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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!n8g2000vbb.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <57708b7e-c096-46f0-8fbe-32ac51d87728@n8g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: How to get speeding drivers to slow down. Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 16:01:51 -0700 (PDT) References:   Lines: 36 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.145.66.20 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1242169311 4288 127.0.0.1 (12 May 2009 23:01:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 23:01:51 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: n8g2000vbb.googlegroups.com; posting-host=86.145.66.20; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Bytes: 2958 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:701058

On May 11, 10:52=A0am, Toom Tabard  wrote: > On 11 May, 10:45, "Simon Mason"  wrote: > > > This works every time. A car coming towards you is obviously speeding a= nd > > you, being a responsible law abiding citizen, wish it to slow down lest= it > > kills someone down the road. All you do is point behind you and shout "= speed > > trap", then watch as they slam on their brakes and stick to the limit. = Some > > even thank you! > > > -- > > Simon Masonhttp://www.simonmason.karoo.net/ > > What's equally interesting is that, when I'm driving within the limit, > I get drivers coming the other way, flashing their lights to warn me > that there *is* a mobile camera or police check just down the road. > Some drivers apparently don't think they should co-operate with > measures to make the roads safer for them and others.

Yes, it's terrible of them to assume that you've got a pragmatic, grown-up, non-self-righteous attitude towards speed limits and try to help you out. I'd much rather all drivers displayed the "Up yours, everyone else, even though I don't even know any of you" attitude that some do: holding up long lines of cars, sitting in the wrong lane, not indicating unless they can see a benefit to themselves, and
 * definitely* not warning anyone about speed traps.

How ungrateful you are. And if you really believe that speed cameras are designed to make the roads safer, you're incredibly gullible. (OTOH if you're one of the car-haters who believes no such thing but pretends to, you're much worse.)

I've never seen any Internet forum or newsgroup with as much piety.