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I'm often accused for driving much too close to the car behind me.

Oh, Sorry RTR, I thought this mentioned a politician:

"An influential politician lives on the 30mph stretch in question. A nearby important road not only has a 30mph limit but until recently a double chicane with traffic lights and formidable bumps. He died recently. Very soon after all these "traffic calming" measures were removed"

...I always thought politicians were MP's

He probably did but Man Friday booked him on this, maybe assuming he didn't want to miss any work time so do it over a long weekend. It's hard for us to appreciate the busy lives of others.

Winding up the staff is not an option - there are 30-odd people there who have paid money and may wish to hear something useful. You normally get a choice of dates.

Here's a thought don't speed in the first place, but seeing as everyone does at some point as we all know a road we can question why it is X speed limit then get over it. As for the weekend being ruined, it is only a few hours make the most of it like it sounds you will be doing so visiting your friend, and maybe you'll bump into your distant relative by chance in the area.......

""""She had been instructed to pay the £ 80 fine (3 points) .""""

thats wrong for a start.



The min speeding fine is a flat --- -£100.& 3 points.










:-D

If you don't have time to do the job properly, speaking as a former Training liaison officer I would suggest a time management course Rollo. :-)

Actually it is about how most to wind up the SAC team as I am far from pleased to have my Easter holiday wrecked. They refused to change the date.

Currently I intend to take the train the previous evening, stay with my mate ( mush ) and arrive in the Roller. Luckily ogling panzers and such is just his thing.

A couple of hours on SW Trains is ok when it is not snowing and they have wifi. Big plus the guy who set this all up won't get his trip to the sticks. OTOH I shall have to pay for the tickets myself - about £ 70 off peak return. No speed traps.

The usual route London to south Dorset is down the M3 and then the A31 to Ringwood. After that there is the choice of a good-in-parts route via the A338 and A35 or a dangerous cart track which is the A31 between Ringwood and Bere Regis. The A338 route (best) does of course go trhough Bournemouth.

I have not mentioned any MP even anonymously.

It's to work out exactly which car Rollo should use to go to his session, taking into account the approach and car park are in the vicinity of tank manoeuvres :-)

I've tried my best by using my limited intellectual inheritance - but I just cannot break into the purpose of this meandering thread.

And this is causing me personal pain despite not being a Maronite Catholic. :-S

Some people just can't catch a break can they.

Oh - which Bournemouth MP has died recently then?
Still can't see why you'd go anywhere near Bournemouth if you're traveling from London.


It's a right pain, isn't it when rellies live on your journey.

We have some 'Killigrew' rellies in Falmouth.
We were on holiday in that region not long ago.
We would have LOVED to rekindle the family ties, but I think, after 500 years we may have left it too late!
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The traffic calming I mentioned was in Bournemouth not the New Forest. The speed limit on the A35 is mostly 50mph, the A31 mostly 70 mph until approaching Ringwood, the A338 70mph as far as Blackwater then 50 mph eventually with short stretches at lower speeds which generate millions of pounds of fines. West of Poole Dorset roads have an abysmal safety record whatever the speed set and you really do need to have your wits about you.

The money is spent on coffee for SAC offenders,mini and maxi roundabouts/car and moped grinders such as Canford Bottom, ,more traffic lights, bus lanes for streets with one bus a day, cycling lanes to nowhere and of course excellent salaries for the Road Safety Speed is evil crew most of whom have no technical qualificat6ions for the job. Bournemouth and Poole have the most congested roads of any large town in the UK outside of London.

My pay grade is not high enough to have a full time driver so I do over 30 000 miles a year all over the place. This is the first speeding nip I have had in the UK since the 1970s when I was disqualifed after an altercation with the Kent police. I won the civil claim though for my poor dead mini.

Bournemouth is in the middle pf grabbing most of the rest of the revenue generating part of Dorset ( Poole and Christchurch )to form a city. The city will have powers to burn and build like billy'o with lots of up market houses and flats. Others can sleep on Poole High Street if they can afford the £ 100 fine.

The other districts will all be suppressed ( other than for ceremonial matters) and become a single district with only E Dorset to pay the bills. This has already been tried with the breakup of Avon. North Somerset is in as big a fix as Northants. though they never had any money to start with. The new Dorset will suffer a similar fate. Most of them voted Tory so they will have no reason to complain.

They will need the SAC and other speeding fees.

I have a rellie , a Mr Drax, who lives on the Poole side of the A35 but I don't think a day with the speedsters is a great time to renew auld lang syne. In any case he prefers helicopters to old fashioned cars.

BTW I have discovered that those who really need a speed awareness course, cracking on at a rate which Mr Bugattti would understand will NOT get an invite to the SAC but instead an invite to see the beak who can really spoil your day.

I'm not sure why you'd want to travel between Burley and Brockehurst, (slightly veiled reference to Cllr Ken Thorber, hardly a politician - and the traffic 'calming' measures were removed before he died last year) to get to Bovington.

However, if you are, you must be well aware that a lot of the trip will be a compulsory 40mph anyway?
As you seem incapable of driving within the speed limit in the Jag - that option must surely be a negative.

There's no pass/fail test.

There's only 2 things you must do - a) turn up, b) turn up on time.

The coffee may be dire (ours was provided by the resident catering facility and was good).

Only the Queen can afford the errors due to rubber stamp signatures.

I have seen people make pigs' ears of things by rubber-stamping.

To delegate you need someone crash hot at the job who will then command a fortune in salary. Otherwise, make time as I was always taught. You wouldn't want your solicitor not reading everything would you?

I think the Jag would be fine there, can't see why not!

Bovvie, Rollo. My pals know it well. :-D

Love the cynicism bit. It's typical ... and often the same for coumcillors.

"Learn to read everything Rollo. I'm surprised that you don't"

I don't have a couple of hours a day to work my way through all the stuff that demands my sig. besides which it is very, very boring. So like thousands of others I have a rubber stamp sig boiled into MS Word for the most part or an actual stamp for forms and such.

Those who don't delegate are doomed to making p poor decisions through not enough sleep. I prefer to trust people and find time for real lfie outside work and a good zizz.
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Itis Bovindon Camp in Dorset where the Army practise with their tanks at running down wannabees from TopGear. Can be very muddy.
A friend in Bournemouth owns the Roller.
My cousin's husband owns the Jeep, he is into military stuff.
Driving on foreign plates is not a problem I do it all the time both in the UK and abroad. The only problem is making sure the insurance is valid.
All of the Volvos are LHD with UK Plates.
I am inclined to let the train take the strain and take up by friend's invite he loves any excuse to take the Roller walkies and to the Fat Badger for lunch.

Has anybody been on one of these courses? Do they set pass/fail tests? What is the criteria for succesfuly doing the course and no onger being classed as Mr Toad for doing 36mph on a road which should be 40mph?

An influential politician lives on the 30mph stretch in question. A nearby important road not only has a 30mph limit but until recently a double chicane with traffic lights and formidable bumps. He died recently. Very soon after all these "traffic calming" measures were removed.
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cynicism pays but who for ?