Opinion of an ex police motorcycle instructor on speed

[Lunkhead]

Just my 2c, but what really makes me keep rigid to speed limits is the fear of being caught.

If I know about a camera in the distance, I'll slow down for it and then speed up again.
The object of the camera is defeated (whether or not you agree with the camera).

Most accidents are caused by poor driving judgement / awareness. There are also a few caused by excess speed and a minute number caused by mechanical defects.

An accident at very slow speed is unlikely to cause serious injury.

An accident at very high speed is more likely to cause serious injury.

Therefore road safety is improved by me not knowing where the speed enforcement is located. I need my licence.

[Addict]

 

I've just sold my bike.... and that tree at the bottom of my garden... I've just renamed it gatso and I promise to hug it EVERY day... honest.

[ridgeback]

Finally the police. The Chief officers in charge direct their officers or should direct them to priorities. By allowing speed to become political they become alienated from the public' good will. As a nation we were always seen as a tolerant society with a high sense of fair play. It is the British tradition to laugh at ourselves. We are no longer laughing at this creeping correctness. This is rapidly disappearing into a Britain I no longer like the look of".
 

I've lost all respect for the the traffic cop many moons ago,just a few weeks back i was driving along on the A470 twds Dolgellau,i had my 2 year old in the back sleeping,i pulled over for a second in a lay by to check something rejoined the road and went on my way no other car in sight.
Quickly a copper came up behind me out of nowhere,i said to myself what does this plonker want now.
Anyway i carry on sticking to speed limits and hes up my ass all the time,eventually after 6 miles he flashes his lights,so i pull over and he jumps out of his car,comes to the window and says you're being stopped because you committed an offence,i said what and what offence was that then,you crossed the white line he said,what white line i said,he explained to me that when i pulled out of the lay by 6 miles back i crossed the white line when joining the road,i honestly thought it was a joke,and then he kept on saying that he has the right to stop me for committing that offence,the twat followed me for 6 miles before pulling me over,during that time we passed 6 or 7 laybays and he didn't me flash once,tried to get me to break the limit by being behind all this time,if my son wasn't with me i would have slammed the anchors on.
Anyway he carries on with his silly offence thing and start checking the car and he says have you been drinking,at this time i was at boiling point and if i was out of the car i would have been in trouble,i wanted to punch him, what a twat,i know he was trying to get a reaction but thought this twat is not worth it.
Anyway after a few more mins of this idiot he says everything is ok and i can go .
I'm just disappointed that i didn't record the whole event coz i was really angry and wanted to take it further.
Apologise for the rant but just to show an example of how they have alienated me from any good will towards them. the lot of them.

Sounds if you got ROBOCOP, WITH A FUCKED UP ,ECU MALFUNCTION!

[dazlandy]

i have recently spent many hundreds of miles sitting next to 2 of my kids, to gain experience driving, for their driving test, ...( both have passed !!)

as its been a few years since i did my car test, (one year after my bike !!, i knew how to prioritise then !)......i realised i was not really fit to teach them to pass the test, only to try and impart some of my experience over the last 25 years or so,

so the kids were signed up for proper driving school lessons, ....i did keep a good "rappor" with the instructors to make sure i wasn't "stepping on their toes" whilst the kids practises mass mileage with me....


but the one thing i struggled to accept is...they now encourage drivers to get up to the speed limit as soon as possible and to maintain their rate of progress ass close to the limit as they can, .......i have checked with several friends who have kids learning to drive , and they are encouraged to do the same.......


now to my point !..........if drivers are now encouraged to keep close to the speed limits, it hardly seems appropriate to convict for wandering 3 or 4mph over the top !!!!.........this encourages to much "clock watching" , instead of watching where your going and who is around you ......

just an opinion .............bollox ,

, changed my mind......not an opinion.......its just become a statement !!!!!

whinge over .........cheers daz