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Originally Posted by Gary L
But it is possible that somebody will meet the standard without this 'magic' training?
nobody is safe on the roads whether they be edeserted** or not without this certificate in their back pocket and a switch that operates a genuine police siren, a set of genuine blue lights, inside an official assigned vehicle?
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If you drive defensively, then you will be far safer on the road. But that wouldn't include driving at over 100mph. If we all drive at the same speed, then this is far safer. But with most of the traffic doing 60-70, whilst one idiot is doing 100mph+, then it is a combination of reaction times, speed differential, and awareness by other road users that someone is closing on them at 100mph+. It's with the awareness that the blues and twos come in.
So it is impossible to drive safely at 100mph+ without a means of warning other road users.
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Originally Posted by Gary L
it won't be an official blue one for legal reasons.
but if it was a blue one then the skill involved must surely be partly due to the public being aware of it.
would you say that turning his blue light off would reduce his skill at all?
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To start with it would be illegal to have any flashing blue light on your vehicle.
Blues and twos don't improve your skills, they make the situation safer by making other road users aware that there is another vehicle with a huge speed differential to them.
However, there are many people who have an over inflated belief in their own driving skills. I hear comments all the time about people believing that they are skilled drivers, so the collision couldn't possible have been their fault (even when it was). And other people saying that they can drive safely whilst using their mobile. Well apparently you are 4x more likely to be in an accident whilst using a mobile than you are drinking and driving (sorry I hate stats too).
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Originally Posted by martyh
It sounds to me by reading your posts that you have convinced yourself that no matter what happens you have it all under control so best of luck 'cos your gonna need it when your numbskull hits a tree/brickwall/car/pedestrian or any other obstacle that had the ordacity to jump out in front of you
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The trouble is that more often than not, it seems to be the innocent party that gets killed. So I just hope that Pierre gets caught, and loses his licence before he kills someone.