"you can understand people's frustration."
"Why? As the HA says, the difference between doing 70 and 50 per. over 1/2 a mile is about 10 seconds"
10 second over 1/2 mile? Ah yes, that's why when I hit the M25 roadworks clockwise from M40 junction this aft my satnav said I would arrive at Bishops Stortford at 5 pm and I eventually got there at 6.30.
Now, at 10 seconds delay for each 1/2 mile, I make those roadworks 270 miles long......I think.
The main reason people get nicked is (IMHO) is not stupidity but because you don't know where you stand - as I said before "some with 50 mph (and for a small section today 40mph) limits, some without: some with specs cameras and some without" And now some with gatsos - and yes I think I did spot it when I went past the other day.
Here's another question. On M4 today were "average speed cameras" in some roadworks. In middle of roadworks were the services (Membury?? - not sure) and I stopped to refuel and get a coffee which took about 15/20 mins. Now, if they were average speed cameras presumably after my stop I could have rejoined motorway and then done about 200mph in the rest of roadworks and still not been nicked?
I stuck to 50 - had not the vehicle or inclination to test my theory/hypothesis!
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