Dunno what the issue is?
All that has changed is, the Police [or enforcing officer] now do not have to go to the hassle of preparing a case /evidence for Court.
And if the perpetrator doesn't agree with the ticket, they can opt to go to court anyway...as always was the case?
I don't think it will change the habits too many so-called drivers have got themselves into one iota.
And observations about the complete lack of enforcement are spot-on.
This can be recitified if [a] we go to a national ''highway patrol' system like the US, rather than policing roads via the local constabulary, or [b] we all, indvidually, stump up more money [and most of you are wealthy enough to not notice the hit]...to fund our local constabularies better, so they can employ more trafpols?
My views regarding motorway driving, and the apparent need for extra special training to drive on motorways, is that ,the idea is total boswewellox!
Motorways are the safest roads to drive on..and the easiest. [due for the most part to the lack of major conflicting traffic .]
Dual carriageways, on the other hand are vastly more challenging to drive on [although most so-called ''experienced'' drivers fail entirely to adapt from motorway driving mode to dual carriageway driving mode]..due to the presence of total conflict with other road users..ie the same conflict as on any other ordinary [single carriageway] road.....spiced up by those who still think dual cariageways are motorways in disguise..and so readliy get caught out.
And dual carriageways can, and do, fall as part of the syllabus for anyone undergoing a Cat B driving test.
Pass Plus is as much, if not more, about raising the awareness of a new driver to adverse conditions, night driving, and ettiquette on dual carriageway/motorway roads as anything else. A person who receives training on a dual carriageway [as they do now..or should do] will be more than correctly prepared for the realtive simplicity of a motorway.
If anyone thinks a motorway is a more dangerous place to be, they'd better slow down a lot more next time out..as it is the sheer unadulterated [and unwarranted ]speeds some people drive at, which creates any sort of danger...far more so than the ignorant actions of anyone else.
Lose some speed, and the actions of others will be easier to cope with.
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