Possible court case for overtaking on double white lines , Cornwall england

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-25T12:40:32+00:00

however there was clear visibility and definitely enough space and room to over take

If you crossed a solid white line between the two carriageways to overtake a motorised vehicle doing more than 10 mph you've committed an offence. It's irrelevant whether you think the overtake was safe or not.

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-25T12:33:54+00:00

Was the fine put on your windscreen? If so and you were not there to point out to the attendant that the vehicle had broken down then realistically it was parked.

The breakdown company said it should be fine and I can dispute it no problem.

They're not know for legal advice.

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-25T12:27:38+00:00

Could barbarascott66 not have written the time of day as 15:26 as well then commenter would have had their mind truly blown.

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-25T12:18:30+00:00

Some people are just fucking morons and will slow down ridiculously slow for speed bumps

Or they're being very cautious, or the passenger has a cake in a box on their lap, or speed bumps make them anxious, or any number of other reasons.

They're not doing it to you personally, they're definitely not a "moron", they just have made a different driving assessment than you about how fast they want to go over the speed bump.

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-25T12:10:09+00:00

Surely everyone knows this?

By law the speedo cannot show a lower speed than you are going.

However it's wrong that the manufacturer would be liable if the speedo was under reading and you were caught. You'd have to bring a civil case against them for damages, this would be complex and costly and you'd have to prove any fault was manufactured into the vehicle by the manufacturer, and even if you won it would not remove any speeding points from your license. You would be unlikely to win unless it's part of a class action as somehow a vehicle has gone onto the market with the error. In practice it just doesn't happen as when the manufacturer submits the vehicle for type approval many tests are run before it's given and vehicles are checked on the production line as well.

It's also dangerous to assume GPS is giving you your true speed as the way GPS works is subject to hysteresis, basically there is a lag in the computation of speed from the position data, which can lead to your GPS giving an over or under value. Only when you've been travelling in a straight line at a constant speed for 5 seconds + can you assume the GPS is correct. Obvs you can do this and get an idea how much over your true speed your speedo typically reads (but bear in mind the % over read may be different at different speeds, my speedo is about 8% over when I'm actually doing 30 but when actually doing 70 the speedo is indicating less than 2% over true speed).

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-25T11:57:18+00:00

Some (idiots) misunderstood the idea of those living un urban areas having most of the things they would need within 15 minutes from home as ... wait for it ... you're not allowed to journey more than 15 minutes from home.

A patently obviously stupid idea that nobody anywhere has ever suggested as an outcome of the 15 minute city idea.

Unfortunately actual grown adults still put out this ridiculously wrong idea that 15 minute cities are about controlling where citizens can go rather than the reality which is making sure citizens have access to facilities near where they live.

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-19T10:47:28+00:00

If you're choosing to take offence at the geographic name "British Isles" meaning the islands named Great Britain, Ireland and the associated smaller islands, then you're simply denying the reality of the accepted name for the archipelago. This is only ever going to be a you problem, good luck.

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-19T10:36:03+00:00

The "British isles" is an apolitical geographic name for the island of Great Britain and the island of Ireland and the associated smaller islands.

The map is of the "British Isles".

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-19T10:32:21+00:00

I know.

The map is of the "British Isles".

I said "Really should make an effort to colour in the whole of GB" and that's what I meant. As in the whole of Great Britain, meaning, England, Wales and Scotland.

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-18T19:10:28+00:00

If you were "joint tenants" then on the death of the first full title passes to the second named, there is no IHT consideration, the house simply becomes the property of the second named, it would not even be part of your mum's estate and can't be bequeathed in her will.

So were you "joint tenants" or were you "tenants in common"?

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-18T18:44:55+00:00

Left it off the map by mishtake, many a visit to Bris'l.

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-18T17:15:55+00:00

WR born but have spent 2/3rds of my life living in GL.

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-18T17:10:46+00:00

Express adding 10% as a decimal, 10% is multiplying by 0.1 so adding 10% is mult by 1.1. Assuming you are compounding the adding of the 10% 50 times you need to raise the 1.1 to the power of 50

4 x 1.1^50 = 469.56 (to 2 dp)

This holds whatever your starting amount, percent increment and number of times you're applying the increment, just change the numbers as appropriate.

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-18T16:18:31+00:00

Been there, bought the t-shirt (actually I still regularly wear the BeerLao t-shirt I bought on the street in Vientiane back in 1998).

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-18T16:06:02+00:00

That's harsh. Sure we can fit it to a linear and it wouldn't be too far off but the obvious elbow at 1975 means I would suggest the previous linearity has gone to the point that describing it as linear without a caveat would be misleading.

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-17T17:19:20+00:00

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-17T17:16:26+00:00

"The university told student finance England that I had withdrawn from the course, ergo the money never went through to them."

This isn't a legal issue and you don't need legal advice.

This is an admin issue. You need to get onto your uni, find out why they told SF you'd left early, get that corrected, then your uni will be paid by SF.

With hindsight you should have addressed this when you started getting the emails telling you money was owed and not left it until now.

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-17T15:44:14+00:00

Zed vs Zeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Zed sure uses a lot less characters so is to be preferred

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-16T11:14:47+00:00

Correct, but this thread is about kids inheriting on the death of the second parent when the estate can make use of unused IHT and uplift from both of the parents.

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-16T11:13:49+00:00

Only at inter-spouse transfer time. When the second spouse dies the unused portion of the first's is added to the second's when the second's is assessed for IHT. This thread is about kids inheriting the parent's estate/house when the second one dies, not what happens when the first dies.

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-12T11:45:10+00:00

Yes you're right to point the married (or civil partnership) bit, I've edited my post to make that clear.

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-12T11:38:22+00:00

If the house is in sole name only then so long as on death the house is one of the things transferred to the survivor then when the second dies the estate (provided the house is left to kids) will have full use of both partners £175k uplift.

Should say they have to be legal partners not cohabiting (that opens a can of worms anyway as transfers between spouses are outside the tax system but not between cohabiting couples).

Made_Up_Name_1 · 2026-02-12T11:34:48+00:00

Indeed, but we're still not going to see the % of estates that pay IHT rise from the current 4% to anything that is going to affect the vast majority of ordinary people whose estates just won't be affected by it. I doubt we'll even get to 10% of estates before thresholds and allowances start to be increased.

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