Why do people who are not exceeding the speed limit, slow down for speed cameras?
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the same morans that slow down to 10 m.p.h. to look at accidents on the side of the road.
Guilt.
people just like to make sure
you are right.. but people slow down anyways just to be safe..
better safe than sorry.
Because they're morons who don't know how to drive properly.
your right they do and it pi**es me off too
it can also cause accidents doing that
some cameras clock you even thought you're doing the limit.. they're there as a reminder as well as a trap.
I agree. However, to answer you question, probably the same reason people instinctively slow down when they see a cop. I do. I slow down, then look at my speedometer, when I realize I'm not speeding I just keep going the same speed or work back up to the speed limit until I don't see the cop anymore. It's habit.
People are idiots, they do the same thing for a cop that has pulled someone over on the side of the road. Do they think, that the cop is all of a sudden quit giving that guy a ticket, just to come get you cause you were doing 2 over?
No one pays attention to there driving, so they have no idea what speed they are going, so they just slow down instead of looking at there spedometer. That's my theory anyway, maybe one of those morons will see this question and tell us what the heck they are doing.
Why do people brake when they approach a bend when they are clearly driving at or below the speed limit?! Drives me nuts!
The accuracy of the speedo on cars can over read, i used to have a car once that showed i was doing 30mph and my brother who was behind in a bmw said it was more like 20mph.I would say the more expensive car or the jap ones are more accurate.
I think people are so scared and brainwashed at the prospects of fines and points on their licences that they think pehaps the cameras might be set lower than what the limit indicates. If they slow down and drive well below the limit then they feel safer. These revenue raisers should be scrapped.
Women drivers..put on this earth to the eternal frustration of males . it was bad enough when they where only responsible for driving the kitchen sink.but now they're everywhere..Is there no escape.. For the downtrodden Male of the species
Its become a natural reaction to slow down for a speed camera
The fear of points on your licence would make you want to be extra careful when you get speed notices for doing about 4 - 6m/ph over the speed limit. You just can't be too careful.
A lot of the time its because people don't actually know what the limit is. They drive at whatever speed the flow is moving, then when they see a camera assume the limit is something (e.g 40mph through motorway roadworks), so slow down excessively.
Near where I live there is a camera on a dual-carriageway. The limit is 70mph, but many people see the camera, assume there must be a lower limit or there wouldn't be a camera (actually its a downhill stretch where its easy to allow speed to creep up, with a sight-reducing bend and a short-slip junction at the bottom - I usually slow down after the camera, until I can see the junction is clear), and slow down to 50mph. They must be waiting for the flash when I go past with 69.5mph on the speedo.
The authorities don't help, by often not having a speed limit sign anywhere near the camera.
My theory is that if you pass a speed camera at a speed lower than 1mph less than the limit, you're admitting defeat.
In a 30 limit, I try to have the needle between 29.5 and 30mph when passing a camera.
It is illegal for a speedometer to under-read, so they are designed to over-read slightly (probably 1% to 2%). Also, as your tyre wear, the speedometer will gradually become less accurate (over-read more). Over-reading by more than 10% is also illegal. It is the driver's responsibility to ensure the car is legal.
i know what U mean lots of people do it, i guess just being on the safe side, making sure they don't get a ticket, but its a pain in the **** tho
I travel just under the limit.
to encourage people to overtake them and then they'll get caught. folks can be nasty at times.
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