Right this is a different one for everyone

I got flashed by another Speed camera the other day.

So how many times have you been flashed to the times you've been caught

me flashed to many times  caught twice (maybe 3  only time will tell)

I've never been flashed...

Well, not by a camera anyway!

I've been flashed 3 times and recently, I've felt distinctively uncomfortable in front of that glorified hairdryer they brandish at the traffic. So far, I've never been caught, despite averaging record times on the main road  (I got my licence in July 1992).

Another question: how far can you push it? You're driving along at a healthy 90 when the traffic slows down because of a police car on the slow lane. You get level with the police (all the other cowards have dropped behind the police; they would crawl rather than overtake) and you realise they're only driving at 65/68 on a 70mph speed limit. How fast do you dare overtaking them? So far, I've never dared going much over 80, just in case. Anyone else with the same dilemma?  

Never been flashed (by a speed camera), never been caught.

Seen far far far too many nastily broken bits of people in A&E and too many brain damaged young men in neurorehab to seriously consider going faster than 30 in a 30, and get pretty twitchy doing more than 75-80 on motorways.

Sorry to be utterly square but speeding is the biggest cause of preventable death in the UK, and by far the biggest killer of children. It's just not worth it.

Yep, they're a danger to your bodywork.... until they get their own wheels!

*edit* I'm joking, you know! I wouldn't run over anyone of course, unless he/she was very ugly........ that reminds me.........  where's my neighbour's dog again?

Yeah i tend to just do a steady 70 on the m25 round heathrow, though it's 70 according to my gps rather than my speedo, as almost all speedo's over read.

I agree with the time and distance camera thing, they're got those over tower bridge now, and i tell you people stick to the 20 mph limit.

yea my dad just goes on motorway and stick it to 70 in cruise control and just stays at that all the time even for overtaking

edit - bloomin spelling

I have been done a couple of times over the years, but one thing I have learnt is this

You are twice as likely to kill someone at 40 than at 30 (at 40 its a 50/50 chance!)

I am happy to do 80 and upwards on the motorway, and save the real stuff for circuit work.  In a 30 zone its 25 - 30 and sod all that want to flash there lights at me

I can get from my parent's house in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, to my "ghetto" on Hampton Road in Redland in about 2hrs 15mins.

I agree about the braking before the camera thing, my SatNav is kind enough to tell me exactly where they are. Need to try checking the speed off the gps though, didn't realise my speedo would over-read.

Have you guys seen the "average-speed" cameras through the road-works on the M25 around Rickmansworth?

Yeah i think modern speedo's are designed to over read by about 5%, when the speedo is showing 70, the car is only travelling about 67, though obviously each speedo has different tolerances, and even things like pressures in the tyre's will change the reading on the speedo.

Personally i'm driving around in a car that is older then me, built in 1976 by british leyland so i trust nothing in it, though surprisingly the speedo does seem to consistently over read by 5%.

With the towing thing i remember the first time i towed my boat back to my club, and thinking i really should of read the rules, barreling down the outside line.

rite i musty be the most unlucky sod on here though its prob due to north wales having the most stupid, arrogant police cheif there is! got my first ticket on the A55 doing 87mph, a police car pulled out on me and gave me a ticket . Then 2 weeks ago i got another ticket this time from an arrive alive van driving home from work doing 63mph along a stretch of 50mph duel carriageway  so now i'm just waiting for them to ask me to hand my license in.  

Ohh yeah passed in october.

The boat towing record was from home in wrexham to southampton in 3h 45mins avereging around 90mph on the motorways towing my cherub with my 1 litre polo.

BUT... remember kids... speeding isn't cool or clever!!! (though i bet my sound system is louder than yours!!)

Because of Paul Garvin (gawd bless im) there is just one fixed camera in Co Durham and they save the 'Talivan' for areas where accidents are on the increase.

Result 2 tickets in 2 years in Southampton vs 0 tickets in 3 years in Darlington.

I'd just like to say that I obey lower speed limits (30 to 50) and drive according to the conditions rather than some arbitrary limit applied to cope with the handling and stopping distances of a 1957 Humber Snipe!

quite agree, I'm all for more cameras in towns and villages around schools etc, but i live on the side of a motorway and work on the side of it 16 miles south and i don't see many kids playing on it. I always..ish try to stay on the right side of 30 in towns.

I didn't know that !!

I didn't know that !!

It's more to do with the fact that for the in-car speedo camera things to work, you have to keep a relatively consistent distance between the police car, and the suspect car. And that's not really possible for the police just by looking in the rear view mirror.

I suspect you could probably raise the point that the police were also breaking the law. Because if they're going to exceed the speed limit they have to have the blues-and-twos on.

my dad regulary tows the feva at 70+ on motorways but NEVER in the outside lane. we came to the conclusion a metal barrier will hurt a plastic boat more than a tree will.

in Portsmouth theres speed traps everywhere, the most annoying example for me as i cycle alot is where they change the limit from 30 to 40 loads as the road goes from dual carriage way to 1 lane each way and its always 40 on the narrow bit, its scary when cars come past that fast that close.

as for the tighter limit outside schools my school is on a dual carriageway with a 40 limit and there are pelican crossings with people in green coats at school times but people still run across the carriage way if they see there freinds on the other side ignoring the crossing points, only one persons been killed so far but some else has been clipped by a car and that was bad enough. they should bring the speed limits down but equally idiots shouldnt run out into an A road to talk to their freinds.

No need for a cable if the trailer doesn't have brakes. In fact the cable is useless on an unbraked trailer, as its function is to apply the brakes and then snap. Very few dinghy trailers have brakes, even most double trailers come inside the 750kg limit.

The thing that really scares me is the state of most people's trailer tyres and wheelbearings. When did you last check yours?? Don't forget, 3 points per illegal tyre!

Neil

"Unbraked trailers manufactured after 1 Jan 1997 must be fitted with a secondary coupling that will provide some residual steering in the event of an unplanned uncoupling. This device should also prevent the ball coupling hitting the ground in similar circumstances. It must be connected to the towing vehicle when the trailer is being towed."

http://www.ntta.co.uk/law/trailers/brakes.htm - http://www.ntta.co.uk/law/trailers/brakes.htm

What does this mean then?

"I own a Ford Ka and want to tow my sailing dinghy but am told that I cannot have a towbar fitted as it would be illegal. Surely not? All cars sold here from the 1st August 1998 must be European Whole Vehicle Type Approved. The vehicle maker decides when he applies for approval if the car will be allowed to tow and the car has towbar mounting points built in to the chassis. The Ka does not have towbar mounting points so a towbar cannot be fitted. It would be illegal to fit one. There are a number of other cars that cannot have towbars fitted so if you intend to tow with a small car ask before buying."

From the FAQ on the same site... any Ka owners out there? Towed your boat anywhere recently?

Got pulled over on my bicycle by the parks police years ago for speeding and being an underage cyclist, how can you be an underage cyclist?!?!?

I was about 13 at the time, did the whole "yes officer won't speed again" wasn't the last time i've had to say that.

As for complaining about getting stopped for doing 87 on the A55, You drive within a Mile of The Chief Constables office on that road,reminder enough that if you live in N Wales you know the speed regs are being policed perhaps more tightly than in other areas, so keep to the speed limits! it isn't hard.

You may not agree with the guys policy, and I'm by no means a fan.  But the fact remains the guy is simply enforcing the law which lets face it is what the man is supposed to be doing with his time.

if the mast is in 2 sections and all tied into the boat and stuffed up the spinnaker chute i cant realy see it flying out anywhere without going through the boat first which would probably slow it down alot.

RE saftey wires yes there is one on the trailer, yes it is ALWAYS on the tow bar when we are towing.