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Originally Posted by Neil
Is speeding in built up areas acceptable?
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i certainly wouldnt advocate speeding down side streets or culd-sacs etc but if a A road is clear or its late at night i could excuse somone doing 40mph in a 30mph zone seen as thats about what speed most people do in 30 zones unless theres a speed camera.Im not saying we shoudl be allowed to speed past schools or drag race down A roads but a bit of leeway woudnt hurt either.
most traffic police officers quite happily drive along side other motorists on the motorway at 80mph its when they get someone flying up the fast lane at upwards of 80mph they seem to get a bee in their bonnet and pull them up.I would say the idiots doing 40mph in the middle lane on motorways are more dangerous than somone doing 80mph on a motorway.
I know its not the "in thing" to speak up against ridiculous monitoring of the public but we all speed its just that some admit it and some dont.
i support speed cameras wher ethey are needed but a lot of them seem to be in places or mobile units get set up in places where its more likely to generate revenue rather than save lives.Stick a peed camera outside every school in england for all i care just stop putting speed traps atteh bottom of hills or 100 yards past teh speed change signs etc.