[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by jambutty

Thanks WillowTheWhisp.

Any driver worthy of the name should be able to judge his/her speed without constantly looking at the speedo, especially at 30 mph. Well they should if they are ‘in tune’ with the car. I don’t know about anyone else but I can ‘feel’ the speed at 30 mph. There is a car vibration ‘feel’ about travelling at 30 mph in top or next to top gear. There is a different ‘feel’ about my car at different speeds even with the radio/DVD player belting out my driving music.

I can understand that you can tell the difference between 30mph and 40 or 50mph but can you honestly tell if your speed has crept up slightly? If you're going along at 30mph and everyone is overtaking you, can you really tell if you creep up to 32 or 35? I must admit I'm not actually driving but as a passenger in our car I honestly can't say that 32 or even 35 feels any different to 30mph. That's why speed can crep up on people without them noticing. I don't think speeding fines are appropriate for a few miles over - what does work better are those signs which light up telling you that you're doing 35 and it should be 30.

Originally Posted by jaysay

I said I didn't realise it was was 30 mile zone on a duel carriage way, he said that ignorance was no excuse and gave me a ticket.

Isn't it something to do with whether it's a residential area or not?