I just got pulled over for doing 32 in a 30

Because it’s so petty. It’s so easy to go 2mph over a speed limit that it’s the norm rather than the exception and doesn’t suggest recklessness or bad motive.

I’d be amazed if the great majority of cars aren’t breaching the speed limit at times by a small amount. Around me there are loads of speed measuring signs - the sort that display your speed in red or green and say ‘slow down’ if you’re over 20 or 30mph, whichever applies. Nearly every car I see shows red and some small excess over the limit.

If the police acted on all these cars there’d be a massive outcry. It’s just not how policing works or should work.

Why not It’s a case of prevention and education rather than tickets

I bet OP will be very conscious of her speed next time she’s out

The police concentrating on a dangerous stretch near you sounds very sensible.

But there’s no reason to think it’s in any way relevant to the OP.

I don’t think anyone objects to low speed limits, bumps, width restrictions, cameras, signs, road markings or anything else in accident black spots like blind corners.

The police did the job in Covid that the over zealous government required them to do by bringing in laws that were strict, poorly thought out and caused a great deal of people to behave in certain ways because they were made to feel
afraid. That is their job to uphold the law, whatever it might be and 2mph over the limit is breaking the law. Words of advice were given, move on.

There was a particularly bad stretch of rd near me loads off accidents including a fatality
the police did a lots of work including education,prevention which mainly included pulling up like OP and warning them it was a great success

for the life of me I’m not getting the outrage
Sadly i think I it’s just societies attitude and level of entitlement nowadays

According to Google the usual urban speed limit in Germany is 50kmh (31mph).

Intervention, including stopping people and warning them, against driving 2mph over a speed limit is more intrusive, heavy handed and pointless than the police enforcing Covid restrictions.

At least with Covid there was a risk of infection, of spread to others, of a systemic communicable health threat. Nobody ‘infects’ anybody with anything by driving slightly over 30mph.

Keeping people alive by preventing others from breaking the law isn’t wasting resources

given the hate for larger cars because they can hurt people more I am surprised and shocked that speeding is considered fair

the Reason that 20th zones are springing up ( default in Germany for example ) is that 30 is dangerous in residential areas , and 32 is more dangerous

there will be people here whose child died or had more serious injuries as a result of the “small” speeding . Sad so may parents think it’s ok / in 20 years time 32 in built up areas will seem as bad a no seatbelts

It’s no different is was a poor judgement call in Covid and it’s a poor judgement call to pull over someone doing 32mph. Rigid thinkers with poor judgement exist Covid or kit.

Agree its disgusting. 50% of mumsnet agree with that pc plod though, which says a lot about the doogooder mumsnet clientele!

I think Covid was different. The police covered themselves with shame generally with their over zealous behaviour during lockdown. I guess there was very little actual crime.

I agree with you - it's a complete waste of police resources. I keep thinking of those police officers who arrested the two women out for a coffee and a walk during covid. Police officers like this do nothing for their reputation and trust in the community. They come across as bullies and bullies are not respected.
I think the people who support this use of resources by the police are the rigid thinkers in society, they can't help themselves and in a way I feel for them, life must be difficult when you are so fixated on rules and the frustration levels you feel when people slightly deviate must be very stress inducing - can't be good for their health.

It's supposed to be 10% of the limit +2 that they pull you over at anyway. Which is 35 in a 30mph zone.

The police need to concentrate on catching real criminals, drug dealers, paedos, rapists and murderers. Instead of harassing innocent motorists going a mere 2 miles over the limit.

I think a lot of Mumsnetters are sorry lockdown ever ended: during that time, they could preach and moralise to their hearts' content. As they can't curtain twitch on the neighbours hugging their grandchildren and more, now they have to settle for wearing a hi-vi of authority, and standing in the road pointing a hair drier at passing cars, pretending it's a speed gun.

Exactly this. OP most people in real life would agree that this is a waste of police resources and actually a dangerous over reach of power in my opinion.

In real life no one wants their taxes being spent on police pulling over people doing 32 on a clear empty road.

They want the police to actually do something about the shoplifting, phone and bike theft epidemic, to catch and prosecute burglars and rapists.

You were breaking the law so he pulled you over and warned you

be grateful as you may now heed your speed

think it’s 10% over and possible fine and points so 1 more Mile and 33 in a 30 and he could have booked you

Not RTFT and maybe 32 in a 30 doesn’t seem bad, but I’ll bet this experience will make you think twice about creeping up to 75 in a 70 and THAT is where this police officer has made a difference.

I think it’s fair to be shaking - I’m a law abiding person and having the police pull me over and threaten me would intimidate me. It’s a shock.

I am also disgusted that crime goes unpunished, and uninvestigated while they are pulling people over for this. Real crime. We have a real problem with lack of services and funding for police which means that their role is to prioritise. And whilst speeding IS illegal, it’s not burglary, assault, fraud, etc. My daughter recently had cause to report a man stalking her. A man with previous conviction. Who, she had evidence of, watching her at night, sending her anonymous letters and flowers, and chasing her down her street trying to gift her perfume. It took 15 days before the police came to interview her and another 9 days before they approached the man. They then claimed there was no proof the flowers were from him (the florist confirmed a description of him to daughter and confirmed willingness to share full customer details with police - they simply didn’t bother asking her (!) despite daughter giving her details to them and telling them that whilst she couldn’t break dpa to daughter she could to them. They have now agreed to collect evidence from florist but can’t say when (by which point the shops cctv will probably have been deleted)

Meanwhile, thank god some plod had plenty of time to sit in the car trapping people going 32 in a 30 …. That’s the real crime the public want squashed.

Totally agree about the concentration required. Also in London. You can’t have a conversation, pay even the tiniest bit of attention to listening to anything on the radio, total concentration on speed to the exclusion of everything else is required. I’m not saying I disagree with the limit because it saves lives but boy it’s difficult sometimes.

I’m from up north and when we drive back down the entire journey from leaving the M1 to our house in south London, about 1.25 hours of driving, is 20. It’s painful.

This

Careless drivers belong in the bin. Exceeding the speed limit is careless.

I hope you do get caught and prosecuted for it. Your attitude is despicable and people like you are everything that is wrong with the world.

again, come back and tell us what a great driver you are when you’ve run over a kid because you can’t be bothered to stay under the limit because you’re too important for it to apply to you.