sasquatch
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I had this email today-at least Dick Turpin had the decency to wear a mask!
'We had an email in from Drive
Protect Member Simon last week
about the 40mph average speed
limit on the M32 in Bristol.
It recently caught out a staggering
6,048 (yes, six thousand) Drivers
in just 15 days.
With the new rules on speeding
fines being calculated based on
your weekly earnings, that's
some serious revenue
generation!
Just like in many other areas
of the country, the propaganda
says that the cameras have
been installed to "provide safety
to road workers".
However, according to Simon,
who commutes on the road
regularly, the road workers only
ever work at night.
The 40mph limit was introduced
way back in August 2014 after
it was discovered that the
central reservation between
junctions 1 & 2 was corroded.
In Simon's words...
“It is a money grabbing farce.
Can you imagine driving down a
nearly empty motorway, and
trying to stay below 40 mph?
It’s ludicrous!”
It seems bizarre to me that we
live in a first world country, and
yet the Highways Agency can’t --
or wont? -- sort out an issue as
fundamental to safety as barrier
corrosion...
...but will instead financially
penalise motorists over the
course of nearly three years...
This is the latest in a long line
of apparent incompetence from
the Highways Agency, which
could also be interpreted as a
deliberate ploy to raise revenue.
At worst this could surely be
considered a form of fraud,
wouldn't you agree?'
Anyhow, have a great weekend,
whatever you’re up to and stay
safe on the roads!
'We had an email in from Drive
Protect Member Simon last week
about the 40mph average speed
limit on the M32 in Bristol.
It recently caught out a staggering
6,048 (yes, six thousand) Drivers
in just 15 days.
With the new rules on speeding
fines being calculated based on
your weekly earnings, that's
some serious revenue
generation!
Just like in many other areas
of the country, the propaganda
says that the cameras have
been installed to "provide safety
to road workers".
However, according to Simon,
who commutes on the road
regularly, the road workers only
ever work at night.
The 40mph limit was introduced
way back in August 2014 after
it was discovered that the
central reservation between
junctions 1 & 2 was corroded.
In Simon's words...
“It is a money grabbing farce.
Can you imagine driving down a
nearly empty motorway, and
trying to stay below 40 mph?
It’s ludicrous!”
It seems bizarre to me that we
live in a first world country, and
yet the Highways Agency can’t --
or wont? -- sort out an issue as
fundamental to safety as barrier
corrosion...
...but will instead financially
penalise motorists over the
course of nearly three years...
This is the latest in a long line
of apparent incompetence from
the Highways Agency, which
could also be interpreted as a
deliberate ploy to raise revenue.
At worst this could surely be
considered a form of fraud,
wouldn't you agree?'
Anyhow, have a great weekend,
whatever you’re up to and stay
safe on the roads!