Call me daft but I was riding home tonight and it occurred to me that speed cameras are just like last orders at the bar. I know my route to and from work pretty well and so tend to squeeze as many mph out of the bike as I can before slowing down for each of the 50 limit cameras and then cane it again. I do this in the pub (drink more beer - not ride fast) as time approaches last orders but I hear the Gov't is planning to get rid of time limits to drinking in the hope that folks will just drink sensibly if they know they are not going to get told to stop at 11. There must be some psychological research that suggests that if you limit people they will stretch the limits inside the boundaries further than if you allow people freedom to make their own decisions. So here is the question; if there were no cameras on my route would I ride at a steady speed to work and take less risks than I do currently or would I screw my bike all day every day because I could? Tim "D" Authorities please note: that the author of this message is applying a hypothetical question as he always maintains a speed within the posted limits (as do all motorcyclists at all times).... (:-)
