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i was on the A246 and near guildford theres a small stretch of dual carriage way which is 50 and i was doing max 55 and i saw a police car in the middle of the dual carriageway it was a volvo estate and i was just wondering why it was there because i could see no speed cameras near the car or in the boot it was just parked there with the 2 coppers in the car

Possibly doing an audit. Or looking out for something. Don't panic .. you are in 10%+2 margins.

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What a sad world we live in....I remember when ALL dual carriageways were 70MPH....now a LOT are 50MPH....what's the point????

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My views do not represent Safespeed but those of a driver who has driven for 39 yrs, in all conditions, at all times of the day & night on every type of road and covered well over a million miles, so knows a bit about what makes for safety on the road,what is really dangerous and needs to be observed when driving and quite frankly, the speedo is way down on my list of things to observe to negotiate Britain's roads safely, but I don't expect some fool who sits behind a desk all day to appreciate that.

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Drive without COAST and it's all your own fault!

A SMILE is a curve that sets everything straight (P Diller).

A Smiley Per post
FINES USfor our COAST!

Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon - but driving with a smile and a COAST calm mind.

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Speed limit reductions.. lack of traffic cops .. it was most informative

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Take with a chuckle or a grain of salt
Drive without COAST and it's all your own fault!

A SMILE is a curve that sets everything straight (P Diller).

A Smiley Per post
FINES USfor our COAST!

Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon - but driving with a smile and a COAST calm mind.

I remember driving for several years when all roads outside of towns and villages were derestricted, and I continue to have difficulty with this 'new' regime. Sorry, IG.

Best wishes all,
Dave.

Hey .. I just about old enough to remember my Dad lamenting over that. He was also in "Traffic" at the time I think he was one of the reasons why I followed his example and joined the police. I did consider accountancy in my final year and almost joined an accountancy firm on what was called the "milk round"


Then saw the police graduate recruitment stand


So long as you are fairly "compliant" - I might use some discretion around your area. Like N Yorks. Sometimes drive down to Whitby/Scarborough/Robin Hood's Bay for "days out - especially when visiting the other equally mad female feline - the wild one's big sister!


Seriously - we have been discussing speed limits and need for roads to be set fairly and appropriately along with driver training/responsibilty on many occasions on this forum. We do need realistic speed limits to be set if we are to encourage safe driving and better compliance to the laws. I think there's no serious issue over 20 mph on residentials but quite a lot of concern over very long straight 70 mph DCs being turned to 50 mph though.

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Take with a chuckle or a grain of salt
Drive without COAST and it's all your own fault!

A SMILE is a curve that sets everything straight (P Diller).

A Smiley Per post
FINES USfor our COAST!

Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon - but driving with a smile and a COAST calm mind.

This is where the local police and traffic / highways authorities should get together and reach a conclusion on the appropriate speed limit for the road, and not some faceless beaurocrat or "SAPP" (shiny a**** pen pusher) sat behind a desk
who hasn,t a clue what the road is like or doesn,t know the area at all

Local knowledge is ten times better than no knowledge at all but tyring to get the powers that be to understand this is like trying to push water up a mountain

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