Solution To The Speeding Problem

[joggerjayne]

All speeding offences should carry a mandatory minimum one year custodial sentence.

No discretion.

No slap on the wrist.

If you ignore the speed limit, one year in prison, and a three year driving ban when you are released.

[jno]

I think the peanlties should be doubled for motorcyclists - they have only half the number of wheels on terra firma, so twice as dangerous.

Also, they are twice as antisocial. There were a couple of them having a barney outside my house last night about who cut in on who first, and who hit who first. How am I supposed to sleep?

It might be simpler just to ban motorcycles. Unlike HGVs they don't contribute materially to our society except for pizzas.

[Eve]

I often feel that road rules, such as speeding, aren't taken very seriously, I've seen a lot of accidents over the years and been on public transport where there have been a number of very near misses, assisted a cyclist who was hit by a car just the other week and seen a cyclist dead on the road after being hit by a car. Similarly incidences of road rage. There seem to be incidents almost daily in the local news, be it speeding, careless driving, distractions such as mobile phones...

I don't drive and, must admit, having seen a lot of what I have, it puts me off driving. Too many idiots about who think road rules and things like drink driving, using mobiles and other distractions don't apply to them.

[DrFilth]

jno It might be simpler just to ban motorcycles. Unlike HGVs they don't contribute materially to our society except for pizzas. <

take a look at some of the pictures in the link


http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=paramedic+on+motorcycle&tbm=isch&amp;tbo=u&source=univ&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=kL0lUpnmE8Gjhgf0-oDQBQ&ved=0CC0QsAQ&amp;biw=1280&;bih=621

[Eve]

Regarding traffic measures, it's speed bump central on some of the roads round here - mainly the longer straighter roads where joy riding would be more common - I remember coming home after having my gallbladder removed and the taxi driver didn't seem to understand enough English to get "please avoid speedbumps" - he may have got it when I was almost screaming in the back though!

The speed bumps don't stop them though, you just hear them on other roads which are probably more dangerous or in the park. Tends to be a lot of motorcycles or those quad bikes and such round here - you can hear them often of a night, sometimes followed by police sirens but usually not.

[jno]

okay, I'd allow paramedics as long as they deliver pizzas at the same time.

Condign punishment for the rest.

[Eve]

Paramedics, along with other emergency services drivers, have been trained to a high degree to drive fast safely though, unlike Joe Bloggs.

[DrFilth]

there are 10 in italy who were glad to see a biker

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierlucio_Tinazzi

[jno]

his pizzas would have been overcooked, though.

[joggerjayne]

DrF ...

Good link ... but here are some bikes that make an even bigger contribution to society ...

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=pink+harley+davidson&amp;client=safari&hl=en&amp;source=lnms&tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&ei=nb8lUvfsAumN7QbjuoEo&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAA&biw=1024&amp;bih=672

[joggerjayne]

The world is a better place with pink Harley Davidsons.

[DrFilth]

who would want a fat boy in pink -)

[joggerjayne]

That sounds like a description of most American teenagers!

[jd_1984]

Better education during driving lessons and tests and raising the driving age limit perhaps? Interstingly enough when I attended a speed awareness course, there were no boy racers infact mostly over 50's

[DrFilth]

he must have missed the day they did training on how to go round the roundabout -)


http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/policeman-who-crashed-supercar-was-car-190660

[ToraToraTora]

I think if everyone able bodied had to do 2 years on a bike before they could drive a car then there would be a much higher standard of driving. Road craft amoung motorcyclists is far superior to standard car drivers, it has to be they are surrounded by metal and if they hit something it hurts!

[joggerjayne]

I agree, Tora.

I learned to ride a motorbike a few years ago. When you've been on a bike, and you find out how vulnerable you are on a motorbike, it makes you a more considerate car driver.