Road safety

[davidimurray]

Just seen this - wow - we really should have this sort of thing over here - a very very hard hitting message and be warned the video is quite hard to watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Z2mf8DtWWd8

[K4KEV]

Jeeeeeeezuz H....DUI's...should be put in chain gangs ...they destroy lives and should be held more accountable for their stupidity:mad: :mad:

[robo]

Stuff like this should be included in the last years of school education.

Bob

[TSM Locost]

Robo + 1

should be shown in all pubs and clubs in the uk every night, not just at Christmas.

[HandyAndy]

Gulp .... A hard hitting message indeed , I agree this should be shown all thru the year , not just at christmas,

I strongly believe that if any driver is found to be over the limit & convicted they should lose their license for life, not just a year or two, they KNOW/KNEW they are doing wrong .

Andy

[sven8t4]

Very Good Film and a VERY important message!!

destoryed a few Vauxhall Cavailers too!

[MarkB]

Drink driving and driving way above the speed limit in built up areas should carry a massive fine and a very long ban not too mention a massive hike in insurance so the rest of us don't have to help foot the bloody cost.:mad:

[flyerncle]

I agree 100% with HA and they should follow down the line with younger drivers that have the two year term and if they get one point ban them for five years and it may stop them tearing about .

[spud69]

Why cant we get the point across like the Ozzys do.

At the end of the day you're in charge of a lethal weapon and to do after drinking or drugs it should be treated as such.....

[TSM Locost]

Why cant we get the point across like the Ozzys do.

At the end of the day you're in charge of a lethal weapon and to do after drinking or drugs it should be treated as such.....

The Ozzys say it as it is because they don't take any notice of the do gooders that want to live in a pink fluffy world and not face reality. In their road safety adds if a limb is missing they film it and show it, or did several years ago.

[sven8t4]

Quick note on the 'Youth' bashing...... for every speeding 17year old in a corse,nova, civic, etc etc there are many many MANY more Middle aged people in BMW's, Audi's who have a couple of drinks and drive, speed, travel inches from your rear bumper just so they can over take on blind corners over the speed limit just to get that one car in front. Need I say more!?!

And no I'm not 17. I'm 27 drive a Volvo V70 AWD with a clean licence!

Rant Over :)

[HandyAndy]

Middle aged people in BMW's,

And no I'm not 17. I'm 27 drive a Volvo V70 AWD with a clean licence!

Rant Over :)

Ahem cough cough

I,m 47 , drive a BMW 5 series, don,t drink & I too have a clean licence ....careful with that tar brush please :) Thought I best add that I also have full no claims discount etc, not had a prang since 1985, ( somebody drove into the BACK of me )

cheers
andy

[sven8t4]

Sorry Andy :(

been tared with the 'youth' brush many times so had to get in first before it turns into anyone under 30 is a drink and drunk driving danger to all.

Again apollogies on the generalisation

Steve

[HandyAndy]

Sorry Andy

been tared with the 'youth' brush many times so had to get in first before it turns into anyone under 30 is a drink and drunk driving danger to all.

Again apollogies on the generalisation

Steve

No worries Steve ;)

Its a topical discussion that can quite easily "get out of hand", I understand where you are coming from,

its fair to say that NOT ALL youngsters are speeders or drink drivers, much the same as NOT ALL BMW drivers are either .....

On a lighter note........I,ve just realised that i,ve admitted I,m middle aged :eek: :D .

No worries Steve.

cheers
andy

[Jimmyd]

The DOE over here produce some good road safety adds,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzvzqaicMz0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54TydSWjoYw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymiF-okrdMg&feature=related

[robo]

Its all gone a bit off subject here as blame is being apportioned to different age groups. I know there are as many older drivers out there as young ones that are in no fit state to drive but and its a big one, while there is probably no hope for the older ones to break their habits, by pounding the message home to the younger generation progress will be made. We live on a fast stretch of road here , there is a bend as you come into 40 limit and in the woods there is a big oak tree that has had at least 50 cars wrapped round it in the time we have been here. Its always late at night , it always has fatalities and it is always sadly cars packed with kids returning home from night clubs. Somehow the drivers always seem to live .

Its all to sad.

Bob:(

[spud69]

To be honest i feel a little bit hypocritical, most of us have or are about to have roadsters of upto 300bhp / ton - supercar performance, which we all like to throw around the country lanes and drive enthusiastically when the situation allows. However not through built up areas or motorways and the like and certainly not with any signs of alcohol. You cant class us in the same league but these accidents can happen to anyone. We know the risks but it's got to be the third party involvement you have got to consider.

Saying that, I haven't a clue about stats but the KitCar sector is obviously at the very bottom of the risk sector otherwise insurance premiums would not be so low for us. Does make you think about it though.

It's a good debate though and does make you perceive certain things differently.

AndyH

[MarkB]

Certain cars make folk drive like complete morons, Yesterday for instance: I was sat on Tyrrells Gift Shop window sill yesterday with the owner, having a fag and a coffee when a blue Scooby pulls out from a side turning(residential area I might add) and he floored it!!! Now about 10ft from the junction is another junction but the retard kept going and how he or she missed the old fella in his bright yellow Ford Ka amazed us both...The scooby went off whooosing and sounding totally shite like they all do, the only person impressed was the retard driving it as it's 30mph and two iffy junctions.

It aint big and it aint clever doing shit like that!! Most other scoobies you see down here seem to be driven the same way.....perhaps they should stick to radio controlled cars and leave the roads to others who don't drive like it's a rally course!!!