Originally Posted by ray54
(Post 12007194)
Can you be done for traveling to slow?
I ask as i pass a local speed cash van at 15 mph for safety reasons,( it's a 30 limit dual carriageway) it has many potholes & the low sun often shines in my eyes.:Whatever_:wonder: |
So that would also mean Yes if you can’t justify why...
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Originally Posted by alcazar
(Post 12007147)
Oh dear, here speaks one of the hated coppers who STILL doesn't understand why, LOL
So, Felix, there are no artificially low limits in the UK? No cameras positioned in otherwise safe places JUSt to catch someone who goes over an arbitrary limit? Cue Felix to come out with the bullsh*t about it being the law...like that bothers coppers going for a conviction, stealing and selling drugs....etc But oh, I forgot, YOU never do owt like that, do you Felix, so your sanctimonious bullcr@p is OK to spout:rolleyes: And can you say for certain that the cameras are just placed for revenue? And if so, if everyone travels at the correct speed, you will stop the money flow. |
Originally Posted by FranK RA
(Post 12007203)
So that would also mean Yes if you can’t justify why...
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So Yes you can be done for driving too slow....
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you will be done for causing an unnecessary obstruction, not just for driving slow
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The guy asked if you can be done for going too slow. A simple Yes would have sufficed. Not sure why you replied No.
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Felix f**k off to work will you. You and your workmates can concoct some lies to prosecute some innocent being going about their day.
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Originally Posted by 1509joe
(Post 12007213)
Felix f**k off to work will you. You and your workmates can concoct some lies to prosecute some innocent being going about their day.
you just know he will have it in for scoobies :norty: |
Originally Posted by 1509joe
(Post 12007213)
Felix f**k off to work will you. You and your workmates can concoct some lies to prosecute some innocent being going about their day.
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Originally Posted by ray54
(Post 12007241)
Careful joe he just could be in the safety van sighting down the barrel at you picking your nose :D
you just know he will have it in for scoobies :norty: |
Originally Posted by FranK RA
(Post 12007208)
The guy asked if you can be done for going too slow. A simple Yes would have sufficed. Not sure why you replied No.
:D The original comment concerned going at 15mph in a 30mph due to pot holes in the road - in that scenario you will not be 'done' so my answer was correct. |
Originally Posted by alcazar
(Post 12007027)
What he did was strike at the heart of the scam that is netting the government £millions.
No wonder he got sent down. You threaten their revenue stream, they will get nasty.:mad: |
You my friend are a complete tit. You’d argue black was white to save face.
I “was” giving you the benefit of the doubt and trying to have a light hearted conversation about it but you still choose to be a sanctimonious arsehole. The bottom line is. If you drive too slow you can be charged with an offence. It’s common sense! Here’s me thinking some of the guys were being a tad harsh but as mentioned before. You just don’t get it. Mind you, you’re not the first person to put on a uniform , have a severe lack of common sense and hide behind a badge. Trust me.... you’re in the right job. Well done :thumb: |
Changing the subject slightly .. why when the cameras are there to "save lives" and slow people down, is it perverting the course of justice to warn others of their presence?
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Originally Posted by FranK RA
(Post 12007256)
The bottom line is. If you drive too slow you can be charged with an offence. It’s common sense!
Here’s me thinking some of the guys were being a tad harsh but as mentioned before. You just don’t get it. Mind you, you’re not the first person to put on a uniform , have a severe lack of common sense and hide behind a badge. Trust me.... you’re in the right job. Well done :thumb: What you will actually be summonsed for is unnecessary obstruction. I make the distinction as there will be people on here who will use the 'done for driving too slowly' to show that they have done the same by driving past a camera 'driving too slowly' and nothing happens and it jolly well 'boo hiss' for common sense. |
Originally Posted by pimmo2000
(Post 12007269)
Changing the subject slightly .. why when the cameras are there to "save lives" and slow people down, is it perverting the course of justice to warn others of their presence?
From memory i think the court argued that by flashing his lights he was unnecessarily causing the traffic to slow before the 'speed trap' therefore rendering the 'speed trap' ineffective. I don't agree with this decision by the way - and if it caused traffic to slow down to the speed limit, then all well and good. |
I flash my lights when I see my friends coming the other way, trouble is I keep being mistaken who my friends are :)
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[QUOTE=pimmo2000;12007269]Changing the subject slightly .. why when the cameras are there to "save lives" and slow people down, is it perverting the course of justice to warn others of their presence?[/Q
Could be seen as defaulting the Treasury of well earned cash, so you are in a way "stealing" from them and plod will lock you up......... Also plod i believe get £100 a person running speed awareness courses. This is a more serious offence. which is likely to bring about you having to agree with everything FELIX says......:eek: |
Originally Posted by andy97
(Post 12007132)
If the vehicle in front is traveling at or near the prescribed speed limit, why is there a need to overtake? All an overtake does is put you and other road users at risk, you get no further ahead apart from a cars length.
I actually don't bother overtaking these days, stick my car on adaptive auto cruise, it just follows the car Infront 2 seconds behind, alot less stressful. |
Originally Posted by Felix.
(Post 12007157)
Then it wasn't safe to overtake then - careless or dangerous driving
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Originally Posted by Felix.
(Post 12007249)
I don't concoct lies - and if you can't handle a debate without becoming abusive, I suggest you are in the wrong forum.
Must be a lot of us on the wrong forum. The truth must hurt :thumb: |
Originally Posted by andy97
(Post 12007132)
If the vehicle in front is traveling at or near the prescribed speed limit, why is there a need to overtake? All an overtake does is put you and other road users at risk, you get no further ahead apart from a cars length.
I actually don't bother overtaking these days, stick my car on adaptive auto cruise, it just follows the car Infront 2 seconds behind, alot less stressful.
Originally Posted by Tidgy
(Post 12007281)
20 in a 30? 30 in a 40? where do you draw the line?
Your example is in around 30% less than the speed limit, which if travelling along an open road with no obvious hazards is a little slow. However, I'd have no issues if travelling through a busy street with people, parked cars all around, driving at a speed of 20 or even 15mph. Our local town is a good example, where the limit is 30, its just not safe to travel at that speed with so many people crossing the road and the vehicles parked up. Then there vehicles travelling at less than the prescribed limit for cars only, larger vans, towing vehicles which are travelling 10mph slower. Then there are horses with riders, cyclists, the odd pedestrian. You cannot just say I drive at the speed limit, because you cannot be safe to do so all the time. Then you will fall very quickly into the category of inconsiderate/careless or even dangerous driver. You alter your speed to the conditions before you on that piece of road. The limit is just that, maximum when conditions allow.:thumb: |
Originally Posted by Tidgy
(Post 12007282)
By staying at the speed limit to overtake then you are being more dangerous, due to being in the opposing lane for longer.
T.E.D. ;) |
Originally Posted by andy97
(Post 12007297)
I did say at or near, I usually set my cruise 1-5mph below the limit dependent on the road/conditions I'm travelling along.
Your example is in around 30% less than the speed limit, which if travelling along an open road with no obvious hazards is a little slow. However, I'd have no issues if travelling through a busy street with people, parked cars all around, driving at a speed of 20 or even 15mph. Our local town is a good example, where the limit is 30, its just not safe to travel at that speed with so many people crossing the road and the vehicles parked up. Then there vehicles travelling at less than the prescribed limit for cars only, larger vans, towing vehicles which are travelling 10mph slower. Then there are horses with riders, cyclists, the odd pedestrian. You cannot just say I drive at the speed limit, because you cannot be safe to do so all the time. Then you will fall very quickly into the category of inconsiderate/careless or even dangerous driver. You alter your speed to the conditions before you on that piece of road. The limit is just that, maximum when conditions allow.:thumb: |
So jail for a bloke acting like a dick
vs. Community order for this : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-engl...iver-s-journey I know who'd be more likely to kill someone and who'd I rather have in jail. Irony here is camera vans don't catch these type of drivers, of whom are the most dangerous. :mad: |
Originally Posted by ALi-B
(Post 12007416)
So jail for a bloke acting like a dick
vs. Community order for this : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-engl...iver-s-journey I know who'd be more likely to kill someone and who'd I rather have in jail. Irony here is camera vans don't catch these type of drivers, of whom are the most dangerous. :mad: |
Originally Posted by ALi-B
(Post 12007416)
So jail for a bloke acting like a dick
vs. Community order for this : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-engl...iver-s-journey I know who'd be more likely to kill someone and who'd I rather have in jail. Irony here is camera vans don't catch these type of drivers, of whom are the most dangerous. :mad: |
Originally Posted by ALi-B
(Post 12007416)
So jail for a bloke acting like a dick
vs. Community order for this : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-engl...iver-s-journey I know who'd be more likely to kill someone and who'd I rather have in jail. Irony here is camera vans don't catch these type of drivers, of whom are the most dangerous. :mad: |
Originally Posted by JDM_Stig
(Post 12007448)
She wanted locking up.
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