| I know the rules are rules... on 15:04 - Jun 21 with 2122 views | noggin |
Why do you think 70 is too slow? |  |
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| I know the rules are rules... on 15:06 - Jun 21 with 2101 views | Ely_Blue |
The rules are the rules regardless, much the same as the guy with the mask in Singapore, if you do the crime and get caught then you take the punishment |  |
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| I know the rules are rules... on 15:08 - Jun 21 with 2096 views | StokieBlue |
70mph is plenty fast enough for a country our size where the distances aren't huge and the roads are pretty crowded.
Even if you put it up to 80mph and maintained that speed for an entire hour you'd only manage 10 more miles in an hour, it's not going to make much of a different on most trips.
Does it matter if it takes 7.5 minutes or 8.5 minutes to get from Ipswich to Felixstowe?
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| I know the rules are rules... on 15:16 - Jun 21 with 2055 views | noggin |
The faster you drive, the more likely you are to kill someone. That's why we have speed limits. | |
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| I know the rules are rules... on 15:18 - Jun 21 with 2034 views | GavTWTD |
"Smart" motorways aren't safe at 70. |  |
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| I know the rules are rules... on 15:18 - Jun 21 with 2035 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| I know the rules are rules... on 15:08 - Jun 21 by StokieBlue |
70mph is plenty fast enough for a country our size where the distances aren't huge and the roads are pretty crowded.
Even if you put it up to 80mph and maintained that speed for an entire hour you'd only manage 10 more miles in an hour, it's not going to make much of a different on most trips.
Does it matter if it takes 7.5 minutes or 8.5 minutes to get from Ipswich to Felixstowe?
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Depends on whether you need to be there in 7.5 minutes or not |  |
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| I know the rules are rules... on 15:25 - Jun 21 with 1988 views | Swansea_Blue |
It does seem a bit harsh, but them's the rules. His training doesn't come into it. There's maybe an argument that it should, but it'd be opening up a can of worms. Ultimately a one size fits all law is the fairest and easiest way to go about things, even if there's a whole host of things that affect safety at any given speed (weather, type of car, experience of driver, business of road, etc.).
If he got off, it's be opening up accusations of favouritism too. |  |
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| I know the rules are rules... on 15:26 - Jun 21 with 1973 views | StokieBlue |
| I know the rules are rules... on 15:18 - Jun 21 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Depends on whether you need to be there in 7.5 minutes or not |
Leave a minute earlier?
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| I know the rules are rules... on 15:29 - Jun 21 with 1955 views | BlueBadger |
Speeding fines are essentially a tax on stupidity. |  |
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| I know the rules are rules... on 15:30 - Jun 21 with 1943 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| I know the rules are rules... on 15:26 - Jun 21 by StokieBlue |
Leave a minute earlier?
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Yes, that wasn’t an entirely serious comment | |
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| I know the rules are rules... on 15:31 - Jun 21 with 1930 views | HARRY10 |
you forgot to mention
"The court heard he already had three points on his licence and had previously attended a speed awareness course."
that means two previous convictions, minimum
hardly harsh, I would say |  | | |
| I know the rules are rules... on 15:34 - Jun 21 with 1900 views | Timefliesbyintheblue |
He did have form, already had points on his licence, and had previously attended a speed awareness course. Without that, yes possibly the punishment would have appeared harsh, but I guess he knew the risk he was taking. | | | |
| I know the rules are rules... on 15:34 - Jun 21 with 1897 views | StokieBlue |
| I know the rules are rules... on 15:30 - Jun 21 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Yes, that wasn’t an entirely serious comment |
Neither was mine :)
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| I know the rules are rules... on 15:35 - Jun 21 with 1890 views | Swansea_Blue |
| I know the rules are rules... on 15:31 - Jun 21 by HARRY10 |
you forgot to mention
"The court heard he already had three points on his licence and had previously attended a speed awareness course."
that means two previous convictions, minimum
hardly harsh, I would say |
That's a good point. Devil in the detail and all that. So presumably there's a good chance he'd have got off with a speed awareness course only if it was a first offence? (I've no idea as I've never been caugh..., er I mean I never broken the speed limit). | |
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| I know the rules are rules... on 15:38 - Jun 21 with 1865 views | SitfcB |
| I know the rules are rules... on 15:31 - Jun 21 by HARRY10 |
you forgot to mention
"The court heard he already had three points on his licence and had previously attended a speed awareness course."
that means two previous convictions, minimum
hardly harsh, I would say |
Fairs. |  |
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| I know the rules are rules... on 15:40 - Jun 21 with 1840 views | Ewan_Oozami |
| I know the rules are rules... on 15:29 - Jun 21 by BlueBadger |
Speeding fines are essentially a tax on stupidity. |
You mean a tax on people with very real concerns? |  |
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| I know the rules are rules... on 15:42 - Jun 21 with 1821 views | factual_blue |
| I know the rules are rules... on 15:40 - Jun 21 by Ewan_Oozami |
You mean a tax on people with very real concerns? |
on people with Very Real Concerns, but without face masks. |  |
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| I know the rules are rules... on 15:42 - Jun 21 with 1817 views | GeoffSentence |
I think the opposite. Those who are supposed to enforce and uphold the law should held to it vigorously. |  |
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