Speeding Ticket

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This egg will be scrambled and a little shaved smoke salmon added at breakfast time on 15th January

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I have 12 points. It should be about 18 but i was caught twice in 2003, signed the form, sent it back and never heard from them again.

I have been driving for nearly twenty years and i`ve never had an accident, i am simply able to drive fast without incident.
 
To be fair, a decent driver should be able to drive at speed without having an accident. In fact, some of the best drivers are those that drive at speed as they are more aware of what is going on around them and able to respond accordingly. The advanced police driving test (my Dad has passed it) consists of driving safely at speed - not only that, they teach that to drive at speed is often safer. For example, some of the most dangerous things that drivers can do [and is very common] is slowing down excessively whilst turning off a road, going around a bend or taking a roundabout. The best way to do it is to accelerate off the bend/roundabout or whilst turning, after all, you are going away from the action incurred. So many people are unable to 'read' roundabouts too - the art is not to have to stop if possible; if you 'read' where the traffic is going properly you simply slow going into it then accelerate whilst heading onto the roundabout. This is an essential skill when driving a horsebox as if at all possible you want to avoid stopping completely & pulling away as it jerks around the horses in the back - the goal is to keep the box moving smoothly.

Oh, and translate all you like LordH - if you are thinking what I think you may be I can assure you that you are way out......B)
 
Shadow is right, and as one of my raceday colleagues is an ex-DCI who used to do high-speed police car work, I know that the police endorse these theories. I was behind a Microbe this morning, driven by an addled OAP, who wandered all over the side and centre lines at 25 feckin mph. She eventually managed to crank up the engine to 30 mph (we were in a 50 mph, then 40 mph zone) but braked in terror on every bloody curve, braked at the sight of every oncoming lorry, braked miles from every roundabout, braked and STOPPED at an entirely clear roundabout (unable to read the road ahead), and finally indicated right for 200 yards, eventually turning into her driveway after passing at least six other right-hand possibilities. THAT is the sort of nitwit who causes accidents! :angy:

I don't care how fast people go, as long as they drive in constant awareness of what's ALL around them, including what's way up ahead, and gradually decelerate, not brake wildly, as they see the need to reduce their speed. There must be a helluva turnover in brake pads in this country!
 
Thank you Aunty K, it's nice not to be told that you're talking bollocks by someone else who can actually drive!
 
i agree with you Dom, driving at speed is only dangerous if the conditions are less than perfect, i obey all speed limits when im in an urban area but motorways and a-roads i go as fast as i can, conditions allowing. It seems that people are unable to adapt to bad weather and continue to drive at a an inappropriate pace and that is how most accidents seem to happen
 
For what it's worth, I think speeding points tot up for 3 years from the date of conviction but the endorsement has to remain on the licence for at least 4 years from the date of the offence.
 
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