I was glancing through Motoring section of yesterday' Daily Telegraph and quite by accident this article caught my attention.
Quote:
Despite these safety improvements, new speed trap legislation will soon make driving one mph over the limit a statutory offence, adds Michael Kemp.
The move, threatening millions more motorists with fines and license endorsement, was hidden in changes announced by Transport Secretary Alistair Darling on September 1. Mr Darling is preparing to make legal history by setting in law that 21, 31, 41, 51 and 71mph are illegal speeds. (Can you believe what u are reading here?)
Dr Peter Russell, Professor of road safety and director of the Driver Education Research Foundation, said: "Some police forces are going to give drivers a hammering for being just a fraction over the limit. It is very worrying that drivers will not know what tolerance, if any, is being applied. They will be for ever taking their eyes off the road."
"That will be dangerous. It is a recipe for creating more accidents. Already there are too many speed cameras questionably sited in needlessly varying speed limits, raising suspicion that they exist only to trap drivers and raise money." (Noooo! Surely not?)
Well! I gotta tell you, My mouth dropped open when I first read this a couple hours ago, and I'm still franky speechless!
If this actually happens, my house will be on the market and I'll be outta this country for good. I'll go pick coconuts! Anything! I wont contribute to a country which treats its people like this. Thank God I don't have a family to support here.
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