www.drive4fun.co.uk

Great idea - publicise all the best driving roads in the UK so the police know exactly where to look for 'enthusiastic' drivers.

The other hazard is that Mr 30mph Sunday Driver will also take to these roads.

Sorry but all drivers have rights to know about the great locations to drive. Mr 30mph Sunday driver is not likely to come on to the website because mr

30mph Sunday driver doesn't want an interesting drive.

Also, I think the local police already know their local trouble areas so i'm not doing anything to help them but on the other hand I have no reason to hold back information from them either as I dont break the law.

This site is set up with the >

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Erm, no no, Mr. & Mrs. 30 MPH Sunday Driver drive along at the aforementioned speed saying, "oooh that's nice dear" to one another as they go through interesting bits and pieces of scenery.

Speculation?

Hmmm.

It's not a site, it's a forum. No wonder you need peoples' input, because there's no other content...

The website / forum has only just begun. I had the idea around a week ago and am still working on the actual site. The forum has been put up quick as that is the easy part and the best way of gathering information. So far I have the backing of the IAM and also a few councils. They said if people are passing through or visiting areas then its fair for them to be able to find this information and also if the info I supply points out trouble areas / tight bends etc then i'm doing the place a favour by keeping it safer. So really I didnt want to be slated for what i'm doing, I wanted some assistance in getting this thing going but bollox to you lot then if you just want to mock. It's going ahead anyway so be part of it or dont. Enjoy, oh and to those that actually think its a good idea I would be grateful for your input but do it via signing up to the forum so we get less hastle. Thanks

To a point I agree, but one usually gets better feedback if there's a bit more content.

Chicken and egg scenario, of course.

But if you didn't want to get slated, don't ask for us to check it out.....

TIC

Got to say, if you do go for a gentle meandering cruise around here, there's no problem, but if you keep going back, it's not long before a police car turns up just to make sure you aren't up to something illegal.

Quite reassuring really.

Listing likely spots on a website is hardly going to pass unnoticed by the police, which is clearly all to the good, but whether it has some relevance to people who aren't local anyway, isn't so obvious. FWIW I reckon most roads have qualities of one sort or another and a website listing many / all roads in terms of dull, traffic laden, quiet but winding, known drag strips with plenty of attention, and so forth, has its place, in much the same way that traffic monitoring and accident blackspot advice can be of benefit for several reasons.

HST the website / forum in question seems to be being ignored.

Fair play to you. Especially by getting the backing/support of official bodies like the IAM and local councils, as this will only serve to make the site more successful. At the end of the day decent driving roads will nearly always have numpties clogging them up crawling along, and a bit of publicity for these routes as fun roads to drive on really won't make a massive difference. At the end of the day, anyone with a bit of common sense knows that the best time to have fun driving on a road is when there's nobody else on it i.e. early enough in the morning for it to be light, but not too late that everyone's up and about. Can't fail :-)

Will do, when I get around to it :-)

Peter

I'd prefer to do it when its dark. Much safer in some ways!

Safer due to being able to see others headlights before they are upon you.

Exactamondo! And being much quieter anyway.

But if you're going round tight twisty lanes your only need the visibity the lights provide. Plus it helps having someone next to you telling you what to expect :)

I prefer my visibility not being restricted by my headlights. Early enough in the morning it's plenty quiet enough!

Peter

Yeah, but they won't know about the broken down car with no lights due to a knackered battery around the next corner.

I'd rather go around twisty lanes with very few hedges etc., so I can see a clear twisty path ahead (and straights as well).

Peter

Boooooooooooooring :)

Only with regards to oncoming traffic.

Your visibility at night is seriously restricted by your headlights, no matter HOW good they are ! And if you don't know the road, then it really helps to be able to see what's coming up next :)

And with regards to theres not much out in the dead of night. No matter how carefully you drive a twisty narrow lane in the light you're never going to know if theres a car round a blind corner (unless they're courteous enough to sound there horn), which is why i never drive them fast in daylight. Of course not all obstacles have headlights but a vast majority of the important ones do!! And the sort of roads i'm talking about you dont need to see miles down the road, all you need is the next bend which headlights are more than sufficient for! If you've got a decent enough 2 lane road its a different matter though.

Even if you do know the road it really helps. The A322 from Bagshot to Guildford is a great road at night when there's no traffic (it's normally a

30mph crawl all the way through, even through the 40mph and NSL sections), but that was where I totalled the mintest Carlton I've ever owned and ended up with 12 stitches in my head. When I first started to drive it regularly I took things nice and easy as I didn't know the road, then I knew every single bend, and exactly how fast they could be taken, and came a cropper. It wasn't really complacency that caused the accident, more just an unfortunate thing.

Peter