Sorry, but "slamming your breaks" to go down to the speed limit cannot be considered safe driving, either. Yes, everyone makes mistakes, but slamming the breaks because you find yourself above the speed limit WITHOUT LOOKING IN THE MIRROR is irresponsible. But then, so is tailgating which is the most likely cause for a lot of rear-endings...
We can keep moaning forever about the details of speed limits, but the original topic was about someone complaining about speed cameras which IMHO are a very necessary evil to keep drivers on their toes. Yes, once driving at night I got flashed by one of them and lost orientation for a few seconds because of the sudden light, but I was driving too fast and deserved the ticket if I am to be honest about it.
OK, yes, I can agree to that - it IS often safer to go with the flow of traffic, even if it is above the speed limit.
But that is not what the original article seemed to be about, so I ignored that for my reply.
In general, the point IMHO remains that it is mostly the rule breakers that complain the loudest about some marginally related reason why they should be allowed to continue doing what they are doing.
How come it's always those who break the rules that complain the most about new techniques to uphold the rules?
"Speeding cameras are against the constitution" - so? Speeding is against the law and kills hundreds of people. Is your constitutional right more important than a hundred lives you endanger?
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Sorry, but "slamming your breaks" to go down to the speed limit cannot be considered safe driving, either. Yes, everyone makes mistakes, but slamming the breaks because you find yourself above the speed limit WITHOUT LOOKING IN THE MIRROR is irresponsible. But then, so is tailgating which is the most likely cause for a lot of rear-endings...
We can keep moaning forever about the details of speed limits, but the original topic was about someone complaining about speed cameras which IMHO are a very necessary evil to keep drivers on their toes. Yes, once driving at night I got flashed by one of them and lost orientation for a few seconds because of the sudden light, but I was driving too fast and deserved the ticket if I am to be honest about it.
OK, yes, I can agree to that - it IS often safer to go with the flow of traffic, even if it is above the speed limit.
But that is not what the original article seemed to be about, so I ignored that for my reply.
In general, the point IMHO remains that it is mostly the rule breakers that complain the loudest about some marginally related reason why they should be allowed to continue doing what they are doing.
How come it's always those who break the rules that complain the most about new techniques to uphold the rules?
"Speeding cameras are against the constitution" - so? Speeding is against the law and kills hundreds of people. Is your constitutional right more important than a hundred lives you endanger?
Just shut up and follow the rules!