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?

[chumpychops]

Originally Posted by Wossi

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.

Yup, and yet, even in that wondrous past, people still got run over. What does that tell you?

To me it says that kids dont follow instructions 100% of the time. Never have done, never will do.

And so, when a child momentarily forgets to stop, look and listen it would be helpful if some **** wasnt speeding down the road in an effort to get home 3seconds quicker.....

[AboveTheSalt]

Originally Posted by Wossi

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 know, sad isn't it. The kids of today just wont do as they're told, before you know it, they will grow up and start ignoring the law.

Originally Posted by Wossi

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?

The way I read it, the guy said that he objected to having to slow down near schools?

Originally Posted by Wossi

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?

You break the law, you take your punishment - don't whine that life isn't fair.

[Feek]

Whatever happened to The Green Cross Code Man and the Tufty Club?

[Darrin]

Heh, you'd all have a hemorrhage if you saw where my son went to primary at.



Both Pennington Ave and State Route 61 are 55mph zones. Between the school and Pennington Ave is the playground for Kindergarten through grade 3. No kids have ever been hit there. Why? Because they are told, "It's a road. It's for cars, not people. Stay out of the road if you want to live." Guess what? They stay out of the road.

[killerkebab]

Originally Posted by Darrin

Heh, you'd all have a hemorrhage if you saw where my son went to primary at.

Both Pennington Ave and State Route 61 are 55mph zones. Between the school and Pennington Ave is the playground for Kindergarten through grade 3. No kids have ever been hit there. Why? Because they are told, "It's a road. It's for cars, not people. Stay out of the road if you want to live." Guess what? They stay out of the road.

That is a lot safer than most 30mph roads here. There is good visibility from what I can see and the school has a car park that can accomodate more than ten cars - i.e: the road doesn't become a car park that you can't see down every afternoon at 3.45
Not to mention that apart from the school, there doesn't appear to be much of anything on that road

Originally Posted by Wossi

Granted when I was a kid I used to think I was invincible and I bet most kids think that still. Hell, last night I was driving home through the estate I live and the car in front indicated to turn left down a street and 3 kids just carried on walking without looking, until the driver beeped his horn and they suddenly realised they could have gotten run over. That's the point Vix and myself are on about.

Am I the only person who sees a lot of the 'kids don't listen and think they're invincible' attitude in the very people who say they are safe drivers who shouldn't be bogged down to 70 on a motorway or 30 near a school?

[PvtPyle]

*walks into thread*

WTF?

*walks out again*

[Darrin]

OR you get the ones that if you beep at them they give you a dirty look, flip you off, or worse. Hence why I loved driving my old truck in Minnesota. Not too many would argue with the view of the front end on that thing...

[vix]

Originally Posted by Darrin

OR you get the ones that if you beep at them they give you a dirty look, flip you off, or worse. Hence why I loved driving my old truck in Minnesota. Not too many would argue with the view of the front end on that thing...

Hehe. I love those straight roads you have over there too

I'm not very good at getting my point across at the mo, but I'm not some kind of boy racer speed freak (well I am just not on public roads!) and I didn't mean my posts to look that way. Sorry if I have offended or upset anyone by my posts.

[semi-pro waster]

Sidestepping the whole speeding debate for a second. This sounds like a really good idea for dealing with some speeding as it will give people a bit of a shock and possibly get them to think about their actions a little more. Obviously it won't be suitable for everyone and not all would gain an insight from it but for those who have the capacity to be affected it seems like it could be more effective than a simple fine and points.