Gareth wrote:TheInsanity1234 wrote:doesn't want my dad to develop the same paranoia that she has towards speed and speed limits.
Paranoia towards (adherence to) speed limits is necessary if you want to keep your licence these days. If you want to 'speed' you need to accurately identify the prevailing limit, you ought to be good at judging the safety implications, and be good at assessing how likely the limit is to be policed.
No, what she means is that when she got done for speeding, her driving actually became worse, because she was worried about sticking to the speed limits to the point that she would completely miss hazards because she was worried about avoiding another 3 points and £60 fine.
That is exactly what is [albeit slowly] happening to my dad, ever since he's been caught, he has started to miss things and I've had to warn him of them because he's too busy trying to look for signs and the spacing between the bloody street lights and working out whether it's 30, 40, 50 or whatever the hell it is. How is that fair, huh?