How To Behave In a Speed Awareness Course

[stevierst]

That's one of the buggers! "I'll get you butler"

[richfzs]

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.....

[Grayo]

[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.

[noggythenog]

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

[sinto607276]

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!

[BBROWN1664]

: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.

[Frosties]

[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 !!

[sinto607276]

As above really Frosties,
How come foreign drivers never get pulled over for speeding and sent on these courses? 

[stevierst]

As above really Frosties,
How come foreign drivers never get pulled over for speeding and sent on these courses?

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....

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!

[HarryHornby]

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

[sinto607276]

personally I think heroin is much more dangerous than speed  :b

:lol

[BBROWN1664]

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.

[sinto607276]

[quote author=sinto link=topic=17602.msg203464#msg203464 date=1436734481]
As above really Frosties,
How come foreign drivers never get pulled over for speeding and sent on these courses?

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....

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.

[sinto607276]

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?

[stevierst]

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!

[sinto607276]

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

[BBROWN1664]

you have a certain amount of time to transfer it onto a UK plate etc

sinto, that rule is for foreign licence holders.

[sinto607276]

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

[BBROWN1664]

https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-in...ry-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.

[sinto607276]

https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-in...ry-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