Gatsos on the motorway
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From: Adrian on 12 Aug 2010 08:08 "Nkosi (ama-ecosse)" <minankosi(a)googlemail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> > 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. > 40 is the minimum limit on a motorway Would you care to point me to some proof of that? > so if you were exceeding hte mandatory minimum then you were equalling > the mandatory maximum. So what would you do when you come across a mandatory 30 limit on a motorway?
From: Nkosi (ama-ecosse) on 12 Aug 2010 08:19 On 12 Aug, 13:08, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > "Nkosi (ama-ecosse)" <minank...(a)googlemail.com> gurgled happily, sounding > much like they were saying: > > >> > 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. > > 40 is the minimum limit on a motorway > > Would you care to point me to some proof of that? > > > so if you were exceeding hte mandatory minimum then you were equalling > > the mandatory maximum. > > So what would you do when you come across a mandatory 30 limit on a > motorway? Never seen one, lowest has always been 40 at any road works and if you have seen one then you better point the people who imposed it to the motorway regulations which are completely different from those for other roads. Nkosi
From: Adrian on 12 Aug 2010 08:24 "Nkosi (ama-ecosse)" <minankosi(a)googlemail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> > 40 is the minimum limit on a motorway >> Would you care to point me to some proof of that? <waits> >> > so if you were exceeding hte mandatory minimum then you were >> > equalling the mandatory maximum. >> So what would you do when you come across a mandatory 30 limit on a >> motorway? > Never seen one I have. > lowest has always been 40 at any road works No, not in road works. > and if you have seen one then you better point the people who imposed > it to the motorway regulations which are completely different from > those for other roads. Still waiting for you to point me to the bit in these "motorway regulations" which says "Minimum 40".
From: GT on 12 Aug 2010 09:08 "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:8ci7f0F3qgU4(a)mid.individual.net... > "Nkosi (ama-ecosse)" <minankosi(a)googlemail.com> gurgled happily, sounding > much like they were saying: > >>> > 40 is the minimum limit on a motorway > >>> Would you care to point me to some proof of that? > > <waits> > >>> > so if you were exceeding hte mandatory minimum then you were >>> > equalling the mandatory maximum. > >>> So what would you do when you come across a mandatory 30 limit on a >>> motorway? > >> Never seen one > > I have. Surely not a permanent 30mph limit on a motorway? More likely a temporary 'queue ahead' electronic sign, which of course overrides any other 'normal' limits? The republic of Ireland has a minimum speed on motorways and there have been various calls for it in the UK, but we don't have one. There are (at least, used to be) signs in the highway code for minimum speed limits, but I don't know of them being used anywhere. There are cases of people being fined (don't know what charge - some variation on 'unsafe driving') for driving too slowly on motorways, but its rare and only when the driving is deemed to be a hazard to others.
From: Ian Dalziel on 12 Aug 2010 15:17
On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:00:05 -0700 (PDT), "Nkosi (ama-ecosse)" <minankosi(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >40 is the minimum limit on a motorway There is no minimum limit on a normal motorway. Traffic which is not capable of 40mph is not allowed on the motorway - that's not the same as having to maintain that speed. -- Ian D |