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Police use new tactics where i live for speeding
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exactly, i don't understand all the hate for speed cameras, if you want to drive fast go to a track.
although some times i can understand people speeding by accident, and to combat that i would like to see more speed limit signs that are big and clear, i go on some roads and don't see a sign for miles or i see a little one on the other side of the road barely wider than the lamp post it's stuck on or it's too dirty to read or hidden by trees or all of them together, if they sorted those areas out then i can see no problem at all with police and hidden cameras as you would have had more than enough warning about the limit.
Yes people shouldn't speed, but instead of clearly making police presence known so people slow down, they hide in a bush and send fines out to people. If they actually cared about road safety they would pro actively do something about it.
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Obivously it's just for cashing in, however, what's new, you should see the cowardly speed traps they set here:
There have been occasions where people threw rubbish in the wheely bins
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Hiding regular Multanova's or such is a regular occurance too:
There have been occasions where people threw rubbish in the wheely bins
.Hiding regular Multanova's or such is a regular occurance too:
Yep, as far as I'm concerned the police can use any tactic they like to catch those breaking the speed limits. There are way too many ****heads on the roads that think they can do whatever they like and I get sick of it.
My sons primary school often has a day where they join the police on the road close to the school to do a speed trap and the amount of people they catch going over thirty is ridiculous, including some embarrassed parents; they then have to explain to the kids why they were speeding, and the kids tell them how speeding affects their saftey.
If you break the limits I hope you get caught
What would you suggest... there have been tons of campaigns on TV etc, and using children like the above. Everyone knows the rights and wrongs.... so.
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Are you absolutely sure it's a speed camera and not something like ANPR or indeed something completely different?
**** that, the speed limits are laughably low, especially on motorways, perhaps people want to go from A to B faster than at a snails pace ?
Speed is rarely the cause of an accident. Not to mention environmental reasons forced down your throat, which I personally refuse to comply with.
Motorways are by far the safest roads out there, and setting up a hidden speed traps on them is nothing but greedy cashing.
''no excuse for speeding'', dear god, all the propaganda got to you. If you take an objective look at any accident statistics, you'll see that speed is rarely the cause of accidents ( not denying it has effect on the result of an accident regardless of the reason, but that doesn't make the war on speed right, so because of morons who make mistakes with right of way or such, everyone has to suffer a low speed limit ? To hell with that.)
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That, and several similar comments, about sums up my view.
Welcome to Switzerland!
Is there a prize for stupid statements?
There's always the fact it's the law, and in a civilised society you cannot pick which laws you will abide by and which you are allowed to break.
Now if you're argument was that we shouldn't be enacting finincial penalties for law-breaking I could buy that, as long as you are happy to fund the increase in the prisons/probation/community service scheme budgets through higher taxation.
Agree that motorway limits should be raised, but then that would require them to be strictly enforced to stop people speeding as they do at the minute.
Good for you, obviously you don't live anywhere near a road where noise or pollution might be a concern. I live on a 30mph road, having cars (and worse lorries) going past at 40mph+ is a major noise issue (and with lorries you can actually feel the house shake)
Oh great, vandalism is now socially acceptable as well as speeding. At least we haven't had the usual GD Letterbox response yet
Well, for all the rightousness on here about 'not speeding' you do have to remember in 99.9% of all cases the consequence of speeding is......nothing, nada, the world doesn't end, children don't die and everyone gets on with their daily life.
And for this I'm talking about doing 33 in a 30, 55 in a 50, or 80 on a motorway, not 120 through a 30
Well, by their definition you're not 'allowed' to break any
and of course you can pick and choose which ones you will abide by, that's called free will....you just have to accept the consequences of being caught 
If no-one did anything wrong, you wouldn't need laws in the first place...
And for this I'm talking about doing 33 in a 30, 55 in a 50, or 80 on a motorway, not 120 through a 30
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Well, by their definition you're not 'allowed' to break any
and of course you can pick and choose which ones you will abide by, that's called free will....you just have to accept the consequences of being caught If no-one did anything wrong, you wouldn't need laws in the first place...
Yes people shouldn't speed, but instead of clearly making police presence known so people slow down, they hide in a bush and send fines out to people. If they actually cared about road safety they would pro actively do something about it.
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Erm 'Slippery road' is surely exactly the same thing, why is it separate? You can also group in 'careless/reckless/in a hurry' and 'loss of control' with the same category too.
While we're at it, 'Sudden Braking' should not exist, only 'Following too close'.
I agree some ofn the slippery road might cross over into driving too fast for the conditions (eg icy morning/black ice).
However there have been numerous accidents where its spilt diesel so the driver wouldnt be aware or unexpected black ice etc.
When the school did it, they only stopped those going 35MPH or more - and only those doing over 40 were fined. I think even outside this sort of campaign there is a little room given for driver error and drifting slightly, rather than deliberate speeding.. doing 40 in a 30 for instance.
I can't remember the last time I saw a speedtrap, and down here in Devon/Somerset they seem to be more proactive with flashing signs at dangerous junctions, and through 30mph in built up areas rather than cameras. There are also a number of 'fatalities on this road' signs, to make you think.
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