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oscar52

simon_templar wrote: »

In modern cars with their fancy brakes i doubt 5mph makes any difference.

And do modern cars and braking systems alter a persons thinking time, and the time to move your leg across to the brake pedal.?

simon_templar_2

Thinking time and brake peddle pushing speed depends on the person but i still say the modern brakes, abs etc will stop a car far sooner than the highway code claims.

oscar52

Possibly true, however, not everyone has a modern car or abs etc.

Speed limits are there for a reason, and there is no such thing as "safely speeding".

Anyway, topic is deviating away from the original subject. (and its time for bed)

Gorgeous_George

At the location that I was driving, it was safe for me to drive at 35mph IMO. The Police did not stop me nor did they charge me with dangerous driving. I firmly believe that it was revenue collection/target reaching. I was targetted at the bottom of a slope where I inadvertantly and momentarily crept above the limit. One day I will have my proportional revenge on the Police.

Anybody who could not drive safely at the location where I was robbed should not be behind the wheel of a car. My accident record is second to none.

GG