It only takes a few moments of inattention to get nicked. I generally have a clean licence but ten years ago I was driving through Coventry when the speed limit on a wide dual carriageway suddenly dropped from 50 to 40 and I got flashed by a camera just a few yards into the lower limit. I was so annoyed with myself for not spotting the lower speed limit sign that I didn't spot another camera just 100 yards from the first and got flashed again.

Fortunately I only received one ticket but it could easily have been two and I am well aware that the main reason that I have had a clean licence ever since then is more down to luck than judgement

There appears to be far more cameras in the midlands area than there are here down south.I know someone who got done in the Nottingham area for doing 39 in a 30 limit.He is from the south and had never got done before.

Evidently they are very 'Hot' about speeding in Australia.Unmarked cars patrol and all of a sudden a driver will see a car in front flashing a sign with words to the effect "Pull over - you have been caught driving over the limit".Someone I know who lives in Australia was fascinated by the fact that we had 'Speed cameras' warning signs on our roads before actual yellow boxes - he said there were no such warnings in Australia.

You were eyeing my lunch.. cheeky sod

When I was a young girl my Mother said to me.. You listen here kid you're CPFC

that's a shame as the course really is an eye opener.

anyone who's doing 100mph in a 70 zone (or similar levels over the set limit) knows they are doing it so is effectively choosing to break the limit .

Those marginally over whatever limit it is may be doing so through a lack of concentration/knowledge etc. What the course tells/reminds you is how to 'know' what the limit is whether there are signs up or not by the type of road - dual carriageway/lit road/unlit roads etc, how to know where 20/30mph zones are etc. Its all stuff that was in the highway code when we learnt to drive or more importantly, has been added since.

It focuses a lot on stopping distances at various speeds and how greatly the extend at only a small increase in the amount of speed. At 30mph, slamming the brakes on , you stop at point X. At 40mph and slamming the brakes on, you are still doing Y miles per hour at point X, that sort of thing.

It also focuses on the word 'limit'. It doesn't mean get to that speed and stay there. Things that some people take for granted, road conditions, traffic flow, weather etc but also the areas and time of day you are driving. It may be a 60mph limit but it also might not be safe to drive at that speed there.

I ,and it seems those who have also done it, can confirm that it has certainly changed how I look at driving, especially in built up areas.

Edited by paperhat (09 Mar 2017 11.45am)

Clinton is Clinton. I have known him for a long time, I know his mother... Simon Jordan

This is what gets me about drivers and the law - a lot think they know best.

1st march brought in 6pts and £200 if caught using a phone, They've hardly been quiet about it.

Where I work on the Brighton Road, There has been a fairly high profile police presence for 2 weeks and yet not a day has gone by yet where we haven't seen at least 4/5 people getting pulled using their phones. Everyone thinks they will get away with it, they wont get caught etc.

Clinton is Clinton. I have known him for a long time, I know his mother... Simon Jordan

My understanding is-

Typically car speedos are calibrated +10%. So if you get caught doing 33mph your speedo will be reading over 36. Police know this, and assume you thought you were breaking the limit by more than just the 3mph.