Speed traps how to avoid

[Riccardino]

So finally my wife got a speeding ticket and she is preparing for the course.
It is really unbelievable as she is the last person who would be speeding with the car (she was coming back from A&E were she took a friend and was going 38 where the limit was 30 (straight line ourside town)

Now she is obviously concerned and would like to have something alerting here for speed limit and controls

Are there legal devices that can be used?
The navigation system in the car cannot be updated to include the speed detectors.
What is the best legal solution? Are there devices that will alert if you exceed the speed limit regularly or at least when you are getting close to a control?

[Riccardino]

But she is blind anything that makes a sound?

[Riccardino]

Is that the speed limit anywhere in UK?

[Riccardino]

nxi20 said:

My TomTom satnav will display the current speed limit & can also sound a beep if you are exceeding it; it also changes the background of your current speed to red if you are over the limit. It works well.

I rarely use it except if driving in an unfamiliar part of the country because it also has speed camera warnings - both fixed & mobile.

Thanks (that was a road she did not know)

With todays' cars somethimes it is difficult not to exceed the speed limit and I do not want her to spend most of her time in the car looking for the speed limit panel and checking the speed (and then maybe missing a children who is crossing the road)

Do you know if things like road angel etc are legal in UK (not to go around with 2 GPS)?

[Riccardino]

Thanks for all the good advices!

Hilts said:

Yes.

And your parents always respect those limits when they push you around in the pram?

REALIST123 said:

Are you sure she should actually be driving? She doesn't seem to be able to cope with the basic requirements for being safe.

25 years without a fine or causing an accident and one speeding ticket while taking a friend to the doctor for an emergency? I am sure she is safer than most of the people here
No I am not concerned she pose a risk for her and the others

Edited by Riccardino on Friday 18th April 19:05

[Riccardino]

No troll just wanted advices on system that alert on speed limits and camera and if they are legal (as they are not ina few countries).

While it seems the focus is to define the driving skills of my wife judging her unfit to drive because she has exceeded the speed limits once in 25 years and she is scared now to do it again (and will probably check the speedo every 2 seconds while driving)
It seems there are a lot of mister perfect here.

I guess you do not use GPS, and all the driving aids that modern cars offer and will offer even more as those are not needed. Personally I am scared by all those things but sometimes some of those can still help to drive better. Use a lot the cruise control and an help for speed limit would also be welcome sometimes (so will use wathever my wife will use)

Regarding the fine it was fully deserved as she was speeding and obviously will be paid (and I also heard that the course for the speed awareness is useful and I am sure she will benefit from it)

Thanks again for the advices received on my request bye bye and happy driving to all

[Riccardino]

Vipers said:

When I read the original posts, I thought WTF, gave up trying to decipher what he meant.

Still believe the original request was clear (guess I should not have included the reason for the request as it has triggered a lot of stupid answers/posts/advices on my wife)
Luckly I still got a few pertinent responses

Is it really difficult to read and understand those questions?

Riccardino said:

Are there legal devices that can be used?
The navigation system in the car cannot be updated to include the speed detectors.
What is the best legal solution? Are there devices that will alert if you exceed the speed limit regularly or at least when you are getting close to a control?

Just to clarify
Those two posts

Riccardino said:

Is that the speed limit anywhere in UK?

Riccardino said:

But she is blind anything that makes a sound?

were silly responses to silly posts

Edited by Riccardino on Saturday 19th April 14:52

[Riccardino]

NoNeed said:

So you use a device to help you from straying over the limit, isn't that what the OP is asking about?

I think this is the funniest response of all!


By the way, the road where she took the fine is not in a built up area and the speed detector is not very visible as the speed limit. Can be confusing. Was alerted by some friends who got a fine there but my wife did not know it! But again I am not here to complain for the fine. You exceed the speed limit and you pay for that


So after

yellowjack said:

It's far too fking easy, chaps.
...

and an unnecessary lesson (as said that road was not the tipical 30mph) than the conclusion is

yellowjack said:

I have an electronic 'speed limiter' operated from buttons on the steering wheel, as well as my cruise control. I use it most of the time, to avoid straying over the limit,

Come on is fking easy and you use speed limiter and cruise control

Actually a speed limiter can be a solution but I would prefer an alert as I think the speed limiter is too invasive (you should be able to modulate the throttle yourself, just need a reminder for speed limits)

NoNeed said:

There really isn't any need for snide remarks and sarcastic responses, we are not all driving gods or there would be no such devices on the market.

Guess it will be more and more like that in the future and do not think that all those drivers' god are switching off all the elctronic aid (most would probably have an accident with those cars)

g3org3y said:

Tbh, it's what I expect on PH now, especially in the SP&L section.

Can be even worst.
Look at the Aston /BR section. It made me even dislike those wonderful cars (even if to be fair there is a lot of more silent good members and nice people there and a lot of fresh and enthusiastic new owner)

g3org3y said:

OP's wife is an easy target for the PH comedians to attack. I suppose every fat balding middle aged bloke can be such a 'hero' behind a keyboard.

Probably it is also a "male superîority syndrome"

g3org3y said:

I wonder when starting a topic themselves if they'd like to be treated in a similar manner.

Lucky got a few useful answers in between (and some reply are funny)

Edited by Riccardino on Sunday 20th April 10:16

[Riccardino]

Jon1967x said:

One useful outcome of the SAC is they (try) to teach you to read a road and what its speed limit is likely to be if you can't see speed markings. For instance.. any street lighting except on a motorway and in the absence of any other indications and its a 30.. including a dual carriage way. And then they also teach you what a dual carriage way is. And what the national speed limit is. etc. You'd be surprised at how many people don't know some basic facts about our roads. This alone should help avoid speeding.

Must be a good reminder. As said heard a lot of good things on those courses and I am sure it is going to be beneficial also for my wife to relax
Agree that after so many years of driving license and driving in different countries a good reminder can help (maybe also me)

Jon1967x said:

I also loved the excuses for speeding. Common themes were "new car which was quieter, faster, easier to drive and didn't realise" but the corker from a elderly chap was "may car won't do 30 in top [gear]"

When I mentioned that it was not an excuse. However I think that it is a fact that if you drive at 30 mph in my first car (a FIAT 850) vs a similar base car today like a FIAT 500 you do realise that they are quieter, faster, easier to drive, giving you less the feeling of speed. Not saying that that is a reason for speeding but it is probably easier to do mistakes in that respect (and a lot of the new electronic aids available now are to better cope with more performance and speed)

Jon1967x said:

The speed limit thing is, I find, useful on motorway sections with reduced speed limits. Its easy to get sucked along in a line of traffic over a long distance. I actually think cruise control should be banned as it allows you to take your feet off the pedals which means you're not in a natural position to hit the brake should you need to but that's another story.

Actually for me it is the opposite (use the cruise only on long journey).
When I use the cruise I never move away my right foot so it will still stay there close to the brake and I think it is less tiring and thus better for the potential to focus and remain alerted on other things to use the cruise
For traffic drive I do not like the speed limiter and I would just prefer an alert or a light with full control of the throttle at any time

Anyway soon we will have the autopilot...

[Riccardino]

yellowjack said:

Read my reply again.
...
You can all you want. Ultimately it was YOU who asked for advice as to how to avoid future fines/points for your wife.
...

And you should learn to read the initial post and try to understand before replying.
Never said my wife is goign to ignore road signs, not pay attention to speed limits, (and she has been pretty good in doing that in 25 years with no fines and crash) switch off the brain and switch on the gps system etc.
Just wanted something that helps (and given that it is legal it seems that nobody really believes that it is not ok to have those things)
She made a mistake (but she did not deliberately choose to exceed the limit as you said you did) got a deserved fine and she will do the speed awareness course (very good refresher) and pay


I have only asked

Riccardino said:

[b]Are there legal devices that can be used?
The navigation system in the car cannot be updated to include the speed detectors.
What is the best legal solution? Are there devices that will alert if you exceed the speed limit regularly or at least when you are getting close to a control?[/b]

Now if you post without answering and reading and write silly road safety lessons then I guess I have all the right to
Now we also have your lesson on speed limiter and cruise control. You should go and teach (maybe at a Speed awareness course)

We will probably use (probably also myself) some of those aids while you keep on studying and then we will see who will still maintain a clean driving license

Raize said:

Your wife has doomed us all. Going at 38 in a 30 has opened the gates of hell. Even now, demons and devils spew forth and the apocalypse begins.

I should just have asked the questions with no reference to her and I would have avoided a lot of mr perfects