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  1. geoffw

    Victim mentality?

    There's not that much advantage going that little bit faster. I generally sit just on the limits (where practicable)- there may be an error in what the car is measuring anyway.
  2. geoffw

    Victim mentality?

    The tolerance can change. Canberra police changed their tolerance from 8 down to 4 some year back. Supposedly Victoria has zero tolerance.
  3. geoffw

    Victim mentality?

    Interesting stats. The number of deaths per 10,000 cars is 10% of what it was in 1970. Quite possibly the casualty rate per km has dropped even more than that. Lots if things have contributed to that drop- better cars, better roads, RBT, seat belts. Speed limits would also be a factor...
  4. geoffw

    Victim mentality?

    There may be times when people have been caught when they haven't really done anything wrong. I don't know, but I suspect that there's an awful lot more times that people have done something wrong and not got caught.
  5. geoffw

    Victim mentality?

    I was at a green light yesterday waiting for two cars to turn right in front of me, on an intersection which climbed five live in two separate accidents in one week. People seem to think that if you see the light turn amber it's ok to go through it, no matter how far away they are when it...
  6. geoffw

    Victim mentality?

    I prefer to see unmarked cars than fixed speed cameras- where only the non locals get caught. I would like though to see more red light cameras. I've been far closer to accident situations from people running a light than somebody driving too fast.
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