Speed Awareness Course

[Pubey]

is it as boring as it sounds? 4hr lecture on why speed cameras are a money making scam and don't improve traffic safety speed is bad, mkay?

 

[MK Shrimper]

Been a naughty boy and avoiding 3 points on your licence?

 

[class]

I've not done it pesonally, but I believe you get to see some pretty graphic images* of accidents and how speed kills.











*probably as a result of crashes where people who driven erratically after spotting a speed camera, but we won't go there.

 

[Pubey]

Been a naughty boy and avoiding 3 points on your licence?

yep, 58 in a 50

 

[MK Shrimper]

yep, 58 in a 50

I didn't get that opportunity, but then again 101mph on the motorway is a lot naughtier :dim:

 

[Swiss Tony]

I didn't get that opportunity, but then again 101mph on the motorway is a lot naughtier :dim:

Lucky they didn't lock you up Lewis,ain't Lefties supposed to be safety concious slowcoaches,ha ha.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Lucky they didn't lock you up Lewis,ain't Lefties supposed to be safety concious slowcoaches,ha ha.

6 points, £300 fine. I made sure I looked suitably ashamed to magistrates and gave a sob story about my poor old ma who relies on me to get about..... ;)

 

[The General]

Biffa had to do this as well !!

 

[Benfleet A1]

It is mind numbingly boring and totally pointless, be prepared to want to throw yourself out of the window. One thing I will say. When they ask you what vehicles can do what speeds legally on the roads, put 56mph for HGV lorries on duel carriage and motorways. Its the wrong answer as they will tell you it is 60 but it takes up half hour of them argueing with you when you insist that HGV's are restricted. Tied them up in knots and relieved the hell for a while.

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

It is mind numbingly boring and totally pointless, be prepared to want to throw yourself out of the window. One thing I will say. When they ask you what vehicles can do what speeds legally on the roads, put 56mph for HGV lorries on duel carriage and motorways. Its the wrong answer as they will tell you it is 60 but it takes up half hour of them argueing with you when you insist that HGV's are restricted. Tied them up in knots and relieved the hell for a while.

The speed limit for HGV's over 7.5 tonne is 50mph on dual carriageways.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

It all depends on your philosophy.

Is prison for punishment or rehabilitation?

If you think it is the former, a 4 hour course seems appropriate; if the latter there are probably more effective means.

 

[chadded]

Yes but most are restricted to doing 56mph. I had exactly the same argument as GHG. They also couldnt fathom as to why me at 21 yrs old, could drive a trailor over 750kg. (B+E) When i did the course 2 and a bit yrs ago in wickford, I was the only person there who passed their test after 1997, so there was a bit of an age gap between me and everyone else. I was expecting a room full of boy racers..

Best bit was the start though. They go round and ask where you were caught, what speed you were doing and if you think it was fair. Literally everyone else was whinging saying they think its unfair they are here. I turned round and went 'I was knackered so was tonking it down the A13 to go home, saw the camera last minute, and slammed the anchors on, I was releived it was only 38 in a 30!'