Speeding Awareness Course

[SueEllen]

Perhaps, but I'm an introverted programmer without any interesting hobbies. People tend to talk to me a few seconds before realising I'm pretty vacant.

Trick is to ask them tonnes of questions about themselves. If they have a child with a vaguely interesting hobby ask them loads about that.

[VectraMan]

The first hour or so was quite good, but then it turned into exactly the kind of preaching you might expect.

I'll let the minor celeb that I was there with explain:

I was invited to attend a 'Speed Awareness Course' - and here's what I learned | The Independent

[SueEllen]

The first hour or so was quite good, but then it turned into exactly the kind of preaching you might expect.

I'll let the minor celeb that I was there with explain:

I was invited to attend a 'Speed Awareness Course' - and here's what I learned | The Independent

Who's that?

[OwlHoot]

Attended one last year, and it wasn't too bad, although appallingly long.

One thing I remember is that no matter how many lanes it has, a carriageway is "single" if you can roll a ball across it from kerb to kerb, like rolling a cannonball across a ship's decks, and the speed limit on a single carriageway is 60 MPH not 70 MPH.

(I later won a £30 bet with a friend over that very question in the pub, despite having warned him I was an expert after being on the speed awareness course! Some people just won't be told )

Another section is using deductive powers to determine hazards likely to pop up all of a sudden, such as wheelie bins by the road meaning there may be a bin lorry in the vicinity, and the start of a bicycle lane (perpendicular to the road) indicating some suicidal kid may suddenly shoot out into the road without looking, and so on.

[AtW]

The first hour or so was quite good, but then it turned into exactly the kind of preaching you might expect.

Beats 3 points...

[northernladyuk]

Can you demand to do the course in Welsh?

[OwlHoot]

Can you demand to do the course in Welsh?

No problem. Just do the course on Bardsey Island. Head to Uwchmynydd at the tip of the North Wales peninsula, then take the weekly rowing boat to the Island.

And it's a two day course, as it takes longer to say all the traffic-related words in Welsh and there's a long section on techniques for avoiding sheep on the road.

[BrilloPad]

the start of a bicycle lane (perpendicular to the road) indicating some suicidal kid may suddenly shoot out into the road without looking

So now you can run them over more easily?

[pjclarke]

On mine they said unequivocally that your attendence was confidential and not communicated to insurers.

[vetran]

Is that what she tells you when it's cuddle time?

https://youtu.be/S3NSMx7Ev5A

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