Motorists are just a cash cow for council
OVER the last week or so there has been a lot of comment about the apparent lack of speed limit signs around the approaches to Gdynia Way in Plymouth.
Several motorists have received fines due to driving above the speed limit and being recorded on camera. Most have complained bitterly about this seeming injustice, and one gentleman has even gone to court over it.
I would like to ask them all, just what is it that you hope to achieve? We are motorists and, as such, are viewed by the council as cash cows and a ready source of income. We are there solely to be fleeced at every opportunity, and they are doing just that very thing.
It matters not one iota that Gdynia Way used to be a 40mph road, the council has now made it into a 30mph one and has reaped the benefit of its minimal approach to the placing of speed limit signs. There are mutterings about making yet more roads into 20mph limits, how much cash will that raise for them before we all wise up?
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When will we all realise that, as motorists, we are regarded as criminals by the council. All of the euphemistically termed road improvements being carried out, at great public expense, are not being done for our benefit. All that results is the loss of carriageway space for motorists and increasing gridlock, along with rising share prices for the manufacturers of traffic lights.
Witness now the chaos again all around Prince Rock and Cattedown, after less than a year since the last fiasco, solely due to junction alterations on Laira Bridge. And the benefits to us as motorists will be what exactly? Lines of vehicles stretching back to Exeter Street, up over Tothill Road almost to Mutley Plain, out across Laira Bridge towards Elburton and Plymstock Broadway are really good for the environment aren't they!
Call me old fashioned but I always thought that the idea was to keep traffic moving.
DAVID PAGE
Mutley
Comments
by JMonners
Thursday, September 13 2012, 5:41PM
“Of the thousands of drivers who use Gdynia Way, how many as a percentage, get caught?
Its a very small minority which only goes to prove what a poor intellect and driving without due care and attention gets you. Having a driving licence is a privilege not a right.
All this whining does is amplifies the sheer contempt that the drivers who were caught have for the legal system.
Pay the fine and shut up”
by blogtodi
Thursday, September 13 2012, 8:25AM
“Thank goodnes for cr*p drivers! As long as they keep paying their fines into the council's coffers to subsidise my council tax, I'm all for it.
The mention of 'cash cows' and conspiracies to catch unwary yet innocent speeders is tantamount to paranoia.”
by pogle063
Thursday, September 13 2012, 8:13AM
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"It is a bout time the Council got its act together and did the right thing and put up appropriate signage to end any further confusion, but it won`t because as has been mentioned the lack of signage is generating quite an income.
What really ticks me off is when you see the council sponsored camera car which I was behind in Durnford street the day before yesterday doing well over 30mph in a 20mph zone. I knew it was allowed to park anywhere it chose to but was not aware it was also allowed to ignore the speed limit.
Look forward to hearing the councils excuse when it hits someone whilst speeding.
Plymouth City Council really ought to get some DISCIPLINE in itself and its employees."
Hopefully makes sense this time! D`oh! its early!”
by pogle063
Thursday, September 13 2012, 8:10AM
“It is a bout time the Council got its act together and ended the right thing and put up appropriate signage to end any further confusion, but it won`t because as has been mentioned the lack of signage is causing confusion.
What really ticks me off is when you see the a councilo sponsored camera car like I was behind in Durnford street the day before yesterday doing well over 30mph in a 20mph zone. I knew it was allowed to park anywhere it chose to but was not aware it was also allowed to ignore the speed limit.
Look forward to hearing the councils excuse when it hits someone whilst speeding.
Plymouth City Council really ought to get some DISCIPLINE in itself and its employees.”
by drt346ys
Thursday, September 13 2012, 8:09AM
“I still feel the point is repeatedly missed on these threads - if the road always was 30 MPH and you do 40 MPH through it then all the statements made chastising the motorists hold true. The issue is that at the outset, the speed limit was reduced from 40 MPH (which it had been for years) to 30 MPH without "reasonable" warning. The removal of 40 MPH signage does indeed indicate a change in speed limit, but how many drivers look for an omission to determine the speed limit? We are driven (no pun intended) by the signage presented and so the removal of the current signage should be followed up by additional signage, indicating that this has been done - it would be in every motorists interests to know at the point of a changeover (whether that is priority, layout or speed, that locals and visitors alike will be using the same stretch of road with the same regulations. The way it was handled, it was entirely feasible to have visitors obeying the new regs (as they knew no wiser) and the locals now speeding without realising their mistake - I just think it could have been handled much better by the council - although it would appear not to be in their interest to do so.”
by Waltersmith
Thursday, September 13 2012, 7:49AM
“If you don't break the law you won't get fined. If you think it is a cash cow then it is only some motorists creating it.
Is it OK to steal from a shop unless there is a sign up saying "Stealing will lead to prosecution"?
I suggest every poster of these articles has a retest.”
by Asyouwouldbedoneby
Thursday, September 13 2012, 7:24AM
“Perhaps if some of the thick motorists bothered to read the highway code then it would less of a cash cow for the council.”
by GreenGOM
Thursday, September 13 2012, 6:06AM
“David. You are absolutely correct in all your points, although I don't really see the point of your post as we all already know this. The few drivers who were fined in Gdynia Way are rather thick and have no one to blame but themselves. We all know we are being fleeced but it's the same in all cities, not just Plymouth, and anyone who allows themselves to be fleeced is naive and stupid.”