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Speed awareness course - cheapest
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Hermione_Granger said:Car54 didn't state that the advanced driver's course taught you about speed awareness courses.
What he seemed surprised about was that the fact that an advanced driver would speed up (which is the incorrect thing to do) when being followed too closely by another vehicle.
Again, even that's not advanced... HC147 covers it. And we ALL know the HC, don't we...?0 -
williamgriffin said:waamo said:sweetsand said:Car_54 said:sweetsand said:MadDogNate said:I 'had reason' (ahem) to book a speed awareness recently. Not surprisingly, they are all now being delivered online. However, there's a big difference in price between the cheapest and the most expensive - £20 difference. Since they are all online - it doesn't matter the 'location' of the one that you book, so really there's no need to pay any more than you have to. Since the website doesn't make it all easy for you to compare prices between course providers, I I put the information online and made it seachable -
http://cheapestspeedawareness.ml
Hope that it helps someone out!
If I may ask and you are at you liberty to ignore. What police force handed you the course and what spped where you doing in what speed zone and were conditons good, ie weather, not raining not a lot of people around and is this your first encounter with accidentally speeding and been pulled up etc. Just want an idea please as around london we also have many 20mph zones and so easy to creep slightly over that especially when a van is driving right up ones rear bumpers.The only force in England or Wales which does not subscribe to the national scheme is Dorset.Also, as an "advanced driver" I am sure you are aware that the correct response to "a van is driving right up ones rear bumpers" is to slow down, not speed up.
Yes I have taken an advnaced drivers course years ago so direct me to the law that stated that they told me about a speed awareness. Also direct me to waht was being taught during 1998 on the advanced drivers course in 1998 when I took the course??
With my ability for good driving I have never been done for speeding so am not aware what the criteria etc is and that is not a crime.
to ask a question on MSE forums is just that and those that reply have the freedom to do so or ignore, you chose to reply but then made false assumptions about me being aware due to my "advanced" drivers status.
Please advise what I have forgotten from my advanced drivers course in 1998?
Many thanks0 -
waamo said:williamgriffin said:waamo said:sweetsand said:Car_54 said:sweetsand said:MadDogNate said:I 'had reason' (ahem) to book a speed awareness recently. Not surprisingly, they are all now being delivered online. However, there's a big difference in price between the cheapest and the most expensive - £20 difference. Since they are all online - it doesn't matter the 'location' of the one that you book, so really there's no need to pay any more than you have to. Since the website doesn't make it all easy for you to compare prices between course providers, I I put the information online and made it seachable -
http://cheapestspeedawareness.ml
Hope that it helps someone out!
If I may ask and you are at you liberty to ignore. What police force handed you the course and what spped where you doing in what speed zone and were conditons good, ie weather, not raining not a lot of people around and is this your first encounter with accidentally speeding and been pulled up etc. Just want an idea please as around london we also have many 20mph zones and so easy to creep slightly over that especially when a van is driving right up ones rear bumpers.The only force in England or Wales which does not subscribe to the national scheme is Dorset.Also, as an "advanced driver" I am sure you are aware that the correct response to "a van is driving right up ones rear bumpers" is to slow down, not speed up.
Yes I have taken an advnaced drivers course years ago so direct me to the law that stated that they told me about a speed awareness. Also direct me to waht was being taught during 1998 on the advanced drivers course in 1998 when I took the course??
With my ability for good driving I have never been done for speeding so am not aware what the criteria etc is and that is not a crime.
to ask a question on MSE forums is just that and those that reply have the freedom to do so or ignore, you chose to reply but then made false assumptions about me being aware due to my "advanced" drivers status.
Please advise what I have forgotten from my advanced drivers course in 1998?
Many thanks
I do remember roadcraft stating "the driver having seen the hazard decides on his line of approach, he looks in his mirrors........"
I also remember it being rewritten in the 90s with photos and coloured diagrams replacing the original black and white drawings.0 -
Mickey666 said:MalMonroe said:sweetsand said:MadDogNate said:I 'had reason' (ahem) to book a speed awareness recently. Not surprisingly, they are all now being delivered online. However, there's a big difference in price between the cheapest and the most expensive - £20 difference. Since they are all online - it doesn't matter the 'location' of the one that you book, so really there's no need to pay any more than you have to. Since the website doesn't make it all easy for you to compare prices between course providers, I I put the information online and made it seachable -
http://cheapestspeedawareness.ml
Hope that it helps someone out!
If I may ask and you are at you liberty to ignore. What police force handed you the course and what spped where you doing in what speed zone and were conditons good, ie weather, not raining not a lot of people around and is this your first encounter with accidentally speeding and been pulled up etc. Just want an idea please as around london we also have many 20mph zones and so easy to creep slightly over that especially when a van is driving right up ones rear bumpers.Still, no excuses. All I would say in my defence is that in 44 years of driving motorbikes, cars and towing trailers, I’ve never been involved in an accident (touch wood!) yet I’ve known many people who have had ‘at fault’ accidents but none of them have had any points added to their licences as a result.
Seems ironic that drivers can be given points for exceeding a speed limit (which let’s be honest is not always in any way dangerous) while drivers that have caused an accident - the very definition of driving in a dangerous manner - can escape any points at all.I’ve had a licence for longer than that!... and not a single speeding ticket or motoring conviction of any kind despite the huge amount of miles covered;...how smug good does that make me?
I reckon I deserve a Knighthood,...or a Sainthood,...or at the very least an MBE,...probably all three tbh.
One can only imagine how great I could have been if I’d thought to take the ‘Advanced Driving Course’.
P.S. I’ve no idea what Roadcraft or IPSGA means,...perhaps it’s good that I don’t know, otherwise my head would be so big I wouldn’t be able to get it through the car door.
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sweetsand said:Car_54 said:sweetsand said:MadDogNate said:I 'had reason' (ahem) to book a speed awareness recently. Not surprisingly, they are all now being delivered online. However, there's a big difference in price between the cheapest and the most expensive - £20 difference. Since they are all online - it doesn't matter the 'location' of the one that you book, so really there's no need to pay any more than you have to. Since the website doesn't make it all easy for you to compare prices between course providers, I I put the information online and made it seachable -
http://cheapestspeedawareness.ml
Hope that it helps someone out!
If I may ask and you are at you liberty to ignore. What police force handed you the course and what spped where you doing in what speed zone and were conditons good, ie weather, not raining not a lot of people around and is this your first encounter with accidentally speeding and been pulled up etc. Just want an idea please as around london we also have many 20mph zones and so easy to creep slightly over that especially when a van is driving right up ones rear bumpers.The only force in England or Wales which does not subscribe to the national scheme is Dorset.Also, as an "advanced driver" I am sure you are aware that the correct response to "a van is driving right up ones rear bumpers" is to slow down, not speed up.
Yes I have taken an advnaced drivers course years ago so direct me to the law that stated that they told me about a speed awareness. Also direct me to waht was being taught during 1998 on the advanced drivers course in 1998 when I took the course??
With my ability for good driving I have never been done for speeding so am not aware what the criteria etc is and that is not a crime.
to ask a question on MSE forums is just that and those that reply have the freedom to do so or ignore, you chose to reply but then made false assumptions about me being aware due to my "advanced" drivers status.
Please advise what I have forgotten from my advanced drivers course in 1998?
Many thanks
Who did you do the course with?
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Scrapit said:sweetsand said:Car_54 said:sweetsand said:MadDogNate said:I 'had reason' (ahem) to book a speed awareness recently. Not surprisingly, they are all now being delivered online. However, there's a big difference in price between the cheapest and the most expensive - £20 difference. Since they are all online - it doesn't matter the 'location' of the one that you book, so really there's no need to pay any more than you have to. Since the website doesn't make it all easy for you to compare prices between course providers, I I put the information online and made it seachable -
http://cheapestspeedawareness.ml
Hope that it helps someone out!
If I may ask and you are at you liberty to ignore. What police force handed you the course and what spped where you doing in what speed zone and were conditons good, ie weather, not raining not a lot of people around and is this your first encounter with accidentally speeding and been pulled up etc. Just want an idea please as around london we also have many 20mph zones and so easy to creep slightly over that especially when a van is driving right up ones rear bumpers.The only force in England or Wales which does not subscribe to the national scheme is Dorset.Also, as an "advanced driver" I am sure you are aware that the correct response to "a van is driving right up ones rear bumpers" is to slow down, not speed up.
Yes I have taken an advnaced drivers course years ago so direct me to the law that stated that they told me about a speed awareness. Also direct me to waht was being taught during 1998 on the advanced drivers course in 1998 when I took the course??
With my ability for good driving I have never been done for speeding so am not aware what the criteria etc is and that is not a crime.
to ask a question on MSE forums is just that and those that reply have the freedom to do so or ignore, you chose to reply but then made false assumptions about me being aware due to my "advanced" drivers status.
Please advise what I have forgotten from my advanced drivers course in 1998?
Many thanks
Who did you do the course with?2 -
Forgive my stupidity but is it even possible to forget something you HAVEN'T been taught?1
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onlyfoolsandparking said:Forgive my stupidity but is it even possible to forget something you HAVEN'T been taught?
I've learnt a lot of things over the years from personal experience, rather than being taught. And I've promptly forgotten a lot of those.0 -
onlyfoolsandparking said:Forgive my stupidity but is it even possible to forget something you HAVEN'T been taught?
I think it’s not possible to think you’ve forgotten something that you thought you’d been taught, but it is possible to forget you’ve been taught something that you’ve later forgotten...I think;..er ...sorry what was the question again?
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I've forgotten what I've forgotten... If I remember what I have forgotten, have I still forgotten it?2
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