94mph in a 70 - Scotland Police - what to expect?

The police seem to be hitting the M74 quite heavily recently. I saw a marked X5 parked up just after the Bothwell services northbound. First time I've ever saw a police car use the cut in for that purpose.

A marked car and unmarked A4 had pulled two drivers over just before the Tradeston slip of the new 74 today too.

I'd be very happy just to get 3 points and a fine at that speed. It's for that reason I tend to keep it under 100 as that's when you become a baby killer.
 
desires said:
There is a reason he ACPO guidelines in the UK allow you to go 95 before getting a court summons and that's because 95 isn't really that dangerous on a motorway, That's the same reason you only have to go 50 in a 30 to go to court. 50 in a 30 is more dangerous than 95 in a 70. Simple fact.
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******** the reason they can't punish more people below those levels is the courts would never cope.

50 is not necessarily more dangerous in a 30 than 95 on a motorway.

The 30 limit could be wide open reclassified road that was made a 30 for political reasons that had been a NSL or 70 limit, loads of them about.

The 70 motorway could be an accident blackspot or a massively busy commuter road where its impossible to leave safe braking distance. Eg the M25 most of the time has some terrible junctions and is packed most of the time let alone commuter times. Its practically never "safe" to drive that road at 95.

The "allowable" limits are higher on a faster road and hence the point where the simple points plus small fine is deemed to be acceptable punishment is higher, so the point that has to become unacceptable is also higher. 20mph on top of 30 is a higher percentage than 25mph on 70.
 
ExRayTed said:
Sigh..

Speed doesn't kill. Inappropriate use of speed kills.

Get off your high horse
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So having respect for speed limits and the law means I'm on a high horse? what does that make you...get off your legless flea?

You're one of those that would cry the loudest if something happened to you due to speed/law breaking, but when it's not you you're fine with it. :rolleyes:
 
Omg, child killer!!!!!!! Thank goodness for that, I was getting the sweats and the shakes, I didn't know what to do with myself, but then this thread came up and I could at last, utter those words and now i feel so much better than you!!!!!!!!
 
And he doesn't know the legislation ^

I hate speed because it kills, a little bit of speed is ok, however your speeding is whilst only 20miles an hour over if you lapsed for just a second you could have killed half a dozen people.

Ill get my coat.
 
We've had this argument before ad nauseum - excessive speed is dangerous, going over the speed limit isn't. e.g. doing 80 on an empty motorway is safer than doing 30 mph in a 40mph zone in icy conditions.

It's about context and situation. Which is one thing that cameras cannot discriminate against or have any discretion towards.
 
It was on the A74M coming back from Scotland to England. It was almost totally empty, about 1pm. Van sitting on a road going over the motorway.

Not that this will convince anyone who has already made their mind up, but I rarely speed. Or even drive out of town that much. Just had a 500 mile journey to do on my tod and didn't want to get back late. :shrugs:

Funny thing is my brother got done by the same van an hour earlier. :p
 
193 70 Motorway Police Car Pending 49 Male Bugatti vayron Dumfries and Galloway 30/06/2013

Drivers Comments: Please full star swearing, there should be a law against them trying to make money this way. They should be trying to catch real criminals, pedofiles and rapeist and not innocent motorists!
 
I do love all these child killer posts.

The 70mph motorway speed limit was introduced in 1965, crashing a car in 1965 at anything more than walking pace would probably mean you lost your legs.

Fast forward to 2013, we have multiple safety systems in 90% of road cars, the road conditions, signing and road layout have all improved, yet many still think that driving in excess of 70mph is dangerous, the answer is no, driving at or in excess of 70mph has never been safer.

As other people have pointed out picking an appropriate speed to travel at is more than blindly following some rules and regulations from 1965, it's about reading the road conditions, looking at traffic flows and assessing a safe speed to travel at.

If you can't do that, then you shouldn't be on the road.
 
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