Results tagged “speeding” from Liverpool Echo - Driving Passion

As we head towards the end of yet another year and coincidentally the premiere celebration of the Gregorian calendar, my birthday, I am determined to shine a positive light on these dark times.
We may be plagued by financial worry, domestic turmoil and the traditional festive invasion of the Gaza Strip but let's not let such small matters get us down.

You've bin had

Following on from yesterday’s I don’t believe feature, the Institute of Advanced Motorists, that worthy body that taught us in days of old how to drive while balancing a house brick on the transmission tunnel* claims that over 70% of motorists have come to love the speed camera as surely as we all came to love the bomb.

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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