05-07-12, 01:19 PM
(05-07-12, 07:01 AM)pitternator link Wrote: But its when the double standards come in , and this smug self assurance rears its head that I get annoyed.
From my own experiences Graham, do try to realise that no amount of training will make one immune to an accident, or can make going fast safe. It never will be.
And once again I entirely agree because I have never said such a thing and never would.
For example an Observer from my local IAM group recently got wiped out by a drunk driver and was lucky not to lose a leg despite all his experience and observational skills. Another Green Badge holder I know hit a patch of diesel on a roundabout a while back.
Nothing can make you 100% safe, but Advanced Training can add a few percentage points which is surely a good thing.
Unfortunately when people choose (out of ignorance or prejudice etc) to dismiss the IAM or any other such group with sweeping generalisations that are likely to put others off getting advanced training then they aren't helping anyone.
Quote:While speed limits can be frustrating and at times ludicrous, they actually do make sense most of the time.
And other times they don't. At the junction of the A32 and the A272 there's a biker's cafe called Loomies. The road there is currently National Limit, but because some idiots have the habit of leaving the cafe (or going past it) with their throttle against the stop and blasting down the road at ludicrous speed, Hampshire Council have decided to make a long section of that road 50mph limit.
Unfortunately, of course, this will have absolutely *NO* effect on said idiots who will ignore that limit as much as they ignored the previous on, it will just affect everyone else.