From: Stephen Bagwell on
On 11 Aug, 00:27, JNugent <jennings...(a)fastmail.fm> wrote:
> Stephen Bagwell wrote:
> > JNugent <jennings...(a)fastmail.fm> wrote:
> >> Stephen Bagwell wrote:
> >>> JNugent <jennings...(a)fastmail.fm> wrote:
> >>>> Brimstone wrote:
> >>>>> "JNugent" <jennings...(a)fastmail.fm> wrote:
> >>>>>> Stephen Bagwell wrote:
> >>>>>>> didn't stop 2 cars overtaking on the left way above the limit on the
> >>>>>>> M25 going onto the M4
> >>>>>> How come there was space to overtake you on the left?
> >>>>>> Did they use the hard shoulder?
> >>>>> Perhaps the PP was staying on the M25.
> >>>> In such a case, overtaking on the left, in a lane leading to a different
> >>>> motorway, would be perfectly legitimate. As you well know.
> >>> the motorway is 6 lanes wide 3 going to the M4 3 straight on. I was in
> >>> lane four doing the mandatory speed limit. White van was in lane 3 -
> >>> where was he going?
> >> You tell me.
> > he pulled into lane 4 but could have gone into lane 2 as a car sped
> > past on the left
>
> Did he do anything illegal?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

The car which undertook was exceeding the mandatory forty limit by
probably 30 mph
From: Adrian on
Stephen Bagwell <stephenb1963uk(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

> The car which undertook was exceeding the mandatory forty limit by
> probably 30 mph

How many died?
From: Nkosi (ama-ecosse) on
On 11 Aug, 08:57, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Stephen Bagwell <stephenb196...(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much
> like they were saying:
>
> > The car which undertook was exceeding the mandatory forty limit by
> > probably 30 mph
>
> How many died?

None?

Nkosi
From: JNugent on
Stephen Bagwell wrote:
> On 11 Aug, 00:27, JNugent <jennings...(a)fastmail.fm> wrote:
>> Stephen Bagwell wrote:
>>> JNugent <jennings...(a)fastmail.fm> wrote:
>>>> Stephen Bagwell wrote:
>>>>> JNugent <jennings...(a)fastmail.fm> wrote:
>>>>>> Brimstone wrote:
>>>>>>> "JNugent" <jennings...(a)fastmail.fm> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Stephen Bagwell wrote:
>>>>>>>>> didn't stop 2 cars overtaking on the left way above the limit on the
>>>>>>>>> M25 going onto the M4
>>>>>>>> How come there was space to overtake you on the left?
>>>>>>>> Did they use the hard shoulder?
>>>>>>> Perhaps the PP was staying on the M25.
>>>>>> In such a case, overtaking on the left, in a lane leading to a different
>>>>>> motorway, would be perfectly legitimate. As you well know.
>>>>> the motorway is 6 lanes wide 3 going to the M4 3 straight on. I was in
>>>>> lane four doing the mandatory speed limit. White van was in lane 3 -
>>>>> where was he going?
>>>> You tell me.
>>> he pulled into lane 4 but could have gone into lane 2 as a car sped
>>> past on the left
>> Did he do anything illegal?- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> The car which undertook was exceeding the mandatory forty limit by
> probably 30 mph

Sorry. Didn't realise you were a policeman.

40 limit on a motorway?

The planners would have achieved more building it as a two=lane single
carriageway.
From: Nkosi (ama-ecosse) on
On 12 Aug, 00:24, JNugent <jennings...(a)fastmail.fm> wrote:
> Stephen Bagwell wrote:
> > On 11 Aug, 00:27, JNugent <jennings...(a)fastmail.fm> wrote:
> >> Stephen Bagwell wrote:
> >>> JNugent <jennings...(a)fastmail.fm> wrote:
> >>>> Stephen Bagwell wrote:
> >>>>> JNugent <jennings...(a)fastmail.fm> wrote:
> >>>>>> Brimstone wrote:
> >>>>>>> "JNugent" <jennings...(a)fastmail.fm> wrote:
> >>>>>>>> Stephen Bagwell wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> didn't stop 2 cars overtaking on the left way above the limit on the
> >>>>>>>>> M25 going onto the M4
> >>>>>>>> How come there was space to overtake you on the left?
> >>>>>>>> Did they use the hard shoulder?
> >>>>>>> Perhaps the PP was staying on the M25.
> >>>>>> In such a case, overtaking on the left, in a lane leading to a different
> >>>>>> motorway, would be perfectly legitimate. As you well know.
> >>>>> the motorway is 6 lanes wide 3 going to the M4 3 straight on. I was in
> >>>>> lane four doing the mandatory speed limit. White van was in lane 3 -
> >>>>> where was he going?
> >>>> You tell me.
> >>> he pulled into lane 4 but could have gone into lane 2 as a car sped
> >>> past on the left
> >> Did he do anything illegal?- Hide quoted text -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > The car which undertook was exceeding the mandatory forty limit by
> > probably 30 mph
>
> Sorry. Didn't realise you were a policeman.
>
> 40 limit on a motorway?
>
> The planners would have achieved more building it as a two=lane single
> carriageway.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

40 is the minimum limit on a motorway, so if you were exceeding hte
mandatory minimum then you were equalling the mandatory maximum.

Nkosi