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Two strikes and you are out with new speeding penalty proposals

Posted by Steve Orme on November 15, 2007 12:37 PM | 

Look, I didn’t come up the river on a tea tray, RoadPilot is keen to warn you of possible new speeding legislation because it sells speed detector equipment but....
How much more of this do we have to take? For the love of spam fritters, Britain is not only the safest place to drive, walk, ride a bike and have public sex in Europe, it also has more cameras than Dixons. And anyway, traffic is now running so damn slowly speeding is viewed as a recreational opportunity
No matter, at the end of this month the Ministry of Love will have talks with the Ministry of Truth about tougher fixed penalty punishments for people speeding on Airstrip One.
In a nutshell there will be a two-tier system which lands drivers exceeding the speed limit with a massive six points and a £100 fine for driving at 45mph in a 30mph zone and pro rata up the scale. 94mph would be the threshold on a motorway.
So that’s two strikes and you are out. Banned, without a car, the driver formerly known as employed.
Angry? I’ve just bitten the postman.
Please, please can the powers of enforcement leave us alone and get on with what they do best. Shooting innocent Brazilians.
Sorry, must go now and wipe the foam off my lapels.
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Comments (1)

Gigsy wrote...

Steve,

Tell us more....

Sex in public and cameras?
Is someone riding a bike at the same time as well? Just trying to figure the logistics out!

How many penalty points does that tot up to?

Do you have a DVD? of this?
I may have one to swap.

I hope it was foam on your lapels,
I now how excited you can get!!!!

Posted by: Gigsy  | November 17, 2007 1:13 AM

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