RE: Six points for speeding

[vonhosen]

herewego said:

skymaster said:

Skinner.Daddy said:

They should re classify all speed limts to meet current vehicle standards and scrap the 30+ year old speed limits.

Then have varied fines for the more you do, 1 point for up to 10% over the limit 2 points for 15% over or something like that.

Who ever thought of having a 12 point licence system and then only dish out 3 or 6 point fines anyway?

30+ years? The 30 mph limit came into force during the 1930s. Thus showing the severety of it's age. The insane thing about all of this is that speed limits are now being set lower and lower for policital reasons and not that of safety. No one can argue that 45 in a 30 is dangerous when the goal posts have been moved so far. Before this bunch of socialists came to power our limits were set scientifically by professionals. Now they are set by car hating council officials. Therefore doing 45 in a 30 that this time last year was a 50 and had been since the dawn of time shouldn't be automatcially judged as dangerous.

The way I see it, 30 was selected as a acceptable max speed to drive through a residential area. Nothing has changed in that regard.
If you do 45 in a 30, you are not charged with dangerous driving, just exceeding the limit.

Unless of course there is evidence to support dangerous driving, but that could apply to speeds under 30mph as well.
Circumstances matter.

[magic_marker]

This is all part of a huge government conspiracy to support investments made by certain cabinet ministers in taxi companies

Soon we will be completely banned from driving and then the government will be happy.

[magic_marker]

Then what we can look forward to:

a world were we move in goose-step (because a government study shows that goose-stepping cuts 0.2 sec per step) on long conveyor belts (which are beneficial, government studies show, to reducing heart disease in the population).

If you break wind (socially unacceptable, a government study shows) then the Smell-o-meter enabled CCTV cameras will automatically fine you 150 quid. Break wind twice and you will be imprisoned.

Teh future.

Enjoy.