Rigpig wrote:
My workmates often see me reading and posting on the forum and when I explain what I'm contributing to and the rationale behind it, most just shrug and say something like..."used to get annoyed by them, can't be bothered now. Just obey the limit and you won't get fined".
"But there's more to it than that" I counter......but too late, interest in the subject has gone
Bide your time RigPig. I read this on a totally unrelated forum today...
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Now I have the greatest respect for the law and will admit to being stopped in the past (over 10 years ago now though) and have received in total 6 points though justifiably deserved and I did not fight or argue with these however after 7 years of a clean license (a little older now loll) in a wide clear open quiet road with no pedestrians or houses just trees the buggers had the scamera van parked just out of view behind some trees and it was 3 points and £60 fine now I would not mind but this used to be a 60 mph limit and in no way could I see any justification in me receiving 3 points £60 fine and a total hike in insurance premiums that will cost me over £500 over the next 5 years - yes 5 years
any reasonable copper would have let it go at worst with a producer or a slap on the wrist.
This is the reason a lot of people are not happy, if you do the crime expect the time as they say but this goes beyond a joke
speeding would have been 65 - 70 mph, a few seconds not looking at the speedo on a wide clear open road is 57 mph, so we get punished for making the smallest of errors
I could run of loads of statistics and tell you all about the fatal flaws in the devices used and the propaganda spouted out by the government, but what's the point - when you get unfairly treated you will come looking for answers
www.pepipoo.com
Original thread.
With the gradiated fixed penalty system coming, and the zero-tolerance approach that will inevitably follow as a result, more of your 'ambivalents' will come looking for the answers........