The Duck of Atholl Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Because of dickheads like this... http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=52691&headline=Motorist overturned car at 110mph on mountain§ionIs=news&searchyear=2019&cat=Crime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uhtred Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 I take your point, but dickheads like that are unlikely to pay much heed to speed limits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 By the time Quayle, Cannan and Harmer have finished with this place there'll be no need for speed limits. There'll be no bugger left here to observe them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 And MOTs. Uhtred's point applies to that also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 110 going in to the bends at the 32nd seems overly schwifty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 18 minutes ago, The Duck of Atholl said: Because of dickheads like this... http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=52691&headline=Motorist overturned car at 110mph on mountain§ionIs=news&searchyear=2019&cat=Crime That's the trouble with the TT. People are encouraged to treat the Island's road as a racetrack and we get accidents caused by feckless motorists with foreign names from distant places such as (examines notes) Quayle from Pulrose. But of course that actually is part of the problem. It's not just visitors who see it as a chance to misbehave but the locals as well (see also drinking behaviour). And the absence of restrictions is going to make them more likely to try it on, even though there are some that don't need much encouragement. The one-way system was used as a defence in the court case and there does seem to be a situation when people are allowed to get away with whatever they want (note that this stunt was being filmed) until something goes wrong. So there's no real disincentive because these people never think that accidents will happen to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Rather than speed limits everywhere they should bring in another plate, like L or R, for people who've done something stupid. Maybe a D for dangerous or dick, you have to display it for a certain amount of time depending on how stupid you've been, maybe even have to take a test at the end. That way people like this guy have to drive around limited to 50 and everyone knows he's a dick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 The 50 restriction on R plates doesn't work. Why would it work on a "Dick" plate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Does it not? Change the rules around them then, if you are caught speeding on R plates its back to a provisional licence, no arguments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 They have speed restrictions in the UK. Guess what We have speed restrictions along the prom, does not stop old twats in gold Volvo estates doing 40 and over taking me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 I feel a little for this idiot, the one way system on the mountain and de-restriction encourages people to go fast and take chances which they wouldn't under normal circumstances. I always stayed away from the place during the TT period, even when I was younger. I took up racing to get my kicks, that takes the need to speed away. It's a shame really, most people behave themselves and are happy to just travel the mountain at a steady speed and enjoy the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 10 minutes ago, x-in-man said: They have speed restrictions in the UK. Guess what We have speed restrictions along the prom, does not stop old twats in gold Volvo estates doing 40 and over taking me. They'll not be doing 40 when the horse trams start though, cos there'll not be enough room to pass them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 We'll all have flying cars by the time it's finished, so not a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 9 minutes ago, Max Power said: I feel a little for this idiot No rear seatbelts and several non-standard modifications. Speeds of 140, being filmed. Why do you ‘feel a little’ for him? He’s reckless, and his recklessness is clearly pre-meditated. I hope they throw the book at him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 1 minute ago, wrighty said: No rear seatbelts and several non-standard modifications. Speeds of 140, being filmed. Why do you ‘feel a little’ for him? He’s reckless, and his recklessness is clearly pre-meditated. I hope they throw the book at him. I agree with you wrighty, he's lucky nobody was killed, but young people do tend to modify their cars and drive to impress their friends. That's why I feel a certain amount of sympathy, because it's not something unusual in that respect, it's always happened and I was probably guilty of the same thing as a youth. They just didn't have the same construction and use regulations in those days. Just for interest, insurance companies will find all sorts of reasons not to pay up these days, adding alloy wheels, better brakes and suspension are all non standard modifications. I'm not saying that's the case in this instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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