On 17/09/10 10:39, Robert Bronsdon wrote: > On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:15:15 +0100, Sean Gibbins > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Do we do away entirely with speed limits and leave it to the >> individual to judge? > > Not quite - but maybe we should have speed limits based on scientific > judgement.
---8<--- > > There is no direct speeding offence (on national limit roads) but you > can be stopped for driving in a reckless manner. That's not very scientific is it? Surely, that comes down to judgement on the part of a police officer. I can almost hear all the people stopped for that offence complaining about a lack of objectivity! Like I said before, variable limits are tough to enforce, and where I have seen them they were enforced with cameras. As much as it grates the only answer is to either drive more carefully (to avoid detection) or pay the fine. I read that 'Mr Loophole' [1], the lawyer who gets the rich and famous off speeding offences with technicalities, recently refused to perform the service for his daughter, stating that she needed to learn a valuable lesson [2]. Perhaps there's wisdom in that story for all of us. Sean [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Freeman [2] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-11251125 -- music, film, comics, books, rants and drivel: www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa
