On 04/10/2015 11:58, Tony Bryer wrote:
On Mon, 28 Sep 2015 21:36:53 GMT Johnny B Good wrote :
On Mon, 28 Sep 2015 17:22:49 +0100, dennis@home wrote:

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What's worse is that the magistrates colluded in this 'zero tolerance'
nonsense when they failed to demonstrate good common sense when presented
with a case involving a speeding offence where the recorded speed was a
mere 35mph in a 30mph zone (right on the +10% +2mph allowance limit).

.....

And if pressed, traffic engineers might confirm that they considered 35 to
be a safe speed on said road. This being so it couldn't be given a 40 limit
but 35 would be considered safe under normal conditions notwithstanding the
official limit being 30.

We had the nonsensical situation here of some speed limits being reduced
from 90kph to 80kph to 'tidy things up' - nothing to do with safety.



Not all speed limits are set because of safety, some are set to allow a
more stable flow of traffic, some to reduce noise, some to annoy ARW.