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Hey this is a motoring offence, don't forget. Much more serious and dangerous than rape, murder, armed robbery etc. ....

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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.

Sorry, I wasn't clear enough; by normally I meant using a conventional technique, implied rather than explicitly stated. The point being that just because he was riding using a technique that many would not be able to employ and still conduct themselves safely does not mean that he was not conducting it safely. This is where the subjectivity comes in.

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Regulation without education merely creates more criminals.

I wouldn't disagree with any of that hence my comment that, in spite of no specific reference in the relevant act, it was the sort of thing that courts took into account. Most of that had to stop following the higher court ruling that extra training and even proven ability to drive beyond normal limits is not relevant.

I am not sure whether that is a good thing or not.

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I am not a lawyer and can't give legal advice. I do have experience of the day to day working of courts and use that knowledge to help where possible. I do not represent any official body and post as an individual.