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I very much enjoy your column. I am a retired Superintendent from the Hong Kong Police. My last 5 years service was spent in charge of a large traffic police unit covering half the territory. Having come...
I was caught by a speed camera doing 36 mph on the A614 somewhere near Howden. This was on an unfamiliar road in light traffic on a quiet Sunday morning, and I was completely unaware at the time. As I...
I 'speak' as a 46year experienced driver (66 years old), never caused an accident, never committed a crime, paid all taxes on time, but nevertheless I have managed 3 points due to a hidden camera. I wonder...
As a regular reader of your column, I am looking for some advice on a potential speeding offence. On the evening of 06APR2009, I was flashed by a fixed camera in what is now a 50mph area (was 60). My...
I believe I may have been flashed by a forward facing traffic camera doing between 35-40mph today in an area, which I then found to be 30mph. The route is the A62 AKA Manchester Road in Oldham. I travelled...
With hundreds of thousands miles behind me, happily accident-free, I reckon I generally know when I am driving at a safe speed for the conditions and, given fair reminders of the speed limit (often lacking)...
As an engineer and a regular reader of your splendid column, I was interested by two recent correspondents, who presented opposing views regarding road speed, safety and the law, to do a little research...
Like your recent correspondent I too have been offered a Speed Awareness course for doing 38mph on a recently reduced speed section of dual carriageway. The offer has been made by our euphemistically named...
H.M. Swindon is another brain dead driver. I bet he shops at Asda every week a mile down the road. If only people like him would take more interest in what is happening they would realise just what this...
You regard speeding fixed penalties as bribes. I see them as alternatives to those who admit the offence to have their case settled without having to go to court. Rarely is there greater evidence of guilt...