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"I found it useful and better than getting the points " "...better than getting the points". This is the only decent thing about doing one. | |||
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"I found it useful and better than getting the points " yeah bit of a con really the only thing I found interesting was the stopping distance from 20mph to 25mph | |||
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"I learned that the towing limit for a caravan on a motorway is 50mph. (I don't have a car and I don't have a caravan, but it might be useful in a pub quiz or summit) "Errr…. Am I stupid, but if you don’t have a car why were you on a speed awareness course? | |||
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"I learned that the towing limit for a caravan on a motorway is 50mph. (I don't have a car and I don't have a caravan, but it might be useful in a pub quiz or summit) "The speed limit for towing a caravan on the motorway or a dual carriageway is 60mph. It’s 50mph on a single carriageway. | |||
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"I learned that the towing limit for a caravan on a motorway is 50mph. (I don't have a car and I don't have a caravan, but it might be useful in a pub quiz or summit)
Errr…. Am I stupid, but if you don’t have a car why were you on a speed awareness course?"He has a motorbike. So yes. | |||
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"I learned that the towing limit for a caravan on a motorway is 50mph. (I don't have a car and I don't have a caravan, but it might be useful in a pub quiz or summit) "Well you didn’t learn much then because it’s 60 mph on motorways and 50 mph on single carriageway roads that are national speed limit roads 🤦🏻♂️😂😂 | |||
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"Have you done it Did you learn anything?? " Oh dear have you been naughty ? 🤣 | |||
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"I learned that the towing limit for a caravan on a motorway is 50mph. (I don't have a car and I don't have a caravan, but it might be useful in a pub quiz or summit) "I always thought it was 60mph on a motorway and 50 on an ordinary road. You learn something every day. | |||
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"I did one and definitely better than points. I din’t lerarn much I didn’t know but I feel that the main benefit is that it focuses the mind as it’s easy to get complacent when you’ve been driving for years and years. One thing that I wish people in general, and especially the traffic reporting people on the radio would get right - they are crashes/collisions NOT accidents! As the guy running my course said “An accident is when a squirrel falls through the sunroof of your car into your lap and bites you and you ending up in a ditch or hitting someone. As 99% of incidents involving vehicles are due to human error they are NOT accidents and are almost always caused by driving too fast/too close." That's why the emergency services changed their classification of them from RTA's (Road Traffic Accidents) to RTC's (Road Traffic Collisions). | |||
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"Have you done it Did you learn anything?? Oh dear have you been naughty ? 🤣 " yeah 25mph in 20mph | |||
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"I did one and definitely better than points. I din’t lerarn much I didn’t know but I feel that the main benefit is that it focuses the mind as it’s easy to get complacent when you’ve been driving for years and years. One thing that I wish people in general, and especially the traffic reporting people on the radio would get right - they are crashes/collisions NOT accidents! As the guy running my course said “An accident is when a squirrel falls through the sunroof of your car into your lap and bites you and you ending up in a ditch or hitting someone. As 99% of incidents involving vehicles are due to human error they are NOT accidents and are almost always caused by driving too fast/too close. That's why the emergency services changed their classification of them from RTA's (Road Traffic Accidents) to RTC's (Road Traffic Collisions). " Yep, I remember the yellow signs that Brighton police started putting up around town after an incident changed their wording to reflect that back in about 2009. | |||
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"I did one and definitely better than points. I din’t lerarn much I didn’t know but I feel that the main benefit is that it focuses the mind as it’s easy to get complacent when you’ve been driving for years and years. One thing that I wish people in general, and especially the traffic reporting people on the radio would get right - they are crashes/collisions NOT accidents! As the guy running my course said “An accident is when a squirrel falls through the sunroof of your car into your lap and bites you and you ending up in a ditch or hitting someone. As 99% of incidents involving vehicles are due to human error they are NOT accidents and are almost always caused by driving too fast/too close. That's why the emergency services changed their classification of them from RTA's (Road Traffic Accidents) to RTC's (Road Traffic Collisions). " Sadly the BBC still haven’t received the memo 15 years later  | |||
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"I learned that the towing limit for a caravan on a motorway is 50mph. (I don't have a car and I don't have a caravan, but it might be useful in a pub quiz or summit)
The speed limit for towing a caravan on the motorway or a dual carriageway is 60mph. It’s 50mph on a single carriageway."Oh! In my defence, I was in a near-coma state for most of it. I actually thought I might get out of it. It was St Andrews Day, and the punishment sentence for doing 38 in a 30 was to attend Bristol civil service club for 3 hours. Got myself all dollied up - face, heels, hair, the full works - big splash of tartan, too. Looked nothing like the thuggish geezer in the driving licence ID I had to produce at the door. This very droll geezer from Boooooooormingham refused to let me in because I did not look like the ID. (There was nothing in the instructions about what clothes you had to wear) Brilliant, I'm thinking. I've made the effort to get here - and YOU won't let me in. Byyyyeeeeeeeeee! Then his equally boring mate came over to check what the problem was and just waved me through. B*stard! I was in a near-coma state for the next 3 hours. The ex picked me up afterwards and we went off to the pub to celebrate the end of my detention. | |||
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"Pointless over priced course. Yes it’s better than taking the points." not really the you're insurance goes up yes the course is a rip off | |||
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" Goes on for ages and deeply patronising. But you do get coffee and biscuits half way through. "Well, if you don't want to be patronised, stick to the speed limit. | |||
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" Goes on for ages and deeply patronising. But you do get coffee and biscuits half way through. "lucky you we would have to pay for ours the the course was in a hotel near Heathrow we had pay for parking which was £10 rip off still better to pay for the rip of course than the point's | |||
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" Goes on for ages and deeply patronising. But you do get coffee and biscuits half way through.
Well, if you don't want to be patronised, stick to the speed limit."it's all the 20ph the councils have put in place | |||
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" Goes on for ages and deeply patronising. But you do get coffee and biscuits half way through. lucky you we would have to pay for ours the the course was in a hotel near Heathrow we had pay for parking which was £10 rip off still better to pay for the rip of course than the point's "The on-line option is so much easier and no travelling or parking charges to contend with. | |||
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"I once discreetly sucked off a guy from here whilst he was on a speed awareness course!! " Lucky you. I wanted to on my first one in 2012. The youngest guy on the course and quite a looker. For some reason he decided to team up with me and we had a coffee and chat during the break. Thought at one point 'I'm in here' but then started talking about his girlfriend. | |||
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"I'm always worried about squirrels falling through the sun roof" But not as worried as the squirrels are ... | |||
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"I learned that the towing limit for a caravan on a motorway is 50mph. (I don't have a car and I don't have a caravan, but it might be useful in a pub quiz or summit) "You should have paid more attention! It's 60 not 50 | |||
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" Goes on for ages and deeply patronising. But you do get coffee and biscuits half way through.
Well, if you don't want to be patronised, stick to the speed limit. it's all the 20ph the councils have put in place "No, its drivers breaking the speed limit, whether that is 20 or 70 | |||
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"I've not been caught, but stray above the limit from time to time. But I do find those flashing signs attached to lamp posts that show your speed to be very useful. There should be a lot more of those. " Some modern cars including my own have the legal speed limit for the zone displayed on the dashboard which flashes with an option of an audible warning if you exceed the speed limit. | |||
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"Done two. You get out of it what you want. I wouldn’t do it online, prefer to meet people " Did my last one online. Saved a 42 mile round trip in bad weather. 9 of us on the course plus a very well behaved cocker spaniel who sat silently on the settee next to its owner. Much easier than travelling to some awful venue. | |||
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"I learned that the towing limit for a caravan on a motorway is 50mph. (I don't have a car and I don't have a caravan, but it might be useful in a pub quiz or summit)
Errr…. Am I stupid, but if you don’t have a car why were you on a speed awareness course?"Van, Lorry, Motorcycle maybe? Some people think they’re the only ones on the road 🤣😂🤣😂 | |||
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"Is it that difficult to stick to the speed limit" Only in a driverless car | |||
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" Goes on for ages and deeply patronising. But you do get coffee and biscuits half way through. "How can it be patronizing when by definition if you are on one a non complex, do or don’t law has been broken? | |||
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"I have never been .. does it mean you are not aware of speed limit and they convert you so nicely that your brain cells get it right after the course ,, or do they love more money out of the pockets? " We drivers know that we have speed limits and they should not be exceeded. We read the Highway Code … often years and years ago. What the course does is remind you WHY there are speed limits and the consequences to other drivers, other road users and pedestrians of exceeding them. I think if drivers feel they know all this and that they are being patronised then it says more about them than the course because of course we all know that we have above average driving skills and the other drivers are rubbish, so … My course was free. | |||
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"I have never been .. does it mean you are not aware of speed limit and they convert you so nicely that your brain cells get it right after the course ,, or do they love more money out of the pockets? We drivers know that we have speed limits and they should not be exceeded. We read the Highway Code … often years and years ago. What the course does is remind you WHY there are speed limits and the consequences to other drivers, other road users and pedestrians of exceeding them. I think if drivers feel they know all this and that they are being patronised then it says more about them than the course because of course we all know that we have above average driving skills and the other drivers are rubbish, so … My course was free." Ah ok , I thought you pay for the course .. anyway your time did cost you? So wasn’t free for you . | |||
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"I have never been .. does it mean you are not aware of speed limit and they convert you so nicely that your brain cells get it right after the course ,, or do they love more money out of the pockets? We drivers know that we have speed limits and they should not be exceeded. We read the Highway Code … often years and years ago. What the course does is remind you WHY there are speed limits and the consequences to other drivers, other road users and pedestrians of exceeding them. I think if drivers feel they know all this and that they are being patronised then it says more about them than the course because of course we all know that we have above average driving skills and the other drivers are rubbish, so … My course was free. Ah ok , I thought you pay for the course .. anyway your time did cost you? So wasn’t free for you . " Free or not, there is always the option of refusing the course and taking points on your licence instead. At the end of the day, a person is only on the course because they got caught breaking the law, and breaking the law often results in some form of penalty of time and/or money. | |||
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"Pointless over priced course. Yes it’s better than taking the points. not really the you're insurance goes up yes the course is a rip off " No, your insurance does not go up. You are not required to declare a speed awareness course to your insurance and there is no police record of it after you have attended. | |||
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"Pointless over priced course. Yes it’s better than taking the points. not really the you're insurance goes up yes the course is a rip off No, your insurance does not go up. You are not required to declare a speed awareness course to your insurance and there is no police record of it after you have attended." I did not phone up the insurer when I did a course. I did phone up the insurer when I landed 3 points about 2 years later. They told me it wasn't necessary - wait until the policy renewal comes round in six months' time, they said. So I told them at the policy renewal date. I didn't notice any real difference in the premium tbh. | |||
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"I got kicked off the only one I did because I kept questioning the adjudicator on his frankly derogatory comments about 20 zones, all car drivers being potential killers, and how would you feel if? Cock!" He isn’t the cock. | |||
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"Not done a speed awareness course but have done a drive safe course. It has definitely changed the way I drive, I anticipate a lot more now on what other drivers are likely to do. Especially BMW & Audi drivers lol" Nothing like a good old all encompassing stereotype. I imagine that you are someone who wears a hat whilst driving either a baseball cap or a flat cap | |||
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"I'm always worried about squirrels falling through the sun roof" It's when they land in your crotch and start clawing their way down to the nuts that you really need to worry  | |||
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"Twenty is plenty yeah if you're on a pushbike night everyone sleep well xxx " Since the imposition of 20mph speed limits, accidents and fatalities have decreased substantially. If it costs drivers a few more minutes of their valuable time, it’s worth it. | |||
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"I learned that the towing limit for a caravan on a motorway is 50mph. (I don't have a car and I don't have a caravan, but it might be useful in a pub quiz or summit)
The speed limit for towing a caravan on the motorway or a dual carriageway is 60mph. It’s 50mph on a single carriageway." | |||
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"Did one a few years back as was doing 54mph in a 50mph stretch on the M1 at 5am. Funny thing was I was being overtaken by cars and lorries at such speed that it felt like I was going backwards. Course was actually OK, especially learning more about stopping distances. Although I still raced the sat nav home." I believe that official stopping distances haven't been updated (to allow for better brakes and tyres etc) for decades ?! | |||
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"I've not been caught, but stray above the limit from time to time. But I do find those flashing signs attached to lamp posts that show your speed to be very useful. There should be a lot more of those. Some modern cars including my own have the legal speed limit for the zone displayed on the dashboard which flashes with an option of an audible warning if you exceed the speed limit." Even if car 'updated' frequently, these aren't usually 'aware' of roadworks, or other, temporary restrictions | |||
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