ironic really .... as far as I can gather the police never do follow up / catch small break-ins , vandalism to property etc. See the story over on PCGB forum of a poor chap who's had his 911 stamped all over, nice dents in the roof - Police, sorry nothing we can doBladesman wrote: If some little scrote had broken into your house and stolen your telly but nothing else you would still expect him to be prosecuted* .
Would you be pleased if the police decided not to pursue the crime on the basis that the scrote had argued that he had not done a proper crime as he did not mean to steal a telly and could have stolen a lot more?
No, they take the easy route & get the motorist.
My Mum was caught for the 1st time last week ........... clean licence & no accidents in over 40 years of driving & she is a good driver too. £60 fine + taking the 'education course' instead of points.
The limits might be the law ..... but IMHO you need to have a bit of flexibility. If everyone spends their life driving around with one eye on the speedo their overall attention to the road is reduced .... all it achieves is making the roads slightly more dangerous.
Yes I agree someone blatting through a 30 zone @ 40mph + should be got, but maybe not the driver who is just over teh limit. Every road is different & every road has an appropriate speed. I'm a great fan of 20 mph limits in the right place , but also there are many roads where the limit is too low or changes too often and these seem to be the places where most income is made.
As a final point, I live in one of the only counties without fixed speed cameras & with a view of educating rather than penalising the motorist ..... North Yorkshire has had the greatest reduction in road deaths in recent years with this policy, as have 2 neirboring forces who have a similar policy. Unfortunatly the govt is pressuring them to get fixed camera.
