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Re: How To Behave In a Speed Awareness Course - stevierst - 12-07-15
That's one of the buggers! "I'll get you butler"
Re: How To Behave In a Speed Awareness Course - richfzs - 12-07-15
(11-07-15, 05:22 PM)Grayo link Wrote: Only a solid barrier makes it a Dual Carriageway and a 70 mph speed limit.
A grass verge or similar makes it a two lane road (not a dual carriageway) and a 60mph speed limit unless otherwise stated.
As Graham said - this is wrong.....
Re: How To Behave In a Speed Awareness Course - Grayo - 12-07-15
(12-07-15, 05:10 PM)richfzs link Wrote: [quote author=Grayo link=topic=17602.msg203318#msg203318 date=1436631775]
Only a solid barrier makes it a Dual Carriageway and a 70 mph speed limit.
A grass verge or similar makes it a two lane road (not a dual carriageway) and a 60mph speed limit unless otherwise stated.
As Graham said - this is wrong.....
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Well thanks for enlightening us with your full and frank explanation.
Re: How To Behave In a Speed Awareness Course - noggythenog - 12-07-15
so these instructors on the speed awareness course have been preaching lies about dual carriageways then....they really made a big dealt out of it.....said if it was grass then it didn't count......perhaps I should get my money back.
P.s - this has now become Frosties goal on the course to give them stick about the point
Re: How To Behave In a Speed Awareness Course - sinto607276 - 12-07-15
(12-07-15, 08:47 PM)noggythenog link Wrote: this has now become Frosties goal on the course to give them stick about the point
Maybe, we should make up a list for him to ask, and he can report back :lol
I suggest asking how come foreign drivers never get pulled over for speeding and sent on these courses?
btw, we don't have such options in Scotland, we just get fined and points :groan!
Re: How To Behave In a Speed Awareness Course - BBROWN1664 - 12-07-15
:agree Grahamm
The M1 only had grass between the carriage ways when it opened. Some of the M40 a couple of years ago was the same.
Re: How To Behave In a Speed Awareness Course - Frosties - 12-07-15
(12-07-15, 09:04 PM)sinto link Wrote: [quote author=noggythenog link=topic=17602.msg203454#msg203454 date=1436730450]
this has now become Frosties goal on the course to give them stick about the point
Maybe, we should make up a list for him to ask, and he can report back :lol
I suggest asking how come foreign drivers never get pulled over for speeding and sent on these courses?
btw, we don't have such options in Scotland, we just get fined and points :groan!
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Go on then, give me a list of questions seen as Nick is not putting up the cash for a tourettes sufferer :lol
Still planning a clown outfit though.......water flower spray, hand buzzer etc
BLAME DARRSI !!Re: How To Behave In a Speed Awareness Course - sinto607276 - 12-07-15
As above really Frosties,
How come foreign drivers never get pulled over for speeding and sent on these courses?
Re: How To Behave In a Speed Awareness Course - stevierst - 13-07-15
(12-07-15, 09:54 PM)sinto link Wrote: As above really Frosties,Well for a start the foreign drivers are a lot harder to track down, as UK don't have access to foreign driver databases, addresses, licence details etc....
How come foreign drivers never get pulled over for speeding and sent on these courses?
The only way to catch them is to pull them over at the time of them speeding, then they just get prosecuted, no speed awareness for them.
Also, could you imagine going to france/italy/germany, and sitting in a speed awareness course in their language? Stuff that, giz the fine!
Re: How To Behave In a Speed Awareness Course - HarryHornby - 13-07-15
Could you ask him why they say it's only speed that kills when there are plenty of other drugs out there that also kill, heroin for example, personally I think heroin is much more dangerous than speed :b
Re: How To Behave In a Speed Awareness Course - sinto607276 - 13-07-15
(13-07-15, 08:58 AM)HarryHornby link Wrote: personally I think heroin is much more dangerous than speed :b
:lol
Re: How To Behave In a Speed Awareness Course - BBROWN1664 - 13-07-15
Quote:Well for a start the foreign drivers are a lot harder to track down
This is why it is illegal for a UK licence holder to drive a foreign registered vehicle in the UK. The only exception is if it is a company vehicle.
Re: How To Behave In a Speed Awareness Course - sinto607276 - 13-07-15
(13-07-15, 12:40 AM)stevierst link Wrote: [quote author=sinto link=topic=17602.msg203464#msg203464 date=1436734481]Well for a start the foreign drivers are a lot harder to track down, as UK don't have access to foreign driver databases, addresses, licence details etc....
As above really Frosties,
How come foreign drivers never get pulled over for speeding and sent on these courses?
The only way to catch them is to pull them over at the time of them speeding, then they just get prosecuted, no speed awareness for them.
Also, could you imagine going to france/italy/germany, and sitting in a speed awareness course in their language? Stuff that, giz the fine!
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Think you've missed the point stevierst, it was a list of questions to ask the people running the courses to get their take on it, although we probably know the answers it would of been fun to get their answers.
Re: How To Behave In a Speed Awareness Course - sinto607276 - 13-07-15
(13-07-15, 09:34 AM)BBROWN1664 link Wrote: This is why it is illegal for a UK licence holder to drive a foreign registered vehicle in the UK. The only exception is if it is a company vehicle.
You sure this is right?
I thought if you buy a foreign vehicle, you have a certain amount of time to transfer it onto a UK plate etc thus causing you to be driving a foreign vehicle on UK roads with a UK licence up to the time you change it?
Re: How To Behave In a Speed Awareness Course - stevierst - 13-07-15
Sorry Sinto, I came back into the thread in 1/2 way through a bottle of Jamesons! :o
Yes I seem to have missed the point a bit, Damn my legal background!
Re: How To Behave In a Speed Awareness Course - sinto607276 - 13-07-15
(13-07-15, 09:52 AM)stevierst link Wrote: Sorry Sinto, I came back into the thread in 1/2 way through a bottle of Jamesons! :o
Yes I seem to have missed the point a bit, Damn my legal background!
Tut tut, I'll let you off this time, but next time, make sure you finish the bottle, it'd of been a whole lot more fun :b :rollin
And yes, jealous of the Jamesons :b
Re: How To Behave In a Speed Awareness Course - BBROWN1664 - 13-07-15
Quote:you have a certain amount of time to transfer it onto a UK plate etc
sinto, that rule is for foreign licence holders.
Re: How To Behave In a Speed Awareness Course - sinto607276 - 13-07-15
(13-07-15, 10:11 AM)BBROWN1664 link Wrote:Quote:you have a certain amount of time to transfer it onto a UK plate etc
sinto, that rule is for foreign licence holders.
No, it's for UK licence holders, I know of a few people who have bought foreign vehicles for one reason or another and remember them having informed dvla, insurance companies etc they were advised that they'd need to change the plates / registration at dvla within 6months or something, but they deffinetly have UK licences.
Why would a foreign licence holder want to change their vehicle details to a UK registered car and still have a foreign licence? That really doesn't make sense, but then maybe that's where it gets done, cause it doesn't make sense! :eek
Re: How To Behave In a Speed Awareness Course - BBROWN1664 - 13-07-15
https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/temporary-imports
The important part - You must tax and register your vehicle in the UK if you become a resident or your stay is longer than 6 months.
If you are a UK resident, you should have a UK licence if you've been here long enough. If you have a UK licence, you canot drive a foreign plated vehicle in the UK.
Re: How To Behave In a Speed Awareness Course - sinto607276 - 13-07-15
(13-07-15, 10:41 AM)BBROWN1664 link Wrote: https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/temporary-imports
The important part - You must tax and register your vehicle in the UK if you become a resident or your stay is longer than 6 months.
If you are a UK resident, you should have a UK licence if you've been here long enough. If you have a UK licence, you canot drive a foreign plated vehicle in the UK.
As normal, one rule says one thing, another says something else, but basically it's what I was saying
and of what you were saying, just different interpretations of it