vmaxphil Posted November 29, 2013 Report Share Posted November 29, 2013 had to spend an hour on the naughty step tonight, got a letter from wilts police telling me I was caught doing 36 in a 30 limit by the local community speed watch I'm now of to don the sack cloth and ashes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted November 29, 2013 Report Share Posted November 29, 2013 Was that civvies with a speed camera?i saw some in a village in Salisbury area last week,three of them with reflective vests on and a clipboard,they looked ready to drop,the one holding the speed gun was wobbling more than a dogs back leg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted November 29, 2013 Report Share Posted November 29, 2013 Was that civvies with a speed camera?i saw some in a village in Salisbury area last week,three of them with reflective vests on and a clipboard,they looked ready to drop,the one holding the speed gun was wobbling more than a dogs back leg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
955i Posted November 29, 2013 Report Share Posted November 29, 2013 At least you aren't bleating about how unfair it is like others on here!! Good karma to you mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 I passed them around 45 in a 30 and just waved . The road was a 40 the week before and is again now after works on local railway have been completed . They have no authority anyway and is a stupid waste of time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 By the way ill add im not a speeder normally and normally take my time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmaxphil Posted November 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 they were outside a pub so might not be so bad a job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 It's probably locals fed up with people speeding past, living in a 30 where we have people doing 70 plus at night I'd like to see a lot more efforts put into stopping it. At that your speedo would have been saying 40 so you were well over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hcarlos Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 They were in local village where I take daughter to school.( not a bad idear as people tend to rush there and rush out) . But as I like a wind up so into first up to max rpm to see them all drop there sarnies and scramble for there speed gun then straight to third to tootle past at 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 I love having a big car/truck but I find driving a 4ltr with auto box I have to watch the speed all of the time in 30 zones when I had the 1.6 vitara it was not a problem at all most of the time but as the saying goes you cannot have everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overandunder2012 Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 They were in local village where I take daughter to school.( not a bad idear as people tend to rush there and rush out) . But as I like a wind up so into first up to max rpm to see them all drop there sarnies and scramble for there speed gun then straight to third to tootle past at 20 classic , just done my speed awareness course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 had to spend an hour on the naughty step tonight, got a letter from wilts police telling me I was caught doing 36 in a 30 limit by the local community speed watch I'm now of to don the sack cloth and ashes Would you still be so smug if you had hit a kid/OAP at 36mph? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
955i Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 (edited) Would you still be so smug if you had hit a kid/OAP at 36mph? Have you never driven over the speed limit? Edited November 30, 2013 by 955i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 Yeah, but I was allowed. I have spent 20+ years putting people onto longboards or into bodybags to want to do it so glibly myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
955i Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 Yeah, but I was allowed. I have spent 20+ years putting people onto longboards or into bodybags to want to do it so glibly myself. So NEVER in a civilian vehicle? I find that quite difficult to believe. Not trying to start an argument, but your response suggested that you have never done it and as said, I don't believe that. I stay within speed limits as much as possible, but have caught myself going over, it just happens sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 As posted on here I got ( fairly) clobbered for doing 44 in a 30 and mentioned I hated people speeding through my village. Came home from work on Friday and we now have speed bumps down the main street. It's a start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 So would anyone feel better if someone was killed driving within the speed limit, I think not. Unfortunately some people don't look before walking out onto the roads. Figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overandunder2012 Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Yeah, but I was allowed. I have spent 20+ years putting people onto longboards or into bodybags to want to do it so glibly myself. you must be saint henry nobody can drive for 20 or 30 years and never break the rules even by accident Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 So would anyone feel better if someone was killed driving within the speed limit, I think not. Unfortunately some people don't look before walking out onto the roads. Figgy Correct like children, vision and hearing impaired, drunks etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Correct like children, vision and hearing impaired, drunks etc. Yes your quite correct, and should they be there wandering about not looking or not supervised, no. Roads are where big dangerous things move around. Sad but that's life. Just look at level crossings. Figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Correct like children, vision and hearing impaired, drunks etc. Whatever, I hear and accept an argument for this but I am also sick to death of the motorist getting all the stick for it, society needs to accept more responsibility for itself rather than simply blaming the motorist for speeding. Many speed limits are stupid jokes, a few years back I regularly came back from a nightclub at 3-4-5am and went through a school area of 20mph, the police used to just sit in a side rd with a camera out the window and collect motorists all night. I have noticed more recently in another area round me a school with a Timed speed limit, can't remember exactly but morning and evening weekdays, now that at least makes sense. Speed limits are debateable anyway, the stopping distance of a Lotus Exige at 30 is FAR better than a 40ft Supermarket delivery truck, suffice to say the Lotus is probably FAR safer and better stopping distance at 40-50mph than a 40ton truck at 30mph. Regardless, the motorist is regularly targeted as a soft/easy touch and perfectly reasonably gets the hump at the common injustice of this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikk Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 They were in local village where I take daughter to school.( not a bad idear as people tend to rush there and rush out) . But as I like a wind up so into first up to max rpm to see them all drop there sarnies and scramble for there speed gun then straight to third to tootle past at 20 Priceless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Mule Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 We used to do the 'low 'n slow' past these people. On the bikes (some with less than standard pipes), tuck down behind the screen, open the throttle - and slip the clutch. Lots of noise of big bikes with howling engines always gets the camera/speed gun wielders/traffic wannabees mobilised, only to have the bikes dawdle past at about 10mph. OK, it's not big and it's not clever - but it is funny to see the look of abject frustration on their faces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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