sevenfourate
Devotee of OCD
- Location
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
Counter to that, ive been drivjng 38 uewrs without so much as a penalty point, and I have driven Plenty of empty roads so its not unreasonable to expect others can manage the same and then not complain when they cant.
But fair play for fessing. However, the fact that you've been on the receiving end doesn't make you impartial. Too damn right you don't want a lifetime ban, because its you, in much the same way other classes of criminal never feel they deserve the punishment.
Drivers trot out the old guff about the feds being out catching burglars, but it's less well known that burglars when caught oft demand to know why the dibble aren't out hassling motorists. No one thinks they deserve the punishment.
And why the need to speed like that? Had you not been caught would you really have got anything beneficial out of it, or gained anything? No, it's was pointless to be doing it, and just because the road is emptying a strange reason to feel the urge to do something pointless.
Nevertheless, the laws of physics don't pop off to take a quick break just because the road is clear, or because its 4am. If something goes wrong on a clear road it is liable to be just as disastrous for someone, even if only you.
The other danger with that kind of selective adherence to the rules of the road is that it quickly becomes habit forming, and before long its not just an open empty road, or 4 in the morning. No, they start to pinch an inch everywhere.
Drive diligently at all timees and pretty soon that becomes an easy habit too.
…..you aim this to me: yet posted this yourself only yesterday 🙄
“…..had an MX5 up my arris on Wednesday. The mighty 2008 had more grunt than his scooot so every hill etc I'd squeeze it a bit and leave him behind but soon as I was back to a sensible pace he was up my tailpipe again.
So, seeing as he was hood-down I unleashed the screenwashers, and a few litres of Halfords finest soon had the eejut backing off to a more sensible distance.
So today's car DIY was topping up the screenwash.”