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85% Of Car Drivers Break 20mph Speed Limits, Reveals U.K.’s Department For Transport

www.forbes.com 85% Of Car Drivers Break 20mph Speed Limits, Reveals U.K.’s Department For Transport

On roads with a 30mph maximum, 50% of car drivers break the law, says the annual DfT report on speed limit compliance.

85% Of Car Drivers Break 20mph Speed Limits, Reveals U.K.’s Department For Transport
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  • @TDCN

    That part is all good. The problem is they don't care whose car it is. If I was to borrow your car, and then break this law, then YOU are out a car. Yes, you can try and get the money back from me, but that might take a decade if I don't have money to replace your car.
    If you ask me, that's crazy.

    • Well I agree it might be a bit crazy, but I also must admit that I like the law because it works and it makes it such that I don't want to lend my car out to anyone unless I know for sure how they drive by driving with them a few times. It puts the responsibility into the hands of the car owner. Just replace the word car with gun and it all sounds reasonable. If I just lend my gun to a friend who I only know very little or I have never seen hold a gun in his hand that would be very bad. Even if he has a license for guns. And if he shot someone or broke the law in other ways with the gun I'd only expect the gun to be confiscated regardless of who owns it.

      • @TDCN @joland replacing car with gun or riffle makes it even more absurd. You saying that if I lend a riffle to someone on a hunt, I should bear the consequences for their actions if they miss and hit something? Thankfully the law in rest of Scandinavia isn’t as insane…

        • There's a significant difference between an accident and deliberately being wrekless

      • @TDCN @joland here in the Netherlands the fine for a traffic violation is already up to the owner to sort out. They don’t give AF who drove the car. Your car. Your responsibility. Your problem.

    • @joland @TDCN it's the same as if you crash a borrowed car while doing something that invalidates the insurance, eg racing.

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