kendor said:
If we take what you say as granted then when it gets silly with limits bringing cars grinding to a gridlock, don't you think there would be an outcry? not going to happen.
An outcry!
Haha, don't make me laugh.
That's the reason motorists get hit to the tune of millions every year. Not just speeding revenue, but income from parking tickets, just to mention one other. Then you could have congestion charging........
Are we complaining enough to make an outcry? No.
That's why the Govt are finding more and more ways to fleece the motorist of more and more, and they will only stop when we say NO MORE! and our voices are loud enough to be heard.
They want us out of our cars and into public transport - what a joke. They have deliberately sabotaged the public transport network by starving it of funds, just so that we have to use our cars, thus ensuring a constant stream of money.
If they were so f'in serious about improving public transport, they would plough all the revenue from speeding fines into it. But instead they choose to create "safety partnerships" who have the power to put their earnings into more and more speed cameras.
Never mind your precious stance on speeding and Gatso's. It has been proved that in some cases, Gatso's have not only failed to reduce accident rates, but they have actually increased.
The Govt promised when Gatso's were introduced that they would only be used at accident blackspots. Can they honestly say that now? No.
You find them on nice stretches of straight road (sometimes hidden) where the unsuspecting motorist only has to exceed the speed limit by as little as 5mph in a 30 zone to get landed with 3 points and a 60 quid fine.
Don't dare tell me you have never exceeded the speed limit. I will not believe you. Even my mother who drives like a nun has got an NIP for doing 32. And you wonder why I'm cynical.
Most people who get done (like Mum) just pay up. The law tries to make it difficult to fight. Where else are you guilty until you can prove yourself otherwise? And where that fight to prove you are innocent is hampered by the authorities? And the call the UK a bastion of Democracy. B*llocks!
You say that if the Gatso has caught me at 36mph, then I must have been doing that. That is simply not necessarily so. Gatso's are adjustable, and as such can be set to show that you were travelling faster than you actually were. Is this fair? Ask yourself why the Govt is trying (and largely succeeding) to net more revenue from Gatso's than they otherwise would by illegal tactics.
Is that democratic? Or for that matter is this scenario?
You are caught speeding. You are not given the chance to deny the charge because you are forced to sign the NIP saying that you are guilty.
You are (often) denied the right to see photographic evidence BEFORE going to court. Also, it is made difficult to get a calibration certificate before court.
Even when you get that calibration cert., how do you know it is correctly set-up? And I'm not being Mr Paranoid here.
Once in court, the chances of you getting off are mighty slim.
I will eagerly await your response
