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Mobile speed check
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Sorry, yes. There's no requirement for them to be visible, or to display signs.0
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The simple answer is yes, it is legal.
There are guidelines, but they're more to do with safety and not having officers run over - possibly with drivers then claiming for the force creating hazards by having guys hanging round on a dark roadside in black clothing at night - than speed enforcement.
If it makes you feel any better, even if they're in hi-vis standing clearly by the roadside, by the time you've seen them and slowed they'll have already caught you
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Sounds like he was visible to me.0
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Ughhh...i know it's my own fault etc but literally couldn't have happened at a worse time! Shame a 'sorry' isn't enough!0
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I guess it depends on how serious the crime is. This was an empty back village road with no one around...it's always a very quiet road and miles from any school...0
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I guess it depends on how serious the crime is. This was an empty back village road with no one around...it's always a very quiet road and miles from any school...
Exactly why you should be careful and watch out for the Talivan.
They position to catch maximum people, not to improve road safety.“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”
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That's the thing, some roads are safe to do much more than the speed limit - so these are where they will be, as everyone speeds as it's an unreasonable speed limit.
Near a school at 9 or 3 you don't mind.
I thought I was caught on a wide straight country 30 at 7am during half term, must have been tax or something.0 -
It'd be nice if they were out catching the "42mph on every single f**king road" crew.“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”
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I guess it depends on how serious the crime is. This was an empty back village road with no one around...it's always a very quiet road and miles from any school...
Everybody knows the road they are speeding along is quiet.....but only after the fact.
Until one has traveled along a road, one does not know who, or what [in terms of road users] is actually 'around'...unless one has an extremely efficient crystal ball?
However, there was someone around...namely, the Police Officer who checked your speed?
But it could equally have been someone's granny out walking her dog?
Or someone out jogging? Or a cyclist who isn't well lit?
Who knows?
The speed limit in place has been deemed sufficiently high that a driver complying has a good chance of coping, comfortably, with that [unexpected?] problem.
At any higher speed, the driver is 'taking a chance'.
OK, so, 9 times out of 10, the prevailing circumstances are such that a higher speed proves to be of no consequence.
But, to drive on that basis is still taking a chance.
Also, by driving within the speed limit, one is giving all other road users a fair to middling chance of being able to cope with our presence.
Which, surely, is only fair?No, I don't think all other drivers are idiots......but some are determined to change my mind.......0
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