just heard on the J Vine Radio 2 show a discussion regarding the potential of a zero tolerance on speeding - A view that a senior officer would like to bring into place
My first initial thought plan was this could be dangerous - be it driving at 70 on the motorway or 30 in a built up area - I'd be spending to long looking at my speedo and not outside the window at other cars, pedestrians etc - will this cause more accidents
2nd thought is this is just an extra cash cow
3rd thought is the accuracy of your speedo - although I'm led to believe they can be calibrated marginally slower, but never higher
4th thought is apart from more speed cameras then surely the traffic police won't have enough time and man power to control it all
5th thought and to be fair , it is the law and you know what you are doing when you exceed it, regardless of your actual thoughts
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Doing 75 on a clear motorway at night is not the same as doing 25 in a 20 zone residential area with kids at play. The latter will kill people.
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youDrive slightly below the limit if need be and gauge speed by looking at the road. You will notice if you are accelerating.
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I doubt they could defend, in court, clobbering anyone going 1mph over the limit. (1mph being the claimed figure I heard this morning.)
BUT - the motorways are marked 70mph, but people seem to feel safer going at least 80. I think that's the problem.
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- Quote taken from the Guardian. Seems the 1mph figure might be some "overenthusiastic" reporting.
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I don't really object to zero tolerance for speeding, but I would also like to see more visible traffic police to catch the bad driving that isn't speeding.
I'd also like to see an end to the crap such as the Lotus boss recently pulled - caught repeatedly doing ridiculous speeds, this time I think it was 103 in a 70, but let off because apparently he can't be the boss of a sports car manufacturer and drive like he's not a complete twat.
And I fully admit to occasionally speeding slightly, like everyone else. If there was a zero-tolerance policy I would just drive at 5mph below the limit rather than at/around it. You don't need to be constantly watching it, you just need to be aware of how fast you're going - even without cruise control/speed limiters as many modern cars have. No car speedo under-reads (unless you've fitted the wrong tyre size), so that's not an excuse either.
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How BBC standards have fallen. That show is sensationalist, populist radio at its worst. Maybe expected on a local radio station with 3 listeners, but on the BBC?
Poor old Jimmy Young must be spinning at 78rpm.
In several counties police have turned off thier fixed speed cameras because they can't fund the follow up proceedures, but not all so beware. If this is the case how are they going to police the huge number of additional cases - at least in the short term.
The speed limit is a limit not a target.
Are ther enough judges/court time for all the extra appeals that will surely spring up.
There are lots of studies that prove that speed kills, but the lack of police traffic cops and the shut down cameras in recent years hasn't lead to a clear rise in road accidents and deaths.
Bikes are specifically excluded from most motor vehicle regulations by the way, before the anti-cycling lot start...
(Cycling with a stiffie is a different matter and very much at your own risk.)