tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post7530935756150845482..comments2024-01-17T07:03:57.842+00:00Comments on The Mad Ranter: You're speeding!FlipChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-5229754019359792432011-08-05T08:52:38.334+01:002011-08-05T08:52:38.334+01:00According to the speeding fines I've seen the ...According to the speeding fines I've seen the limit is 10%+2mph. So long as you're within that margin you should be safe.<br /><br />Anyway hardly bitter, perhaps more cynical a case of them thinking 'I don't want people to drive through <i>my</i> area at these speeds, but isn't it annoying that <i>I</i> can't drive at the speed I think I should be able to through their area' :-)<br /><br />On my point about being a distraction someone recently did mention how they had a "What the hell was that moment?" as they drove past it and it flashed up for the car behind. Given that it's half hidden behind a tree and normally black it's not as if it can be seen from a distance and ignored.FlipChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-66432287461942621212011-08-04T09:09:46.762+01:002011-08-04T09:09:46.762+01:00It does annoy though when the signs go off and you...It does annoy though when the signs go off and you're very, very close to 30. I pretty much keep to the speed limit except on the motorway where I can tend to go up to a good 20% over - keeping up with frankly most of the traffic and police without their sirens on.....<br /><br />The worst ones are in Belbroughton, those signs must be set to about 29 mph, to the extent that they may as well be permanent signs. Belbroughton is unfortunate in becoming an inevitable cut-through given Kidderminster's woeful links to the motorway network but it seems over-provided for in this regard.<br /><br /><br />I like to imagine in my bitter way, how fast the residents who campaigned and complained to get these signs installed, drive in their cars through other towns and villages. Looking at some of the cars in the village, "very quickly indeed" is probably the answer.walkerno5noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-44882067332105507912011-08-01T08:55:29.874+01:002011-08-01T08:55:29.874+01:00Sadly that doesn't mean it wasn't you that...Sadly that doesn't mean it wasn't you that triggered it. Again it may just be age, but adhering to the speed limit seems to have gone out of fashion.FlipChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-1181909391120886192011-07-29T17:40:24.149+01:002011-07-29T17:40:24.149+01:00About two months ago I was on a pleasant ride thro...About two months ago I was on a pleasant ride through the villages. I was really pleased with myself on a downhill segment for setting off the 30mph sign until a car overtook me a few seconds later and I realised it was that.Dan Hhttp://surreal.istic.org/noreply@blogger.com