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Old 07-13-2003, 03:40 PM   #20 (permalink)
miked10270
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OK. I've tried not to bite on this thread (and am about to fail miserably).

There is one sure fire, simple, easy way to avoid EVER getting a speeding fine. It's worked for me for 25 years.

DON'T SPEED!!!!!!!!!

I'm speaking as a cop of 17 years. As one of my minor skills I happen to be a Class 1 Police driver (I'll leave other UK posters to clarify this) - short version is that I'm one of the guys who'll take a big BMW and show what it really can do.

The downside of driving the muscle cars is attending fatal road accidents and I've never attended one yet that doesn't involve some prick driving far too fast for the road conditions and their ability. Unfortunately the prick driving too fast isn't necessarily the fatality. All too often they're the ones trying to explain how it was actually the fault of the fatality who was driving sensibly but shouldn't have been occupying the bit of road they slammed into at 30, 40, 50 mph over the speed limit.

For those of you who seem to think that driving, say 10mph over the limit, here's a thought... In the UK the urban speed limit is 30mph. Suppose you were driving along in an urban area, and a kid runs out in front of you (fuck knows why) and you hit the kid:

At 20mph you have a (roughly) 17% probability of killing the kid.

At 30mph you have a (roughly) 50% probability of killing the kid.

At 40mph you have a (roughly) 85% probability of killing the kid.

All to get to the next stop sign, traffic jam or traffic lights 30 seconds earlier? All to get to work / shop a minute sooner?

TRY and remember that the posted speed limit is just that. A limit... NOT a target.
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