Dashboard Gadget To Warn Other Drivers Of Speed Cameras

[mumof4]

Now as an avid reader of the times on line *cough* i found this little article.

 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/article5126825.ece

[RADIOTWO]

Now as an avid reader of the times on line *cough* i found this little article.

 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/article5126825.ece

 

Hi Maz

 

Yet another device to cause accidents, by the time you have realised the camera is there and the guy traveling 300 yards behind has

been advised then he will have passed the radar, but in the confusion to hit the button you might have a accedent your self !

 

Radiotwo

[Scorpiorefugee]

At risk of becoming the target of a lot of flack I am going to state my belief that all forms of speed trap detectors should be banned and users fined. What is the point of speed limits if they are not enforced?

 

That is not to say that I do not advocate fining everyone for minor infringements but I have to pull out onto a 30mph road every day and drivers of everything from school buses to heavy lorries come past at speeds of up to 70. Their argument is that it doesn't matter because they know that there is no speed trap!!!!

 

If you cannot drive within the limits you should not be on the road!!

 

Where's me pills? :rolleyes:

[RADIOTWO]

At risk of becoming the target of a lot of flack I am going to state my belief that all forms of speed trap detectors should be banned and users fined. What is the point of speed limits if they are not enforced?

 

That is not to say that I do not advocate fining everyone for minor infringements but I have to pull out onto a 30mph road every day and drivers of everything from school buses to heavy lorries come past at speeds of up to 70. Their argument is that it doesn't matter because they know that there is no speed trap!!!!

 

If you cannot drive within the limits you should not be on the road!!

 

Where's me pills? :rolleyes:

 

Hi Scorpiorefugee

 

"All forms of speed trap detectors should be banned and users fined" WHY ? Do you want to fine users just because they know there is a speed camera ? Is that not preventing a crime rather than curing one !

 

"and drivers of everything from school buses to heavy lorries come past at speeds of up to 70." Now that a load of rubbish ! How do you know they are doing up to 70mph ? A truck cannot do 70mph they are restricted to 56 anyway.

 

Just a matter of interest , Speed does not Kill its the way you drive !

 

Radiotwo

[Scorpiorefugee]

Hi RadioTwo, (Where did that come from by the way?)

 

Plase don't take the following comments personally but your reply contained common arguments and I did expect something of the sort.

 

If you are a law abiding citizen and a competent driver you do not need a warning device!

If you are not, you should to be made to account for your deficiences.

 

I accept the point about lorries but heavy vans and pickups are not regulated and as for the speed, it does not take much intelligence to assess the speed of an oncoming vehicle when, at 30 it takes 7 or eight seconds from appearing round a bend to passing a fixed point and a speeding vehicle does it in less than 4. or even, when travelling at the correct speed, vehicles in front gain several hundred yards in a few seconds.

 

It is not just speed or anything else in particular that causes accidents. It is mostly an inability to deal with the unexpected and that involves factors like time, speed of reactions, general awareness of the options available and an individuals experience. Remember that at least two people are involved, the victim and the killer. How do you know that everything is going to your plan?

 

You may be confident (justified or not) of your own capabilities but you cannot control those of the third party and they have as much right to be there as anyone else. That is why we have laws, rules and guide lines.

 

Please stop making excuses to justify what you would like to be able to do and start behaving responsibly.

 

The rules are there for the common good.