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From: bod on 9 Aug 2010 11:59 boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote: > On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:42:57 +0100 > bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >> boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote: >>> On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:25:39 +0100 >>> bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >>>> Well I've been on some motorway sections where a lot of cars were >>>> averaging 90 and even a hundred plus sometimes. >>> Not the M40 around Beaconsfield after midnight by any chance? :) >>> >>> B2003 >>> >>> >> Surprisingly, on that stretch at about 4.pm was one of them. > > 4pm? Odd, I'd have thought it would be too busy at that time. Still, 1.5 miles > of dead straight 8 lane highway tends to go to some peoples heads around > there. Admittedly I did do 130 indicated myself there back in the 90s in > the small hours :) > > B2003 > > Years back I did 133mph in my Opel Monza on the M4 coming back from London, this was around the Heston services section. I even overtook a police dog van and thought...whoops! I came off at Heston and disappeared into some side roads and parked up in a side road for about 20 minutes, in case they had radioed through to other traffic plod. Bod
From: Ian Jackson on 9 Aug 2010 12:02 In message <i3p6dg$vpp$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>, boltar2003(a)boltar.world writes >On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 15:55:28 +0100 >"GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote: >>> Indeed, it'll be the scaremongers that stop it. They seem to overlook the >>> fact that most people travel at 80, or faster, already. >> >>Problem with that argument is that if the limit were 80, then lots would >>travel at 90 or faster. > >So you enforce the limit better. Anyway , most people feel comfortable at 80 >and so wouldn't speed anymore plus most people start to chicken out above 90 >and virtually no one does over the ton even on a clear road so I don't reckon >you'd simply find the same amount of people speeding at 10mph higher than they >would do with a 70 limit. > You certainly wouldn't find me travelling at 80+. In practice, most people would probably drive exactly as they do with the 70 limit. -- Ian
From: GT on 9 Aug 2010 12:05 "Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:5envzxwj1n65.12nq0xomn2jrf$.dlg(a)40tude.net... > On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 16:05:54 +0100, GT wrote: > >> Someone usually replies to point out >> that the limit *is* the recommended speed for the road given normal >> conditions > > given ideal conditions and circumstances and a suitable vehicle, surely? Damn - did I miss one!
From: GT on 9 Aug 2010 12:07 "Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:qwob00degd7j$.h19z7aevvzxm$.dlg(a)40tude.net... > On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:25:39 +0100, bod wrote: > >> Well I've been on some motorway sections where a lot of cars were >> averaging 90 and even a hundred plus sometimes. > > I used to before they started putting cameras on bridges. Stop saying these things everyone - its depressing me - 130 here, 133 there, 90 on motorways... *until cameras*. You are all admitting that speed cameras have slowed us all down - the 'safety' twats will be enjoying it. Only we understand that this is not a safety issue - they don't get that!
From: boltar2003 on 9 Aug 2010 12:09
On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:59:39 +0100 bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >Years back I did 133mph in my Opel Monza on the M4 coming back from >London, this was around the Heston services section. I even overtook a >police dog van and thought...whoops! I came off at Heston and >disappeared into some side roads and parked up in a side road for about >20 minutes, in case they had radioed through to other traffic plod. Smart move :) These days though some ANPR camera in the van would just send your number to plod HQ and you'd have someone knocking on the door the next day anyway. B2003 |