EvilInky wrote:
Mad Moggie wrote:
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Paul is right - speed cams are as much use as a chocolate fireguard when it comes to road safety! Do they catch drunk drivers? NOPE! Drugged drivers? NOPE! Boy racers? Well - most boy racers would have nicked the car and the NIP goes to registered keeper - so NOPE!
And aspirin doesn't cure cancer. Better ban that as well
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High mileage drivers are exposed to more speeding convictions as "just overs!" more than OTT speeding! As for your comment about shoppers never getting copped shoplifting - are you implying that my shopaholoc wife goes out nicking things? You do not shoplift as result of slight foot fluctuation! You do that deliberately!
Speeding is as deliberate as shoplifting. You are ( or should be ) in control
of your car. If you are unable to drive in a legal manner, perhaps you should consider some extra driving lessons. My car ( Toyota Corolla ) comes equipped with both a speedometer and an accelerator pedal. Correct use of these devices allows me to remain under the speed limit at all times. It's not exactly rocket science.
And shoplifters aren't responsible for hundreds of deaths a year. Speeding drivers are.
No - but they are responsible for loss of revenue for the shopkeeper - who may commit suicide if he goes bust because of them!
Do we detect sour grapes here? Corolla eh! Well - you could not speed in one of those! (Little green monsters from some of your rantings eh
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As for your crack about aspirin and cancer - I am a doctor of medicine (blood and virus man), and would say that moderate use of aspirin can help relieve some of the pain for some cancer patients!
As for your crack at my driving - well - we took the trouble to do extra driver training! We can, in truth, hold a car at any speed without a waver! We do actually drive legally and with utmost courtesy at all times! We do admit, that there have been occasions when we may have drifted marginally over a posted limit - due to camber of road, gradient, etc, all of which is corrected at time!
Nobody is perfect - and if you try to tell me (or anyone else on the internet otherwise) then besides having fuddled logic, you are also guilty of "fibbling"!
Have you taken any further driver training? Can you swear on the BIBLE - on OATH (We are devout Christians) that you NEVER EVER SPEED! I want you to answer my question - and not reply to me with some kind of biased assumption about the standard of our driving skills just because we question the logic of the speed camera. (Our take on road safety is driver training and flashing responsible smiley sids - reinforced by speed cam in really dangerous spots to catch the proper numpties!)
You cannot possibly be 100% certain that you have never ever broken a speed limit even in a Corolla - my Moggie Thou can do it quite easily! If you are so certain, and you are convinced you are such a safe driver - then you are much more dangerous than the so-called speedsters you condemn! COMPLACENT DRIVERS ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS and you come across as one such!
We learn something new on the road every day - and we drive prepared to learn something new every day as well! We show utmost courtesy at all times, and whilst we admit we will have drifted marginally over a speed limit on occasions, we do on aggregate drive according to the rules and road conditions!
Speed cameras detect speed - not the numpty behind the wheel - and from my time in Casualty I can honestly say that more accidents were caused by complacent, drunk and drugged numpties than anything else!
Poor driving standards are detectable by trafpols alone! Locals know where the cams are, drivers such as myself and the WildCat wife will spot them anyway, the wide boys will slow for the camera and then speed off again! And people like you, Evil Inked Up One, could find themselves getting prosecuted for 2mph over - cos I suspect your old Corolla's speedo may not be as accurate as you so smugly think! (Joint-Owner of several 1960s classics!)