On Sat, 2 Nov 2013 16:41:46 -0000, "ARW"
wrote:

Apellation Controlee wrote:
I don't think it's altered how I drive but it was a pleasant enough
half-day and there wasn't a suggestion of censure in the attitude of
the presenters..

I find the bit about it not altering the way you drive interesting. I know
several people who have attended the course. One of them came back with the
statement "if there are streetlights then it IS a 30MPH limit end of".
Another announced that the speed limit on a dual carriage is 60MPH!

I just wonder if a lot of it is dumbed down. I always know the speed limit,
I just choose to ignore it where conditions allow. In fact on housing
estates I always do 20mph even if the limit is 30.

And not one person I know that has attended a course has said that it was
patronising or a waste of time.

Don't assume from what I said that I go tear-arsing around all the
time. That's not the case - like you I use my own judgment and often
go slower than the limit if I decide it's appropriate.