"Gazz" wrote in message ...



You see, what is the use of a letter or ticket a few days after the event,
you didnt hurt anyone at the time, and probably didn't realise you were
over the limit,

It tells you that you didn't realise you were over the limit..
this should tell you that you aren't as good a driver as you think you are.

it's like having a fuel gauge that only tells you you've run out of fuel 3
days after you've come to a stop at the side of the road,

That should tell you that you didn't pay attention to the other fuel gauge
that shows in real time.


Yes i know your supposed to keep track of the ever changing speed limits,
as well as your actual speed, navigate around a strange area, avoid the
**** on his phone who's late and his journey is obviously more important
than anyone else's, watch what other vehicles are doing and anticipate
their moves, watch out for bikers hiding in your blind spots, shout at the
brats to stop arguing,
But sometimes you creep over the limit, or miss a speed change sign when
on a road that 'should' have the national limit on it, everyone has done
it, and 9 times out of ten we are just keeping up with the other traffic.

If you can't take in all the data you are driving too fast for *your*
abilities and you are one of those drivers that are unsafe at the speed you
drive at.


Which is why those signs that flash up your speed are a hell of a lot
better i think, they alert you to the limit and if your over it, in real
time, there and then, so you can take action,

Yes.
But only for sensible drivers.


i'd even go as far as saying i'd support a set up where there is one of
those speed indicator signs followed say half a mile or so later by a
hidden speed camera,
at least you can't say you didn't know you were over the limit then, and
the only reason you get a ticket is because you deliberately ignored the
limit.

And as for the 'reason' for the community speed watch crap being to see if
the road has a speeding problem or not, what a load of twaddle,
surely it's cheaper to put one of those speed recorder strips on the road
for a few weeks, you know, the 3 rubber hoses clipped to the road, and
attached to a metal box chained to a lamp post,
that will tell them how many vehicles use the road, in which direction and
their speeds... 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for as long as it's in
place, and it will all be reliably recorded with no human input to screw
up the results.

No need to 'train' anyone, lend them expensive equipment, do H&S
assessments, fanny about getting people to volunteer to stand by the road
for hours at a time doing the modern equivalent of train spotting,


You don't think that most people seeing that people do care about them
driving too fast past their houses will make them think twice? I do but I
also know there will be some dickheads that don't care that will just ignore
them. Then at least the police have a list of who the dickheads are so they
can give them an extra going over at other opportunities.