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From: Adrian on 18 Aug 2006 10:09 Simon Finnigan (SimonFinnigan(a)hotmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying : >> No you're not in the wrong, but if you're trundling along at fifty >> why bother using the motorway? > I`d guess for the same reasons LGV`s trundle along at 56 -economy. My car is at it's most economical at around 65mph cruise, according to the (reasonably accurate) fuel computer. > There are enough other lanes to get past someone who is driving slower > than the speed limit (note that it isn`t a target). True, however there is a very compelling argument that a vehicle doing a speed way below the prevailing traffic speed is a safety risk. > I do 60 on motorways as a general rule because I drive 2000 miles a month > and have to pay for the petrol out of my own pocket, not on expenses. > 60mph makes a VERY big difference to my fuel bill. Does your time have *no* value? > That way if you want to drive faster than you can do, but you pay more > for the extra damage you do to the environment. Hmmm. Perhaps we should have a very straightforward way of relating that extra cost directly to the amount of fuel used? Maybe we could just put a shitload of tax onto the basic cost of the fuel. Hell, if the government *really* wanted to rake it in, they could even then charge VAT on top of that tax... Nah, it'd never be acceptable to the public...
From: MrBitsy on 18 Aug 2006 10:11 Paul {Hamilton Rooney} wrote: > I have no time for snobs, prudes, centre-lane wankers, vegetarians, > Greens, protestants, people with fuzzy beards, sandal-wearers, > cyclists or ramblers. Ramblers - posters who talk to much in newsgroups? -- MrBitsy
From: Conor on 18 Aug 2006 10:20 In article <4klonsFcm9ocU1(a)individual.net>, Ivor Jones says... > Would you mouth off in front of young children, for example..? Women..? ROFL..you've never been in a teenage chatroom. -- Conor "No trilogy should have more than four books" - Arthur C. Clarke
From: Conor on 18 Aug 2006 10:25 In article <1155907777.566262.83840(a)i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, says... > Now your advocating he break the speed limit. > Speed doesn't kill. > Who created the situation? The MLOC fuckwit OP. -- Conor "No trilogy should have more than four books" - Arthur C. Clarke
From: Conor on 18 Aug 2006 10:27
In article <4klotaFc8f4uU1(a)individual.net>, Ivor Jones says... > Because it's true..? > You think? Look through my posts and you'll see a lack of spelling and punctuation mistakes for a start. That's because I went to school and passed O level English Language. -- Conor "No trilogy should have more than four books" - Arthur C. Clarke |