Speeding!

[Muzzy]

On the news today speeding has risen by 30,000 in the last 2 years in Sussex!!

Highest recorded speed of 152mph on the A27! That is disgusting IMO!

Have you been caught speeding during this period? Has this idea of doing an awareness course instead of receiving points made you less concerned about your speed on our roads?

Are you aware that if you get caught and receive points on your licence that you MUST inform your insurance company for any motoring offence that puts points on your licence, if not and you make any claim, they will not pay out and they will void any cover?

Amazingly, with the mileage I cover per year (approx 60,000 that I do have a clean licence)!

Confess,

How many points have you got on your licence?

 

[Max Paper]

I've been driving for 15 years and amazingly i've never had a single point on my license!

 

[NMH]

Respect!

The fastest I got to was 142 on my 750 Honda, then I was worried about running out of open road (and the extremely wide curves suddenly become like hairpin bends at that speed)

 

[NMH]

I've been driving for 15 years and amazingly i've never had a single point on my license!

I hate getting stuck behind law-abiding snails like you

 

[stss30]

152? That is impressive! Jara Reyes?

 

[Vegas Seagull]

On the news today speeding has risen by 30,000 in the last 2 years in Sussex!!

Highest recorded speed of 152mph on the A27! That is disgusting IMO!

Have you been caught speeding during this period? Has this idea of doing an awareness course instead of receiving points made you less concerned about your speed on our roads?

Are you aware that if you get caught and receive points on your licence that you MUST inform your insurance company for any motoring offence that puts points on your licence, if not and you make any claim, they will not pay out and they will void any cover?

Amazingly, with the mileage I cover per year (approx 60,000 that I do have a clean licence)!

Confess,

How many points have you got on your licence?

Cover is not automatically voided, why give out false info?

 

[rouseytastic]

Cover is not automatically voided, why give out false info?

Got done for speeding once. Doing 38mph in a wide open area (apparently 30mph zone) up a hill.

Wonderful

 

[Muzzy]

Cover is not automatically voided, why give out false info?

As part of a recent CPC driver course that was the information we were given!

 

[Racek]

152. People pay good money to go to a track to see how fast they can go.

 

[MORTY]

9 points for me. Not particularly proud

 

[Brighton1]

On the news today speeding has risen by 30,000 in the last 2 years in Sussex!!

Highest recorded speed of 152mph on the A27! That is disgusting IMO!

Have you been caught speeding during this period? Has this idea of doing an awareness course instead of receiving points made you less concerned about your speed on our roads?

Are you aware that if you get caught and receive points on your licence that you MUST inform your insurance company for any motoring offence that puts points on your licence, if not and you make any claim, they will not pay out and they will void any cover?

Amazingly, with the mileage I cover per year (approx 60,000 that I do have a clean licence)!

Confess,

How many points have you got on your licence?

Why is doing 152 on the A27 "disgusting"? If the road is completely clear i.e. 6am Sunday moring what's the problem? If you are putting yourself in danger and no one else I have no problem with it! I used to have motorbikes, say no more! BTW - I have 0 points.

 

[mune ni kamome]

Passed test in '72. No speeding or parking tickets. I'm starting to feel a bit of a creep

 

[Muzzy]

Why is doing 152 on the A27 "disgusting"? If the road is completely clear i.e. 6am Sunday moring what's the problem? If you are putting yourself in danger and no one else I have no problem with it! I used to have motorbikes, say no more! BTW - I have 0 points.

I sort of understand your point as a motorcyclist, but I'm not sure that the emergency services or your loved ones would agree with you!

I'm not whiter than white having reaches speeds of 170 mph on my bike in France and having been convicted twice in the past of minor speeding offences.... I am a bit older and wiser now and have a young family to consider!

 

[Racek]

I sort of understand your point as a motorcyclist, but I'm not sure that the emergency services or your loved ones would agree with you!

I'm not whiter than white having reaches speeds of 170 mph on my bike in France and having been convicted twice in the past of minor speeding offences.... I am a bit older and wiser now and have a young family to consider!

Changed your tune.

 

[Muzzy]

Changed your tune.

Like I said, just older and wiser! I also need my license and life to work and support my family

 

[Notters]

Why is doing 152 on the A27 "disgusting"? If the road is completely clear i.e. 6am Sunday moring what's the problem? If you are putting yourself in danger and no one else I have no problem with it! I used to have motorbikes, say no more! BTW - I have 0 points.

The problem is, you're doing a mile in 20 seconds. There aren't many places on the a27 where you can even see that far ahead. Unless you're clairvoyant, how do you know that the road ahead is clear?

 

[Slippery Seagull]

I have been driving for 21 years, and my low point was getting 9 points - about 5 years ago. I drive 30k miles a year, and getting 9 was a bit of a wake up call. I found it hard and expensive to get insurance. Since then I've been good and now have 0 points. Much happier.

Anyway got to dash, texting to nsc while doing a tonne on the m1 is distracting me from my portable DVD player.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Driving nearly 20 years and only ever had 3 points. Got caught on the Welsh side of the M4 doing 83mph on a completely empty motorway in dry conditions and good visibility.

The Welsh police are complete bastards when it comes to speeding because they have targets. FFS I was driving a Renault Scenic - shouldn't that have been punishment enough !!!!!!

 

[Deleted member 18477]

Why is doing 152 on the A27 "disgusting"? If the road is completely clear i.e. 6am Sunday moring what's the problem? If you are putting yourself in danger and no one else I have no problem with it! I used to have motorbikes, say no more! BTW - I have 0 points.

152 shouldnt be done anywhere but a runway or a racetrack.

i'd say 90mph is a safe-ish speed at that time in the morning. if you need to go any quicker then you're clearly just late or clearly just a f***ing dickhead!

 

[vegster]

Some peoples perception of speed limits is amazing. I regularly drive the A27 back and forth between Worthing and Brighton and I'm always amazed by the section just East of the Leisure Centre roundabout in Lancing. It is a dual carriageway with a 40 limit but the moment cars get on to that section heading East they floor it. I'm sometimes doing 45 in the outside lane because of weight of traffic and often see knobs flashing lights or tailgating myself and other cars yet the 60 limit starts half a mile away.

Nothing ever happens to them, if plod set a mobile camera up on that old lay-by opposite the car showroom they would clean up. Surprisingly enough, I see a higher percentage of female drivers speeding than men ?