Wilmslow Police have reported another 'new speeding record' on Prestbury Road.
Having caught a motorbike travelling at 55mph as it headed out of Wilmslow on Saturday, 15th August, PCSO James Hails recorded a car travelling at 63mph in the 30mph limit whilst carrying out speed enforcement on Saturday, 29th August.
PCSO Hails told wilmslow.co.uk "The driver will likely get an instant ban, £100-£1000 fine, 6 points and a ban of 7-90+ days."
The speed enforcement was carried out on Prestbury Road in Wilmslow between 9am and 10am, during which time 56 vehicles were recorded travelling over the 35mph in the 30mph limit.
Of these two were exceeding 50pmh, with one travelling at 57mph and the other at 55mph. Aditionally, 21 vehicles were recorded travelling over 40mph in the 30mph limit and 32 were going over 35 mph.
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Great revenue spinner as well for the Local Authorities.
It isn't. As I pointed out on this site a few days ago, speeding fine revenue goes to the government, not the police or local authority.
because at the top end going towards Prestbury where it becomes 50mph and if they were accelerating towards reaching that speed was is it a fair cop ?
Honestly - on what planet did you pass your driving test? Assuming you have passed one that is! If so, you need to buy a copy of the Highway Code and study it all again. The speed limit on a road changes when you actually PASS the sign and not as soon as you SEE the sign ahead that announce a change in the limit. If the motorists were accelerating towards the new limit after having passed the sign then that would be ok so I don't understand what you are trying to say.
Perhaps if automobile manufacturers put as much creativity to the safety aspect as they do to their overbearing headlights, the priority would be tilting in the right direction.
As we all know that is a short stretch of road between two 50 mph limits and makes for an easy speeding target particularly at either end of that stretch when de-accelerating out of or accelerating into the 50 zone. Cars today are more powerful than ever and it is takes less than a second to breach the limit.
Selfish.
I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make but, if the legal speed limit is 30 mph, then driving at 35 mph is “illegal”
Could you be getting confused with criminal vs civil offences?
The fact remains that getting hit by a car is painful, the faster the car the greater the pain.
Incidentally Mark, I am still awaiting your reply to the question I asked you at the following link:
http://www.alderleyedge.com/news/article/17941/new-interactive-speed-sign-intalled
I see that the post has now been closed and so a direct reply is not possible, but if there is no objection perhaps you could post a reply here? Social media sites are all very good but do need true and correct factual information to be posted and if anyone believes this not to be the case then a request for validation should be answered so that nobody is left with duff information that they then believe to be true.
And as your pathetic comment about my comment, do your research first. Because you look silly when you mug yourself off.
https://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/changes-and-answers/new-higher-speed-limits-for-lorries-in-england-and-wales#
"Which specific aircraft types are able to take off, fly and land without ANY input from a pilot?
An aircraft 'type' is not just the manufacturer [Boeing or Airbus as you say] but the specific model -- Airbus 320, Boeing 767 for example. So please can you be more exact and quote which aircraft you believe is capable of flight WITHOUT ANY input from a pilot? To back up your claim it might be pertinent to outline briefly your knowledge base that qualifies you to inform the general public of such important information - so they can judge if you know what you are talking about.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoland
I don’t need to give you my credentials as a) I was talking to you not the 70 million residents of the uk b) anything anyone says can be checked quickly enough now a days and challenged.
Which you have done, well done.
Ps. I notice you didn’t mention my comment re speeding, considering this is a speeding thread makes me wonder what your motive is?