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what has speedo got to do with the mot ?
As far as accuracy is concerned In my experience, my sat nav is far more accurate regarding speed and distance than any speedo.
That is how most speedos work now.
And thats bull.......
You been on the pop....
Why dont you employ a person with a red flag then?
You have much of it in a nutshell ....
And at any speed the following is also true....
With cheap budget hyper-miler tyres you hit it.
With good quality performance tyres you stop before hitting it.
With bog-standard brakes you hit it.
With upgraded cross-drilled discs and high performance pads you stop before hitting it.
With a cheap euro-box you hit it.
With a high performance sports car you stop before hitting it.
With your average distracted-mum-on-the-school-run you hit it.
With a focused driving enthusiast you stop before hitting it.
I could go on all night, but I'd rather have attentive drivers in well maintained higher performance cars breaking the speed limit than some dopey-dora driving a piece of junk whilst not paying any attention to the act of driving who stays under the speed limit.
* Apologies to anyone called Dora or mum's who do the school run, other bad drivers exist and these 2 stereotypes are just being used to illustrate a point (yadda yadda yadda)
Very easily, several types or classes of drivers are exempt under or in very specific circumstances, and of course there is lawful excuse for the rest, however with lawful excuse it has to be an excuse accepted by those enforcing the speed limits and potentially the courts.
Being late for aunty Daisys tea party ain't cutting it now.
Correct, once again the ACPO report emphasises this and it includes the modern distractions such as the space invaders who have to be looking at you instead of the road when they speak to you, the numerous problems with mobile phone calls and texting while driving, the drink drivers, and those taking drugs. They are I suppose, all forms of dangerous driving for which you can be charged.
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Well thankfully the majority of schools have 20mph speed limit in my area.
Total nonsense people driving too slow argument. In reality how often do you see these people - not that often. On the other hand you will see someone driving fast like a nut quite often. Ask that person are they a good driver and oh yes they are.
You are missing the point about adhering to the speed limit or lower. OK so you are paying attention and speeding and someone is fiddling around with something in their car. You will have less time to react, avoid or stop. If the accident is unavoidable the outcome of the accident will be much worse. Yes they should have been paying more attention but that doesn't help much once you have hit them.
In a town you hit someone doing 32mph they are far more likely to die than if you were doing 28mph.
Raising the speed limit on motorways is unclear whether it's a good or bad idea, don't think the autobahns have a better fatality rating per capita on them than our motorways, if they did I would have guessed it would have happened by now. I agree on a open motorway with no cars on it just feels dreadful to adhere to 70 and most of us don't on occasion.
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