Speed enforcement needs to be more draconian - says Britain’s road policing chief, Threads merged |
Speed enforcement needs to be more draconian - says Britain’s road policing chief, Threads merged |
Wed, 31 Jan 2018 - 08:11
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Member Group: Members Posts: 56,198 Joined: 9 Sep 2003 From: Warwickshire Member No.: 317 |
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/31...limit-britains/
Highlights Motorists should be penalised for going just 1mph over the speed limit, Britain’s road policing chief has said as he called for the 10 per cent buffer zone to be scrapped Speed awareness courses were being overused However Tory MP Sir Greg Knight criticised the zero tolerance approach as he told the paper it would “make criminals of good drivers”. For the over dramatized version http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-53...t-speeding.html This post has been edited by The Rookie: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 - 08:11 -------------------- There is no such thing as a law abiding motorist, just those who have been scammed and those yet to be scammed!
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Wed, 31 Jan 2018 - 08:38
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Member Group: Members Posts: 349 Joined: 21 Apr 2016 Member No.: 83,881 |
A whole Mph over the limit, outrageous!
The Police need more accurate equipment to detect the sneaky buggers going 30.1mph. -------------------- If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.
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Wed, 31 Jan 2018 - 08:40
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Member Group: Members Posts: 41,510 Joined: 25 Aug 2011 From: Planet Earth Member No.: 49,223 |
I think the real story is a Tory MP saying something popular.
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Wed, 31 Jan 2018 - 11:08
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Member Group: Members Posts: 425 Joined: 4 Aug 2014 From: In the beautiful Chilterns Member No.: 72,309 |
From said article
'Let's change the message – we are proud to be law enforcers,' he said. 'I do not want the public to be surprised, I want them to be embarrassed when they get caught... They need to understand the law is set at the limit for a reason. They should not come whinging to us about getting caught. Yes, fuel saving in 1965 when few cars could go that fast. How very relevant. Maybe we should require taxi drivers to carry a bale of hay again! If speed limits were more relevant to motoring today then just maybe they might be respected a bit more. How about if "smart motorways" (oxymoron I know) flexed the speed limit UP to 80 or 90 as well as down? -------------------- Speed does not kill. It's more to do with how you stop.
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Wed, 31 Jan 2018 - 11:21
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Member Group: Members Posts: 41,510 Joined: 25 Aug 2011 From: Planet Earth Member No.: 49,223 |
Raising certain limits along with tighter enforcement would be more sensible. 'Zero tolerance' is counterproductive indeed.
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Wed, 31 Jan 2018 - 11:33
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Member Group: Members Posts: 4,126 Joined: 31 Jan 2018 Member No.: 96,238 |
I attended a council meeting where the police opposed the introduction of a 30 mph limit at the entrance to the village but it's still one of the most common sites for their camera van
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Wed, 31 Jan 2018 - 11:37
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Member Group: Members Posts: 162 Joined: 2 Nov 2014 From: London Member No.: 73,952 |
News articles today about enforcing the limit exactly;
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/ja...it-police-chief http://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/nick...1mph-wont-work/ Thoughts? -------------------- Thanks CD |
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Wed, 31 Jan 2018 - 11:39
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Member Group: Members Posts: 56,198 Joined: 9 Sep 2003 From: Warwickshire Member No.: 317 |
On the other hand my county council introduced a raft of 50mph limits even though the Police stated they had no resource to police the lower limit (that said a traffic survey had showed that on at least one of those roads most drivers were doing between 50 and 60, and probably less than 5% over the 57 threshold for prosecution anyway).
-------------------- There is no such thing as a law abiding motorist, just those who have been scammed and those yet to be scammed!
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Wed, 31 Jan 2018 - 11:49
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Member Group: Members Posts: 38,006 Joined: 3 Dec 2010 Member No.: 42,618 |
The supreme court has already made orbiter comments that the appropriate sentence for 31 in a 30 is an absolute discharge, plus there's no home office type approved device that is accurate enough. It's a non-story.
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Wed, 31 Jan 2018 - 15:51
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I fail to see how making everyone concentrate on watching their speedometer, when it would be better to concentrate on the road ahead.
What a numpty! -------------------- http40My Case! My other Case! Don't let the bastards grind you down!Hi.
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Wed, 31 Jan 2018 - 16:33
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Member Group: Members Posts: 41,510 Joined: 25 Aug 2011 From: Planet Earth Member No.: 49,223 |
I fail to see how making everyone concentrate on watching their speedometer, when it would be better to concentrate on the road ahead. What a numpty! I don't always buy that excuse of having to watch the speedo (under todays enforcement regime) but I actually do agree for 1mph margins that the enforcement may be counterproductive. -------------------- RK=Registered Keeper, OP=Original Poster (You!), CoFP=Conditional Offer of Fixed Penalty, NtK=Notice to Keeper, NtD=Notice to Driver
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Wed, 31 Jan 2018 - 17:50
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Wed, 31 Jan 2018 - 18:20
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Member Group: Members Posts: 433 Joined: 21 Jun 2008 From: Hawkinge Member No.: 20,514 |
QUOTE I fail to see how making everyone concentrate on watching their speedometer, when it would be better to concentrate on the road ahead. What a numpty! QUOTE I don't always buy that excuse of having to watch the speedo (under todays enforcement regime) but I actually do agree for 1mph margins that the enforcement may be counterproductive. That's quite alright, I'm not selling it. it's just an opinion. -------------------- http40My Case! My other Case! Don't let the bastards grind you down!Hi.
http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=118175&hl= http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=87923&hl= http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=110125&hl= My score card: Me 3-0 Camera partnerships. Me 5-0 Local Authorities. Me 8-0 Private parking Companies. |
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Wed, 31 Jan 2018 - 18:44
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Member Group: Members Posts: 4,126 Joined: 31 Jan 2018 Member No.: 96,238 |
I attended a council meeting where the police opposed the introduction of a 30 mph limit at the entrance to the village but it's still one of the most common sites for their camera van What's the actual speed limit there then? It was reduced to 30 mph The police wanted 40 mph Since that time the 350m dead straight stretch of road has had three fatal accidents Two of them were cars that the police were chasing and hit the same tree |
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Wed, 31 Jan 2018 - 19:34
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The 40 limit outside my house was dropped to 30 with as far as I can tell no consultation, the police said they didn't support the reduction in limit but the council dropped it anyway. The police then said they wouldn't alter their approach to enforcement on it and that it wasn't a location their camera van monitored so all was well and good, the limit abiders stuck to the new 30, the force-of-habit-ers stuck to 40 and the boy racers carried on at warp factor whatever. A lot of people didn't notice the limit drop as the old 40 signs were removed and the 40 roundel on the road resurfaced so it was 30 by default due to the streetlamps. Eventually the council stuck up a tiny "new limit in force" sign on a pole half hidden behind another one.
Finally someone kicked up a stink that it wasn't being monitored so it was impossible to tell if the new limit was working so now the camera van is a weekly visitor, it parks in a layby with open fields behind it and the entrance to an industrial estate opposite, it doesn't get much trade as heading in to town you go past it and coming out of town the chances are the head of the queue is about to turn into the industrial estate so slowing down as they come into sight anyway. |
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Wed, 31 Jan 2018 - 19:50
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Member Group: Members Posts: 3,140 Joined: 19 Jun 2004 From: Surrey Member No.: 1,326 |
Setting the threshold at 31 in a 30 could make someone doing 30 or less liable for prosecution, as LTI 20-20s, for instance, aren't exactly known for being perfectly accurate.
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Wed, 31 Jan 2018 - 20:02
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Member Group: Members Posts: 3,140 Joined: 19 Jun 2004 From: Surrey Member No.: 1,326 |
Anyone notice the inaccuracy in the DM report (31-35 being currently no action)?
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Wed, 31 Jan 2018 - 20:04
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Anyone notice the inaccuracy in the DM report Life's too short to spend it doing that. -------------------- Regards,
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Thu, 1 Feb 2018 - 07:11
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Member Group: Members Posts: 56,198 Joined: 9 Sep 2003 From: Warwickshire Member No.: 317 |
And explaining its up to 34.99 is likely to create confusion anyway!
I’d say putting 35 would be ‘less wrong’ than putting 34, although then you have to explain that someone doing 35.99 would still be classed as 35 but still be prosecuted. This post has been edited by The Rookie: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 - 07:12 -------------------- There is no such thing as a law abiding motorist, just those who have been scammed and those yet to be scammed!
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Thu, 1 Feb 2018 - 19:10
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Member Group: Life Member Posts: 24,214 Joined: 9 Sep 2004 From: Reading Member No.: 1,624 |
Remind me, which approved speed detection devices are rated as accurate to +/- 0.01mph?
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