Safespeed founder has died
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I was just about to post this when I found your post.
Really sad news, I've no idea how I missed your post
He did a lot of unpaid work that was actually starting to gather pace. On many occasions his work was reported in the press. Perhaps some saving grace can be taken from the fact his wife intends to carry on his work.
Safe Speed founder Paul Smith dies - Motorcycle News - MCN
Really sad news, I've no idea how I missed your post
He did a lot of unpaid work that was actually starting to gather pace. On many occasions his work was reported in the press. Perhaps some saving grace can be taken from the fact his wife intends to carry on his work.
Safe Speed founder Paul Smith dies - Motorcycle News - MCN
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That's really sad - one of the few voices of reason in a sea of insanity. Glad to see his partner is going to carry on the running of the website and campaign.
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one of the few voices of reason in a sea of insanity.
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He certainly did. His main argument was always the ridiculous assertion that speed in it self was the cause of most accidents, when even the DoT own figures showed that that was not the case. He also wanted the massive reduction in traffic police to be reversed. He wasn't some mad petrolhead speed junky, he just wanted safer roads which he believed would come through the correct policing of those roads by properly trained police officers and not the overly simplistic blanket use of speed cameras.
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Crikey - just read this thread - sad news indeed, he spoke a lot on common sense ! Spent a lot of time on the safe speed site
My thoughts go out to his family !
Richard
My thoughts go out to his family !
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How so? I know nothing of him but IME 99.9999% of people that campaign for slower speeds are absolutely clueless as to the real cause of accidents and deaths on our roads and become obsessed with the most quantifiable variable (speed). I'd be interested to read links to view of his that would suggest he did have better reasoning
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I know nothing of him
IME 99.9999% of people
I'd be interested to read links to view of his that would suggest he did have better reasoning
In short Olly I don't understand your tone when I feel I'm quite justifiably and sensibly requesting information on how this guy was different from the rest
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I publicly request additional information to set aside my fears that he's just like every other 'speed freak'.
In short Olly I don't understand your tone when I feel I'm quite justifiably and sensibly requesting information on how this guy was different from the rest
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one? How did you determine a tone from typed text. I asked a question and supplied the information you asked.
Hence the joy of typed text, easy to misinterpret I guess
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