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From: Brimstone on 28 Mar 2010 07:31 "Bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:818rcoF4j2U1(a)mid.individual.net... > On 28/03/2010 11:49, Brimstone wrote: >> "Bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:818q7hFtdeU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>> On 28/03/2010 11:11, Brimstone wrote: >>>> I was certainly travelling at more than the speed limit. What's your >>>> point? >>>> >>>> >>> You said earlier: >>> >>> "I went past at a speed he didn't like, but which motorway patrol >>> police officers don't object to". >>> >>> How did you know that the speed you were doing, was what the police >>> didn't object to, if you didn't know what true speed you were really >>> doing? >>> >> Because I'd passed motorway patrol cars at that indicated speed before, >> more than once, and never been stopped. >> >> Any more unthinking questions? >> >> > > One more. > > Considering that you didn't know your true speed, then there must have > been a point when you gambled that you were under the limit when passing > motorway cops? > No, there must not.
From: Ophelia on 28 Mar 2010 09:21 "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:29ydnSDsPZYYsTLWnZ2dnUVZ8qSdnZ2d(a)bt.com... > > > "Ophelia" <Ophelia(a)Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message > news:818o7eFi6mU1(a)mid.individual.net... >> >> >> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:GrednaHv9ovSvTLWnZ2dnUVZ8lydnZ2d(a)bt.com... >>> >>> >>> "Ophelia" <Ophelia(a)Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message >>> news:818l2lFvvlU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>> >>>> >>>> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>> news:aaadnbg4SdH4gTLWnZ2dnUVZ8tydnZ2d(a)bt.com... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "Ophelia" <Ophelia(a)Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message >>>>> news:818jqhFoq9U1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>> news:VLmdnToDzMsbizLWnZ2dnUVZ8lCdnZ2d(a)bt.com... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "Ophelia" <Ophelia(a)Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message >>>>>>> news:818cl7FjkeU2(a)mid.individual.net... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>>>> news:SPadnWION-bY4jPWnZ2dnUVZ8v2dnZ2d(a)bt.com... >>>>>>>>> Indeed, I usually pass at an indicated eighty or so and never had >>>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>>> problem, barring one idiot who was driving a Frontera, again >>>>>>>>> sitting >>>>>>>>> in the middle lane and holding up the traffic. He was a bit taken >>>>>>>>> aback when I asked him why he was sitting in the middle lane cause >>>>>>>>> an unnecessary obstruction. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> How did you do that? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you mean how did I ask him the question, because he invited me to >>>>>>> stop for a chat. >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes:) Cool:) I take it you 'indicated' you were not a happy bunny >>>>>> whilst still driving? >>>>> >>>>> I went past at a speed he didn't like, but which motorway patrol >>>>> police >>>>> officers don't object to. >>>> >>>> I think I have missed something here:( Perhaps having a thick day. >>>> Was >>>> he plod? If not, why would he be unhappy at your overtaking? >>>> >>> It wasn't the overtaking he didn't like, it was the speed I accelerated >>> to >>> that caused him to stop me. >> >> So, he was plod? > > This sequence of posts is a follow up to others where the fact that it was > a police office causing a hold up is quite clearly stated. > >> Oh never mind. This is like drawing teeth. >> > If something isn't clear, try going back a few posts, the key to something > which isn't obvious is usually there. Unless of course one is the type of > person who states all the pertinent facts in every utterance during a > conversation. Perhaps you have a first class connection AND newsserver. Not all of us have. I often see responses to posts that I have not seen. Most of us accept that and make allowances. Please don't bother to make any on my account. -- -- https://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/
From: Brimstone on 28 Mar 2010 10:04 "Ophelia" <Ophelia(a)Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message news:8193hmFlfgU1(a)mid.individual.net... > > > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:29ydnSDsPZYYsTLWnZ2dnUVZ8qSdnZ2d(a)bt.com... >> >> >> "Ophelia" <Ophelia(a)Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message >> news:818o7eFi6mU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>> >>> >>> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:GrednaHv9ovSvTLWnZ2dnUVZ8lydnZ2d(a)bt.com... >>>> >>>> >>>> "Ophelia" <Ophelia(a)Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message >>>> news:818l2lFvvlU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:aaadnbg4SdH4gTLWnZ2dnUVZ8tydnZ2d(a)bt.com... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> "Ophelia" <Ophelia(a)Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message >>>>>> news:818jqhFoq9U1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>>> news:VLmdnToDzMsbizLWnZ2dnUVZ8lCdnZ2d(a)bt.com... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "Ophelia" <Ophelia(a)Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message >>>>>>>> news:818cl7FjkeU2(a)mid.individual.net... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>>>>> news:SPadnWION-bY4jPWnZ2dnUVZ8v2dnZ2d(a)bt.com... >>>>>>>>>> Indeed, I usually pass at an indicated eighty or so and never had >>>>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>>>> problem, barring one idiot who was driving a Frontera, again >>>>>>>>>> sitting >>>>>>>>>> in the middle lane and holding up the traffic. He was a bit taken >>>>>>>>>> aback when I asked him why he was sitting in the middle lane >>>>>>>>>> cause >>>>>>>>>> an unnecessary obstruction. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> How did you do that? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If you mean how did I ask him the question, because he invited me >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> stop for a chat. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Yes:) Cool:) I take it you 'indicated' you were not a happy bunny >>>>>>> whilst still driving? >>>>>> >>>>>> I went past at a speed he didn't like, but which motorway patrol >>>>>> police >>>>>> officers don't object to. >>>>> >>>>> I think I have missed something here:( Perhaps having a thick day. >>>>> Was >>>>> he plod? If not, why would he be unhappy at your overtaking? >>>>> >>>> It wasn't the overtaking he didn't like, it was the speed I accelerated >>>> to >>>> that caused him to stop me. >>> >>> So, he was plod? >> >> This sequence of posts is a follow up to others where the fact that it >> was a police office causing a hold up is quite clearly stated. >> >>> Oh never mind. This is like drawing teeth. >>> >> If something isn't clear, try going back a few posts, the key to >> something which isn't obvious is usually there. Unless of course one is >> the type of person who states all the pertinent facts in every utterance >> during a conversation. > > Perhaps you have a first class connection AND newsserver. Not all of us > have. I often see responses to posts that I have not seen. Most of us > accept that and make allowances. Equally not all of us are mind readers or aware of other people's situations. If you've not seen a post to which a comment obviously refers, say so. > Please don't bother to make any on my account. > Only if you insist.
From: Ret. on 28 Mar 2010 10:35 Bod wrote: > On 28/03/2010 11:27, Brimstone wrote: >> >> >> "Bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:818p0fFm6jU1(a)mid.individual.net... >> >>> My mum used to say " a thief, you can lock up... but a liar, you >>> can't do anything with". >>> >> So she had you sussed then. :-) >> >> > Oi! I've never told a lie! <cough>. Alang has never told a lie - he told me so... Kev
From: Mike Scott on 29 Mar 2010 03:29
Brimstone wrote: ..... > EU law says that a speedo cannot read slower than the vehicle is > travelling, i.e. if actual speed is 30mph then the speedo must read 30 > or up to 10% more, i.e. 33mph. > > The actual difference varies from car to car. Having been doing some speedo/gps comparisons lately, I can also say the relationship seems remarkably non-linear as well. with some quite sudden variations in the differences. (That's in a Golf, btw) -- Mike Scott (unet2 <at> [deletethis] scottsonline.org.uk) Harlow Essex England |