Police tactics to increase chances of catching speeding drivers

[mick taylor]

Originally Posted by BENT_8

Is it not possible to set the cruise control those few k's lower to avoid running over on the slight decline Mick?



EFA

Looking back at the QLD $90m in fines thread and the number of fines for under 13km is 561k from a driving population of around 3.5m, thats a mere 16% if, and i say if, the fined driver was only caught once in the measured period.
This means that a minimum of 84% of QLD's motoring public can avoid low range speeding fines in their day to day lives.

Mr Plod may well be using dubious tactics, but he's only catching a small % of clowns who dont comply.

No I believe in setting the speed to the correct speed on the highway, so if it's 110 I set it at that because everyone should sit on the limit I don't like holding others up but I get overtaken all the time I must be one of the slowest on the road and there are others who are slower but I keep left and keep out of others way and I just brake going down slopes and flick the cruse back on.

But what I am on about is not the under 13km/h but the 1 to 6 km/h over the limit tolerance and I bet you that is the majority.

In the UK all mainly drive over the limit by 10mph that's 16km/h mainly over all and if you drive under it you can be picked up as to being asked why.

It's the P plate and 4x4 and trucks that are passing me a lot of the time.

As for the 84% maybe they don't drive much do they but I would think that a good % do get caught because from what I see is a lot of idiots who do not pay attention on the highway sitting on 80km/h regardless even when coming into 60 zones they just float by at 80 and then when the double lanes for overtaking come up like many who sit on 80 will just speed up directly, if I had a dollar for every twerp that did that I came across I could pay off the national debt.
If the morons who sit well below the set limit as such, why don't they just back off and let others overtake them ,so they can get past such fools but no I think it's just a game they love to play.

If someone wants to go faster than me I let them pass and I don't give a toss but nowadays some morons will take it into their own hands and try to stop you, by hitting the brakes, it's a big game they love to play. I remember some moron on a back road that I was floating along at the set limit and this dude came out from a T section in front of me and then jumped on the brakes and I was like what the f are you doing you stupid c as he wanted to sit on 60 but when I got past the moron about 3km he speed up and sat on the limit then.

Not to mention fools with in car cameras that have someone who cuts in swiping them but the thing is they never tried to avoid the situation ? f me if I drove like them of cause you will be involved in such but I avoid such many a time, it's about using your brains, it's like yes it look like such could be on the cards, so you take due care, it's like I predicted that could happen.
I have a nipper learning to drive now and I am saying look out all around you predicting situations so you can respond because the Law does not cut it in reality don't put your faith in the law or you think you are in the right, that will not save you from getting involved in a crash.
I said did you look when the lights turned green that a car was not coming on your right or left, no she didn't, well that's all it takes I said just because you are in the right of the law such does not cut it in reality when your f ed up in hospital or dead.

I was taught Judo from before I was old enough to join and such teach one how to avoid and deal with situations.