why don’t you concerntrate on speeding bus drivers in Shrewsbury??

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If enough people complained about them they would.

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It would be really nice if the mobile speed cameras visited MINSTERLEY occasionally to provide some rare enforcement in the area. Many drivers seem to think the 30mph limit is an option & they need to be taught to respect the law, for everyone’s safety.

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Honestly, the police are damned if they do and damned if they don’t!
Local people and councillors etc have been banging on about speeding drivers around there for months. It’s one of the biggest issues of concern for local people, if one particular councillor (and prospective parliamentary candidate, not that I’m suggestion she is simply out for self-promotion…) is to be believed and I’ve read various stories about her criticing the police for not taking action.
Yet when they do take action to deal with it, still people complain!
Honestly, by no means are the police perfect but it seems far too many people are out to have a go at them no matter what they do.
If speeding drivers is one of the biggest worries for people around South Shropshire, fair play to the coppers for doing something about it.
If it isn’t, maybe the Shropshire Star should stop giving so many column inches to local councillors out to make themselves look good.

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The police are one of the worst culprits for speeding. Police cars with no flashing lights and sirens are not supposed to break the speed limit….BUT THEY DO! What can we do about that??

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‘the unsuspecting driver’ (snowbound 2) any driver that drives over the speed limit does so knowingly (unless they are committing the crime of driving without due care and attention) and therefore must suspect that they do, in fact, run the risk of hefty fines. The law is the law and law breakers must be punished, especially those who can and do cause injury and death. you do the crime you do the time, or in this case you do the crime you pay the fine, this is one ‘tax’ easily avoided – just don’t exceed the limits no matter what your personal opinion if not then pay for your principals with the ocassional fine, let’s hope you don’t pay through a weight on your conscience after you killed or injured somebody.

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tc,

Exceeding a speed limit accounts for circa 2% (Department for Transport figures) of road deaths per year in the 25years old and over category of driver. That’s circa 80 deaths per year. Considering the number of million v/km driven every year, that’s a pretty good stat. I’m sure more people are killed each year falling down stairs. Exceeding a speed limit when there is no consequence, and where the driver is alert and focussed on the task in hand, is victimless.

So. Now that we’ve established that exceeding a speed limit is not inherently dangerous considering the millions of times it happens every day, are you suggesting that every law breaker must be punished? Someone who – say – steals a paper clip from their employer?

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I saw a BBC report last night that indicated that up to 20% of young drivers are driving without insurance.

Given that a) these are amongst the groups most likely to speed, b) easier to catch thanks to advances in technology (ANPR), and c) we are increasingly pressured by the green lobby to reduce the numbers of cars on the roads, wouldn’t it be better if the police concentrated all of the resource they intend to spend on cracking down on speeding on targetting uninsured (and often unlicensed) drivers instead?

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