Freedom of information........

[Jonny]

I agree too, I only do about 8000 a year and that is in a landrover which really struggles to get to the speed limit, so I have never had any points. I do feel for people who do lots of miles as they have to watch their speedo all the time instead of the road and that aint good.

[wildone]

Originally Posted by paulthomas

Let's hope so. Excessive speed is a _major_ factor in crash frequency and severity. Sadly too many males have vastly over-inflated egos which results in them denying the risk they pose to others. Are a few seconds on you journey time really more important than the lives of others? I realise that my stance will undoubtably isolates me from everyone else on this forum and will probably make me personna not grata here and unable to post again but the facts speak for themselves.

I agree Paul, although I am now finding that many women will drive at speed and tailgate me, and I'm no slouch but do like to keep within the speed limt.

[eeyore]

Nearly got me jonny - you should have saved that one for april

[Boddie]

Originally Posted by Gill Catton

I agree, plus when you're covering those sorts of distances on roads you don't know it can be so hard to work out what the speed limit actuallly is, I'm back down to three points now but when I was on nine, I was tempted to drive to several location around the country and take a picture just the other side of a speed sign or on a stretch on road with no signs and take them all into various police stations across the country and ask them to guess the speed limits - because that's how I foulled up - I didn't intentionally speed and it's easy to miss the speed sign if you're concentrating on the travel report or the bus coming the other way or the tractor up ahead or something and the whole 30/40/50mph areas can be really hard to tell apart sometimes!
I just wish there were obvious national consistant ways to tell....

Yep

Funny how there are less deaths on German roads.

Germans are far better drivers, far more aware of the road and others on it. Same in Belgium whereby I used to drive at up to 155 in a seven series and no-one bat an eyelid. Again 155 in Italy in a five, again with no response and in the UK people looked at me gone out on the A46 when I was doing 146 in a VR6

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by Boddie

Yep

Funny how there are less deaths on German roads.

Germans are far better drivers, far more aware of the road and others on it. Same in Belgium whereby I used to drive at up to 155 in a seven series and no-one bat an eyelid. Again 155 in Italy in a five, again with no response and in the UK people looked at me gone out on the A46 when I was doing 146 in a VR6

I used to regularly tank 130+ on the harley but mainly in the wee small hours when there was nothing on the roads. I dont do it any more because i have to maintain a clean (3 points or less) licence for my job, IMHO the police should forget speeders per se and concentrate on nicking idiots who drive dangerously regardless of how fast they are going.