-and-run.
metro.co.uk
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Kill someone and try to cover it up?. 30 months.
Learner driver who killed woman and swapped seats with boyfriend is jailed
The woman got her boyfriend to drive the car away and told neighbours there was a hit-and-run.
And an 18 month driving ban, don't forget that, pour encourager les autres...
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