Caught Speeding

[Wossi]

Originally Posted by Pebs

We'll agree to disagree then. I'm not defending kids who don't have any road sense, more fool their parents. But its a fact that lots of kids don't have road sense and I dont necessarily think it's a recent thing either, kids have been getting run over as long as there's been cars around. Kids are kids, they're unpredictable and impulsive. It's a shame that people resent having to take care.

It's not that I resent having to take care, it's that I resent kids not having any sense to take care near roads or when crossing them.

I don't know what it is like nowadays, but when I was in school we were taught the green cross code and had it drilled into us that crossing a road without looking and making sure it is clear could get you run over.

Originally Posted by AboveTheSalt

I'm not quite sure what the sweeping generalisation is?

As to breaking the law, I sure as hell don't speed past schools on the basis that if children aren't in the road, they aren't going to get hit.

Have I ever broken the law? Yes, of course I have; I tend not to think that it is my God given right to break those laws with which I happen not to agree, simply on the basis that they aren't convenient for me.

As it happens, I tend to be pretty fussy about not speeding and I have absolutely no sympathy for those who knowingly do so on the assumption that they will get away with it. As far as I am concerned, they are no more deserving of sympathy than people who drink and drive and get caught.

Good god, nobody is talking about speeding past schools. How many times does it have to be said? Or do you just not read things fully?

Regarding speeding in general, so you think that people who drive at 85mph on an empty motorway in perfect conditions are deserving of punishment when it is perfectly safe in a modern car that is well serviced?