35 in a 30

[Lordglenmorangie]

My mate has just got a NIP for 35 in a 30 why do the police do this ?

[58warren]

Because he was driving 5mph faster than he should have been? Bet the speedo was reading nearer 40mph too... Not criticising as it's easy to do, but sometimes we get caught...

[lbc]

Lordglenmorangie said:

My mate has just got a NIP for 35 in a 30 why do the police do this ?

Why does your mate break the law?

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Maybe we shouldn't bother with shoplifters in Poundland either.

[TwistingMyMelon]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Maybe we shouldn't bother with shoplifters in Poundland either.

or people that nick charity change boxes, its only loose change!

[Dave Hedgehog]

Lordglenmorangie said:

My mate has just got a NIP for 35 in a 30 why do the police do this ?

because it generates large amounts of revenue under bogus rational

[S. Gonzales Esq.]

Lordglenmorangie said:

My mate has just got a NIP for 35 in a 30 why do the police do this ?

Because it's a way to make people who aren't paying attention self-select for a driver improvement course.

[djc206]

Aside from the obvious because if he wasn't observant enough to spot the van or camera he should slow down.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Dave Hedgehog said:

Lordglenmorangie said:

My mate has just got a NIP for 35 in a 30 why do the police do this ?

because it generates large amounts of revenue under bogus rational

Really?

If you just miss a child by a whisker who runs out in front of you when you're doing 30mph, doing 35mph, you would have hit that child at 18mph.

It's 16.66% over the limit.

[Lordglenmorangie]

Dave Hedgehog said:

because it generates large amounts of revenue under bogus rational

I prefer your answer Dave

[Matthen]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

Lordglenmorangie said:

My mate has just got a NIP for 35 in a 30 why do the police do this ?

because it generates large amounts of revenue under bogus rational

Really?

If you just miss a child by a whisker who runs out in front of you when you're doing 30mph, doing 35mph, you would have hit that child at 18mph.

It's 16.66% over the limit.

If you missed the child by a whisker at 30, you'd be half way up the street at 35 and the child would have run out behind you.

[Siscar]

Hit a pedestrian at 40 and there is a 70% chance they will die. Hit them at 30 and it's a 20% chance they will die.

[the_lone_wolf]

Siscar said:

Hit a pedestrian at 40 and there is a 70% chance they will die. Hit them at 30 and it's a 20% chance they will die.

[Devil's Advocate]

Look before stepping into the road and there's a 100% chance you'll avoid the collision

[/Devil's Advocate]

[Vaud]

the_lone_wolf said:

Siscar said:

Hit a pedestrian at 40 and there is a 70% chance they will die. Hit them at 30 and it's a 20% chance they will die.

[Devil's Advocate]

Look before stepping into the road and there's a 100% chance you'll avoid the collision

[/Devil's Advocate]

[Devil's Advocate]
Children sometimes do unpredictable things even if the parents have taken all reasonable safeguards short of nailing their feet to the floor or attaching heavy manacles to them with a rope to keep them in a fixed distance. Hence [one of the reasons] we have speed limits in higher risk areas where there are more pedestrians.
[/Devil's Advocate]

[the_lone_wolf]

Vaud said:

the_lone_wolf said:

Siscar said:

Hit a pedestrian at 40 and there is a 70% chance they will die. Hit them at 30 and it's a 20% chance they will die.

[Devil's Advocate]

Look before stepping into the road and there's a 100% chance you'll avoid the collision

[/Devil's Advocate]

[Devil's Advocate]
Children sometimes do unpredictable things even if the parents have taken all reasonable safeguards short of nailing their feet to the floor or attaching heavy manacles to them with a rope to keep them in a fixed distance. Hence [one of the reasons] we have speed limits in higher risk areas where there are more pedestrians.
[/Devil's Advocate]

Nobody mentioned children, only "pedestrians"

And would dog leads for children be such a bad idea?

[mp3manager]

the_lone_wolf said:

Nobody mentioned children, only "pedestrians"

And would dog leads for children be such a bad idea?

Children's reins are a good idea but also a very old idea, as I had them in the 60's.

[Vaud]

I was actually referring more to how teenagers (children) behave around traffic. "Immortality" + peer pressure + some silliness.

[page3]

the_lone_wolf said:

Nobody mentioned children, only "pedestrians"

And would dog leads for children be such a bad idea?

They already exist (in the form of a harness) and ARE a good idea! Just not that popular in the UK. Our six year old (Autistic) wears one.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Matthen said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

Lordglenmorangie said:

My mate has just got a NIP for 35 in a 30 why do the police do this ?

because it generates large amounts of revenue under bogus rational

Really?

If you just miss a child by a whisker who runs out in front of you when you're doing 30mph, doing 35mph, you would have hit that child at 18mph.

It's 16.66% over the limit.

If you missed the child by a whisker at 30, you'd be half way up the street at 35 and the child would have run out behind you.

Brilliant. Had overlooked that fact. From now on I'm going to drive thru 30 limits at 100mph, just to be on the safe side. I want to ensure I'm long gone so the kids can run out in safety. You can't take any chances!

[4rephill]

Lordglenmorangie said:

My mate has just got a NIP for 35 in a 30 why do the police do this ?

Because they're following the correct legal procedure for dealing with a driver caught breaking the speed limit?