I wonder..........

[Kickstart]

Hi

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/4466449.stm

I wonder what he will say to the next person he books speeding. "Who do you think you are, a policeman?".

All the best

Keith
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[Silver]

I have not too many real issues with him doing 159mph on a motorway (at the dead of night) but 84mph in a 30mph zone

[sickpup]

I do as I'd be very surprised if his tyres were rated for that speed.

[Silver]

[Frost]

154 on the M54 in the dead of night is completely safe.

Coming back from braddy last time i went i did 130+ the entire way back and the only vehicals i encounterd were 4 or 5 lorries that i could see coming from miles away.

[Mr.Everready]

No problem with the 2 100mph+ ones but 84 in a 30 is stupid.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

No real problems about him speeding when it is safe to do so. Major problems with the fact that he would be taking people licences if he saw them do it whether it was safe or not.

All the best

Keith
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[sickpup]

[dotti]

He shouldn't be speeding full stop, no excuses whatsoever.

I have no problem with speed limits and sticking to them. What really annoys me is when people openly flout the law, yet expect others to obey it. As kickstart mentioned he would be "taking people licences if he saw them do it".

The next time I pick up a new bike from the bike shop, I'll be sure to "assess its capabilities" on the way home.
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[natv4]

You all seem to be jumping to conclusions (except Keith, as ever). There are many different 30 roads, unless you know which one he was on, I don't think you can claim it unsafe. Its all about situation.

Also, many seem to claim that 'he' would nick someone for the same. Do you know him? He may have never issued a ticket for speeding. He may have only issued tickets where it was unsafe.

How are police meant to combat crime if they never speed? or if they only speed when in pursuit or on a track?

The only question is, was he meant to be testing the car? Was it safe?

After all, that is what the speed limits are for, safety. If it was safe then I have no problems, if it wasn't then throw the book at him. I don't think we have the evidence to be able to judge.
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[beasty1711]

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FWIW I believe the police response to "speed kills" is that "immapropriate speed kills". Well, that is when they're not being pawns of the road safety partnerships (aka as money grabbing scamera low lifes ).

So maybe this is the way the police are saying it's okay to exceed the speed limit in the right place at the right time.


the right place being with a police vehicle, the right time being anytime
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[Kickstart]

[Fruit'n'nut]

[mchaggis]

Equally there are some limits which are too high. At the crossroads at the top of the village where I live, they've only just made it a 40 rather than a NSL. If you're trying to get across the crossroads from one side, you can see about 20 yards to the right, because there's a house and a tall wall right on the corner.

Another junction in the same stretch has a nasty blind spot in it, you can't see cars coming from the left in a stretch between about 30-50 yards away. Interestingly enough, that was the junction I crashed on, perhaps aided by the car coming through there at 50+ (which I might not have seen and panicked when it appeared right on top of me). People had been complaining about trying to use those junctions with traffic going through at whatever speed they felt like and not being able to see it until the last minute. It seems my accident might have tipped the balance.

It's not hugely built up, but there is a bus stop, a pub and at least ten houses along the road. Local councils only pay attention to poor road engineering when they have KSI accidents staring at them. It seems lowering the speed limit is easier than redesigning the road properly.
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[lurker]

some of these "deserted" industrial estates have lots of people like myself using them during the night and can be busy with lorries, vans, cars and me coming and going from my work.
They're also full of exits on to main roads and are 30 limits for a very good reason.

[Fruit'n'nut]

[Silver]

[tribal_tiger]

He needs to come work in Weybridge, at least they have unmarked Scooby's

He'd probably get to beat his record!
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All of it.

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[natv4]

^^^^ Agreed. I wasn't claiming he was right, just that we don't know the facts. I know roads where speeding at that time of night would not be that big a problem for a highly trained driver.

Remember, if the evidence used against him was his own cctv then 84 would be the max speed he was caught at (not his speed as he passed a speed trap).

Silver, I'm just saying without all the facts, it doesn't seem sensible to want him to go down just because he is a policeman caught speeding.
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