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PhoenixCoupe wrote:
BimBeema wrote: 1) The length that this government goes to enforce this law compared to enforcing other laws and catching real criminals!
Exceeding the speed limit makes you a 'real' criminal - you are breaking the law, making you a perfectly valid target for prosecution.
Nope - not true, exceeding the speed limit is an offence, not a crime :D
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Arbitrary adherence to a number on a stick is a stupid thing. What's more, I blame RobBruce for not removing this stupid law from the books.

Bad RobBruce. :head:
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PhoenixCoupe wrote:
BimBeema wrote: 1) The length that this government goes to enforce this law compared to enforcing other laws and catching real criminals!
Exceeding the speed limit makes you a 'real' criminal - you are breaking the law, making you a perfectly valid target for prosecution.
Pleeeeeeze pull the other one! Its an offence which is punishable by way of fine and points/disqualification, however doesn't get you a criminal record and nor can you categorise it with say murder, theft, assault, etc!

Unfortunately it seems we have too many people that think like you sitting in our government, hence why we are where we are! Lets all concentrate on making money through the generally law abiding driver going from A to B a little bit quicker than he should be, whilst no on can go out at night in their town centres at fear of being assaulted or killed by gangs with knives and guns or the criminal gangs from overseas which have invaded the country or the drug dealers and pushers or the rapists and serial killers!

Would you like me to give you any more examples of real crimes? :head: :head:

Sorry I'm not having a rant at you and as you would have seen from my previous posts, I do not condone speeding, only the methods used in enforcing it and the victimisation of the driver to generate money!
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a couple of years ago i got 'offered' 3 points and £60 fine. it turns out that is the maximum penalty for that offence. so court can only match/reduce this.

i can't see it happening in your case tho. higher fines + points are given should you be going 150% of the speed limit (ie +90mph in a 60)
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whiteminks wrote:Oh dear , please not another speeding trap debate/punch up .........

My nerves can't take it after last time :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Not quite the same context but you get the drift :wink:
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I heard on the news last week that 94% of policemen caught speeding don't get prosecuted. Not terribly fair is it. As for nabbing drivers on quiet straight bits of road, often dual carriageways where it's far safer doing 95mph than doing 40 in a 30, it is entrapment. I say only apply the law where & when it needs applying, Otherwise use common sense. I'm not anti police in principle, it's just that sometimes they don't do much to win over the public.
No doubt it's the desk bound senior officers making the policies.
Save the laser guns for accident black spots I say.
I sometimes drive past Twickenham along country way towards the M3 around midnight. It's dead quet, it's dual carriagway, but the limit is 40mph ! A limit designed for commuter time that needn't be enforced when it's quiet.
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Daily Mail front page headline news today:

"UK is speedtrap capital of Europe with more people caught and fined than anywhere else - yet we are failing to cut number of road deaths"

Says it all really - all this government is interested in is generating money through this scheme and not the real safety issues and they just cover this up under Road Safety Act label!
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Robin - you are asking for common sense and intelligence there ... How many of those officers standing with a laser gun do you think have a degree or anything more then on the job training? As well as that, you give them power and a monthly target of 60 tickets that they have to issue and those three together do not make a productive combination
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Fair enough - get caught speeding, you should get punished!

But why do you get punished twice - firstly points on your license and a monetary fine, then secondly your insurance then punish you by increasing your premiums (and as PVR said previously, if you've got more than one car, it lumped onto all policies).

What other crime/offence punishes you more than once?
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There must be a case now for upping the national limit on duals and motorways to 80mph. I find that driving at 70mph on motorways more hazardous than going at 80 to 90. On the speed limit one is constantly overtaken and has to be on guard. At 80 going with the flow of traffic life is less stressful. If the limit were 80 then its going to be over 90 before a ticket. Wagons need to be allowed to go a bit faster too. It may get the damn things to their destinations faster and off the roads.

The present limit was set years ago when dad was driving Austins. Modern cars at 80 must be twice as safe as cars 40 years ago going at 70mph.

That said if you get done at 97mph its a fair cop. That must have been over 100 indicated. I would never go that fast :wink:
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It's interesting having recently driven in America that no one obeys the speed limit, it's part of the human condition. I was driving at 10% above in the US and everything was overtaking me, and I mean everything.

Same in Italy, France and the UK ( Jersey also ) if the limit's 70 they will drive at 80. I agree that there is an argument for reconsidering the speed limit, cars have changed enourmously since 1967.

But people will still abuse the law, look at parking violations - I was only 5 mins, I was only picking my kids up, I was only......

Everyone interprets the law differently, I don't agree with the way this law is enforced but it's the law, the government make the laws not the police, poor buggers just have to enforce it.

If you raised the limit ( and I think we should ) people would just go at 90, or 100 or whatever they thought was reasonable.

Ultimately do what you want, but accept that if you break the law and get caught there are consequences.

I think the real difference here is that people who routinely speed don't break any other laws. Habitual criminals will steal, carry out acts of violence and generally flout the laws as suits their purpose.
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BimBeema wrote:
PhoenixCoupe wrote:
BimBeema wrote: 1) The length that this government goes to enforce this law compared to enforcing other laws and catching real criminals!
Exceeding the speed limit makes you a 'real' criminal - you are breaking the law, making you a perfectly valid target for prosecution.
Pleeeeeeze pull the other one! Its an offence which is punishable by way of fine and points/disqualification, however doesn't get you a criminal record and nor can you categorise it with say murder, theft, assault, etc!

Unfortunately it seems we have too many people that think like you sitting in our government, hence why we are where we are! Lets all concentrate on making money through the generally law abiding driver going from A to B a little bit quicker than he should be, whilst no on can go out at night in their town centres at fear of being assaulted or killed by gangs with knives and guns or the criminal gangs from overseas which have invaded the country or the drug dealers and pushers or the rapists and serial killers!

Would you like me to give you any more examples of real crimes? :head: :head:

Sorry I'm not having a rant at you and as you would have seen from my previous posts, I do not condone speeding, only the methods used in enforcing it and the victimisation of the driver to generate money!
I could of course comment that you had the chance to vote for the government that you are criticising - living here, we didn't, yet have to accept basically the same decisions they make...
Simple fact is you aren't 'law abiding' if you are speeding. You can't pick and choose which laws you obey and don't obey.
Can't go out in city centers at night because of being assaulted? Don't know where you live in the UK, but, even when we had the 'Troubles' here we still were about to go out and enjoy ourselves. I've also been out in a number of cities and towns round the world and never felt any particular fear for my life to be honest.

I'm well aware of what you are defining as real crimes, but, if you choose to break the law, you must be willing to accept the consequences.
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PheonixCoupe - you're completely missing the point here - no one is condoning speeding and no one wants sympathy and yes if you are caught speeding - deal with it. I agree with all this, however, I do not agree with the length the government goes to or the method they use to enforce this law when there are generally more important issues to deal with up and down the country! This is my point and I do not know how else I can explain it to you!

and I didn't vote last time and the time before that because not one of the parties is good enough in my opinion!
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spokey wrote:Arbitrary adherence to a number on a stick is a stupid thing. What's more, I blame RobBruce for not removing this stupid law from the books.

Bad RobBruce. :head:
I am behind you there Spokey, it's all Rob's fault.


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To clarify on my earlier point ... perhaps it differs from area to area as to whether the camera safety partnership give warnings - I know the force where I live do and so does Surrey according to this .....

An important principle of the Surrey Safety Camera Partnership is that speed enforcement is visible, and warning signs are provided to encourage drivers to slow down. However, if despite the warnings drivers continue to substantially exceed the limit they will be issued with a penalty.


Which sums it up quite nicely really! :wink:
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There will be no question of hiding speed cameras from the public. Each new camera site will be well marked with advance warning signs, road markings and highly visible cameras. The alert driver will have no difficulty in ensuring that his or her speed is appropriate on the approach to the camera
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Kipper wrote:It's interesting having recently driven in America that no one obeys the speed limit, it's part of the human condition. I was driving at 10% above in the US and everything was overtaking me, and I mean everything.
Quite right, the exception is where speed traps are established as revenue generators and have nothing to do with public safety. Our major highways generally have traffiic moving at 15-20 mph above the speed limit which is generally tolerated.
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There is an old saying “its not speed that kills, it’s the sudden stop at the end”
Now you get a sensible mature fellow in his/her Z doing 130-150k/hr on the motorway, a considerate driver, with great anticipation and perhaps 25 -40 years experience, and in every other way a law abiding citizen.
Compare this to a youngster just passed the test in a cheap souped up Jap import, a dunger, but not too far behind the Z in speed, virtually no experience, and of course considers himself a wonder driver. Who is the most dangerous ?
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mich wrote:There is an old saying “its not speed that kills, it’s the sudden stop at the end”
Now you get a sensible mature fellow in his/her Z doing 130-150k/hr on the motorway, a considerate driver, with great anticipation and perhaps 25 -40 years experience, and in every other way a law abiding citizen.
Compare this to a youngster just passed the test in a cheap souped up Jap import, a dunger, but not too far behind the Z in speed, virtually no experience, and of course considers himself a wonder driver. Who is the most dangerous ?
The one that crashes first, you can never tell, age and experience counts for very little at high speed as we are condition and forced by law to drive at a speed way below what modern day cars can achieve, here in the UK it's 70mph on a motorway, in NZ I believe it's 55mph, let a kiwi drive all day long on a motorway at 70mph and he would be happier, make a uk driver do 55mph all day on a motorway and he would complain his civil liberties had been removed.
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This debate always goes nowhere. Props to the original poster for not making a fuss, his thread has been somewhat hijacked.
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CTB wrote:
mich wrote:There is an old saying “its not speed that kills, it’s the sudden stop at the end”
Now you get a sensible mature fellow in his/her Z doing 130-150k/hr on the motorway, a considerate driver, with great anticipation and perhaps 25 -40 years experience, and in every other way a law abiding citizen.
Compare this to a youngster just passed the test in a cheap souped up Jap import, a dunger, but not too far behind the Z in speed, virtually no experience, and of course considers himself a wonder driver. Who is the most dangerous ?
The one that crashes first, you can never tell, age and experience counts for very little at high speed as we are condition and forced by law to drive at a speed way below what modern day cars can achieve, here in the UK it's 70mph on a motorway, in NZ I believe it's 55mph, let a kiwi drive all day long on a motorway at 70mph and he would be happier, make a uk driver do 55mph all day on a motorway and he would complain his civil liberties had been removed.
The greatest odds are that the inexperienced driver will get into trouble first, and I think that age and experience count for a hell of a lot, 100 k/hr = 60mph so not a great difference to your 70mph, If you kept at 100k in NZ everything on the road would pass you, Trucks with trailers, Busses, Milk Tankers etc etc the only thing that would hold you up are the Bl**#y Camper Vans.
So over here at least it is definatly a revenue gathering exercise and the point I was trying to make, but did not is : that dangerous driving at any speed is the killer not pure speed but of course, too difficult to police.
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CTB wrote: :D Hi Rob, long time no see
You tell him, Chris. You could have seen him recently, but he was too busy washing his hair. :)
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spokey wrote:
CTB wrote: :D Hi Rob, long time no see
You tell him, Chris. You could have seen him recently, but he was too busy washing his hair. :)
That's his trouble he uses "Wash n Go" and its all gone, there is a reminder there Spokey, both you and I should stop using that brand, ours is fast getting shorter, soon we will be like Rob
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Speed limits were based on a cars ability to stop, and stopping distances in the Highway code are historical and are based on the performance of a Ford Anglia!

Is it not about time that they revised this based on the Ford Focus?
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BimBeema wrote:Daily Mail front page headline news today:

"UK is speedtrap capital of Europe with more people caught and fined than anywhere else - yet we are failing to cut number of road deaths"
At the risk of getting flamed to within an inch of my life, did anyone else read this headline and wonder why the anti-speeding message isn't getting through? :head:
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I cant believe I missed the chance to rant in this thread! :head:

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Mildly OT, but relevant.

Article in last Friday’s Metro.

“Britain no longer has safest roads."

"Britain has lost its place at the top of the European road safety league. Efforts to cut the number of road deaths have been slower than in other EU nations according to the European Transport Safety Council.

The British death toll fell by 7% between 2001 and 2005 compared with 25% in Sweden and Holland, and 35% in France.

Road Safety expert Prof Pete Thomas said: ‘Progress in reducing road deaths has slowed. The UK has to develop more innovative solutions and apply them’.”


When you consider that our country is CHOKED with speed cameras (and the promise of more and more being commissioned) and I think the entire French nation has just a tiny handful, what more proof do you need that cameras are not the way forward in road safety?

Tell me again that cameras aren’t just a big fat cash cow…..

Unfortunately, the article didn’t go on to mention what these apparently successful French methods were….
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And apparently, 10% of people in front seats of vehicles in the UK still do not wear seat belts, which proves to me that driver education is what’s sadly lacking in this country.

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Cant really disagree there, although I prefer cameras to being caught by a over-zealous police officer who's sole intention in life is to make you feel as small as humanly possible. You at least have a fair chance with a Gatso.

However, I would welcome more bobbies than cameras if i could guarantee that they were not all Roscoe P Coltrane's

The reason we have so many road deaths in this country is down to:

- bad road signs and directions
- really really crap junctions and road layouts
- too many cars at the same time
- emphasis on stopping speeding people, rather than crap drivers
- the weather and our complete lack of preperation for it


None of which Gatso's can solve.
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But then, France do a lot of their Autoroute speed checks by timing between tolls.
And their fines are a lot heftier.
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Can I add bad driver training to that list? I am amazed to see how many people don't actually know who has right of way when coming to junctions when both drivers need to "cross" eachother.

Why in the UK is the driving age set at 17 whilst everywhere else in Europe it is 18?
Why is the examiniation in the UK so simple and easy to pass compared to other countries?
Why is there no motorway driving as part of lessons / exams?
Why are you allowed to drive at 17 without an instructor next to you who has dual control?

Don't forget that it is not just the driver that has the accident, but can also cause the accident. If you come across a 17 year old cutting across the road at 2 mph, you might have the accident - not them
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PVR wrote:Can I add bad driver training to that list? I am amazed to see how many people don't actually know who has right of way when coming to junctions when both drivers need to "cross" eachother.

Why in the UK is the driving age set at 17 whilst everywhere else in Europe it is 18?
Why is the examiniation in the UK so simple and easy to pass compared to other countries?
Why is there no motorway driving as part of lessons / exams?
Why are you allowed to drive at 17 without an instructor next to you who has dual control?

Don't forget that it is not just the driver that has the accident, but can also cause the accident. If you come across a 17 year old cutting across the road at 2 mph, you might have the accident - not them
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QED wrote:Speed limits were based on a cars ability to stop, and stopping distances in the Highway code are historical and are based on the performance of a Ford Anglia!

Is it not about time that they revised this based on the Ford Focus?
Except that stopping distances are a combination of the cars mechanical capability to stop and the thinking time of the driver. Cars may be better than they were 30 years ago, but people are not. I driver reaction time is probably worse today than it has ever been due to the many more things we have to distract us. Car Hi-fi, mobile phones, sat nav, etc.. We also rely far too heavily on driver aids like better suspension, brakes and ABS/DSC to save our bacon. The distance between vehicles also seems shorter than it has ever been. Why, because you can't leave a decent gap, else someone pulls into it leaving no gap at all. its become dog eat dog.

I am afraid the problem is ALL about attitude and the poor attitude shown by far too many people to the important business of driving and not using a mobile phone and wearing a seatbelt and...and....and. The problem about attitudes is that they take a long time to change. We are in a McDonalds culture that wants everything yesterday. We don't want to hear anyone tell us we have to wait for results, we want instant results and vote for governments that promise them.

If a government said they could fix a problem permanently, but it would require another 3p on income tax and take 10 years to accomplish, would we vote for them. Even if it were the only way to fix the problem. I suspect not.

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siwilson wrote:
QED wrote:Speed limits were based on a cars ability to stop, and stopping distances in the Highway code are historical and are based on the performance of a Ford Anglia!

Is it not about time that they revised this based on the Ford Focus?
Except that stopping distances are a combination of the cars mechanical capability to stop and the thinking time of the driver. Cars may be better than they were 30 years ago, but people are not. I driver reaction time is probably worse today than it has ever been due to the many more things we have to distract us. Car Hi-fi, mobile phones, sat nav, etc.. We also rely far too heavily on driver aids like better suspension, brakes and ABS/DSC to save our bacon. The distance between vehicles also seems shorter than it has ever been. Why, because you can't leave a decent gap, else someone pulls into it leaving no gap at all. its become dog eat dog.

I am afraid the problem is ALL about attitude and the poor attitude shown by far too many people to the important business of driving and not using a mobile phone and wearing a seatbelt and...and....and. The problem about attitudes is that they take a long time to change. We are in a McDonalds culture that wants everything yesterday. We don't want to hear anyone tell us we have to wait for results, we want instant results and vote for governments that promise them.

If a government said they could fix a problem permanently, but it would require another 3p on income tax and take 10 years to accomplish, would we vote for them. Even if it were the only way to fix the problem. I suspect not.

We get what we deserve!
And I cannot find fault in that argument either!!
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PVR wrote:Can I add bad driver training to that list? I am amazed to see how many people don't actually know who has right of way when coming to junctions when both drivers need to "cross" eachother.

Why in the UK is the driving age set at 17 whilst everywhere else in Europe it is 18?
Why is the examiniation in the UK so simple and easy to pass compared to other countries?
Why is there no motorway driving as part of lessons / exams?
Why are you allowed to drive at 17 without an instructor next to you who has dual control?

Don't forget that it is not just the driver that has the accident, but can also cause the accident. If you come across a 17 year old cutting across the road at 2 mph, you might have the accident - not them

YAAAAY!

PVR and I finally agree on something! :lol:

The driving test is an absolute joke - how can you get a full licence without ever having driven on a motorway or in the dark?? :head:

Another reason why the UK's accident rate is poor - lack of Traffic police due to government statistics.

Proper trafpols are expensive - their kit cost lots as does the training. The govt is just interested in 'Sanctioned Detections' as a performance indicator for Police Forces.

Sanc Det? Peeing in the street, shouting in the street and nicking a £2 sandwich from Tescos.
NOT Sanc Det - Drink drive, dangerous driving, no documents...........

Ooh, guess where the money and focussed patrols go? :roll:

They'd rather have experienced officers fighting over giving out £40 tickets for 'disorder' than dealing with death and mayhem on the roads, cos that's what the forces are measured on.

Ever driven on the continent? HOW MANY plod do you see on the Auto Routes? LOADS. When was the last time you saw more than the odd one Traffic car on our roads??

Combine that with the poor test and ineffective sentencing, it's no wonder the roads are heading into oblivion. That's why I'm leaving Traffic - they've lost the point completely.

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At last the message is getting through, speed alone does not kill,
Crap cars and inexperienced drivers do!
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RobBruce wrote:That's why I'm leaving Traffic.
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can you change your sig to "I did" ? :P
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PVR wrote:can you change your sig to "I did" ? :P
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Ok ... just had it confirmed by my legal person: The act is NOT into force as of yet.

Only points 1,49,51 came into force on Jan 2007 and section 26 on 27th of Feb.
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PVR wrote:can you change your sig to "I did" ? :P
Sure.

I was going to change my number plate sig for you too - but then I though 'What's the point? He can't see it from that far back........." :P
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PVR wrote:Ok ... just had it confirmed by my legal person: The act is NOT into force as of yet.

Only points 1,49,51 came into force on Jan 2007 and section 26 on 27th of Feb.
To be precise.........

61 Commencement

(1) The preceding provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint (but subject to subsections (7) to (10)).

(2) Different days may be appointed for different purposes.

(3) Any provision of this Act which alters any penalty for an offence has effect only in relation to offences committed after the coming into force of the provision.

(4) Section 2B of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) (inserted by section 20) has effect only in relation to driving occurring after the coming into force of that section; and section 3ZB of that Act (inserted by section 21) has effect only in relation to driving occurring after the coming into force of that section.

(5) In relation to an offence under section 2B or 3ZB of the Road Traffic Act 1988 committed before the commencement of section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), the references in column 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53) relating to offences under those sections have effect with the omission of the words "12 months (in England and Wales) or" and "(in Scotland)".

(6) The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument make such transitional provisions and savings as he considers appropriate in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act.

(7) The following provisions come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed-

(a) section 1, and
(b) section 49.
(8) The day on which sections 8 and 9 and Schedule 2 (and the repeals contained in Schedule 7 under the heading "Endorsement: unlicensed and foreign drivers") come into force must be-

(a) later than the day on which section 5 and Schedule 1 (and the repeals contained in Schedule 7 under the heading "Giving of fixed penalty notices by vehicle examiners") come into force, but
(b) earlier than the day on which section 10 and Schedule 3 (and the repeals contained in Schedule 7 under the heading "Endorsement: all drivers") come into force.
(9) Sections 51, 58 and 60, and the repeals contained in Schedule 7 under the heading "Spent enactments" (and section 59 so far as relating to them), come into force on the day on which this Act is passed; but-

(a) section 51(2) does not affect anything done or omitted to be done before that day, and
(b) section 58(6) has effect only in relation to offences committed on or after that day.
(10) Any power to make an order or regulations which is conferred by any provision of this Act may be exercised at any time after the passing of this Act.
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Typical

Written by lawyers so that only lawyers can understand :head:

Can any lawyer present please translate to ENGLISH!

Note:- This is a request for free legal advice not an offer of payment for services rendered :)
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You need to be wearing a long grey wig & a black frock & stockings to be able to understand that mumbo jumbo.
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I agree with the lack of police seen on motorways, however I must point out the amount of umarked police vehicle seen on the motorways, luckily only observed when pulling other unfortunate or possibly needfully so drivers.
Again this just stinks of sneeky underhand tactics against the motorist.
I'm sure there are reasons for this being the required case, but I alway felt that its a downward spiral of if they don't play by the rules then why should anyone else ?
Its a game of cat and mouse after all :wink:

Obviously I do understand the serious nature of policing and not trying to trivialise is, just trying to make the point a little more obvious.

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Couldn't agree more Gary - if they are allowed to use underhand tactics (unmarked cars, unmarked camera vans, no signs or hiding behind roundabout where they can't be seen) then why can't the motorist use detectors - it would at least level the playing field slightly! Also worth noting is I've never used detectors or such, so I'm not arguing this case from a selfish point of view!
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A speaker at a recent police federation conference criticised government targets which lead to the police chasing these targets by prosecuting normal people for trivia rather than persuing criminals.
Zealous pusuit of speeders may come into this but the road safety argument will always be at the front of the response.
I said earlier in this thread , you know the legislation is there , you know the tactics used to catch speeders . If you choose not to take cognisance of the information then live with the consequences.
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Post by PVR »

daverave wrote:Typical

Written by lawyers so that only lawyers can understand :head:

Can any lawyer present please translate to ENGLISH!

Note:- This is a request for free legal advice not an offer of payment for services rendered :)
Basically, I was right. It is not illegal at this moment in time.
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Post by PVR »

Slightly concerning though that if the law enforcers are not exactly aware of what is and what is not the law - what chance do you have if you get stopped and fined for something which is not illegal ...
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Post by cowboybebop »

This all reminds me of when i was caught speeding in Oxford a few years ago... i was doing 40 in a 30 zone...

i had £60 fine and 3 points , they told me it was a high risk area.....

but im clean again now...
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It used to be you had to be doing at least 40in a 30 to get done now 36mph would apear to be the norm.... I do drive slower in towns because of this.
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