Highway code cost (From York Press)
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Highway code cost
12:11pm Saturday 11th August 2012 in Letters By Reader's letter
Like Simon Sweeney, I also attended a speed awareness seminar not so long ago (Letters, August 9).
Unfortunately, I was just 1mph over the regular speed limit for that particular stretch of road at midnight and had carelessly missed a temporary speed limit sign advising of a 10mph reduction.
Out of the 50 people on the course, only those who had recently passed their tests could admit to having read the Highway Code within any memorable timescale.
The officer who conducted the course explained how certain rules etc had changed and the speeds of various different vehicles on the road, etc, which was all quite interesting.
He showed us a big pile of Highway Code booklets and briefed us of the changes over the years.
We were told that you could buy one for a couple of pounds.
As the course, although obviously a punishment to all who offended, was referred to as a seminar, ie a training course, would it not have been useful from an educational point of view, to hand one out as we left, thereby encouraging people to take more notice?
Handouts and notes are given at most training courses I have been on, and since we paid £95 to attend, that cost could easily have been absorbed within the fine.
Angela Brader, Wetwang, York.
Comments(11)
Yorkborneinbse
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1:55pm Sat 11 Aug 12
Buzz Light-year
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1:57pm Sat 11 Aug 12
Fresh from stirring up the hornet's nest of ill-feeling towards cyclists, winding up the vigilante mentality and putting me and anyone else who might occasionally ride a bike in danger of attack, here we have an almost imperceptibly contrite Angela Brader *admitting she broke traffic law and was caught speeding*
Still at least she didn't have the gall to take up all the road or swear at someone, that would have been unspeakably heinous and despicable.
Anyway, with this letter she has a good point. When I did my speed awareness course we were all given a copy of the HC to take away. I can't for the life of me understand why that wouldn't be a standard.
The course itself was a waste of time. Most people there took the sulky "this is detention and I don't want to be here" approach and the bloke who took the course was spectactularly dull.
Yorkborneinbse
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5:17pm Sat 11 Aug 12
E=MC^2
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9:49am Sun 12 Aug 12
Dennis.Dart
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10:22am Sun 12 Aug 12
IE Oh I was only doing 41.5Mph in a 30Mph, !!!!
the tolerance in our area is around 10%+1 this is to give a margin of error with in calibration of each vehicles speedo.
so in the lack of evidence by your own addmition you were 11.5 Mph over the SPEED LIMIT,
you should have been delt with by FPN or NIP.
not a slap on tghe hand and a day in the class room
peter123456
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11:01am Sun 12 Aug 12
E=MC^2 wrote:On average each motorist commits a grand total of 80,000 traffic offences per year you been one of them. So now you maybe able to see how easy it is for the police to catch anyone committing an offence. I am not saying people should not be punished. But the police and the government know what a wonderful cash cow this is. So watch out you maybe charged with driving without care and attention next time.
Having admitted not seeing the speed limit signage at night she should be charged with driving without due care and attention. And required to take a sight test. The police should to reopen the case. If you can fail to notice that sign would you fail to notice a cyclist?
Buzz Light-year
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11:44am Sun 12 Aug 12
peter123456 wrote:Preposterous!
E=MC^2 wrote: Having admitted not seeing the speed limit signage at night she should be charged with driving without due care and attention. And required to take a sight test. The police should to reopen the case. If you can fail to notice that sign would you fail to notice a cyclist?On average each motorist commits a grand total of 80,000 traffic offences per year you been one of them. So now you maybe able to see how easy it is for the police to catch anyone committing an offence. I am not saying people should not be punished. But the police and the government know what a wonderful cash cow this is. So watch out you maybe charged with driving without care and attention next time.
Each motorist on average commits 80,000 offences a year?
That's over 200 a day if you drive every day.
The average car does 10,000 miles a year so that's 8 offences every mile.
There are 30 or 40 million motorists in the UK that's 3,200,000,000,000 traffic offences every day.
Nice one Statto!
nowthen
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3:50pm Sun 12 Aug 12
E=MC^2 wrote:If the only people allowed to comment on this letter were those who had never ever committed a traffic offence there would be zero posts on here.
Having admitted not seeing the speed limit signage at night she should be charged with driving without due care and attention. And required to take a sight test. The police should to reopen the case. If you can fail to notice that sign would you fail to notice a cyclist?
J-Dawg
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12:54pm Mon 13 Aug 12
E=MC^2 wrote:Missing one stationery sign which has been temporarily erected to the side of your route is a lot easier to miss than a cycling who is weaving in front of you. You'll spot the cyclist from a distance if they're wearing the correct night attire.
Having admitted not seeing the speed limit signage at night she should be charged with driving without due care and attention. And required to take a sight test. The police should to reopen the case. If you can fail to notice that sign would you fail to notice a cyclist?
Buzz Light-year
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4:40pm Mon 27 Aug 12
J-Dawg wrote:Paisley patterned pyjamas and one of those funny long bed hats?
E=MC^2 wrote: Having admitted not seeing the speed limit signage at night she should be charged with driving without due care and attention. And required to take a sight test. The police should to reopen the case. If you can fail to notice that sign would you fail to notice a cyclist?Missing one stationery sign which has been temporarily erected to the side of your route is a lot easier to miss than a cycling who is weaving in front of you. You'll spot the cyclist from a distance if they're wearing the correct night attire.
Yorkborneinbse says...
1:52pm Sat 11 Aug 12