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Originally Posted by sebberry
I was on HWY17 Southbound last night, not quite keeping up with the flow of traffic (which was in excess of the posted speed limit). I was passed by an F150 doing 120/130 km/hr in the 80 zone.
I thought it was a bit fast, but if he kept his distance from other cars there won't be a problem. What did he do? Latched right onto the back end of a small Honda before finally passing it on the right, tailgating again and passing on the left. It's not like he couldn't see the cars since this was all visable from my vantage point quite a ways back.
So when I say speed is OK, I'm talking speed alone is OK. I'm not condoning actions like the F150 driver.
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If you, or I for that matter...where the only driver on the road....speed isn't an issue right? But, we share the road with drivers that I (and am quite sure you) would like to see "controlled" by a safe speed limit!
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This also all took place right where the Saanich safety squad sets up their speed traps on a regular basis. Proof that regular enforcement doesn't prevent this sort of driving.
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The only way to "slow" speeders down in areas like that is to bring in a photo radar type system. A system that runs on it's own and doesn't require an officer to be present. People will slow down EVERY time. Even YOU know that the police services cannot be every where, all the time. Yea...that's a problem....but who is willing to pay more taxes to get more officers on the road? The same people that wouldn't be willing to pay more taxes...complained about the photo radar system we had going which caught more speeders with less man power. You also know how easy it is to "know or not know" if the "speed trap" is setup just by watching other drivers. Watch the drivers ahead of you braking is one hint...and of course, the typical flashing of the headlights from on coming vehicles. This slows everyone down.......HANG ON!!! Thats exactly what the rules and enforcement is supposed to do!
