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[LENA]

Having just spent 2 weeks in Cyprus I must agree the standard of driving leaves a lot to be desired.I lost count of the number of times cars jumped traffic lights along with turning without signaling.However the really scary one is when they straddle the white line or come at you on the same side of the road.It's a pity really because I really enjoyed the fact there is so little traffic compared to what I was used to in Glasgow{the Kingston Bridge at 8 a.m is an experience}

Very soon we are going to take award for that!!!

[G.Man]

Has anyone spotted those mobile cameras? Got flashed by one on the highway doing 125km/h. They were tiny things, like camcorders I guess with a red flash? Is that a speed camera? Or is it still in trial mode?

Got caught by a radar a couple of months back. Showed them my UK license so no points. They asked to see my Cypriot ID card and they put 2 points on that, saying if I ever get a CY Licence, those 2 points will automatically go on now. So now showing any ID cards people!

Sounds like a mobile camera...

Will you ever get a cypriot licence? not a lot of point if you have a UK EU one

[LENA]

Will you ever get a cypriot licence? not a lot of point if you have a UK EU one

Cypriot citizens who have EU licence get points???

[bill cobbett]

It won't be of much comfort to Highlander but may be of some interest and a point of pride to southerners (south of the buffer zone , not Hadrian's Wall that is) that the inventor of the speed camera was a Dutch rally driver (won Monte Carlo rally in the '50s I think) a gentleman of Greek ancestry - the late, Mr Maurice Gatsonides. I am sure that everyone will want to join with me in praying that he rest in peace and in beseeching Our Lord to show mercy on his soul. Amen.

[Radio]

I am surprised there are no Cypriot drivers in Formula 1; they seem to have the necessary skills in abundance !.

[loneforce]

Since we are on the subject I would like to add that ee also need to to remove from the streets those people who have no consideration for other drivers, driving at 30km/H on the right lane either because of their egoism, because they are talking on the phone, or are too snob to shift to the left lane.

Every day I see people who drive on the right lane, and stay in the right lane even if the car infront of them has stoped waiting to turn right. They just stop behind it and wait to see the other person turn in safety i guess (cause they worry about the other drivers safety?!! ) ) even if the left lane is completely empty! After all the left lane is for the weak right?

It happened once or twice, or maybe more times that I overtake from the left on the highway, well... not one car (annoying driver), not two or three, but as many as 10-15 cars. obviously the left lane was empty for half a kilometer.

I also want to add that driving on the speed limit (e.g. 100km) does not shield you from accidents. I say this because theres lots of people who think they drive safely at 100Km while in the meantime they just gaze at the passing fields/houses and look at anywhere but the road.

A "speeding" driver at 120km who worries about the police and keeps his eyes on the road will have a much better chance of hitting the breaks and preventing an accident than one who drives at 100km and will never touch the break pedal simply because he was looking at the cows in the nearby field.

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[joanna]

Well i was late stopping at the traffic lights and got flashed about 3 months ago, and am still waiting for the police to call me. Apparently it is against the law for them to be mailed to home addresses and they have to call you to go to the police station to collect. Fine is about 15 CYP i think and 2 points.

[LENA]

I also want to add that driving on the speed limit (e.g. 100km) does not shield you from accidents. I say this because theres lots of people who think they drive safely at 100Km while in the meantime they just gaze at the passing fields/houses and look at anywhere but the road.

A "speeding" driver at 120km who worries about the police and keeps his eyes on the road will have a much better chance of hitting the breaks and preventing an accident than one who drives at 100km and will never touch the break pedal simply because he was looking at the cows in the nearby field.

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[THE HIGHLANDER]

[quote="miltiades"]Wrong key ,
The Limassol Paralia Road , October 28th Sea road has become a racing track with all the loonies let out at once , you can not enjoy a drink without the constant fear of some idiot mounting the pavement and causing you immense damage. This road needs not only cameras but road humbs as well as more traffic lights and police presence to deter these maniacs .[/quote

Thats the same road my gran was killed on in 1982 by a drunken idiot on a motorbike as she was crossing the road at the traffic lights at Debenhams(then woolies) and the arsehole went straight through a redlight and murdered my granny.

[Niki]

The Limassol Paralia Road , October 28th Sea road has become a racing track with all the loonies let out at once , you can not enjoy a drink without the constant fear of some idiot mounting the pavement and causing you immense damage. This road needs not only cameras but road humbs as well as more traffic lights and police presence to deter these maniacs .[/quote

Thats the same road my gran was killed on in 1982 by a drunken idiot on a motorbike as she was crossing the road at the traffic lights at Debenhams(then woolies) and the arsehole went straight through a redlight and murdered my granny.

That's terrible. We were nearly knocked down a couple of times by taxi drivers when we were on a crossing on that same road and it was on red.

Me and 2 children had to run for our lives!