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  • TimboC
    TimboC Club Member Posts: 422 ✭
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    edited October 7 #32

    I have a dashcam fitted, and it gives me peace of mind that should I ever be in an accident, it will record what happened.

    I have sent videos to police on two occasions.

    One, the driver was holding his mobile phone up to his face as he swerved down the road towards me, and requiring me to take avoiding avoiding action.

    Two, I was approaching a blind end that had 'hatchings' on the road to the right, and a van overtook me at about 70mph, kicking up the dirt in the hatched area as he did so.

    Both were prosecuted, and deservedly so IMHO.

    And no, I'm not perfect either. 2 weeks after the second I was caught doing 35mph in a 30, and got to spend an afternoon in a classroom

     

     

  • NutsyH
    NutsyH Forum Participant Posts: 534
    edited October 17 #33

    David

    Slightly off topic, but I drive around MK every Saturday when I go to watch my grandson play footie - there seems to be a kids footie team in every "village" that comprise greater MK - and I think all those dual carriageways with 70 limits are fantastic. Very rarely see a queue, and driving is so easy around there. Wish Oxfordshire was the same.

    Paul

  • DavidKlyne
    DavidKlyne Club Member Posts: 13,857 ✭✭✭
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    edited October 17 #34

    Paul

    MK is very easy to get around and because it is built on a grid there is always an easy alternative route to where you are going. Back in 1979 I could drive to work on a Saturday without passing another car. Things are very different now with far greater volumes of traffic especially during the week. The spine road from Great Linford joins the H3 or A422 if you prefer which is the main Buckingham-Bedford road and we often have to wait a while to get across the road at certain times of day. I don't think you will every see anything like MK built in the future simply because it was built with the car in mind. Even as we ever expand in all directions they are not replicating the road infrastructure of the original design. In some ways I am surprised the roads have remained at the national speed limit, no doubt that will change in time?

    David

     

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