Penalties for light speeding
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:10 pm
Had a look at an article about motorists being requested to follow what seem to be unofficial speed limits through school zones, and other low speed areas.
I was thinking that perhaps the camera/radar guns should detect the number of k's the motorist is exceeding the speed limit by, and issue a penalty if they accumulate enough excess kph over a period of time, which would normally trigger a camera. IE if they're doing 64kph, they won't get pinged the first time. But if they do the same speed past the camera 3 times, then they get fined as though they were doing 12 kph over the limit. It would be activated if the driver exceeds the limit by more than 1.5kph.
I'm sure there are numerous complications which would impede such a process. But it's just my 2c worth.
It was recently mentioned somewhere that motorists won't get pinged, if they do less than 8kph over the speed limit. I think the tolerance should be reduced significantly.
I was thinking that perhaps the camera/radar guns should detect the number of k's the motorist is exceeding the speed limit by, and issue a penalty if they accumulate enough excess kph over a period of time, which would normally trigger a camera. IE if they're doing 64kph, they won't get pinged the first time. But if they do the same speed past the camera 3 times, then they get fined as though they were doing 12 kph over the limit. It would be activated if the driver exceeds the limit by more than 1.5kph.
I'm sure there are numerous complications which would impede such a process. But it's just my 2c worth.
It was recently mentioned somewhere that motorists won't get pinged, if they do less than 8kph over the speed limit. I think the tolerance should be reduced significantly.