is it just me or what?

Jo · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 13, 2004 Posts: 79

Im sorry to bring this up but iv been noticing this for a while, is it just me or what. But im sure most reviews and articles I read on this site condoned breaking the speed limit. What I quote below is one just of many, and I don’t like the way they are wrote, and the way that you imply that breaking the speed limit is ok to do, when its not. Anyone court breaking the speed limit should have there license taken straight off them. Don’t for get its not just you on the road.

Thanks

Privateer · Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 2:14 pm Post subject:

Hi Jo,

Thank you for taking the time to bring this to our attention.

We certainly do not condone breaking any speed limit or any law for that matter. I have read most of the reviews and articles and I can’t say that I’ve noticed that any of them have condoned breaking the speed limit.

I have read and reread the paragraph that you have quoted, several times, and it appears to be OK (to me), as 70mph is a legal and safe speed on certain roads when the conditions are right.

Don’t forget that there are plenty of places (race tracks, airfields, etc) where you can go and drive at well over 100mph if you want to.

I would like to see more police on the roads that can deal with all of the motoring offences and not just speeding.

Regards,
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Jo · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 13, 2004 Posts: 79

Maybe you can help me with this but I see in a lot of your reviews you say this

Speed camera sorry, I mean safety camera

To me that’s you implying that the camera database should be used for people to speed rather then safety

Thanks

BoPeep · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 4:57 pm Post subject:

Hi Jo,

No, this is not at all what this reference is implying. We are simply referring to the more commonly used term for safety cameras.

As Privateer said in his last post, no one on this site condones speeding and the safety camera database is not issued as a license to speed.

I'm sure you will have heard many people calling safety cameras 'speed cameras' yourself, but this doesn't mean that these people are going out and speeding in their cars. It is just what they have become known as due to so many people's dislike of them and their function.

Regards,

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Privateer · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 5:01 pm Post subject:

Hi Jo,

Which country are you located in? Could you please update your profile as it does help when answering? ;)

If you’re located in the UK, you’ll remember when the fixed cameras were first introduced, they were called "Speed Cameras". However the authorities, especially the "partnerships" stopped calling them speed cameras and started to call them safety cameras. That’s the reason for the phrase "Speed camera sorry, I mean safety camera". There is no implication that the database should be used for people to speed rather then for safety reasons.

Please have a look at the camera database page. You’ll read that :