Super Cool Really Fat Drivers club.

[Tabou]

...As it is better known.

Has anybody had to do one of these?

What is involved?

I was quite fairly caught doing 34mph in a 30mph zone.

Hardly race speeds, but illegal non the less. Am I in for 3 hours of talks about how many children I could have run down?

I hope not.

Also, is there tea and biscuits?

[Webbo]

Yes, I've done this. Extremely tedious, 3 hours discussing why you were so silly with other silly drivers. At the end you all agree that you won't do it again.

PS make sure you take your driving licence.

EDIT: yes you do get tea and biscuits.

[Tabou]

Yes, I've done this. Extremely tedious, 3 hours discussing why you were so silly with other silly drivers. At the end you all agree that you won't do it again.

PS make sure you take your driving licence.

EDIT: yes you do get tea and biscuits.

I don't have one of these .

I can imagine it to be really tedious. I can imagine some fool sitting and arguing his point for 20 mins about how unfair it is and I'll be like "Who wants a race home?"

[AoWW]

Just put your very sincere 'I am sorry and will never do it again' face on.

[Thracian]

...As it is better known.

Has anybody had to do one of these?

What is involved?

I was quite fairly caught doing 34mph in a 30mph zone.

Hardly race speeds, but illegal non the less. Am I in for 3 hours of talks about how many children I could have run down?

I hope not.

Also, is there tea and biscuits?

My wife went to one.

I'd warned her she shouldn't drive so quickly!

I'd doubt you were caught fairly. You were likely caught by devious bastards who probably placed their camera behind a tree or at the bottom of a steep hill as they've done in King Richards Road.

As for the people you might have killed the police would well know about that. They probably kill and injure a higher percentage of people by speeding in relation to their numbers than any other profession.

[Trav Le Bleu]

...As it is better known.

Has anybody had to do one of these?

What is involved?

I was quite fairly caught doing 34mph in a 30mph zone.

Hardly race speeds, but illegal non the less. Am I in for 3 hours of talks about how many children I could have run down?

I hope not.

Also, is there tea and biscuits?

I was under the impression that they let it go if you are only 10% + 2 mph over the speed limit? Due to the fact that speedometers are not 100% accurate (especially in older cars).

Or maybe that's why you only got the course?

[Tabou]

I was under the impression that they let it go if you are only 10% + 2 mph over the speed limit? Due to the fact that speedometers are not 100% accurate (especially in older cars).

Or maybe that's why you only got the course?

That's what I though happened, but it depends on the Police force in the area you were caught. I was caught in Northampton. You have to do the course in Northampton, as my friend from St Albans found out whilst visiting family in Hull.

Oh well.

I shall give you a full report after tomorrows' festivities.

[Daggers]

It's not fair.

I've not been invited.

I can drive really quickly, why the flipping heck have I not been invited to join the Super Cool Really Fast Drivers club?

It's run by those chaps who won't let me join Foxestalk's Secret Inner Circle isn't it? I bet it is.

Flipping spudnuts!

[The Reverend]

My wife went to one.

I'd warned her she shouldn't drive so quickly!

I'd doubt you were caught fairly. You were likely caught by devious bastards who probably placed their camera behind a tree or at the bottom of a steep hill as they've done in King Richards Road.

As for the people you might have killed the police would well know about that. They probably kill and injure a higher percentage of people by speeding in relation to their numbers than any other profession.

The tree one i can go with, thats a bit unfair. But at the bottom of a steep hill?! You have got a fecking break havent you?! You're not in a horse and carriage are you?

[Tabou]

It's not fair.

I've not been invited.

I can drive really quickly, why the flipping heck have I not been invited to join the Super Cool Really Fast Drivers club?

It's run by those chaps who won't let me join Foxestalk's Secret Inner Circle isn't it? I bet it is.

Flipping spudnuts!

Do you look like me?

If so, feel free to go n my place.

[Thracian]

The tree one i can go with, thats a bit unfair. But at the bottom of a steep hill?! You have got a fecking break havent you?! You're not in a horse and carriage are you?

I don't know how you drive around the City but, me, I look at the traffic ahead rather than my speedmoter. It's ironic that if I took my eyes off the road and ran into someone cos they'd braked I'd be prosecuted for driving without due care and attention.

[James.]

I don't know how you drive around the City but, me, I look at the traffic ahead rather than my speedmoter. It's ironic that if I took my eyes off the road and ran into someone cos they'd braked I'd be prosecuted for driving without due care and attention.

I look at both. It's not difficult.

[Thracian]

I look at both. It's not difficult.

You might have special talents but I find it impossible to do both at the same time.

[Bellend Sebastian]

If you're in the habit of driving at or within the speed limit, it's pretty easy to drive without constantly looking at the speedometer, because you know what it feels like. An occasional glance confirms to me what I already know - that I'm not speeding.

In my experience the people that moan most about being done for speeding are generally those that have been driving a long time and enjoyed many glorious years of speeding effectively not being policed, until the advent of the speed camera made it cheap and easy to enforce the rules, by which time they had bad habits that were hard to break.

I'm in the habit of sticking to the speed limit, and although a lot of people think I'm mad, it's great - there's one less thing to worry about. I can merrily pootle along without having to concern myself with whether there's a detector van round the corner or a dastardly copper about to leap from behind a hedge with a radar gun

[James.]

You might have special talents but I find it impossible to do both at the same time.

If you're incapable of glancing at the speedometer right in front of your eyes while being completely aware of your external road surroundings then I would suggest you shouldn't drive because you're clearly not fit to.

If you're in the habit of driving at or within the speed limit, it's pretty easy to drive without constantly looking at the speedometer, because you know what it feels like. An occasional glance confirms to me what I already know - that I'm not speeding.

Exactly.

[Thracian]

If you're in the habit of driving at or within the speed limit, it's pretty easy to drive without constantly looking at the speedometer, because you know what it feels like. An occasional glance confirms to me what I already know - that I'm not speeding.

In my experience the people that moan most about being done for speeding are generally those that have been driving a long time and enjoyed many glorious years of speeding effectively not being policed, until the advent of the speed camera made it cheap and easy to enforce the rules, by which time they had bad habits that were hard to break.

I'm in the habit of sticking to the speed limit, and although a lot of people think I'm mad, it's great - there's one less thing to worry about. I can merrily pootle along without having to concern myself with whether there's a detector van round the corner or a dastardly copper about to leap from behind a hedge with a radar gun

One day someone will challenge the distracting presence of all the street furniture. Councils have long opposed people putting advertising signs up because of the distraction they cause to motorists yet they are by far the worst culprits with so many things to look out for there's hardly time to watch the traffic in some situations.

I don't have a 30mph marker on my speedo in any case, just a 20mph and 40mph with three dashes in between, a car gathers speed quite rapidly going downhill anyway even without touching the accelerator and with the early morning sun pointing straight into your eyes it's difficult enough watching the road in any case.

But it's the hypocrisy of the penal world we live in that grates.

Councils make mistakes and squander millions it's hard luck and they have another go. Speeding policeman kills a pedestrian, or oversees the shooting of an innocent man and shadowy figures move into action to get em off.

Joe Soap makes a mistake and its hand-rubbing excuse for legalised extortion.

There's even websites that demonstrate that, providing you spend sufficient dosh on the right lawyer, almost any speeding allegation can be thrown out. Ask Sir Alec Ferguson and a few more.

Justice? You respect it all you like pal and just hope no-one careers into you one day when you're dawdling along on a clear road. Especially a policeman. I doubt they'd even let you see your own body.

[Bellend Sebastian]

One day someone will challenge the distracting presence of all the street furniture. Councils have long opposed people putting advertising signs up because of the distraction they cause to motorists yet they are by far the worst culprits with so many things to look out for there's hardly time to watch the traffic in some situations.

I don't have a 30mph marker on my speedo in any case, just a 20mph and 40mph with three dashes in between, a car gathers speed quite rapidly going downhill anyway even without touching the accelerator and with the early morning sun pointing straight into your eyes it's difficult enough watching the road in any case.

But it's the hypocrisy of the penal world we live in that grates.

Councils make mistakes and squander millions it's hard luck and they have another go. Speeding policeman kills a pedestrian, or oversees the shooting of an innocent man and shadowy figures move into action to get em off.

Joe Soap makes a mistake and its hand-rubbing excuse for legalised extortion.

There's even websites that demonstrate that, providing you spend sufficient dosh on the right lawyer, almost any speeding allegation can be thrown out. Ask Sir Alec Ferguson and a few more.

Justice? You respect it all you like pal and just hope no-one careers into you one day when you're dawdling along on a clear road. Especially a policeman. I doubt they'd even let you see your own body.

I don't think of driving at the speed limit as dawdling, Thrac, merely as driving to the standard that I was taught to do and have the qualilfication to prove that I can, and the one that applies to all drivers, as opposed to one I've arbitrarily created for my own convenience which is what a large proportion of drivers seem to do. Someone might career into me, that's the chance I take whenever I get in the car, but at least I'm doing what I can to prevent me from doing it to someone else.

The same laws may not apply to the emergency services, but at least there's a good reason for them to accept the increased risk associated with travelling at high speed and they're trained to do so

[Benji]

Own up Thracian, you own a white van don't you!

[The Reverend]

I don't know how you drive around the City but, me, I look at the traffic ahead rather than my speedmoter. It's ironic that if I took my eyes off the road and ran into someone cos they'd braked I'd be prosecuted for driving without due care and attention.

Come on Thracian, it takes all of about 0.05 seconds to glance at how fast you're travelling. It's not difficult.

You are a drama queen at times.

[The Reverend]

[Bellend Sebastian]

That's brilliant, but I'd like to know when you've been in Thracian's car to take a picture

[Alexikokopops]

This thread is brilliant. Good effort Rev.

[Flynny]

HAHAHAHA. Thats had me guffawing.

[cisono]

Yes, I've done this. Extremely tedious, 3 hours discussing why you were so silly with other silly drivers. At the end you all agree that you won't do it again.

PS make sure you take your driving licence.

EDIT: yes you do get tea and biscuits.

That is all my friend has told me about the course.

Apparently, he's done it twice

[The Reverend]

That's brilliant, but I'd like to know when you've been in Thracian's car to take a picture

He let me in once so i could check his speedometer and he could keep his eyes on the road!