I should imagine you're entitled to be put in the position you were before you were "wrongfully" banned. So anything you have lost as a result and most costs you have incurred as a result as well.
You mean that you need a speedo to tell how fast you are travelling?
I can, without fail, tell you how fast I am travelling at any given time +/- 3/4mph.
I suspect he wasn't aware of his speed because otherwise he wouldn't have got caught speeding? Surely that is the case in 90% of speeding convictions? Although maybe he is aware of it... because the camera was uncalibrated in this case!I cant believe knowbody has asked this already,,, How far over the speed limit were you when this uncalibrated camera caught you?
35in a 30, 45 in a 40, 65 in a 60.... or 40+ in a 30, 50+ in a 40, 70+ in 60 ???
You are very special then. I would think the vast majority of people would never be able to judge speed to that accuracy under all road conditions.
To the OP, have you tried asking on Pepipoo? Lots of very knowledgeable people on there.
I didn't think what I can do is special.
I've just been a driver for 15 years and my experience behind a wheel just means I can accurately judge speeds.
I honestly thought any half-good driver could judge the speed they are travelling at quite accurately - one of the reasons why I've always hated the "You have to look at the speedo all the time" arguments.
Oh well - obviously a skill my dad had, passed on to me and not as widespread as I thought.
Lets be honest here - you were speeding.
Even a camera that hasn't been calibrated isn't going to be so far out.
Perhaps they are watching the road instead of their speedo? You know, actually trying to be safe rather than blindly following a number on a sign?
Rubbish. Anybody who cannot control thier speed shouldnt be allowed to drive. It takes the same split second to check a speedo as it does to check a mirror and is therefore no excuse.
- Pea0n
Is road safety controlled by a number?
Doesnt matter. people "think" they are able to drive at a speed becasue they are special. Wether they can or not is beside the point. There has to be one rule for all, not rules for individual people. The amount of people I know of who thought along these lines and now are injured or worse is very high.
If you choose to break the law then you should be willing to accept the consequence.
- Pea0n
But the camera was uncalibrated? So how do you know he "continued to drive outside the law"?
Of course I am concerned about road safety and I dont like the way you posted that as to try and goad me into a stupid answer, but seeing as you take the idea of making the limits higher (I fail to see how you would be advocating making them lower) then I fail to see how that in anyway makes them safer? And that was not my point either. I am simply stating that the law is there. If you choose to break it is your own responsibility.
Poorly constructed laws they may be, but just because you think they are stupid does that give you the right to break them? No. I assure you I would like nothing mroe than to see a revamp. But I also beleive the idea isnt totally that speed kills, it is that driving at higher speeds, regardless of your "skill" it is a fact it takes longer to break and makes the car harder to control in un-expected circumstance.
- Pea0n
I know what your saying and I do not disagree with most of it. I completley agree that certain cars are able to handle differently but a lot of it is also down to the driver.
My point is simply that the law is there no matter how stupid it is or even if not stupid, how out of date and you have no right to violate it.
Speed limits are one of the current ways the law for driving is upheld, but to not only calibrate it for each individual car, in each individual condition, in certain driving conditions on certain types of road is nigh on impossible, but then factoring in the drivers own ability into this equation leaves very little scope for altering road laws. it is hard to accept but thats all there is too it at the moment
- Pea0n