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Originally Posted by andy 1
you wouldn't like me then russ d,because i am one of those that drop about 5mph under the limit when i see a gatso because i don't trust there accuracy.
i'd sooner be irritating than 60 quid poorer with another 3 penalty points on my licence.
andy
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Well I'm not going to judge you on that alone because I don't know you but I have to that is one of the most irritating habits on the road today. Speed cameras are set to allow you a margin of error of 3mph plus 10%, so if someone wanted to push it to an extreme, they could technically get away with 36mph in a 30 zone, 57mph in a 50 zone and 77mph in a 70, not that I would advise that because the speed limits are obviously there for a reason. So you see, dropping to below the limit is pointless and only serves to cause frustration amongst the rest of us drivers. I'm not saying we all need to go over the limit, far from it. But deliberately going slower for this reason is, IMO very selfish. There's a speed camera on the M4 going through Port Talbot in a 50mph zone and last year South Wales Police admitted that 86% of rear-end shunts on that stretch of road were caused by drivers suddenly dropping to around 40mph as they noticed the camera.