speeding

"hugh" <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In message <[email protected]>, Tony
> <[email protected]> writes
> >S3 88"
> >
> >Yes I've been camera'ed for 36 in a 30, I reckon i shoud get a medal for
it,
> >old smeely only gets upto 50 on a fair down hill stretch and this was
> >uphill.
> >
> >I'm sure i was only doing between 29 and 33 according to the bouncing
> >speedo, i've got I think a nornmal speedo not a '7.50' tyre speedo, (if
you
> >understand). Will this make my speed read high or low. IS it possible to
> >get engineeers report to use as evidencve that I was unknowingly
speeding?
> >Is it a posible get out of jail free card, any other ideas?
> >
> >Thanks T
> >
> >
> No. What you will get is done again for not having an accurate speedo -
> in addition to being done for speeding.
> --
> hugh

I have that conviction!!

Replaced the engine in an allegro (Long time ago) and crushed the cable. On
the way home from the garage I had an incident which resulted in the car
being hauled off by the fine officers of the constabulary for an engineers
check.

Defective speedo & defective horn £45 fine, and no endorsement (before
points)

Incidently, I was 21 when I had that allegro, and one day I was stopped 5
times on a 75 mile journey because I was under 60........... Years old!
Obviously I must have nicked it! Sadly I did actually own it.

Ian Rawlings wrote:
> > Perish the thought that our masters would put up a 50mph limit on
> > the open road for the express purpose of putting up a speed camera.
>
> There is apparently another reason for this, I can't remember much of
> the details (as usual) but in another forum I'm part of someone was
> complaining about the local council downgrading the status of a road.
> This involved reducing the speed limit from 60 to 50, the reason they
> did this was because if the road status is downgraded they don't have
> to maintain it to the same standard as they used to, allowing them to
> shave some money off the budget to spend on something more useful like
> <cynic> another art gallery in the city </cynic>.
>
> Can anyone supply any more detail to flesh out my as usual shady
> recollection?
>

They reduced the speed limit on the A12 north of the Blackwall tunnel.
Until a few months ago it was 50 mph, then it was reduced to 40 mph and
extra speed cameras appeared.

--
Keith (London, UK)
Land Rover Discovery 300TDI
Triumph Sprint Executive

So Tony was, like

> S3 88"
>
> Yes I've been camera'ed for 36 in a 30, I reckon i shoud get a medal
> for it, old smeely only gets upto 50 on a fair down hill stretch and
> this was uphill.

This may amuse - a letter in the Times (UK) on 15 December in the "debate"
section. The question posed was whether people would be prepared to have a
speed limiter fitted if it meant cheaper insurance. Among the replies was:

<quote>
Regime change

I HAVE a "speed limiter" on my small and economical car in the shape of a
Greenspeed bumper sticker. This cheap device encourages me to drive at 55mph
between urban areas and at 20mph within them. This is not in order to stay
within speed limits, but to explain to the driver behind that I am trying to
save petrol, reduce emission, minimise accidents and the danger posed to
other road users, reduce congestion, allow overtaking by buses on trunk
roads and motorways and reduce noise and wear and tear on car, tyres and
driver.

Mechanical speed limiters may avoid fines and please insurers but the
environmental impact of the car needs to be reduced in many other ways that
can only be achieved by speeds lower than the current national speed limits.
Insurers should be pressing for the regime change to 55/20mph, not only to
reduce accidents but to reduce the effects of climate change associated with
CO² emissions.

Ronald Sharp, [email protected]

<end quote>

It's not that he wants to drive slowly and save the planet - good luck to
him - but that he has to tell us all in such detail why he is so much better
than everyone else. The only surprise is that this was in the Times and not
the Guardian.

Also noticed how the war is hotting up in the States:
http://www.changingtheclimate.com/

--

Rich

Pas d'elle yeux Rhone que nous

In news:[email protected],
Richard Brookman <[email protected]> blithered:
> So Tony was, like
>
>> S3 88"
>>
>> Yes I've been camera'ed for 36 in a 30, I reckon i shoud get a medal
>> for it, old smeely only gets upto 50 on a fair down hill stretch and
>> this was uphill.
>
> This may amuse - a letter in the Times (UK) on 15 December in the
> "debate" section. The question posed was whether people would be
> prepared to have a speed limiter fitted if it meant cheaper
> insurance. Among the replies was:
> <quote>
> Regime change
>
> I HAVE a "speed limiter" on my small and economical car in the shape
> of a Greenspeed bumper sticker. This cheap device encourages me to
> drive at 55mph between urban areas and at 20mph within them. This is
> not in order to stay within speed limits, but to explain to the
> driver behind that I am trying to save petrol, reduce emission,
> minimise accidents and the danger posed to other road users, reduce
> congestion, allow overtaking by buses on trunk roads and motorways
> and reduce noise and wear and tear on car, tyres and driver.
>
> Mechanical speed limiters may avoid fines and please insurers but the
> environmental impact of the car needs to be reduced in many other
> ways that can only be achieved by speeds lower than the current
> national speed limits. Insurers should be pressing for the regime
> change to 55/20mph, not only to reduce accidents but to reduce the
> effects of climate change associated with CO² emissions.

However in the meantime you are travelling at a speed dangerous to the public.
Please don't do it!

>
> Ronald Sharp, [email protected]
>
> <end quote>
>
> It's not that he wants to drive slowly and save the planet - good
> luck to him - but that he has to tell us all in such detail why he is
> so much better than everyone else. The only surprise is that this
> was in the Times and not the Guardian.
>
> Also noticed how the war is hotting up in the States:
> http://www.changingtheclimate.com/



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