I saw a teenager doing 60 mph in a 20mph zone !?

Question

Risking his life and members of the public including childen.
Why does the government allow this? Why not a lifetime ban from driving. The simple answer must be that the government is prepared to except murder in order to make money. Leaving lives devestated and destroyed by a minority of ignorant young people. What do you think?

Answer 1

Every driver on the road has broken the law by speeding, also the 'teenager' tag is a little unfair. Yes he may have been a youthful driver, but during my 16 years on the road i have seen many poor drivers (including myself at times) , including many old age pensioners, who sometimes give the impression they cant even see the road. Should these drivers be taken off the road also?

ps where did you buy your speed gun? i'd like 1 for outside my house.

Answer 2

1 are you a certified police driver?
2 do you own a radar gun?
3 are you saying you have never speeded?

The fact is that although more youngster are killed on the road than any other age group, they do not cause the majority of crashes.

It is the middle aged driver that does.
Although what this teenager did is breaking the law, if caught he would loose his license and have to resit theory and practical and if he did kill someone he would go to prison not for long mind you as the governments stance on death by dangerous driving is ridiculous and well overdue for overhaul.

If a middle aged driver looses his license than they would have a so many day ban and then get back in their car with no other penalty.

The bigger danger than speeding is untaxed, unroadworthy and
not insured drivers. Every single person that pays tax and insurance pays a higher premium for uninsured drivers and believe it or not more middle aged drivers have no tax etc than any other age group.

Speeding in itself is not dangerous, it the inability for a person to control the vehicle they are driving in the environment they are faced with.

Also, drink driving highest no of offenders middle aged.
So please don't put comments like your question without thinking about it.

Also did you report this to the police, I bet you didn't or if you did if the person was middle aged you wouldn't have done.

If this is reported to the police and they receive two or more reports from different persons than they can then work on this.

If you think that this is an ongoing problem ask to speak to the road policing unit.

Answer 3

Two questions...
a) How do you know he was doing 60mph, do you have a speed gun?? Speed perception is quite difficult without specialist equipment.
b) How do you know he was a teenager?. Surely if he whizzed past you at 60mph you would struggle to get a good look!

Nobody likes speeding cars, but it seems to me you've got it in for young people. You ask "why does the government allow it?", well, we all know it doesn't, but if you were the only person around to witness the speeding car then there's not much the government can do about this incident is there??!!

Answer 4

I think you should have gotten the plate number and turned in to the police so they can watch out for the offender. Tell the neighbors to watch out for the offender and get the plate number too, then turn it in to the police as well. If there's a lot of complaints, then they'll have to deal with it.
Driving is a privilege and while not everyone should be allowed to drive, we all think we have that right.
Instead of blaming the government for everything it should be you that steps up to the plate on this one and turn in the offender. After all, you were the one to see it, not the government, and it's your job to report the threat.

Answer 5

Full marks for rapid reaction and 20/20 vision!
He/she was travelling at 60 mph yet you still had time to recognise that the person was a teenager. Sure, I'm against speeding in built-up areas. I've even waved my fist at a police car (without flashing blue light), but you have to be careful with accusations and pre-conceived ideas.

Answer 6

that he was speeding ,i have no doubt.
but how did you measure that 60 miles per hour .!!!!

Did you report him, to the police yourself .
Speeding is an offence .
and putting the public in danger, by speeding in a restricted area, is against the law..

has his vehicle number been noted and if he is local ,his address too .
.Following a report ;
The police are then obliged by law, to investigate and prosecute any infringement of the country's laws

The government makes the laws , the police are duty bound to enforce them .

But they also need real evidence, that a law, has in fact been broken .

This is down to responsible citizens, to report , so the police can investigate , and prosecute, any breach of the law .

A life time ban, for dangerous drivers , is a good idea in many cases
, but will need to be approved by the government of the day .

Answer 7

I live on a road with a 20 mph speed restriction.

Hardly anyone obeys the limit. This includes the inevitable young men with powerful cars but also Buses and women dashing off to pick up their kids from school.

Answer 8

I see old people/middle-aged people/young people drive like this all the time. It's not just teenagers. In fact it seems to be mostly middle-aged people in, yes, I'm going to say it, BMW's who think they own the road and can do whatever they like because they have the BMW stealth badge. Young people tend to take driving very seriously, seeing it as a huge responsibility that makes them grown up.

So please stop picking on the young. A lot of us know that if we're going to be bad drivers then we shouldn't drive at all, like me. I know full well I'm too aggressive to get behind the wheel of a car, so I don't.

As for harsher punishments, go ahead, have them implemented. It won't change anything.

Answer 9

He sounds like a prick but dont put all young guys in that catagory.
I am 24 Have spent thousands to make my car look nice and have a sound system that would put a football stadium to shame. However i drive very safely and have a child on the way so would never put other people in harms way...

But i beleive idiots like this shouldnt have a licence..... If i saw him id give him a slap

Answer 10

The Government do not allow it - if the teenager was caught then the law would have dealt with the offence. I am curious as to how you new that the teenager was doing 60mph, where you following at the same speed?