Tag Archives: speeding

The speed trap

Posted on 22nd May 2023 by Martin Cassini

If the law is an ass, nowhere is it more asinine than in the traffic arena. “Speed kills,” we are told. No. It’s speed in the wrong hands, or inappropriate speed that can kill. Who is the better judge of … Continue reading →

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Targeting blame

Posted on 24th August 2022 by Martin Cassini

A woman was killed, three people were hurt, and the Piccadilly Line was closed after a Range Rover crashed in Park Royal. Labour councillor for Balham, Jo Rigby, wrote, “A child will grow up without a mother because a man … Continue reading →

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Kangaroo justice

Posted on 18th July 2022 by Martin Cassini

Nottingham Police and crime commissioner, Caroline Henry, has received a 6-month ban and a £2450 fine after breaking the limit five times in 12 weeks. Serves her right, you might think. After all, she had pledged to crack down on … Continue reading →

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(Rigid) rules for fools

Posted on 9th May 2022 by Martin Cassini

Should Notts Crime Commissioner, Caroline Henry, resign over her 5 “speeding” offences? No. The anonymous fools who make us drive by numbers instead of context should. And the puerile numbers rule should be changed. A US study found that drivers … Continue reading →

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Put away my pen?

Posted on 3rd August 2021 by Martin Cassini

Is my work done? With the announcement that the DfT is planning to introduce a new hierarchy of road-users (which I’ve proposed for years, and briefed four Roads Ministers on), with vulnerable users at the top, and the mightiest at … Continue reading →

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The definition of fascism?

Posted on 21st January 2021 by Martin Cassini

Re previous posts about the fabricated “crime” of “speeding”. Statutory traffic law allows no defence, no arguments on rational or commonsense grounds. The system inures itself against reform by forbidding voices to be raised in challenge. It’s a self-serving monster.

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Anyone for tennis? Nope

Posted on 5th January 2021 by Martin Cassini

I’m no fan of the term “nanny state” because good nannies enable rather than disable human flourishment. Blanket lockdown rules that outlaw activities such as tennis among people capable of exercising due care are akin to rigid speed limits that … Continue reading →

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Mugged by the system

Posted on 21st December 2020 by Martin Cassini

During a perfectly safe overtaking manoeuvre on an otherwise empty dual lane stretch of the A361 Link Rd, I’m clocked doing 73 in a 60 by a concealed radar gun. The road is clear and the weather fine. No harm … Continue reading →

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Speeding: a fabricated crime

Posted on 18th December 2020 by Martin Cassini

Motorists who fall foul of traffic regulation are rarely real criminals. Captain, now Sir Tom Moore, the NHS fundraising hero, admitted to breaking the speed limit hundreds of times. In doing so, he probably only hurt the odd fly. Harriet … Continue reading →

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Cool Hand Fluke

Posted on 17th December 2020 by Martin Cassini

I realise now that everything about my challenge to the speeding ticket was irrelevant to the Court. And everything that statutory law stands for – numbers instead of context – is irrelevant to me. So what we had was a … Continue reading →

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