Speed vans

itsthetime

Are speed van fines just another tax these days?

Slightly Kwackers

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Yes, brilliant are they not?

Those that are about around here are no doubt excellent at raising funds and have the added advantage of helping people that must be either blind or driving on autopilot to figure out that for the speed they are doing a little more concentration is needed.

In my younger days I was grateful for the flash of headlights warning me of speed traps. Now I don't see them as being helpful to road users at all.

My speeding days are over, the truth dawned being overtaken constantly in a road near my home that was being worked on in the UK. The speed limit was low at 40 mph and the road was a busy dual carriageway a couple of miles long. It was a classic camera spot being long and straight with loads of bridges to aim the detectors from.

The saving in time end to end was minutes, I worked out the difference over the stretch doing the journey legally or at seventy it was insignificant and certainly not worth putting lives at risk for.

If the worst happens, then for sheer peace of mind, not speeding and being within the law is a far, far better position to be in if an accident does happen regardless of cause.

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bluedex

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058333169/speed-vans

Pretty much. Putting them on the safest roads in the country, catching people doing 70kph in the small 60kph section, doesn't save lives or do much for road safety at all.

The most dangerous driving spots are still not monitored.

Rows Grower

They are out in force today on a major mission to catch as many as possible.

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