Definitely been lucky recently

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Originally Posted by jpd80

Let's be fair here, the OP over took Semi, and 8 cars in front of it. He did it because he obviously
felt that it was safe to do so, no blind corners or on coming traffic. What is dangerous in that situation
is the speed differential and someone less observant pulling out in front of him, those are two thinss beyond
the OP's control but what is not beyond the OP's control is to avoid getting in that situation in the first place.

The adage that no one automatically dies because of l speeding and overtaking going on on our roads
flies in the face of good common sense, increasing risks opens the door to other potential factors
creating a series of events which leads to tragedy, whilst speeding and aggressive overtaking by
itself does not result in disaster , the addition of other unforeseen factors can and will.
The whole thought process behind administration controls is to break the chain of events before
it has a chance to become reality, that's why perceived unsafe events like speeding are regulated.

I don't mean to sound like sergeant safety here, just an explanation of how a chain of events can be stopped
by seemingly unrelated regulations and hazard control that often make no sense on perfectly good roads.

I'm glad that the police made an intelligent interpretation of the situation and were able to give reasons for it,
this is the way good policing should be administered, delivering a strong but fair safety message on road sense and judgement.

good call - all of us have done things that can be considered stupid
passing a car at 140 seems safe, but as you suggested, if a driver ahead cannot judge approach speeds and pulls out . . . . . both drivers could have seen the possibility of this, so both are guilty


both the original poster and the copper deserve credit
one for showing discretion and the other for realising how lucky he was and not crying, moaning and complaining on a forum about revenue raising