From George Robertson, former UK Secretary of State for Defence and now Chairman of a committee promoting worldwide road safety, interviewed by Martin Brundle on the grid of the Monaco Grand Prix:
"They drive very fast and they drive very safely and that's what we'd like to see on the roads."
HJ
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Wicked ! So I can order the Buggati.
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>>Wicked ! So I can order the Buggati.>>
No doubt who ever owns the one round our way will use that quote in his defence...:-)
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Yes, when I heard that quote I thought - Oh Oh, he'll regret that.
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Who are the " they " mentioned in the OP please?
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The F1 drivers.
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Does that mean that we'll all be trained like F1 drivers to be able to drive very fast and very safely?
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If you have a Veyon.....
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I was surprised at that comment when I heard it, but giving it some thought afterwards I assume that as he compared road driving to F1 he means there is legislation in the pipeline to ban overtaking.
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...Unless the car in front pulls in to a garage, that is.
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...Unless the car in front pulls in to a garage that is. --
will that mean that the people who do pull into garages will get a move on and not keep their car at the pump whilst they do their weekly shop?
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I fill up and move onto the ample parking at our local garage, It's ok there but I feel very vulnerable
in garage I don't know, I can feel the laser looks of death from the till jockey thinking I'm about to do a drive off.
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I fill up and move onto the ample parking at our local garage It's ok there but I feel very vulnerable in garage I don't know I can feel the laser looks of death from the till jockey thinking I'm about to do a drive off.
I do this as well. I think it's a considerate thing to do, especially if there's a queue but it really panics some petrol station staff.
To worry them further you could do a quick shifty look around and jump in the car quickly.........
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>>.. means there is legislation in the pipeline to ban overtaking.
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Alternatively perhaps lots of men with blue flags to indicate that you must allow a MB, Ferrari, BMW, Renault or Honda to overtake you. ;-)
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HJ
So, exactly why does a [Parliamentary?] Committee on International Road Safety, need to spend their [limited?] budget on jollies to the most expensive GP of the year? How much, including accomodation, did that cost?
Exactly what aspect of Road Safety was our over-paid [and now under-scrutinized] politician studying on a Monaco grid walkabout? Congestion Charging? The safety benefits of adding a bus lane through the tunnel perhaps?
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Strange how he avoided such jollies to Iraq and Afghanistan wasn't it....
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>>Strange how he avoided such jollies to Iraq and Afghanistan wasn't it....
Not much you can do for road safety in Basra high St
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TourVanMan TM < Ex RF >
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George Robertson was appointed Secretary General of NATO in 1999 and served for four years before joining The Cohen Group, an international business consulting firm based in Washington - he was only UK Secretary of State for Defence for about two years.
He did visit British troops in Macedonia in June 1999.
I'm only putting the record straight...:-)
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In response to Screwloose, "to get their important message across to a wider public, that we should all learn to drive as quickly and as safely as F1 drivers, and mainly that speed doesn't kill."
HJ
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one snag tho, we wont be able to overtake the car in front because of team orders
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Makes sense, congestion is as much a causal factor in accidents as speed and raising average speeds would reduce congestion.
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"to get their important message across...... that we should all learn to drive as quickly and as safely as F1 drivers and mainly that speed doesn't kill." HJ
That will be the day!! Most "Safety" groups are still moronically spouting a one-line, completely unfathomable, blanket message that "speeding is bad" - without addressing the crucial point that appropriate speed is governed by many factors - primarily range of free vision.
Their over-emphasis on just numerical speed limits - with no relationship to prevailing conditions - is short-sighted and fast becoming counter-productive.
A whole generation of drivers is being brainwashed that, just because they are doing one mph less than the posted limit, then they can't possibly be travelling at the wrong speed.
Limits are proliferating everywhere just so that the morons will know at what speed to drive! They're now incapable of making any reasoned judgement for themselves.
I've been told too many times, mainly by younger drivers, that the reason for their "little mishap" [often on leaves/sheet ice] couldn't have been their going too fast "because it's 40 along here..."
Speed Doesn't Kill - it's hitting oak trees that does that....
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As I've often said before, the motto I was always taught was: "Speed in the right place, at the right time."
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