Speed limits & court appearances

bear1969

Anihilator wrote: »

Oh !!!!!!

How many times. There is no definitive speed. There are guidelines. If you dont want to be caught dont speed.

Muppet.

like he says dont speed ,speed limits are there for a reason you go over it and the chances of killing someone in an accident grow and it takes a lot longer to stop in a built up area if a child runs out in front of you but you being micheal schumacker or whoever will be the best driver in the world and manage to stop not ,keep up your speeding and maybe you will get banned by totting up points then the roads will be safer for people who do stick to the speed limits goodluck cause you will need it everybody gets caught sometime

[Deleted User]

Everyone get off your high horses! Simple question requiring a simple answer. If you don't know the answer don't bother posting!

bear1969

simple answer stick to speed limits and you will be ok

[Deleted User]

bear1969 wrote: »

simple answer stick to speed limits and you will be ok

Agreed. I just wanted to know, that's all.

CHR15

97mph, go for it batman.

Seriously, are you expecting someone to say you are allowed to drive at 77mph "cos it's okay the rozzers are not allowed to pull you over, you can tell them to Do One!!??"

bear1969

get away with 5mph over at fixed cameras but nothing over at average speed ones

DaveMacD

bear1969 wrote: »

speed limits are there for a reason you go over it and the chances of killing someone in an accident grow and it takes a lot longer to stop in a built up area if a child runs out in front of you

As is so often the case with limits, the speed limits in the UK were arbitrarily decided in the dim and distant past. The current limits in many areas are completely wrong, be it too low or too high (although the push for 20 limits outside schools are a welcome change, they are rather pointless when you consider that many people at school time aren't paying attention at any speed).

The earlier question asks if there is any leeway re. being checked by police. While many will bang on about the limit being a hard limit (30 is the limit, 30.000001 makes you a baby killer), the reality is that your average police officer is also human, and knows that the average driver can drift one or two mph over the limit without being a danger. (Indeed, during the driving test, I was encouraged to exceed the limit on my speedo by a few mph) As long as it is obvious that the transgression is not by a massive amount, and there are no other obvious signs of wrong-doing (haring round corners, tailgating etc), they will generally let it go.

bear1969

the only leeway you will find is most modern car speedos are out by 5 mph so if i see you above that i will stop you and will charge you:D

Paradigm

bear1969 wrote: »

get away with 5mph over at fixed cameras but nothing over at average speed ones

I think you will find you're wrong!

DaveMacD

bear1969 wrote: »

the only leeway you will find is most modern car speedos are out by 5 mph so if i see you above that i will stop you and will charge you:D

Guess it would depend what you're using to check....

Unless your speedo has fractions of whole MPH on it....