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  1. Re:Grounds to contest? by sean4u · · Score: 1 · on Cities Tampering With Traffic Lights To Generate Revenue

    News to me. Driving instructors always told me it meant 'stop if you can'. Here's a page that makes it even simpler: Arrive Alive

  2. Re:listen to ads? by teh+kurisu · · Score: 1 · on Google Shows Off Ad-Supported Cell Phone

    Oh, and what happens when a teenager driving a car and listening to an ad isn't paying attention to the road.

    Here? A £60 fine and 3 points on their licence.

  3. Re:Disgusting by turgid · · Score: 1 · on Possession of Violent Pornography Outlawed in UK

    Cars with HP to exceed 75MPH

    Obviously, cars shouldn't be allowed to go faster than 30MPH.

    More here

  4. Re:Disgusting by turgid · · Score: 1 · on Possession of Violent Pornography Outlawed in UK

    Cars with HP to exceed 75MPH

    Obviously, cars shouldn't be allowed to go faster than 30MPH.

    More here

  5. Re:not perfect by hotdiggitydawg · · Score: 2, Informative · on Teen Creates Device to Track Speeding
    look at the difference in injuries between a child hit at 30mph (usually survivable if we're to believe the literature) and one hit at, say 60mph (usually fatal, IIRC).


    There's an ad campaign running over here in the UK that quotes an 80% survival rate for children hit at 30mph, and an 80% fatality rate for children hit at 40mph.
  6. Re:Audacity and Ignorance. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Terror Plot, NASA, DHS Patch Alert
    We can either kill all muslims or just carry on about our lives. Given the choice between living the rest of my life in a police state and possibly being blown up by a terrorist, I'm willing to take my chances. Even if this latest terrorist plot had succeeding in blowing up all 10 (ha!) planes, there are still more people being killed in road accidents each year.
    * 3,221 people were killed in road accidents in 2004
        * 31,130 were seriously injured
        * 246,489 were slightly injured
    Those figures don't account for violent crime, fatal home or workplace accidents or any other major cause of death (tobacco etc). Why the fuck are we supposed to submit ourselves to increased surveillance and security because of a minor problem like terrorism?
  7. Re:BMW C-1 by DrSkwid · · Score: 1 · on Low Emission Cars Continue to Gain Popularity

    Seemingly, it is worse than I thought :

    http://www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk/statistics.htm

    Motorcyclists

            * 693 motorcyclists were killed in road accidents in 2003
            * 6,959 were seriously injured
            * Motorcyclists represent 1% of traffic but represent 20% of deaths and serious injuries
            * Motorcycle riders are 40 times more likely to be killed than car drivers

  8. Re:In the UK by smoker2 · · Score: 1 · on Legal Restrictions on Cellphone Use Gain Traction
    In the UK, for at least a year or so (probably more - my memory is flaky - there was a massive advertisement campaign from the government telling people how it was going to work for MONTHS on end, months before it became "law"), it's been illegal to operate any phone while driving - that means that the ONLY legal way to make/take a phone call in a car is with a hands-free kit that DOES NOT require the driver to push any buttons etc. to dial/recieve a call (i.e. voice activated dialling/answering with a hands-free earpiece / car stereo integration)........

    ..... However, now it's a specific "rule" that it's an offence to even USE the phone in the car unless you can do so 100% without removing your hands from the full control of the wheel (i.e. without touching the phone or any hands-free component (e.g. buttons, switches, wires, etc.))

    Wrong -

    From the UK Department for Transport website ...

    It's now illegal to use a hand-held mobile phone when you're driving, even when you're stopped at traffic lights or in a queue of traffic. You may be fined £30. This can be increased to a maximum of £1000 (£2,500 for drivers of lorries, buses and coaches) if the matter goes to court.

    This includes making or receiving calls, pictures, text messaging or accessing the Internet. You must pull over to a safe location. Risk using a hand-held mobile phone when driving, and you risk a fine.

    and also...
    You can also be prosecuted for using a hands-free mobile phone if you fail to have proper control of your vehicle.

    Drive carelessly or dangerously when using any phone and the penalties can include disqualification, a large fine, and up to two years imprisonment.

    BTW, a "safe location" to make a call does not mean blocking the entrance to a side road, the hard shoulder on any clearway, a bus stop, someones driveway etc etc.

    I've seen people parked on motorway sliproads (offramps) talking on the mobile. One day some twat overtook me on the motorway, cut right in front of me, then slammed the brakes on and swerved onto the hard shoulder to answer a call. As I was driving with 17 tons plus at the time, they were lucky not to be a smear on the road !

    Maybe next time eh ?

  9. Re:Thank goodness... by Aphrika · · Score: 1 · on Gamers Better at Driving w/ Cell Phones?

    Ah, I remember the campaign you're talking about.

    This is the brochure version (680K PDF) you mention. There's also an MPEG version that played in UK cinemas.

  10. Re:Thank goodness... by Aphrika · · Score: 1 · on Gamers Better at Driving w/ Cell Phones?

    Ah, I remember the campaign you're talking about.

    This is the brochure version (680K PDF) you mention. There's also an MPEG version that played in UK cinemas.