Councillor who slammed 'alarming' cyclists 'caught speeding'

QUOTE:
A councillor in Devon who said in June that cyclists riding at 30mph were more alarming than motorists driving at 50mph has answered claims that he was caught speeding on Dartmoor by a member of a Speedwatch group that he himself set up and runs.

Footage posted to the Dartmoor Forest Speedwatch public group on Facebook, and shot (illegally) by a driver using a handheld mobile phone, claims to show a van apparently belonging to Gregg Manning, a Dartmoor Forest Parish Councillor, apparently exceeding the speed limit.

It was posted to the group earlier this month with the comment, “Well [Gregg] Manning you'll have to give yourself a speeding letter for doing over 50 you naughty man,� and caused no small amount of mirth among a number of the group’s members.

https://road.cc/content/news/269597-...h-group-he-set

On 17/12/2019 12:37, Simon Mason wrote:
QUOTE:
A councillor in Devon who said in June that cyclists riding at 30mph were more alarming than motorists driving at 50mph has answered claims that he was caught speeding on Dartmoor by a member of a Speedwatch group that he himself set up and runs.

Footage posted to the Dartmoor Forest Speedwatch public group on Facebook, and shot (illegally) by a driver using a handheld mobile phone, claims to show a van apparently belonging to Gregg Manning, a Dartmoor Forest Parish Councillor, apparently exceeding the speed limit.

It was posted to the group earlier this month with the comment, “Well [Gregg] Manning you'll have to give yourself a speeding letter for doing over 50 you naughty man,� and caused no small amount of mirth among a number of the group’s members.

https://road.cc/content/news/269597-...h-group-he-set

LOL.

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Bod

On Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:07:55 GMT, Bod wrote:

On 17/12/2019 12:37, Simon Mason wrote:
QUOTE:
A councillor in Devon who said in June that cyclists riding at 30mph
were more alarming than motorists driving at 50mph has answered
claims that he was caught speeding on Dartmoor by a member of a
Speedwatch group that he himself set up and runs.

Footage posted to the Dartmoor Forest Speedwatch public group on
Facebook, and shot (illegally) by a driver using a handheld mobile
phone, claims to show a van apparently belonging to Gregg Manning, a
Dartmoor Forest Parish Councillor, apparently exceeding the speed
limit.

It was posted to the group earlier this month with the comment,
“Well [Gregg] Manning you'll have to give yourself a speeding
letter for doing over 50 you naughty man,� and caused no small
amount of mirth among a number of the group’s members.

https://road.cc/content/news/269597-...ed-alarming-cy
clists-caught-speeding-speedwatch-group-he-set

LOL.


It's not a laughing matter; speed (ok, momentum) kills.

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Bah, and indeed, Humbug.

On Tuesday, 17 December 2019 12:37:11 UTC, Simon Mason wrote:
QUOTE:
A councillor in Devon who said in June that cyclists riding at 30mph were more alarming than motorists driving at 50mph has answered claims that he was caught speeding on Dartmoor by a member of a Speedwatch group that he himself set up and runs.

Footage posted to the Dartmoor Forest Speedwatch public group on Facebook, and shot (illegally) by a driver using a handheld mobile phone, claims to show a van apparently belonging to Gregg Manning, a Dartmoor Forest Parish Councillor, apparently exceeding the speed limit.

It was posted to the group earlier this month with the comment, “Well [Gregg] Manning you'll have to give yourself a speeding letter for doing over 50 you naughty man,� and caused no small amount of mirth among a number of the group’s members.

https://road.cc/content/news/269597-...h-group-he-set

Maybe there was a cyclist travelling at 30mph in front of him. The Highway Code clearly states "Cyclists MUST be overtaken IMMEDIATELY, irrespective of the circumstances." therefore he had 'no choice' but to speed.

On 17/12/2019 15:21, Kerr-Mudd,John wrote:

On Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:07:55 GMT, Bod wrote:

On 17/12/2019 12:37, Simon Mason wrote:
QUOTE:
A councillor in Devon who said in June that cyclists riding at 30mph
were more alarming than motorists driving at 50mph has answered
claims that he was caught speeding on Dartmoor by a member of a
Speedwatch group that he himself set up and runs.

Footage posted to the Dartmoor Forest Speedwatch public group on
Facebook, and shot (illegally) by a driver using a handheld mobile
phone, claims to show a van apparently belonging to Gregg Manning, a
Dartmoor Forest Parish Councillor, apparently exceeding the speed
limit.

It was posted to the group earlier this month with the comment,
“Well [Gregg] Manning you'll have to give yourself a speeding
letter for doing over 50 you naughty man,� and caused no small
amount of mirth among a number of the group’s members.

https://road.cc/content/news/269597-...ed-alarming-cy
clists-caught-speeding-speedwatch-group-he-set

LOL.


It's not a laughing matter; speed (ok, momentum) kills.

Interesting...

So is there an Apple Store app which allows a phone to be used as a
radar-based speed measurement device?

Or does the whole idiotic story hinge around the non-meaning (in this
context) of the word "apparently"?

On Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 3:21:44 PM UTC, Kerr-Mudd,John wrote:
On Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:07:55 GMT, Bod wrote:

On 17/12/2019 12:37, Simon Mason wrote:
QUOTE:
A councillor in Devon who said in June that cyclists riding at 30mph
were more alarming than motorists driving at 50mph has answered
claims that he was caught speeding on Dartmoor by a member of a
Speedwatch group that he himself set up and runs.

Footage posted to the Dartmoor Forest Speedwatch public group on
Facebook, and shot (illegally) by a driver using a handheld mobile
phone, claims to show a van apparently belonging to Gregg Manning, a
Dartmoor Forest Parish Councillor, apparently exceeding the speed
limit.

It was posted to the group earlier this month with the comment,
“Well [Gregg] Manning you'll have to give yourself a speeding
letter for doing over 50 you naughty man,� and caused no small
amount of mirth among a number of the group’s members.

https://road.cc/content/news/269597-...ed-alarming-cy
clists-caught-speeding-speedwatch-group-he-set

LOL.


It's not a laughing matter; speed (ok, momentum) kills.

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Bah, and indeed, Humbug.

He seems to be under the illusion that a bicycle and rider travelling at 30mph has *more* momentum than a car and driver illegally moving at 50mph.

Typical golf club bore Tory councillor.