Safe Speed Forums

Passed a neSCAMp van tonight on the way home, doing an indicated 38 when I first saw it, and braked to about 28. Aberdeen's beach esplanade - 30 limit.


Usually I get angry but in all honesty I couldn't give a toss. My respect for the law has erroded so much over the last couple of years I really can't muster up any genuine remorse or anger about possibly getting another 3 points.

I just don't care


I used to be so concientious. I think it's sad I have such little regard for the laws of a country I once held dear.

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That's about the size of it for me, too. A few years ago, I'd have been echoing the sentiments of the "if you don't want a ticket, you shouldn't speed" brigade, because I - naively, as it now appears - saw the idea of speed cameras as an impartial replacement for traffic police, which would eliminate the old "you're only pulling me because...".

Now, though, I think that the police/safety camera partnerships have squandered any goodwill they might otherwise have had: in using speed cameras as a revenue-generating tool rather than using them responsibly, and in connection with other measures, as a general tool for improvement of road safety, the moral justification has been lost.

Like you, I feel that speed cameras are just another facet of a State that seems obsessed with the idea of grabbing money off us by whatever means, using whatever justifications, no matter how thinly veiled they might be with finger-wagging moral overtones.

It's very sad.

jamie - i know exactly how you feel. I feel the same way.

Bollocks to Blair (I assume it's OK to say it here - I know I'd get arrested if I wore a BTB T shirt though)

I want my country back.

Jamie, may i echo the above comments and say I know just where you're coming from. My licence is points free and always had been but if i were to get caught by one of these talivans enforcing an madly inappropriate limit, I would feel just how you do.

That swiftcover survey said that the majority of drivers caught speeding considered their speed safe for the conditions. Something I can well believe given the recent proliferation of absurdly low new limits and sneaky enforcement.

There was a time when speed limits were vaguely linked to road safety, alas, that time is no more.

And if you'd taken just that little more care and were doing 28 in the first place (which you proved you were capable of doing!) then you wouldn't be posting this!

Although, on a more upbeat note, you might have got away with it. My speedo at 40mph when the needle delivers 35 mph on the GPS.

Commiserations on your speeding mishap Jamie.

I feel very much the same as you do.

Best wishes all,
Dave.