Many of you know that both my brothers hold several points on their license. Speeding is the primary issue here. I'd like to take a case, from my brother to perhaps "show" you that driving limits are simply ridiculous:
Case #1: My brother attained his 'R' license - restriction to 45mph until you become a full driver. As a frequent traveler and motorway user, he has several hundred (now a whopping several thousand) under his driving belt (no pun intended). In a dangerous situation, he was sticking to the 45mph limit even though the motorway speed limit was 70 - he was not allowed to go any faster. He was being a danger to other cars on the road - other cars having to, sometimes abruptly, swerve out of his way, yell some sort of insult down to him and speed on. He was a danger. So what did he do? He went up to 70, what everyone else was doing. And then what happened? Yep, you guessed! Those little sirens came bursting up and 20 minutes later so did three penalty points - for being a considerate driver - no!? Throughout an NI driving test, unless you live near a motorway, you will usually not be traveling (ever) on a motorway).
My other brother also has two speeding offences for driving over the speed limit. No other cars around, not holding anyone up - such as doing 40 in a 30 zone (dual lane two way no cars...30 - work that out?)
Does it not seem that the UK seriously need to re-consider just what the current road situation is like? Would love to hear opinions from fellow NIers in particular..
Case #1: My brother attained his 'R' license - restriction to 45mph until you become a full driver. As a frequent traveler and motorway user, he has several hundred (now a whopping several thousand) under his driving belt (no pun intended). In a dangerous situation, he was sticking to the 45mph limit even though the motorway speed limit was 70 - he was not allowed to go any faster. He was being a danger to other cars on the road - other cars having to, sometimes abruptly, swerve out of his way, yell some sort of insult down to him and speed on. He was a danger. So what did he do? He went up to 70, what everyone else was doing. And then what happened? Yep, you guessed! Those little sirens came bursting up and 20 minutes later so did three penalty points - for being a considerate driver - no!? Throughout an NI driving test, unless you live near a motorway, you will usually not be traveling (ever) on a motorway).
My other brother also has two speeding offences for driving over the speed limit. No other cars around, not holding anyone up - such as doing 40 in a 30 zone (dual lane two way no cars...30 - work that out?)
Does it not seem that the UK seriously need to re-consider just what the current road situation is like? Would love to hear opinions from fellow NIers in particular..
Last edited by kylef (2008-01-28 14:32:57)
