The death of enjoyable motoring in Scotland
- Thread starter John H
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>>...Among the routes expected to use the new systems are ...., the A82 from Tarbet to Tyndrum....<<
There's a nice challenge then, late at night might be possible to get near averaging 60 along there - but you'd have to really press on in the last few miles to achieve the overall average.
Like Andrew said - it's nanny state gone mad - we need responsible (real meaning of word) driving (like looking where you are going).[&o]
There's a nice challenge then, late at night might be possible to get near averaging 60 along there - but you'd have to really press on in the last few miles to achieve the overall average.
Like Andrew said - it's nanny state gone mad - we need responsible (real meaning of word) driving (like looking where you are going).[&o]
John H
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The point is that speed is only one facet of driving. A good driver should be aware of a whole raft of things ... the road conditions, weather, other traffic, the state of his car, all sorts of hazards, etc etc. These blasted cameras make folk over-concentrate on one topic only ... speed, to the detriment of their overall driving. They also take no account of the fact that 60mph may well be way too fast in poor weather and heavy traffic for instance, yet ridiculously slow on a clear summers evening with no one about.
It is over-policing one element of the law, just cos there is the technology to do it easily, while ignoring what money should really be spent on, like making many of these roads "fit for purpose". Driven up the A9 from Perth to Inverness recently? It is a national scandal that this is not a dual carriagway, or even a motorway, yet they will waste money on these wretched cameras cos it is an easy option.
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You know why they do this..... its to raise revenue in the name of safety.... I wonder when they beleive the cost will be covered and the cameras will generate income. I guarantee someone has done this calculation....
I was prosecuted for speeding in England and the magistrate asked the Police Officer who nabbed me fom his car hidden behind a road sign why he had not also charged me with dangerous driving. He replied that I had a powerful car and was driving very safely but well over the speed limit and he did not appreciate being asked the question as if I had been dangerous he would have charged me accordingly. A Camera has no idea of what danger is just speed. Speed does not kill or maim its peopel in vehicles not paying attention to all their surrondings that can do this...
Rant over!
I was prosecuted for speeding in England and the magistrate asked the Police Officer who nabbed me fom his car hidden behind a road sign why he had not also charged me with dangerous driving. He replied that I had a powerful car and was driving very safely but well over the speed limit and he did not appreciate being asked the question as if I had been dangerous he would have charged me accordingly. A Camera has no idea of what danger is just speed. Speed does not kill or maim its peopel in vehicles not paying attention to all their surrondings that can do this...
Rant over!
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