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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: DerekDerek Date: Sep 10, 2008 12:14
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:36:39 +0100, %%steve%%@ malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth)
wrote:
>Of course the numerous near-misses
>that he has suffered are all put to down to "speeding drivers" even
>though very few people exceed the speed limit and the police have
>informed him that whenever they do a speed survey the 85%%ile is lower
>than the speed limit.
During the campaigning phase for a speed camera well before the actual
speed cameras arrived I attended a Neighbourhood Watch meeting when
the N.W. rep from the local police station said that whenever they'd
put a speed camera on the hill, all the speeders detected were locals.
So if they didn't want cars speeding down the hill the solution was in
their hands (or at their feet).
The only 2 that I've known to get speeding tickets were our office
secretary (39 in a 30 limit, late for work) and the accountant (35 in
a 30 limit). Both live within 100 metres of the road.
The fallacy appears to lie in the common belief that "It's the cars
coming here from somewhere else that are doing the speeding".
Just as the parking mayhem around the school is not caused by local
mothers doing the school run - Oh no. It's mothers that bring children
into the world "They know what it's like". They wouldnt risk childrens
lives by parking like chimpanzees on acid around the school entrance.
Not much.
Derek
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