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MHL wrote:so if the police decide to move to a different position one day,which just so happens to be a spot where your day dreaming for 5 seconds. thus catch you speeding by 5mph, you'd class yourself at stupid? and not unlucky that you happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
sidenote: baring in mind the chance of killing someone at 40mph, compared to 30mph. don't you think that going 10mph over the limit should be a bannable offence! do you think the police/courts let you off with points & a fine because they're nice, or do you think that they give you (up to 5) chances because they know that its better to concentrate on the road ahead & know that with in the space on 10/15 seconds its very easy to be going 5/10mph over the limit with out noticing
how long is a piece of string ?
just in case you don't get my point, you can't get a number of offences from "a string of speeding convictions." so for all you know he's only had 2 or 3 convictions, of which he could have been unlucky for all of them.
Anyone day dreaming for 5 seconds whilst at the wheel of a car should never be allowed to drive again. What is this bollox about having to constantly look at your speedo? Dont you ever check your mirrors? Cant you tell how fast you are going by the sound and feel of your car anyway?
Why dont you just admit you want to drive at the speed you deem to be suitable rather than thinking up a load of garbage to try and justify doing it by accident?
Joined: Jan 23 2006 Posts: 15980 Location: Boulevard with my balls of steel!
Tony Soprano wrote:I have no idea about the Australian driving penalty system but over here he would get a ban after receiving 12 points so there is a good chance the "string" is only 2 or 3 convictions long.
If eastwood is a crazed 90mph through a pedestrian zone driving nutter then I don't think anyone would want him living in Leeds but I got 3 points and a fine for doing 34mph on a busy A road just following a line of traffic by a mobile camera in a driveway, I would be very p***ed off if that hampered my career or job prospects in any way.
Are you sure? The ACPO rules state that enforcement start at 10% of the speed limit plus 2mph. So in a 30 mph zone the minimum would be 35mph.
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Robbo4 wrote:Are you sure? The ACPO rules state that enforcement start at 10% of the speed limit plus 2mph. So in a 30 mph zone the minimum would be 35mph.
I too have 3 points from doing a recorded 34 in a 30 zone.
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Robbo4 wrote:Anyone day dreaming for 5 seconds whilst at the wheel of a car should never be allowed to drive again. What is this bollox about having to constantly look at your speedo? Dont you ever check your mirrors? Cant you tell how fast you are going by the sound and feel of your car anyway?
We'd have no one allowed to drive if we applied that rule. Would have to get rid of all road transport, along with trains and aircraft too if we were to take it to it's logical conclusion.
Robbo4 wrote:Why dont you just admit you want to drive at the speed you deem to be suitable rather than thinking up a load of garbage to try and justify doing it by accident?
Surely everyone drives at the speed the deem suitable? To drive at a speed they deemed unsuitable could be incredibly dangerous.
Joined: Jan 23 2006 Posts: 15980 Location: Boulevard with my balls of steel!
Richie wrote:We'd have no one allowed to drive if we applied that rule. Would have to get rid of all road transport, along with trains and aircraft too if we were to take it to it's logical conclusion.
Strange how I can manage to drive without drifting off into a daydream. 5 seconds is actually a long time. The poster claimed it was more important to watch the road ahead then spend a fraction of a second glancing at your speedo but then says people speed because they day dream for a full 5 seconds?
Richie wrote:Surely everyone drives at the speed the deem suitable? To drive at a speed they deemed unsuitable could be incredibly dangerous.
Depends how sensible you are I suppose. What you might deem suitable I might deem too slow or too fast. Now if only we had a way of taking that decision out of the hands of people who dont know what a suitable speed would be......
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