REBROADCAST - Speed Awareness Course
The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories
Luke Kondor
4.4 • 848 Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
80.1 Speed Awareness Course
One of our cameras detected a violation of the speed limit. You can either accept 3 points on your driving license, or take the Speed Awareness Course. What is your choice?
Written by Joanne Askew (www.jaskewauthor.com)
Narrated by Alexandra Elroy (social media link)
Edited by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)
With music by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)
And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)
The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)
And sound effects provided by Freesound.org
A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch
And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.
And to Ben Errington for drawing social media cards from his neverending content deck… deck, I said.
Deck.
Science Fiction and Horror writer, Joanne Askew, explores mental health, sexual identity and diversity through her fiction. The deepness and darkness of space is her second home. As an LGBTQIA+ activist, she aims to use her fiction to make the world a better place for the next generation to come out in. Her sci-fi horror novella, Sloth, is out now. www.jaskewauthor.com
Alexandra is a bilingual voice actress and writer who lives in the Netherlands. She loves everything to do with stories, especially creative and playful horror. Her favourite voices to do are witches, goblins and crazy computers. When she is not voicing, writing or mummy-ing (which is all the time, really) she directs plays that she adapted from classic novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Death on the Nile and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
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| 0:00.0 | Do you have stories it's taking a well-earned summer break after nearly a decade of weekly weirdness? |
| 0:05.8 | While we regroup and recharge behind the scenes, we're rebroadcasting some of our favourite episodes. |
| 0:11.6 | And yes, in the words Varney, we'll be back. |
| 0:20.0 | Think of shaving cream, essential with nachos or as a dip for potato wedges. |
| 0:25.2 | Now you're thinking, that's not shaving cream, that's sour cream. |
| 0:28.8 | If you think sour cream is shaving cream, then you must be a supermarket delivery substitute. |
| 0:33.9 | Akado has 99% order accuracy, so when you think of shaving cream and order shaving cream, you'll get shaving cream. |
| 0:41.4 | Akado, life delivered. |
| 0:43.0 | 99% average order accuracy, Jan to April 2025. |
| 0:46.2 | Geographical restrictions apply, minimum spend plus charges apply, terms at Akado.com. |
| 0:53.5 | These aren't the stories your mother told you. |
| 0:56.2 | No, these are the other stories. |
| 1:09.6 | Today's episode of The Other Stories is Speed Awareness Course, written by Joanne Askew and narrated by Alexandra Elroy. |
| 1:19.6 | Thank you. Three points on my license or a speed awareness course. |
| 1:35.3 | The previous six points made my mind up for me. |
| 1:39.3 | I opted for the course, which meant I wouldn't lose my license, my job. Most folks had self-driving |
| 1:47.0 | cars now, but my vintage 2037 Ford Mondeo flew with no limitors, no onboard computer following |
| 1:54.0 | the same route, same safety measures, same audio warnings. No thanks. The Blue Mondeo didn't play by the rules. |
| 2:02.6 | People like that. |
| 2:04.6 | They came to us for the human touch. |
| 2:06.6 | We were the only remaining human delivery drivers on the planet. |
| 2:10.6 | Gen Z, in their retirement homes and orthopedic beds, |
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