15-05-2021, 10:54 PM
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Re: Help for speeding.
Originally Posted by carol
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Last week I got another speeding fine - not the first!!I know there are gadgets you can get that warn you when you're speeding or when you're near a speed camera. I don't know anything about these & would like a bit of help please.
Do you use anything to control your speeding & what?
A pedestrian is more likely to suffer considerable injury being hit at 40 mph than at 30 mph
A child has no chance.
16-05-2021, 04:27 AM
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Re: Help for speeding.
Originally Posted by Bathsheba
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Thanks for that very comprehensive explanation Bruce. So now I know that if I stick with the car's speedo reading, I should always be within the speed limit!
I find those radar warnings they have at road works are fairly accurate so if you don't have a sat nav then that should give you an idea of how slow or fast your speedo is compared to the real speed if you have an older car. I wouldn't rely on just one speed warning sign though I'd check it through several.
What is interesting is that the design rules specifically ban sat navs as the car's installed speedo. At the moment my son is driving using a special sat nav speedo as his only speed indicator because the sensor has failed on his car so the speedo doesn't work. I presume he will keep it this way until either the police see it and defect his car or the next rego check.
16-05-2021, 07:17 AM
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Re: Help for speeding.
Originally Posted by Bathsheba
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Yes, I can believe that, the sneaky bastards. I remember reading about a fellow who had stopped at a red light when an ambulance came up behind, all blues and twos, so he carefully drove through the red light and up onto the pavement to allow it past (he didn't actually cross the junction). He was caught on camera and fined, and even lost on appeal when he explained the situation 
If they had tried to fine me, though, I'd have told them to check with the rescue service which ambulance was on duty at which time on that particular day and they'd have learnt that I was just giving way to it.
16-05-2021, 08:57 AM
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Re: Help for speeding.
Originally Posted by Bathsheba
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Yes, I can believe that, the sneaky bastards. I remember reading about a fellow who had stopped at a red light when an ambulance came up behind, all blues and twos, so he carefully drove through the red light and up onto the pavement to allow it past (he didn't actually cross the junction). He was caught on camera and fined, and even lost on appeal when he explained the situation
Going through a red light
Entering a bus lane
Entering a yellow box junction
Emergency vehicle drivers know you can’t break the law and shouldn’t be sat in a queue at a red light with their sirens and lights going, try not to panic if an emergency vehicle comes up behind you whilst driving, with its lights and sirens going, nor should you speed up resulting in exceeding the speed limit, pull over when it is safe and legal to do so
17-05-2021, 09:17 AM
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Re: Help for speeding.
I'm very ashamed of myself for speeding.I remember on my last speed awareness course being told you could injure a child if you hit them at 30 mph but if you hit them at 40mph you could kill them.
In my own defense I do not speed in built up areas - only when there's a clear & open road!
Anyway I'm going to Halfords today to collect a Garmin Drive Smart to control my speeding. It bleeps if I'm going too fast.
Hopefully I won't be getting any more speeding fines once this little gadget is installed.
Thanks for all your replies & advice.
17-05-2021, 11:37 AM
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Re: Help for speeding.
Originally Posted by Dachs
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That's very unfortunate to put it mildly. The same happened to me once but they wouldn't fine me because the ambulance was caught on camera, too, some seconds later so that the police knew what was happening.If they had tried to fine me, though, I'd have told them to check with the rescue service which ambulance was on duty at which time on that particular day and they'd have learnt that I was just giving way to it.
But you must realise that Germany is a more logical country than the UK. Our forte is bureaucracy!
17-05-2021, 11:38 AM
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Re: Help for speeding.
Originally Posted by Primus1
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You are not allowed to break the law even when you are trying to do the right thing , you cannot let an emergency vehicle past if it means youGoing through a red light
Entering a bus lane
Entering a yellow box junction
Emergency vehicle drivers know you can’t break the law and shouldn’t be sat in a queue at a red light with their sirens and lights going, try not to panic if an emergency vehicle comes up behind you whilst driving, with its lights and sirens going, nor should you speed up resulting in exceeding the speed limit, pull over when it is safe and legal to do so
British bureaucracy at its best.
Watch those police documentaries, whilst the police are chasing a criminal and a car gets in their way:
"Come on! Shift! Get across! (into a bus lane)"
and I'm sure ambulance drivers say the same.
But no. The mindless bureaucrats in charge of the cameras don't give a toss about practicalities or the lives of the public. They have their rules and the rules say you are guilty and you must pay them their fines.
What a country we live in.
17-05-2021, 12:46 PM
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Re: Help for speeding.
Originally Posted by Mags
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It may be a good idea to get into the habit of using your speedometer as well, Carol. Better safe than sorry.
I also believe it's best to keep my eyes on the road.
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