M6 motorway speeds?
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From: greensha on 25 Jun 2010 10:49 I grew up in the UK but moved to the US in 1986. I used to return fairly frequently in the 80's and early 90's, but I haven't been back in quite a while. The last time I drove on the motorway system, the average speed was between 80-85mph. Now with all the speed cameras I've been hearing about, is this still the case? How much tolerance are you allowed? Do they start ticketing at 1pm over? I'll be coming over for a week in August and have quite a bit of driving planned, mostly in the Northwest. I don't really want to get any tickets, but I don't want to the slowest driver on the road either. Thanks! Andy -- greensha Message origin: TRAVEL.com
From: greensha on 25 Jun 2010 11:14 (Apologies if this shows up twice. The first time I posted it didn't seem to work) I grew up in the UK but moved to the US in 1986. I used to return fairly frequently in the 80's and early 90's, but I haven't been back in quite a while. The last time I drove on the motorway system, the average speed was between 80-85mph. Now with all the speed cameras I've been hearing about, is this still the case? How much tolerance are you allowed? Do they start ticketing at 1pm over? I'll be coming over for a week in August and have quite a bit of driving planned, mostly in the Northwest. I don't really want to get any tickets, but I don't want to the slowest driver on the road either. Thanks! Andy -- greensha Message origin: TRAVEL.com
From: Brimstone on 25 Jun 2010 13:48 "greensha" <greensha.4d4hux(a)no-mx.forums.travel.com> wrote in message news:greensha.4d4hux(a)no-mx.forums.travel.com... > I grew up in the UK but moved to the US in 1986. I used to return > fairly frequently in the 80's and early 90's, but I haven't been back in > quite a while. The last time I drove on the motorway system, the > average speed was between 80-85mph. Now with all the speed cameras I've > been hearing about, is this still the case? How much tolerance are you > allowed? Do they start ticketing at 1pm over? I'll be coming over for > a week in August and have quite a bit of driving planned, mostly in the > Northwest. I don't really want to get any tickets, but I don't want to > the slowest driver on the road either. > In general, there are no speed cameras on the motorways. They do put up average speed cameras through road works though.
From: Adrian on 25 Jun 2010 13:48 greensha <greensha.4d4hux(a)no-mx.forums.travel.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > I grew up in the UK but moved to the US in 1986. I used to return > fairly frequently in the 80's and early 90's, but I haven't been back in > quite a while. The last time I drove on the motorway system, the > average speed was between 80-85mph. Now with all the speed cameras I've > been hearing about, is this still the case? There's very few cameras on motorways. Those that are there are in reduced-limit sections, either the variable limits on a few of the motorways (you'll see big displays showing the limit) or in roadworks. Be careful with those - the roadworks ones are average speed, and you'll find the vast majority sit at the limit faithfully. The variable limits tend to be optimistic anyway - you'll usually be hard pressed to reach the lowered limit, let alone exceed it. Otherwise, it's pretty much game on. > I don't really want to get any tickets, but I don't want to the slowest > driver on the road either. Follow the flow. 85-90 (or higher, even) is far from unusual, but equally there'll be a lot of people sitting at legal speeds, and all the wagons will be sat at 56mph. (I found the wagons on the US interstate, damn near the quickest things on the road, frankly slightly terrifying) And don't forget you're not meant to stay in whichever lane you happen to be in - go back left after passing stuff, if it's clear to do so. Going past people on the left is naughty, even if they are a brain-dead numpty.
From: Halmyre on 25 Jun 2010 14:04
In article <HfudnQwT_vVCdrnRnZ2dnUVZ8iCdnZ2d(a)bt.com>, brimstone(a)hotmail.com says... > > "greensha" <greensha.4d4hux(a)no-mx.forums.travel.com> wrote in message > news:greensha.4d4hux(a)no-mx.forums.travel.com... > > I grew up in the UK but moved to the US in 1986. I used to return > > fairly frequently in the 80's and early 90's, but I haven't been back in > > quite a while. The last time I drove on the motorway system, the > > average speed was between 80-85mph. Now with all the speed cameras I've > > been hearing about, is this still the case? How much tolerance are you > > allowed? Do they start ticketing at 1pm over? I'll be coming over for > > a week in August and have quite a bit of driving planned, mostly in the > > Northwest. I don't really want to get any tickets, but I don't want to > > the slowest driver on the road either. > > > In general, there are no speed cameras on the motorways. They do put up > average speed cameras through road works though. > I have seen camera vans on the flyovers above the M876 in central Scotland. -- Halmyre This is the most powerful sigfile in the world and will probably blow your head clean off. |