Flawless driving conditions = Speed vans everywhere?

[Rigs]

I've noticed this year on year...

How come?

Personally, it doesn't do wonders for my respect for speed limits when they are quite blatantly policing them when more people are likely to be breaking them (i.e. when Joe Public is aware conditions are very safe)

Excluding notching up a.another speeder on a scoreboard, surely it makes more sense to be policing the limits when conditions are poor rather than when they are perfect? Is it really simply a case of catching most people?

[Rigs]

Thanks for the stock response!

Seriously though...

Speed limits are there primarily for safety and are followed because people respect them. For people to respect them there has to be good justification for them. To justify limits on grounds of safety surely you want to instil that in peoples heads. To have a very visible policing presence when it's safest to drive at the limit surely goes against this?

Edited by Rigs on Wednesday 23 June 20:48

[Rigs]

I'd be lying if I said I keep to the limit all the time but I do currently have a reasonable amount of respect for them and will rarely be found straying much over them...

I just wanted to ask the question/spark a discussion etc...

Continuing...

• snipped to avoid going off topic and it turning in to another speed limit debate*

Surely we want to get the message across that you need to drive according to the/all conditions? Educate the masses... You could argue an unmanned van parked in a very visible location in rubbish conditions will do more for public thought than a manned van in perfect conditions.

Edited by Rigs on Wednesday 23 June 21:46

Edited by Rigs on Wednesday 23 June 21:54

[Rigs]

vonhosen said:

If limits are to mean anything they have to be upheld with enforcement in all conditions...

Upheld with enforcement in all conditions.

Agreed entirely and this is my point
Why is it not so?

[Rigs]

vonhosen said:

Rigs said:

vonhosen said:

If limits are to mean anything they have to be upheld with enforcement in all conditions...

Upheld with enforcement in all conditions.

Agreed entirely and this is my point
Why is it not so?

They are, I see enforcement taking place rain or shine.

Hmmm, I have a very different experience.

I do a LOT of miles all over the place and every year I have a sudden run of seeing the vans everywhere. I have seen more vans parked up in the last week (since the sun came out) than the previous 9 months combined.

This is what caused the question...

[Rigs]

I wanted to try and avoid this becoming another limit bashing thread

(Thus several edits above to remove potentially flammable material)

Edited by Rigs on Wednesday 23 June 22:25