First ticket in 3½ yrs

[henk4]

Well, the most stupid thing about permanent cameras is that once you know where they are, you will slow down, pass and resume your original speed. A new system is now operational overhere on some stretches of motorway, where the average speed is measured and on a 24 hour basis, permanently. (Radar boxes are most of the times not even loaded with a camera). This is actually very effective to reduce the speed in the designated area.

The fact that the car is the target and not the driver is not so serious overhere because we do not have a point system for our licence. The educational effect of the fine is therefore very small. The act will be centrally registered somewhere and after a certain amount of time the file will be erased. If somebody else would have driven my car (actually Wouter sat next to me) it would have been my problem to get the money back.

[Spastik_Roach]

Theres a certain cop in our town, affectionately known as "Officer Dibbles" by my mum, who's been pulled over twice by "Officer Dibbles". He pulls over people left right and center. He pulled up my mum for coming down the hill too fast, which seemed pretty dumb to me..

[henk4]

He pulled up my mum for coming down the hill too fast, which seemed pretty dumb to me..

That's relative if there is a kindergarten at the foot of the hill, than he might have been right.

[DasModell]

if she didn't passed the speed limit .and no other signs are installed ... she did nothing wrong ..

[Blue Supra]

I musta missed this thread along my travels....
Iv said somewhere before about a voluntary course young drivers in the ACT can do after having there Ps for 6 months, somewhat funnily called "P off" coz you can take off your P plates when you pass it and you get an extra 4 demerit points. but its a study of alcohol, drugs etc on drivers, what influences dangeous driving, studying crashes, although there is no actual get in the car training, prevention is better then a cure, im yet to scrape the measly 60 bucks to do this course and iv had my Ps nearly 2 years. Fortunatly never needed extra demerit points and the poorest thing iv been pinged for is not having Ps on in college, the cop fined me for not having the back one on and cautioned me for the front one???

[Spastik_Roach]

No kindergartens, no nothing. Only an intersection, but there was plenty of time to stop, heaps of time. Without any heavy duty foot down breaking either. I mean can't a friggen cop realise? Laws of motion or something like that, car go down hill, go faster :S It was for about 5 seconds she was going over limit aswell!

[funkmastaT]

I think america (and other countries) should turn the roads into autobahns. On the aotobahn in germany they have less traffic accidents than here in America yet they are going twice the speed. I think alot of the accidents occur hwen some slow geezer in front of you is going 40mph and you want to get around him.

[Blue Supra]

That could quite be it, im keen to see unlimited highways, but only under very very tight circumstances would it EVER happen.

[Matra et Alpine]

I think america (and other countries) should turn the roads into autobahns. On the aotobahn in germany they have less traffic accidents than here in America yet they are going twice the speed. I think alot of the accidents occur hwen some slow geezer in front of you is going 40mph and you want to get around him.

Lane discipline is CRITICAL if there are going to be fast highways.
My experience is it doesn't exist in the US and the willingness of people to move from lane 2 or 3 into an exit road cutting across traffic is just shocking !!!

[Quiggs]

I think america (and other countries) should turn the roads into autobahns. On the aotobahn in germany they have less traffic accidents than here in America yet they are going twice the speed. I think alot of the accidents occur hwen some slow geezer in front of you is going 40mph and you want to get around him.

The DOT gives a license to anyone with $25 and that can read an eye chart. Watch how many people cut 3 lanes for an exit, or pull in front of a tractor trailer at 50 feet. Germany has MUCH MUCH more stringent requirements for driving.

I'd like to see unlimited speed roads, too. But not before much change in how licenses are given, and when mandatory retesting of ALL people (not just the elderly, as many others wish for) every 4 years. You're going to renew your license, you re-take the test.

The drivers test, at least in PA, is a joke. For me it was a 15 minute drive in 11am city traffic- not exactly fast paced. I didn't have to parallel park, didn't have to merge into traffic at speed, didn't have to go through a circle intersection. And it was much the same for most of the people I know.

Now, any monkey with a banana could pass that test. And I don't trust monkies with bananas doing 80 miles an hour next to me.