Quote: Originally posted by sn00p on 06 February 2005
Quote: Originally posted by Roy Munson on 06 February 2005Whats interesting is the focus always seems to be on breaking the law and by implication, being unsafe. It never seems to focus on the actual safe speed for the actual road where the actual offence took place.
Of course, there is NO safe speed - driving vehicles carries a risk whatever the speed, and just because someone may never ever break THE LAW, it doesnt make them the super-safe, saintly drivers they obviously think they are.
IMO drivers who make such a point of NEVER breaking a speed limit, are spending too much time cosseting their feeling of well-being by knowing where the speedo needle is, rather than concentrating on the road ahead, and using experience as a measure if how quickly to be going.
I often find myself driving at 35mph in a 30 zone. I also often find myself driving at 20mph in a 30 zone where I cant comfortably go any quicker without feeling unable to stop should the need arise. Child/dog/hamster/suicidal rabbit dont enter the equation, because using that tool to argue, ultimately leads to the speed limit being 0mph.
Personally I use speed limits as a gauge of the kind of road I am driving on, and generally I abide by them. Ultimately though, I use my own brain and my driving experience, and I often find Im driving legally by doing so anyway. One day I might not be driving *legally* and Ill get caught, either by a camera or a copper (Id rather it be the latter) - thatll make me unlucky, and I might post on here about it...and at that point in my life I wont want some holier-than-thou "kill your speed" brigade breathing down my neck - especially since in my experience, people who are proud to proclaim they NEVER break speed limits, cant drive for sh*t.
[/QUOTE]I would hope that any competant driver would be able to maintain a constant speed without having to keep their eyes glued to the needle, its not really that hard to do! Maybe those who do have this problem should seek some extra driving tutoring. There seems to be a fixation on this board with that argument everytime this topic pops up.The fact of the matter is that if youre doing 25 then youve got more time to react than if youre doing 35, you cant escape that basic FACT.
A self destructive argument. In that case youd better drive around at 20, or maybe 15? Make it 10 just to be safe...oh wait, maybe 5?