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Originally Posted by Flamin_Squirrel
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Originally Posted by jonboy
Rather than having different speed limits for bikes and cars, I've always thought that there should be different classes of licence, with different proven standards of competency, that should allow vehicles (both cars and bikes) to be driven at correspondingly different speeds.
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Best idea yet. Perhaps even linking the licence to insurance records.
//edit: Only problem is, the police won't know what class of licence you hold untill they pull you over though
For example, if I get nicked for speeding tomorrow by a cop, being a young(ish) bloke on a fairly quick bike I don't think I could complain too much. But I've always thought it extremely unfair to give speeding fines to people who are driving fast (but otherwise safely - i.e. it's perfectly safe to do 100mph on the motorway in good conditions) who have been driving for 30 years with otherwise unblemished licences and hold full no claims discounts. |
Won't the arguement be that the best drivers can go at the current max and poorer or less experienced will need to slow down, especially after all the billions the Gov has spent trying to ascertain what the maximum speed limit should be. I wonder if they'd say a 999R handles better than a HD and therefore could go faster?