On Mar 6, 10:08=A0am, "Mortimer" <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> I find the best deterrent against speeding is signs which light up to
> display the limit - but only if you are exceeding it. That's an
excellent
> way of reminding drivers. Better to deter than to prosecute.
How can they possibly be a deterrent if there is no penalty? I
regard them with a certain amount of amusement, and a useful source of
calibration for one's speedo. Other than that, I completely ignore
them. Any driver, except possibly the pissed or very inexperienced,
knows pretty accurately how fast they're going so these signs are
quite pointless. Speed cameras, on the other hand, you have to take
seriously. They really are a deterrent because you can be
prosecuted. I'm no petrolhead, BTW. I'm 65 and drive a small car
which goes from A to B faster than a horse and cart and in which I am
not very interested.
Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.
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