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Don't it just make you sick when...
...you're travelling to see your dear old mum at an appropriate speed (I believe the police call it 'progressive defensive') on a road you've driven a thousand times - when -
- the lead car of a small convoy coming towards you flashes its lights furiously.
Aha, you think - speed trap ahead - thanks for the warning, fellow motorist, I shall ensure I continue the journey at a safe (sic) 29.9mph.
So you trundle through the next village like a myopic OAP, struggling to stay awake, and keeping your eyes dancing along the shrubbery ready to spot the tell-tale arm waving a ray-gun over a suitably thick hedge (the common or hedgerow Plod, aka 'Doppler variegatus')...
Some miles later, you realise that the car that flashed you was NOT warning you of impending leftie tax, but was driven by a busybody old w*nker who, whilst unable to judge his own speed - to the extent that he has to copy the speed painted on tin signs nailed to posts - is nonetheless able to accurately assess MY speed, make a value judgement, deem that speed inappropriate, and flash his headlights at me as a reprimand.
W*anker!
...you're travelling to see your dear old mum at an appropriate speed (I believe the police call it 'progressive defensive') on a road you've driven a thousand times - when -
- the lead car of a small convoy coming towards you flashes its lights furiously.
Aha, you think - speed trap ahead - thanks for the warning, fellow motorist, I shall ensure I continue the journey at a safe (sic) 29.9mph.
So you trundle through the next village like a myopic OAP, struggling to stay awake, and keeping your eyes dancing along the shrubbery ready to spot the tell-tale arm waving a ray-gun over a suitably thick hedge (the common or hedgerow Plod, aka 'Doppler variegatus')...
Some miles later, you realise that the car that flashed you was NOT warning you of impending leftie tax, but was driven by a busybody old w*nker who, whilst unable to judge his own speed - to the extent that he has to copy the speed painted on tin signs nailed to posts - is nonetheless able to accurately assess MY speed, make a value judgement, deem that speed inappropriate, and flash his headlights at me as a reprimand.
W*anker!
Close - Essex. Our beloved Council (I lie) are in the throes of rendering all roads 40mph, witness the A137 between Lawford and Ardleigh where a drunken driver crashing into a bridge is the perfect excuse they need to reduce the entire 3-mile stretch from 60 to 40mph. It's called 'temporary', but they've already put permanent signs in... so much for the 'consultation' eh? Must be from 'ye famouse Essexe Safetye Partnership' featuring Essex CC, Essex Plod and of course Essex magistrates. Hmm, pretty neutral then...
the momentum of the safety lobby is getting to runaway train status...
we're never going to be able to stop them.. but one day, there'll be a critical mass of employed people banned, lose their jobs.. man in the street who normally minds his own business will the marching with a placard.. straight, respectable men will be sent ot prision for speeding, detroying careers, families, childrens lives..
And I can practically guarantee that there'll still be in excess of 3400 killed and 150000 injured on the roads each year. If not more, through enforced automotive somnambulance..
We need to look ahead not just to the next round of legislation but to the point where this critical mass is reached.. how best to hyarness the anger of the many motorists who right now think us hooligans but will one day soon when they've been deprived of the license realise that we were right all along..
we're never going to be able to stop them.. but one day, there'll be a critical mass of employed people banned, lose their jobs.. man in the street who normally minds his own business will the marching with a placard.. straight, respectable men will be sent ot prision for speeding, detroying careers, families, childrens lives..
And I can practically guarantee that there'll still be in excess of 3400 killed and 150000 injured on the roads each year. If not more, through enforced automotive somnambulance..
We need to look ahead not just to the next round of legislation but to the point where this critical mass is reached.. how best to hyarness the anger of the many motorists who right now think us hooligans but will one day soon when they've been deprived of the license realise that we were right all along..
'Could he not of been warning you of a hazard he has just passed that disapeared before you got there?'
Well that was my first thought of course -a hazard. That would have been nice, but I do not think so. O that he was so intelligent/aware. No, it was just another case of him knowing 'better'. Amazing that he took his eyes off the speedo for long enough to find the light-flasher.
Well that was my first thought of course -a hazard. That would have been nice, but I do not think so. O that he was so intelligent/aware. No, it was just another case of him knowing 'better'. Amazing that he took his eyes off the speedo for long enough to find the light-flasher.
CarZee me old pal, you speak the truth. Oh b*ll*cks I am going to HAVE to scrape together the dosh for Btap somehow. I am so skint due to the fleet needing services simultaneously (really!), but I got to see you lot. My mission is to somehow gather 250 notes by tomorrow night. Not promising anything, but I am desperate to see you guys. 
Carl
Carl
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