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Originally Posted by Russ D
Can I assume you're not a driver? I refuse to believe any driver who says they have never crept over the limit (even by 1mph) due to lack of concentration. It does not make you a bad person - it just means you need to try and be more alert in future. Again the police recognise this and the example is what happened to me in the situation I described a few posts back.
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I am a driver of a Renault Scenic 1.6RT. A suitably sensible family car I'm sure you'll agree! Look, I don't disagree with the course of action that the police took in your case, not least because you were speeding on a motorway (where accident risk is substantially lower; I would qualify that though by saying, despite that lower risk, if you are prosecuted for speeding on a motorway there can be no complaints). But I would have been happier if you
knew you were speeding, that's all. Yes, GATSOs can't apply discretion but their siting, despite protestations, is risk related, which is why they are so much rarer on motorways (and why they are introduced on motorways during roadworks; the road conditions have changed and risk increased). If they stuck a GATSO on every inch of motorway I would agree with people that their use was over the top. But they don't.