Post by midlandstufc on Dec 14, 2009 21:07:56 GMT
Can I stick my oar in?
If you get caught speeding then it's your look out - you've committed an unlawful offence.
On the other side, up here, we have had five roads within a 5-mile radius with their speed limits cut for reasons that have nothing to do with casualties or the road conditions or the surrounding environs - BUT have all had GATSOS installed. Now, I'm not on the council or a servant of the Highways Agency but I can see no logical reason for this. Death on the roads is a hideous occurance and there are more drivers than ever but the Risk Assessments do not stack up and the reasons seem more due to installing cameras and speed traps than anything else.
I'm more than happy to receive a hand out of the window flapping up and down - that driver is switched on and aware of what's going on compared to some of the other drivers up here; and a helpful human being to boot!
But, I do realise that it's better to get there in one piece rather than not at all. Perhaps the problem is the competence, or not, of drivers on the road these days. Up here an indicator is an optional extra and the proper use of Fog Lights is a mystery to most!
If you get caught speeding then it's your look out - you've committed an unlawful offence.
On the other side, up here, we have had five roads within a 5-mile radius with their speed limits cut for reasons that have nothing to do with casualties or the road conditions or the surrounding environs - BUT have all had GATSOS installed. Now, I'm not on the council or a servant of the Highways Agency but I can see no logical reason for this. Death on the roads is a hideous occurance and there are more drivers than ever but the Risk Assessments do not stack up and the reasons seem more due to installing cameras and speed traps than anything else.
I'm more than happy to receive a hand out of the window flapping up and down - that driver is switched on and aware of what's going on compared to some of the other drivers up here; and a helpful human being to boot!
But, I do realise that it's better to get there in one piece rather than not at all. Perhaps the problem is the competence, or not, of drivers on the road these days. Up here an indicator is an optional extra and the proper use of Fog Lights is a mystery to most!
I wouldn't disagree with you about drink/drug driving Dave nor about your assertion that speed cameras are more about revenue than safety.
