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Yesterday, to avoid 9 points on my driving licence, I attended the DriveTech Speed Awareness Course. I was apprehensive at first but I have to admit the course was excellent and I now believe that every driver should attend such an event. I was in a group of 20 drivers who had been caught exceeding the 30 mph limit by between 1 and 9 mph. We learned about speed limits (amazing ignorance from some of the group), speed cameras, little-known dangers and, most important of all, the possible consequences of speeding in a built-up area. None of us will forget the harrowing story of the 29-year-old Berkshire driver who hit a 14-year-old pedestrian at 39 mph in the village where they both lived. The effect was so tragic that the driver has voluntarily never driven a car since.
To what bad driving habit must I now confess ? Staying in 5th gear all the time in 30 mph restricted areas. We were taught that this inevitably leads to creeping over the limit without being aware of it.

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