Revenue or Safety?

[wu56Shoozz]

Mine was 77mph in a 70..the harsh reality of it was that it was Christmas Eve..I had traveled that road for 13 years at that speed and never been stopped or questioned about speed, the cameras on the road were set at 81mph.. I know because my mates distant relative was the chief of police in that area and he told me..so to cruise at 77 was speeding, but under the camera limits.. just Good Cop /Bad Cop and I quote "I could do this all day and not loose sleep over it.." said plod..

 

[clk320x]

Mine was 77mph in a 70..the harsh reality of it was that it was Christmas Eve..I had traveled that road for 13 years at that speed and never been stopped or questioned about speed, the cameras on the road were set at 81mph.. I know because my mates distant relative was the chief of police in that area and he told me..so to cruise at 77 was speeding, but under the camera limits.. just Good Cop /Bad Cop and I quote "I could do this all day and not loose sleep over it.." said plod..

Woahhh!!! That is ridiculous

I have never heard of anyone being done for under 80 on a motorway.

 

[Alex225]

I think its a revenue field ... I do a lot of miles throughout the country and have seen the "smart" system left on when there's absolutely sod all happening and I mean Sod all no congestion, no road works nothing/nada.. and yet there it is. The M62 is particularly notorious for this trick as was the M6 at the new Preston Slip road.. both had nothing happening but "Oh look..Variable speed limit applies.." I hate having to travel into "Yorkshire" via M62 as the operators haven't a clue..often it stretches from the start of the M62 right out to the M1 Intersection..with nothing happening, so "Whats Going On..."

Sadly the cynical side of me tends to agree. We know that modern cars are capable of driving, braking and handling fine beyond the 70mph limit.

Perhaps if people were educated better in lane discipline and braking distances, the motorways would flow better? I suspect that's why the speed limit free sections of the Autobahns work because people move out of the bloody way.

In reality what seems to happen on the likes of the M25, no one can stay in lane one, literally join the motorway and immediately into lane two, three or four. They then insist on staying in these lanes and either they're too close together or people get frustrated so end up bunching up. All this seems to cause those random traffic jams from people sitting too close together.

Add on that some sudden braking due to an enforced speed limit that doesn't always make sense and you've got a great recipe for cashing in and causing accidents.