No wonder 4wds have a bad name

5k's over the speed limit, although breaking the law, is hardly the same as tailgating, over taking on the left etc etc.....

Try going .05, it's only .001 over.

You are perhaps thinking of what the penalty should be for various "degrees" of overstepping the mark, or confusing justice with law, or visualising the possible negative outcome of various styles of offense.

The point is, 4wd bashing is so prevalent in the press, if you saved a child from drowning and then stepped into your fourby with a bullbar, you would get crucified for that.

Brian , what was the old saying ? " look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves " ??? in other words if you kill some one by only 5k over you have still killed them ,

Gerhardp1

No... I wasn't thinking of various degrees of anything. I agree wholeheartedly that 5K's over the limit is still speeding and therefore "against the law". My point is that, although 5ks over is against the law, it will be a rare occurrence that an onlooker would say "Oh look at that four-wheel-driver, he's going 5k's more than the speed limit!"
I bet the chances are higher that an onlooker would say "Oh look at that four-wheel-driver, he's tailgating & just overtook on the inside & generally being a moron on the road!"

4WD bashing is prevalent in the press, because certain people have a vested interest in 4WD bashing, and the media seem to be in these peoples pockets! So to an extent you may be correct with your comments regarding the drowning child.

Alloy..... yes, you are correct in saying "if you kill some one by only 5k over you have still killed them ," so I take it then that you you are NEVER above the speed limit? Ever?? I admit to it..... many times. Hundreds of times! Actually more like thousands of times! Haven't killed anyone yet, which doesn't make it ok, I know, but I do believe that tailgater's and the like are much more likely to suffer that fate than I am.
It's seems like common sense to me

YMMV (to quote Truckster)

Cheers

Brian