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I certainly didn't and I don't.
Originally posted by Super_Gray[SG]
and that story was a good one, i bet it makes a few people think
Originally posted by bodhi
I honestly do despair of some people. Especially certain people in this thread who seemed to know more about driving through the Daily Mail than they do from actually sitting behind the wheel.
I had an interesting chat with my old next door neighbour who is a traffic cop. He said that on a motorway, they generally won't stop anyone doing less than 85 unless the weather is bad. Kind of fucks anyone theory about doing 70 on the motorway up the ass doesn't it?
Speeding is resedential areas is wrong - fact. Speeding everywhere else is a judgement call. Which is what separates the good drivers from granny. Good drivers know when it is safe to speed, bad drivers dont. Good drivers also watch more than just the road - looking out for kids and other hazards.
Originally posted by bodhi
I had an interesting chat with my old next door neighbour who is a traffic cop. He said that on a motorway, they generally won't stop anyone doing less than 85 unless the weather is bad. Kind of fucks anyone theory about doing 70 on the motorway up the ass doesn't it?
Originally posted by ~YuckFou~
That would be you then. As far as I've seen nobody on this thread has condoned speeding in urban areas.
You're missing the point - I don't have to justify it to anyone. I speed in situations I deem it appropriate because I want to - there isn't any underlying justification for it, I just do. There is a world of difference however between driving recklessly and going a bit faster than an outdated mandate would suggest. As laughable as it sounds, when I* did 160mph on the M3 it was perfectly safe to do so - why? Because there was nothing in my way.Originally posted by granny
OK... can the people who've contributed to this thread justifying speeding because a) they're fantastic drivers so it's ok, b) everyone else does it so it's ok, c) they ahve fancy, flashy modern cars so it's ok or d) it's pedestrian's faults for being on the bloody road which should rightly belong to car drivers only FFS please put their hands up and HONESTLY say they DO NOT drive at 40mph+ in 30 zones on a regular basis.
/me waits for the lying cunts
Originally posted by granny
OK... can the people who've contributed to this thread justifying speeding because a) they're fantastic drivers so it's ok, b) everyone else does it so it's ok, c) they ahve fancy, flashy modern cars so it's ok or d) it's pedestrian's faults for being on the bloody road which should rightly belong to car drivers only FFS please put their hands up and HONESTLY say they DO NOT drive at 40mph+ in 30 zones on a regular basis.
/me waits for the lying cunts
Originally posted by Embattle
Judgement can be wrong and misguided.
Originally posted by Wij
If I can see that nothing can jump out in front of me I don't see how I could be mistaken ?
If you truly believed that, you'd never drive anywhere, or at the least it would take you 2 hours to drive 5 miles because at any given point in time someone could randomly appear from out of the bushes right in front of your car.Originally posted by nath
Why does it take an accident for people to realise that perhaps they weren't aware of everything, or it *wasn't* safe. Why not just think about that possibility first?
The problem with this, and its an admirable and fair solution, is that it would just be abused, just as the current speed limits are at the moment.Originally posted by Embattle
My own view is that variable speed limits should be on all motorways. Instead of just having them drop from 70 MPH to speeds like 55 MPH, to keep traffic moving, they should also increase at less busy times like at night etc.
Originally posted by Durzel
The problem with this, and its an admirable and fair solution, is that it would just be abused, just as the current speed limits are at the moment.
Raise the speed limit to 90mph and people would do 100-110mph. Thats why personally I believe the Police generally turn a blind eye to 85mph-ish on the motorways in the right conditions.
Originally posted by Embattle
Since when the fuck did it just require something to jump out in front of you to cause an accident.
Originally posted by Wij
Not sure what my point is with that bit except that once my speed starts to rise I take virtually nothing for granted. I'm pretty sure that's the best attitude to have.
Originally posted by Embattle
Since when the fuck did it just require something to jump out in front of you to cause an accident.
My own view is that variable speed limits should be on all motorways. Instead of just having them drop from 70 MPH to speeds like 55 MPH, to keep traffic moving, they should also increase at less busy times like at night etc. Although to coincide with this I would want to see an increase in punishment for law breakers and esp in residental areas.