Thread: Road Safety or Revenue?

Originally Posted by Tins

I don't find talking to someone 1,000 ks away any more distracting than talking to a passenger sitting next to me. I appreciate, however, that we aren't all the same.

Depends on topic. Natural drift in focus occurs depending on the processing requirement of the conversation.

Originally Posted by austastar

Hi,
I believe the Poms experimented with a cardboard cutout of a Bobby near a local speeding spots and slowed the traffic effectively at minimal costs.
Cheers

Used to see real looking ply cutouts of a Cop sitting on his bike on the side of the road looking at you approaching on most main main roads heading west out of Sydney in the 60s . Worked well !!! initially but was not long lasting . .

Speed cameras are no more than a voluntary taxation system.

If you speed and get caught you pay the tax, stay within the speed limit and you don't pay, your choice......


Colin

Originally Posted by gromit

Speed cameras are no more than a voluntary taxation system.

If you speed and get caught you pay the tax, stay within the speed limit and you don't pay, your choice......

Got flashed on Saturday. Not watching the speedo, distracted by the sun and what the traffic up ahead was doing and crept up from 90 to 100 on a long gentle downhill. Can't remember the last time I got a ticket.

Hi,
Fifty four years of driving and one speeding ticket.
Grrr!
Highway driving, aproaching a town, foot off throttle and slowing for 90 speed limit ahead.
Ping!
Passed first 90 sign without seeing it.
Damn.
Now use a Garmin RV navigator that bongs 150m prior to limit and 3 bongs if I'm still above the limit past the sign.
Damn it is accurate, and so fussy!
It does have some locations wrong, or missing, just for fun and giggles.
Cheers

Originally Posted by Fatso

Used to see real looking ply cutouts of a Cop sitting on his bike on the side of the road looking at you approaching on most main main roads heading west out of Sydney in the 60s . Worked well !!! initially but was not long lasting . .

Qld.

Originally Posted by gromit

If you speed and get caught you pay the tax, stay within the speed limit and you don't pay, your choice......


Colin

But is not always the case as has been shown time and time again - you can be within the speed limit but still pay the tax.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Depends on topic. Natural drift in focus occurs depending on the processing requirement of the conversation.

Not really germane to my point, Mike.

Seriously, if a person can't drive and think at the same time maybe they should consider catching the bus.