The Highway Code

[Gordon Booth]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Oh they're sneaky now too are they, how much do these courses cost yerself I know they are not free, but it does keep the 3 points of your licence

£80, jaysay, see post 18- it can get quite expensive! If I'd been able to go I'd not have had 3 points and saved a fortune- the insurance really hits you!

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth

£80, jaysay, see post 18- it can get quite expensive! If I'd been able to go I'd not have had 3 points and saved a fortune- the insurance really hits you!

Thats obviously changed in last 3 years, cos i took the points back then n it made no difference to me insurance.

[maxthecollie]

I got stung with insurance for 3 points 35 mph on a dual carriageway near Blackpool Airport.

[Guinness]

Yup, I did the course in Leyland in February, they told us that although the points are only on your license for 3 years, the insurance companies hold them on record for 5 years. Not sure if this affects your premium for that long though and no intention of personally finding out either :P

[maxthecollie]

It affected my insurance for 4 years

[Guinness]

I'm sure I read somewhere that someone had lost his license in one day on that dual carriageway near Blackpool Airport because there are so many speed cameras on that particular stretch between Starr Gate and the M55 feed road.

Probably an urban legend though

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Guinness

Yup, I did the course in Leyland in February, they told us that although the points are only on your license for 3 years, the insurance companies hold them on record for 5 years. Not sure if this affects your premium for that long though and no intention of personally finding out either :P

Thats correct cos me insurance broker told me that a couple of weeks ago, when i asked if it would come down now me points had expired.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by cashman

That's correct cos me insurance broker told me that a couple of weeks ago, when i asked if it would come down now me points had expired.

Well you know what they say cashy points make prizes, boobie prizes mate

[Neil]

Originally Posted by wallop79

Yep I've looked at it a few times, checked the other month speed limit on dual carriageways, cause I was doubting myself. Or if I see a sign that I don't recognise I'll check it out in there.

Speed limits and the way they are represented are strange in this country. There are a lot of people who think this national speed limit sign means 60




What do you think the speed limit is in the picture below

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Neil

Speed limits and the way they are represented are strange in this country. There are a lot of people who think this national speed limit sign means 60




What do you think the speed limit is in the picture below

Is it speed restrictions apply Neil

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Studio25

It would be nice if the people who slew across three carriageways in the last 200M before the ramp indicated.

I do, but its sometimes in the last 100 yards, I am sure the markers are in yards still and not metres, its says so in the directgov pdf http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum.../dg_191928.pdf

[Neil]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Is it speed restrictions apply Neil

Speed restrictions always apply if you are on a public road, the question was what is the speed limit?

[Studio25]

Originally Posted by Gremlin

That's how learnt to go down through the gears when descending steep hills.

My education was in the form of burning brake pads after going down a long Scottish hill with my foot on the pedal for about a mile.

Originally Posted by jaysay

The old days of doubling your clutch when changing down...

I heard about this, but I never found out how you actually do it. I was told it was the way to stop your car if the brakes had failed. Not that it would do me any good: I usually drive an automatic.

Originally Posted by Neil

Speed limits and the way they are represented are strange in this country. There are a lot of people who think this national speed limit sign means 60

It's 30, 60 or 70 if you're in a car. In built-up areas, it's 30mph (I think "built-up" is defined by the spacing of the street lights). On a motorway or dual carriageway (with a centre barrier) it's 70mph. Otherwise, it's 60mph.

It's lower for coaches, trucks and cars towing caravans.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Studio25

My education was in the form of burning brake pads after going down a long Scottish hill with my foot on the pedal for about a mile.


I heard about this, but I never found out how you actually do it. I was told it was the way to stop your car if the brakes had failed. Not that it would do me any good: I usually drive an automatic.


It's 30, 60 or 70 if you're in a car. In built-up areas, it's 30mph (I think "built-up" is defined the spacing of the street lights). On a motorway or dual carriageway (with a centre barrier) it's 70mph. Otherwise, it's 60mph.

It's lower for coaches, trucks and cars towing caravans.

Doubling your clutch was used on the old crash boxes Studio, you depressed the clutch, knocked the stick into neutral then depress the clutch again a engage the gear, this was used before gears for synchronised, I still did it up to stopping driving especially changing down.

Neil I think the speed limit sign means 30 maximum

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Studio25

It's 30, 60 or 70 if you're in a car. In built-up areas, it's 30mph (I think "built-up" is defined by the spacing of the street lights). On a motorway or dual carriageway (with a centre barrier) it's 70mph. Otherwise, it's 60mph.

The national speed limit sign only means 60 or 70 depending if its a dual carriageway. Its surprising how many people think a dual carriage way has to have 2 lanes each way but you can get dual carriageways with one lane in each direction.

Here is a single lane dual carriage way with no street lights so the speed limit will be 70mph