Speeding

[Anonymous]

I don't disagree with any if what has been said and I am very sorry to hear the circunstances with which you lost someone close to you RCZ1.

Jactac, I can't see how, as you say, the speeders course is in any way a deterrent to be honest. I'd be very interested to see if any type of evaluation of its success has ever taken place to guage its effectiveness. I imagine that everyone presented with the option of atrending it is simply looking to dodgr the points. Being made to watch safety videos and crash scene footage etc tends not to have a lasting effect. It is a little like presenting a smoker with the facts (I should knoe having only quit in the last two weeks)...we know the potential impact and damage but that in itself is unlikely to provide a deterrent unless we have been directly affected. I have only quit as the option to continue smoking was taken out of my hands.

I do not wish to appear to endorse speeding nor irresponsible driving but I am afraid that it is commonplace on our roads and it is a minority of drivers who can hold their hands up and say they don't do it. This is only my opinion of course. I can't claim to rigidly adhere to speed limits I'm afraid...sorry but I am just being honest about it. There are places where I wouldn't think about speeding (near schools, shops, built up areas etc) and I never wildly exceed the limit but nor can I profess to always sticking to them. This may be met with derision ans hopefully nobody will think any less of me for saying it :-o but, as I say, I'd rather be honest about my habits.

Okay Rizz. Were shall I start with this catalogue of errors? I was going to allow it to pass unnoticed however............ circunstances or guage or atrending or dodgr or etc or even knoe :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

I'm not acknowledging obvious predictive text/typing errors until I have been given ample time to get used to the phone.

 

[Anonymous]

Is there no end to this lol

 

[Anonymous]

Is there no end to this lol

Hahaha...we'll try to restrict it to private mocking. :grin:

 

[Anonymous]

Come on lets ALL be honest, NOBODYS whiter than white when it comes to the speed limits. As I've said, there's a few, shall we say, "forgotten" speedy 'confessions' posted on here from the past. And not just on motorways ! Managing to raise the spoiler in a "40 mph zone" is definitely not on a motorway
I can only presume that speeding must affect the memory. :crazy: :lol:

My point, just hold your hand up and admit that we all do it now and then. It's not right and speed can kill, but admitting to it is better than denying it, because if a driver insists they don't speed, when in fact they are, then that can only be even more of a danger.

As for these speed courses, they are just a way to make more money for the plods and a way to avoid points. If I recall the guy who took our course said something like 40% re-offend within 3 years.

 

[Anonymous]

I don't disagree with any if what has been said and I am very sorry to hear the circunstances with which you lost someone close to you RCZ1.

Jactac, I can't see how, as you say, the speeders course is in any way a deterrent to be honest. I'd be very interested to see if any type of evaluation of its success has ever taken place to guage its effectiveness. I imagine that everyone presented with the option of atrending it is simply looking to dodgr the points. Being made to watch safety videos and crash scene footage etc tends not to have a lasting effect. It is a little like presenting a smoker with the facts (I should knoe having only quit in the last two weeks)...we know the potential impact and damage but that in itself is unlikely to provide a deterrent unless we have been directly affected. I have only quit as the option to continue smoking was taken out of my hands.

I do not wish to appear to endorse speeding nor irresponsible driving but I am afraid that it is commonplace on our roads and it is a minority of drivers who can hold their hands up and say they don't do it. This is only my opinion of course. I can't claim to rigidly adhere to speed limits I'm afraid...sorry but I am just being honest about it. There are places where I wouldn't think about speeding (near schools, shops, built up areas etc) and I never wildly exceed the limit but nor can I profess to always sticking to them. This may be met with derision ans hopefully nobody will think any less of me for saying it :-o but, as I say, I'd rather be honest about my habits.

Okay Rizz. Were shall I start with this catalogue of errors? I was going to allow it to pass unnoticed however............ circunstances or guage or atrending or dodgr or etc or even knoe :lol:

Thats what happens when you're driving whilst speeding and txting . :lol:
Ps. For all our strict speed limit members that was a joke. :roll:

 

[Anonymous]

I don't disagree with any if what has been said and I am very sorry to hear the circunstances with which you lost someone close to you RCZ1.

Jactac, I can't see how, as you say, the speeders course is in any way a deterrent to be honest. I'd be very interested to see if any type of evaluation of its success has ever taken place to guage its effectiveness. I imagine that everyone presented with the option of atrending it is simply looking to dodgr the points. Being made to watch safety videos and crash scene footage etc tends not to have a lasting effect. It is a little like presenting a smoker with the facts (I should knoe having only quit in the last two weeks)...we know the potential impact and damage but that in itself is unlikely to provide a deterrent unless we have been directly affected. I have only quit as the option to continue smoking was taken out of my hands.

I do not wish to appear to endorse speeding nor irresponsible driving but I am afraid that it is commonplace on our roads and it is a minority of drivers who can hold their hands up and say they don't do it. This is only my opinion of course. I can't claim to rigidly adhere to speed limits I'm afraid...sorry but I am just being honest about it. There are places where I wouldn't think about speeding (near schools, shops, built up areas etc) and I never wildly exceed the limit but nor can I profess to always sticking to them. This may be met with derision ans hopefully nobody will think any less of me for saying it :-o but, as I say, I'd rather be honest about my habits.

Okay Rizz. Were shall I start with this catalogue of errors? I was going to allow it to pass unnoticed however............ circunstances or guage or atrending or dodgr or etc or even knoe :lol:

Thats what happens when you're driving whilst speeding and txting . :lol:
Ps. For all our strict speed limit members that was a joke. :roll:

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

[Anonymous]

Everybody speeds - No Exceptions.

Whether it's 22 in a 20; 35 in a 30; and so on.

Speeding means that you're alive and enjoying Life.

You just got to know when and where - and be able to drive.

A LOT of people don't know when, don't know where and, quite frankly, just can't drive :shock:
These are usually the ones in the ditch or side-swiping some other poor unfortunate.

Then there's the "older generation" :shock: :? :crazy: :wtf:
When you reach Bus Pass age (65 ??), you should be made to hold one hand out to accept your Pass while the other hand is returning your Driving Licence - for good.

Enjoy :auto-car:

 

[Anonymous]

If I were to steal something I'd be arrested, judged and sentenced by people who almost certainly weren't thieves themselves.

If I were done for speeding it's almost certain that those catching me, judging me and deciding my fate were guilty of the self same offence but who had never handed themselves in.

I offer this thought not to condone speeding I just want to make that clear, but by way of explaining why I think people feel hard done by when they're caught.

It's a funny old world...

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[Anonymous]

Gorwell, I hope when and if you reach 65 you are ready to hand in your licence, I passed my advanced driving test at age 65, 5 years ago!! :clap:

 

[Anonymous]

Gorwell, I hope when and if you reach 65 you are ready to hand in your licence.
I passed my advanced driving test at age 65, 5 years ago!! :clap:

Hi Bradshaw,

With any luck (and maybe a little assistance), I won't make it to 65 - That's my Plan anyway.

For every 1 Person (over 65) that is a good Driver, there are 50 who are pants / a danger.
For me, it's not worth the risk to the Innocents.

:eusa-think:

 

[Evil Derboy]

Personally I don't feel that speeding in itself is what causes accidents on the roads. If that were true then the German Autobahn would be a bloodbath.

In my opinion the problem lies with a lack of concentration, consideration of the surroundings and conditions (from both drivers and pedestrians) and poor driving skills.

The speed limits are imposed to take care of the lowest common denominator, i.e. people making stupid mistakes, so that in the event of such an action the resultant effects are rendered less catastrophic. My own view is that the government should channel more cash in to driver training and road safety awareness to reduce the number of stupid mistakes, than catching people who speed.

The number of people on the road who do not understand the basics of the highway code and lane discipline never ceases to amaze me. I reckon at least three quarters of road users don't really know how round-abouts work for example.

I speed EVERY DAY. It's pretty difficult not to in my car but I always drive looking far into the road and constantly assessing the conditions and other drivers, and I NEVER do in it places where pedestrians are present or in build up areas.

I would welcome mandatory refresher courses on highway code and advanced driving techniques at certain milestone points along your driving career. No matter how good a driver you are (or think you are) a wee refresher would certainly do no harm (me included - I don't profess to be an amazing driver either). God knows the government makes enough cash from road tax, insurance premium tax, fuel tax and fines to fund it.

 

[Anonymous]

I don't think that it will be too long before you get your wish. Our government has never been slow at "taxing" the motorist and this idea would be a further source of revenue for them. They are already charging newly qualified drivers for extras that we older drivers were granted upon passing our driving tests. (Incidentally, my farther never paid for or took a driving test and could drive any vehicle type on the road.) such as a trailer towing test and 7.5T test not to mention the theory test, all of which are chargeable. So a retest is the next obvious form of taxation that could be borne by the long suffering motorist and it will most certainly be on top of the continuation of the speed traps :thumbdown:

 

[Anonymous]

Think I must of wished this upon myself with my previous posts on this subject, as I opened a fixed camera penalty notice yesterday morning, 38 mph in a 30 zone. :thumbdown:
At first I blamed Mrs H, as the offence was on a day that she would normally be driving the Z, but after some "research" by Miss Marple, she discovered that I actually had the car on the day in question.

So I'm racking up the points like the Swans at the moment. :roll:

 

[Anonymous]

Think I must of wished this upon myself with my previous posts on this subject as I opened a fixed camera penalty notice yesterday morning, 38 mph in a 30 zone. :thumbdown:
At first I blamed Mrs H, as the offence was on a day that she would normally be driving the Z, but after some "research" by Miss Marple, she discovered that I actually had the car on the day in question.

So I'm racking up the points like the Swans at the moment. :roll:

Aaaaahhh

Sorry to hear that buddy!! :-(

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah gutted m8,
And I dont think I will be offered one of those courses as it's just within 3 years of my last ticket. :eusa-think:

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah gutted m8,
And I dont think I will be offered one of those courses as it's just within 3 years of my last ticket. :eusa-think:

Thus proving the ineffectiveness of said course! Well...its just bad luck mate. Any one of us could have been equally as unlucky. Fingers crossed that it doesn't affect your insurance premiums by much!! I think I better be really careful when I head down to Yorkshire because my knowledge of the locations of fixed speed traps is non existent after Edinburgh!! Uh oh!!! :-o:!:

 

[Anonymous]

I drive past this particular camera almost everyday, but on this day it was just a complete lack of concentration. :roll:

 

[Anonymous]

I drive past this particular camera almost everyday, but on this day it was just a complete lack of concentration. :roll:

So easily done. Sometimes you do just go into autopilot on routes that you drive regularly. Still...on the plus side your team did beat the magpies yesterday so it's not all bad.

 

[Anonymous]

was it a built up area? as in was there lamppost?
how fast were you going ,what is the limit for that bit of road
i have lots of experience unfortunately with the bacon brigade
so could give u a ruff idea of what your in for .
30mph limit 55+ is court and most likely a ban
70mph limit 100mph is court and a ban

i was done outside Carlisle