Speeding offence

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What, he's been driving 50 years without causing anyone any harm. That makes him immune from the laws of the road how?

Shayboy786

Firstly, a big thankyou to a few handful of constructive comments.. I couldn't care less for the opinion expressing FB degenerates on these Forums.
It is important to note, this particular stretch of 3mile road is littered with Speed & traffic light cameras.. Once the road users clear that miserably congested zone after sitting in unnecessary staggered traffic / lights..the end quarter mile road widens up into two lanes, downhill with no residential area.. Several motorists fly down that stretch..including Police vehicles with varying speeds I have observed. The only purpose to deploy a dweeb in a Smart car on that stretch of road with speed traps is to generate revenue.
The old man has been a safe driver and still is.. Speed is only a contributing factor sometimes in an accident.. It's the reckless, dangerous & inconsiderate drivers, the system should really be targeting.
I don't see the point in exchanging comments with babbling morons who are too quick to judge a driver with a tarnished D/L. I wanted helpful advice, which I have received and am grateful.
At the same time, I'm not trying to justify the offence and do frown at the speed.
I will update the Forum with the outcome.. Can't really sugar coat or lie in the mitigating circumstances..
It'll be a shock to the old guy the outcome but nonetheless..it's the Law.
And yes, I will remind him to take his Bus Pass !!

AdrianC

Shayboy786 wrote: »

It's the reckless, dangerous & inconsiderate drivers, the system should really be targeting.

Does that include the ones who regard red lights as advisory?

IamNotAllowedToUseMyName

Shayboy786 wrote: »

.the end quarter mile road widens up into two lanes, downhill with no residential area.. Several motorists fly down that stretch

...and you will usually find that the limit has been put in place because some of these drivers flying down the road end up having a prang. You can look up serious accidents, so before you assume that any limit is a scam try searching on http://www.crashmap.co.uk/

The trouble is that if everyone decided that their own standard of driving exempted them from certain rules of the road, then the road system would break down. The reality is that most people's perception of their own driving is far better than other people's view.

macman

I went on a speed awareness course recently, and one of the questions asked was 'do you consider your driving average/above average/below average?': Of course, 90% said 'above average': which of course is statisitically not possible.

AdrianC

It's entirely possible.

Apart from a small subset of people easily having an above average ability for the population as a whole, don't forget that probably 95%+ of people have an "above average" number of limbs.

matttye

IanMSpencer wrote: »

...and you will usually find that the limit has been put in place because some of these drivers flying down the road end up having a prang. You can look up serious accidents, so before you assume that any limit is a scam try searching on http://www.crashmap.co.uk/

The trouble is that if everyone decided that their own standard of driving exempted them from certain rules of the road, then the road system would break down. The reality is that most people's perception of their own driving is far better than other people's view.

Sometimes there is a clear scam though. There's a section of the m25 (can't remember where - not very helpful I know) that has a speed camera that observes drivers in an area where the speed changes from 50 to national speed limit. It's literally about 20-30 feet away from the NSL signs. Obviously must catch a lot of people who speed up just prior to the signs.

Car_54

matttye wrote: »

Sometimes there is a clear scam though. There's a section of the m25 (can't remember where - not very helpful I know) that has a speed camera that observes drivers in an area where the speed changes from 50 to national speed limit. It's literally about 20-30 feet away from the NSL signs. Obviously must catch a lot of people who speed up just prior to the signs.

In what way is that a scam? Those who speed up prior to the signs are breaking the law.

Iceweasel

Car_54 wrote: »

In what way is that a scam? Those who speed up prior to the signs are breaking the law.

If you moved the sign 20 or 30 feetback those same drivers would just speed up a bit earlier.

There isn't a 'transition zone'.

The sign has to go somewhere.

matttye

Car_54 wrote: »

In what way is that a scam? Those who speed up prior to the signs are breaking the law.

It's a scam because these cameras are sold to the public as "safety" cameras, supposedly to help with excessive or inappropriate speed, and putting one just before an NSL sign does nothing to help with road safety.

I appreciate that speeding is against the law but you should consider the mischief the law is supposed to prevent. Speeding up just before an NSL sign is not, in any sense of the word, dangerous. If there were reasons why you couldn't speed up in that location, the speed change signs would be moved further up the road.

I don't even think police would bat an eye lid about people accelerating before the sign, but I am admittedly shooting in the dark with that one. I'd be happy to admit I'm wrong if you can show examples of the police stopping people who accelerate just prior to limit changes.