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Originally Posted by andyl
It's interesting to note that all the bluster is about cameras (which can catch you) not about the limits themselves.
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Andyl, I think there have been quite a few postings about the need to review speed limits in the UK?
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Originally Posted by ian@huth
I have extensive driving experience both on the continent and in the USA. Driving in the USA is generally a more pleasent experience because drivers tend to adhere more to the speed limits and police enforce them more rigorously. A lot of American trunk roads are only two lanes each way and traffic tends to flow freely on these even when busy with the majority all travelling at the same speed. A different story though in built up areas with multi lanes each way and overtaking allowed on both sides. Over taking on both sides does keep you more aware of whats going on around you though. I like the American idea of having service areas in the middle rather than one on each side as we usually have.
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Ian, motorways in France are only two lanes in the main part, and the traffic always seems to flow more freely.
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Originally Posted by andyl
If you didn't speed, you wouldn't get caught and you wouldn't generate revenue for the Treasury. Simple! Of course if you know better than highway planners and the police of what an appropriate, rather than actual, speed limit should be then it's not so simple  I'm not saying I agree with all speed limits but I have no sympathy at all for anyone who gets caught speeding and then whines about it, unless the evidence is unreliable or, on occasion, where limits are inadequately signed. It's interesting to note that all the bluster is about cameras (which can catch you) not about the limits themselves. |
I think nearly everyone breaks SOME law at SOME stage. The main gripe seems to be the hounding of motorists, as opposed the comparitively lax pursuance of more serious offenders.