speed alone isn't the problem, if it were, we wouldn't have F1/motoGP/emergency services driving to jobs etc. I agree that being hit at 30 is different to being hit at 60 but there are still mitigating circumstances.
I can come off on a motorway at 50 or 70 and although doing legal speeds, chances are I'll end up a fatal due to road furniture or tailgaters.
was speaking to a lad of 70 who got a ticket for speeding and he done the speed awareness course, said the only 2 things he learnt were TOM and BOB
(learning to use your mirrors.......which is no bad thing) TOM is your offside mirror and you're looking out for Twits on motorbikes (substitute the letter i for an a............this is what they call us on these courses so you get an idea of what they think of us!!!)
BOB is your nearside mirror and you're looking for boys on bikes (kids)
I quite like the algorythms but the fact they refer to us as TW*TS annoys me somewhat
fire never sleeps
We might be twats but at least we use our mirrors :lol
Talking of twats, lots of them out in Tamworth last night sitting in cash machines on nice long stretches of country roads out to ruin the fun...........................................
Only just spotted an unlit white van parked atop the police ramp just before junction 4 on the southbound M3 late last night. Suspect it was Lidar equipped and managed to roll off the throttle in time.
What's bothering me though is... was it there the previous night too? :eek
Like others, it's the covert nature of these vans/cars/guns etc that annoys me. They've stopped calling them speed cameras and started calling them safety cameras, well as others have said, if it's about safety why hide?
In my eyes it's all about reminding me of what speed I should be doing, seeing a police car, or one of those flashing 30mph signs does work for me.
And, as others have said if it's about safety why shouldn't motorists warn other drivers? Surely it's all about getting the cars to slow down through the "accident blackspot" or whatever the criteria is behind placing a camera somwhere.
A little food for thought, a camera van is hidden; a car is doing 40mph in a 30mph zone, he goes through the trap and gets a fine, keeps going at 40 because he's not seen the van and then hits a child 5 metres down the road from the van, in this case the poilice make some money and the child dies. Senario 2: I warn the driver of the car, he slows down to 30, passes the van without setting off the cash machine and manages to swerve to avoid the child because he's travelling at the correct speed.....so.....money to the police or a child's life.....?
Saying all that, if none of us sped, we wouldn't have anything to worry about!
Money doesn't buy happiness, but it buys beer, and that helps!
Way I've always seen it, 70mph is the fastest speed a 75 year old man with bad eyes and shit reactions can drive a car with shitty brakes.
Since I'm in my 20s, have decent eyesight and ride a motorcycle that has better brakes than a twenty year old metro, the safety threshold is a little higher for me.
Somewhere around 120, say? ;-)
