Speed awareness course

[Churchill123]

I've got one of those babies coming up soon! Much better than taking 3 points

 

[Tuearts right boot]

I've got one of those babies coming up soon! Much better than taking 3 points

Go with an open mind, it's amazing what you'll learn and take a bottle of water.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

90% of the people on those are arrogant twats who know everything and haven't done anything wrong in the first place...

And that just about sums it up.

All it sums up is your ability to make a sweeping generalisation based on complete ignorance, unless you both know 90% of folk who take speed awareness courses personally.
And I bet neither of you have ever broken the speed limit in your lives.
If only we all were as perfect as you two.

Know all twats who owned the road. You may well have been one of them but then again


Arrogant cunts, but very few drug taking dickheads.

Personally I wouldn't give them a choice.
I'd take their licences for a year.

 

[cibaman]

Some of its interesting but they pad it out by a couple of hours, presumably so that its sufficient punishment.

They made a big deal about everyone switching their phones off before it started. Claimed that they had a United player on one course and by the end of it there were half a dozen press photographers waiting outside

 

[Newman Noggs]

Some of its interesting but they pad it out by a couple of hours, presumably so that its sufficient punishment.

They made a big deal about everyone switching their phones off before it started. Claimed that they had a United player on one course and by the end of it there were half a dozen press photographers waiting outside

They said that on my course. When I went into work afterwards one of the girls said "oh yes, we had a United player and everyone was taking photos" I asked who it was and it was Michael Owen. Obviously I can't confirm the truth of that but she knows nothing about football so i'm inclined to believe her.

I found the course a useful and timely reminder. I've really tightened up on my speed since and they are right, a few miles an hour makes very little difference in the scheme of things. The other participants were a normal cross-section of society. One prat who sat yawning throughout bragged that it was the second time he'd been caught in six months but he'd paid his uncle £200 to take his points the last time. I hope he sees the error of his ways or, failing that, it's only himself he hurts.

 

[nijinsky's fetlocks]

And that just about sums it up.

All it sums up is your ability to make a sweeping generalisation based on complete ignorance, unless you both know 90% of folk who take speed awareness courses personally.
And I bet neither of you have ever broken the speed limit in your lives.
If only we all were as perfect as you two.

Know all twats who owned the road. You may well have been one of them but then again


Arrogant cunts, but very few drug taking dickheads.

Personally I wouldn't give them a choice.
I'd take their licences for a year.

Oh yes - I forgot - you're the ignorant bell end who said that alcohol wasn't a drug, weren't you?
I have never been on a speed awareness course, although I have, like everyone else, broken the speed limit.
Including you.
Therefore getting caught for speeding is purely down to bad luck, so if I were you I'd climb down from your sanctimonious ivory tower of pomposity and refrain from making yourself look even dafter than you have already, if that is actually possible.

 

[dickie davies]

I was offered the speed awareness course and a course fee of £86 in place of the £100 and 3 points (clocked at 79 on the A1 in North Yorkshire.78 would have seen me getting away with it)
Because of Covid it was done via Zoom this morning and the four hour course was condensed into two and a half and in fact ran to just over two hours
As others have said what I will take away from the course is the stopping distance just a couple of MPH makes

 

[BimboBob]

I was offered the speed awareness course and a course fee of £86 in place of the £100 and 3 points (clocked at 79 on the A1 in North Yorkshire.78 would have seen me getting away with it)
Because of Covid it was done via Zoom this morning and the four hour course was condensed into two and a half and in fact ran to just over two hours
As others have said what I will take away from the course is the stopping distance just a couple of MPH makes

Is their stopping distance still based on cars with no anti lock brakes?

 

[dickie davies]

Is their stopping distance still based on cars with no anti lock brakes?

They used a video of a new mondeo on a dry runway to prove the point of how much 1mph difference makes in stopping distance

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Done this thing a couple of times. I’ve rarely had less than six points on my driving licence in the last 30 years of driving.

In my defence, however, I never speed in a 20 or 30 , and virtually never in a 40. I just go fast on motorways and trunk roads when the dry conditions permit.

All my points have been on latter.

 

[dickie davies]

Done this thing a couple of times. I’ve rarely had less than six points on my licence.

In my defence, however, I never speed in a 20 or 30 , and virtually never in a 40. I just go fast on motorways and trunk roads when the dry conditions permit.

That is also where I am weak

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Done this thing a couple of times. I’ve rarely had less than six points on my driving licence in the last 30 years of driving.

In my defence, however, I never speed in a 20 or 30 , and virtually never in a 40. I just go fast on motorways and trunk roads when the dry conditions permit.

All my points have been on latter.

Have you ever thought of doing it when there isn't a police car behind you?

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Have you ever thought of doing it when there isn't a police car behind you?

My recalcitrance always prevails.

 

[Fame Monster]

Done this thing a couple of times. I’ve rarely had less than six points on my driving licence in the last 30 years of driving.

In my defence, however, I never speed in a 20 or 30 , and virtually never in a 40. I just go fast on motorways and trunk roads when the dry conditions permit.

All my points have been on latter.

The only time I've been fined is on the motorway.

Made the mistake of going to a Champions League game a few years ago in Germany (possibly Schalke) with a mate with a lot of similarities to Jay from the Inbetweeners. Anyway, I did the driving when we got there, and was told by him that there's no speed limits on the autobahns over there. It rang a bell so took his advice. Next thing I know, I get clocked by one of those red laser guns doing about 30mph over the speed limit. I was fucking fuming but to be fair, partly my own stupidity for listening to an absolute gobshite.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

My recalcitrance always prevails.

Is that latin for ****? I did a speed awareness course once and by the end wished I'd just taken the fucking points. An hour where we all had to say what we'd done, which most people seemed to treat as a retrial or appeal - I was the only one there who admitted they deserved it. Then another two hours of being patronised to death and made to feel like a murderer. Only thing I learned was how dangerous it is to stop / breakdown on the hard shoulder for any length of time.

 

[crooky]

The only time I've been fined is on the motorway.

Made the mistake of going to a Champions League game a few years ago in Germany (possibly Schalke) with a mate with a lot of similarities to Jay from the Inbetweeners. Anyway, I did the driving when we got there, and was told by him that there's no speed limits on the autobahns over there. It rang a bell so took his advice. Next thing I know, I get clocked by one of those red laser guns doing about 30mph over the speed limit. I was fucking fuming but to be fair, partly my own stupidity for listening to an absolute gobshite.

Some parts of the autobahn are unrestricted.

This video taken during lockdown shows how bonkers fast the latest hypercars are.

The way it effortlessly goes from 220kph (136mph) to 320kph (200mph) is mental!

... And it keeps pulling.

 

[dickie davies]

Some parts of the autobahn are unrestricted.

This video taken during lockdown shows how bonkers fast the latest hypercars are.

The way it effortlessly goes from 220kph (136mph) to 320kph (200mph) is mental!

... And it keeps pulling.

On the unrestricted areas the advice is 120kph and if you're exceeding that and have an accident, no matter how the accident has occurred, you are partly responsible

 

[Shuffs]

90% of the people on those are arrogant twats who know everything and haven't done anything wrong in the first place...

Scousers?

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Is that latin for ****? I did a speed awareness course once and by the end wished I'd just taken the fucking points. An hour where we all had to say what we'd done, which most people seemed to treat as a retrial or appeal - I was the only one there who admitted they deserved it. Then another two hours of being patronised to death and made to feel like a murderer. Only thing I learned was how dangerous it is to stop / breakdown on the hard shoulder for any length of time.

Those courses certainly bring together a melting pot of social classes sitting uncomfortably together for a few hours.

 

[laserblue]

Those courses certainly bring together a melting pot of social classes sitting uncomfortably together for a few hours.

Is that a diplomatic way of saying you caught nits and scabies and had your pocket picked?