The best idea I ever had for road safety ...

[ComedyPilot]

Alongside a speed detector, an automatic cut-out for any car tailgating the vehicle in front. Sensors work out the speed and distance, and if the 2 second rule is being broken the engine gets cut out.

 

[Night Train]

Rising barriers, like this one, that pop up when the traffic lights turn red.

That'll stop RLJ.

 

[lukesdad]

How about name and address of every cyclist plastered across their clothing, after all whats good for the goose........

 

[BluesDave]

I think that speed restrictors should be put in all motorised vehicles as standard with sensors that will detect a road in a built up area or country lane and restrict to 20mph, an A road and restrict to 50mph and a motorway and restrict to 60mph which is more than adequate imho. If you travel at 60mph you travel a mile in a minute which is more than fast enough for any sensible person.
These should be sealed units which will totally immobilse the vehicle if tampered with and send a signal to the authorities.
All motorised vehicles should be fitted with a device to jam all mobile phone signals whilst the vehicle is in motion.
Also a device which the the driver has to blow into or wee on programmed with their DNA which will immobilise the vehicle if they've been drinking again in the same sealed units. I've read that this kind of technology already exixts so why doesn't it get fitted to evry new car as standard? It should be made legally compulsory to have it and should be availiable free.

Kill anyone by damgerous or careless driving and you should be banned for life.
You should have to undergo a psycological assesment to see how stable you are before your'e allowed to drive, thats me out then. Nobody should be allowed to drive over the age of 70 without a full annual medical and eye test, nobody over 75 should be allowed to drive at all no disrespect meant but there are people of 90 driving cars, how is that safe given how reactions slow in old age?
Also cars should be limited to one per person and two per household and 4x4's should be banned from London, there is no need for them here because it's flatter than a witches tit.

Also the Police should be made to stick to the speed limit unless they are on their way to an emergency, they also should not be allowed to use their sirens unless they are on their way to an emergency and they should be sacked if they do. I don't know how many times I have seen them put them on just to get through traffic lights or a small traffic jam. It is against the law and should be punished. WE have to put up with it so should they. That is not what the sirens are fitted for and they should go back to the British ne-nor ne-nor ones. Those American sirens make far too much of a bloody racket.

Oh and the legal age for driving should be raised to 21 what kind of world is it where a 17 year old kid is given a licence to fart around in a lethal weapon at high speed? Personally I'd like to see a return to horse and cart except for emergency vehicles. It would do wonders for the garden and put many many more people on bicycles.

 

[XmisterIS]

I wish they could find an effective way to stop complete tw@ts who think that they own the road, and when I'm driving along minding my own business, in a safe and relaxed manner, they drive aggressively at/round me because I'm not going fast enough. Even though I'm doing 70 on the motorway. Example yesterday - I was coming off the motorway on the slip road, towards a set of lights so I was slowing down, as you do when approaching a red traffic light, wanted to turn right at the roundabout, so I was in the right-hand lane, cue a Range Rover Executive Tw@t right up my arse, flashing at me, then swerved round me on the inside, jackknifed infront of me, then slammed the brakes on. Why??? How far did he get? Well, he didn't. He was the car in front of me for the rest of my journey. So for nearly causing an accident, he made no progress at all.

 

[BluesDave]

I wish they could find an effective way to stop complete tw@ts who think that they own the road, and when I'm driving along minding my own business, in a safe and relaxed manner, they drive aggressively at/round me because I'm not going fast enough. Even though I'm doing 70 on the motorway. Example yesterday - I was coming off the motorway on the slip road, towards a set of lights so I was slowing down, as you do when approaching a red traffic light, wanted to turn right at the roundabout, so I was in the right-hand lane, cue a Range Rover Executive Tw@t right up my arse, flashing at me, then swerved round me on the inside, jackknifed infront of me, then slammed the brakes on. Why??? How far did he get? Well, he didn't. He was the car in front of me for the rest of my journey. So for nearly causing an accident, he made no progress at all.

I beleive the RT Hon Gentleman has just rested my case for me.

 

[XmisterIS]

I beleive the RT Hon Gentleman has just rested my case for me.

Thank you!

I must say that I used to drive like a nutter in my younger days, then I slowed down and in the car I was driving at the time, I realised that by gentle acceleration, braking, cornering, and not going at warp factor 9 everywhere, I saved a lot of wear and tear on the car (so parts last a lot longer) and a tank would go about 30 miles further than it's normal range of about 300 miles, so my fuel went 10% further!

I currently have a Ford Mondeo TDCi 2.0 130ps, which returns over 500 miles per tank because I drive it smoothly. It's also very relaxing to drive smoothly and to be driven smoothly! All my passengers say that I'm a good driver because they're not being thrown around all over the place and I don't pull hair-raising manoeuvres.

 

[ColinJ]

I was in the right-hand lane, cue a Range Rover Executive Tw@t right up my arse, flashing at me, then swerved round me on the inside, jackknifed infront of me, then slammed the brakes on.

You can't jackknife a car, but cars, like bikes, can fishtail!

 

[pshore]

How about name and address of every cyclist plastered across their clothing, after all whats good for the goose........

Make 'em wear a visible but non-removable tag for a while. They would then end up discussing whatever they had done with people they come into contact with.

Oh the shame (for some), but maybe a badge of honour for others. Well, if Sheep Thief became a Saint maybe it would work.

 

[pshore]

Wow, too many car haters in here advocating a Big Brother society. Where would it stop?
Be careful what you wish for!

Since the publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four, the term "Big Brother" has entered the lixicon as a synonym for abuse of government power, particularly in respect to civil liberties, often specifically related to mass surveillance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_(Nineteen_Eighty-Four)

I don't think speeding and drink driving can be classed as civil liberties. The clearly have harmful effects on other people and needs to be controlled. Freedom to cross the road without fear is closer to a civil liberty.

 

[Globalti]

This thread is really cracking me up.

Hang on while I go for some more popcorn, will you?

 

[pshore]

Careful, that's not popcorn, its the testicles of those who dared to encroach the ASZ.

 

[ColinJ]

Rising barriers, like this one, that pop up when the traffic lights turn red.

That'll stop RLJ.

Not necessarily ... You overestimate the intelligence of some people!

 

[Night Train]

Yebut if the rising bit shot up at high speed the moment the last vehicle passed....

Might cause caravans a bit of a problem though.

 

[Davidc]

I don't hate car drivers - only dangerous ones.

I'm not against cyclists (and pedestrians) facing the same sort of penalties as motor drivers for bad &/or illegal road use.

I'm normally quite a mild sort of person, but I can't see any good reason why a few medieval punishments can't be reintroduced for offences such as RLJ, cycling on pavements, minor speeding, not clearing up dog poo and so on.

The stocks, the pillory, and the like. No permanent injury, a bit of mental scarring, a bit of degrading treatment, some public humiliation. All preferable to 2000+ road deaths a year and dog poo on the road.

I've probably broken the Human Rights Act by even suggesting them!