12/05/08
Don't you forget about me -
Categories: I had my Speed Awareness Course yesterday, to ensure that I don't get yet another 3 points on my licence. A bright summer's day, stuck inside on a weekend, being punished along with other strangers... I was in The Breakfast Club. One of them even looked like Judd Nelson (only 50 - so, actually how he might look now, ish).
It was surprisingly unpatronising. And interesting, at times. Although there was a lot of the usual "If you drive at 35mph, you're 5mph more likely to kill someone that at 30miph", but also I learned:
- that if you see no reminders for ages of what speed limit you're in, it's a 30, or a dual carriageway, or a motorway. So if you're wondering if it's a 30 or a 40, it's a 30. This is because legally they have to place reminders every km or so if it's a 40 or a 50, but if it's a 30, they only have to tell you once. So there.
- that minibuses, caravans, lorries etc aren't allowed to go at 60mph in a national speed limit like the rest of us; they have to go at 50mph. And speed cameras can tell the difference in size of vehicle.
- that lorries can physically only get up to 56mph on a flat road. Unless, of course, they've been fiddled with, which ain't legal.
Anyway, I passed (although you pass just by turning up), so no point for me. Apart from the 6 on my licence already. Oh, and the woman who ran the speed awareness course yesterday turned out to be the woman who taught be to drive 12 years ago. I was pleasantly surprised by this; she wasn't. I guess it's not good for her as an instructor to see one of her pupils show up as, well, practically a criminal...
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