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You know I can’t understand why people always complain about speed cameras and parking tickets.
Living in Brighton there are cars parked all over the place, without the traffic wardens the town would grinded to a stop in a few hours.
People would just park anywhere blocking roads and drives.
The speed cameras are the same, there are people doing 40-50 miles an hour in school zones where we have a 20-mile an hour limit, when they get a speeding ticket they moan.
It is crazy here.
Why do people feel its ok to park legally? They would never dream of walking into tescos and stealing a tin of beans or mugging someone in the street.
You know if you have park legally, there are yellow lines and lots of signs. All pay and display tickets now have an end time printed on them.
Maybe someone can tell me why he or she thinks its ok to break the traffic laws on a daily basic?
@dead_on_arrvial wrote:
Why do people feel its ok to park legally? They would never dream of walking into tescos and stealing a tin of beans or mugging someone in the street.
Cos it’s legal maybe? :twisted:
Speeding and most moving traffic offences are criminal offences. I believe parking infringements are civil offences except in cases of parking in dangerous places or obstruction.
I’ve never understood why people get so bothered about speed cameras. If there’s a speed limit of 40 mph, the camera’s only going to catch people doing over 40 mph, which they shouldn’t be doing anyway. Some people claim these speed camera fines are a form of taxation. If that’s true, then it’s a good form or taxation because there’s an easy way to avoid paying it!
In fact the cameras are set to ”flash” at the posted speed limit PLUS 10% PLUS 2 mph.
So in a 40 mph limit you would not be caught unless you were travelling over 46 mph.
@dead_on_arrvial wrote:
You know I can’t understand why people always complain about speed cameras and parking tickets.
Living in Brighton there are cars parked all over the place, without the traffic wardens the town would grinded to a stop in a few hours.
People would just park anywhere blocking roads and drives.
The speed cameras are the same, there are people doing 40-50 miles an hour in school zones where we have a 20-mile an hour limit, when they get a speeding ticket they moan.
I agree with most of that the only thing I would say is they should provide more parking spaces and they should be a bit more flexible if people are just making deliveries.
It is crazy here.
Why do people feel its ok to park legally? They would never dream of walking into tescos and stealing a tin of beans or mugging someone in the street.
You know if you have park legally, there are yellow lines and lots of signs. All pay and display tickets now have an end time printed on them.
Maybe someone can tell me why he or she thinks its ok to break the traffic laws on a daily basic?
I agree with most of that the only thing I would say is they should provide more parking spaces and they should be a bit more flexible if people are just making deliveries.
Britain is a country full of people who cant function properly without someone guiding their every movement. Common sense should tell you not to drive fast in built up areas, common sense should tell you not to park in places that may cause an obstruction to others. Common courtesy should tell people that parking places nearest to shops etc should be left for people with disability problems.
But because most Brits havent got the brains they were born with they need guiding by way of laws. And once they have been guided and shown how to act with a measure of dignity they turn to their favorite of all pastimes. Moaning about it!@chickenman wrote:
I agree with most of that the only thing I would say is they should provide more parking spaces and they should be a bit more flexible if people are just making deliveries.
I do understand this problem, but if all the delivery drivers did the same has us, there would be no trouble.
Just pop on your hazarder warning lights, your beacon and put your cone out with the right sign on it and they leave you alone.
But I have never seen any delivery driver doing this or following the high ways act for short work.
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