Speed cameras ready to target motorcyclists

“Most of the speeders i see are motorcyclists, i have been doing 70 and been over taken by them pulling wheelies, im always been tailgated by motorcyclists, what surprises me is how they manage to survive after some of the lethal stuff they do on our roads.
easy way to avoid fines is to just stick to the rules, money is only made from lawbreakers, it really is as simple as that.
in 20 years of driving i have never had an accident, only had one speeding ticket, yet seen 4 fatal crashes all of them were a result of speeding.”

“Terry if your idea of having fun is being a danger to the general public then I feel sorry for you. I only hope for your sake that the next person killed by a speeding idiot is no friend or relation of yours.”

“I knew that there was a law against having fun. Now it looks like it's being enforced. Keep your eyes open lads and you myopic drivers!”

“I hope there is going to be one on the A30 between Camborne west & Tolvaddon, it should get one or two speeders!!!”

“Quite simple really if every motorist drove according to the Highway Code - that little book that gets thrown away once the test is passed - there would have been no such things as traffic wardens, speed cameras, speed bumps etc. The fact is that far too many think the speed limits and parking regulations are for other people and desereve to be booked. Speed limits are just that, a limit not a target or minimum, and are there for a reason.”

“riders or drivers - my mistake...”

“Pointless arguing on here about who is to blame for road accidents. The ones who do cause them can't read and wouldn't find this website anyway...riders of drivers.
The law allows anyone who can pass a motorbike/driving test to use the road. It doesn't make any judgement about the mental attitude of riders/drivers therefore all attitudes must be acceptable.
It's up to you as a driver/rider to protect yourself and your passengers. Defensive driving/riding is the only way to do that. Give other road users space to make mistakes and you won't go far wrong.
Of course, your more likely to die on 2 wheels than 4 but don't blame that on drivers. That's a statistical certainty.”

“With an almost 200% increase in fatalities on the roads this year, after the Assistant Chief Constable stood up in January and stated that the Police could afford to divert officers from Roads Policing roles to response so that they could run around chasing teenagers kicking a ball about, and settling vicious facebook disputes, as the serious collision rate was falling, the Police response is to change the shift pattern of the Camera van operators. Nothing else.
It's obvious that nobody at the top of this force has ever lost a loved one in a Road Traffic Collision. They regard life as cheap and look upon everything as a balance sheet and work out how much it will cost. The camera van operators are almost all civilians so can have their shifts changed with little or no notice and are cheaper the Police Officers to pay overtime to work longer shifts. The fact that they cannot actually influence driver behaviour, beyond a momentary fixation on the speedometer plays no part in their twisted logic.
We need properly trained and experienced Police Officers on the roads educating motorists and enforcing with a heavy hand where necessary. It has a far greater impact to be dealt with immediately one transgresses and be given a proper lecture there and then by someone who has been there and seen it happen, than to get a bland letter 14 days later asking who was the driver and then be offered a course or possibly a ticket in the next few weeks. Shameful from this Inspector and from Devon & Cornwall.”

“"When a twenty something lad with no road sense or regards for anyone else can buy a 1000cc bike for a couple of thousand, then is it any wonder so many of them kill themselves. "

The problem is not them killing themselves but being killed by myopic drivers who are not paying sufficient attention to what is going on around them. The same spotty yoof with no road sense can buy a 1600cc tin box and do far more damage but there doesn't seem to be a concern over them!

With regard to the comment by Sowester the headlights on bikes cannot be switched off these days so WE ARE highly visible if you took the time to look! Even wearing hi-viz clothing, with the headlight on and riding a marked response bike I still get muppets pulling out in front of me and claiming they "didn't see" me.”

“When a twenty something lad with no road sense or regards for anyone else can buy a 1000cc bike for a couple of thousand, then is it any wonder so many of them kill themselves.

I am fed up with people blaming motorists for not looking when bikes get into accidents. Perhaps an ad campaign asking bikers not to undertake at 90mph might have a better effect. If a bike is where it is supposed to be, doing a normal, speed people will see it.

Bikers are the bullies of the road.”