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BarnshaW

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29th Sep 11 at 17:30

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3844494/Speed-limit-to-rise-to-80mph.html

dont know how true from the sun? didnt know about it until i read it tbh

Russ

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29th Sep 11 at 17:37

it's being discussed, that's all.

mike56gte

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29th Sep 11 at 17:37

its on the news the now.

will make fuck all differece.

Russ

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29th Sep 11 at 17:38

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15116064

sc0ott

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29th Sep 11 at 17:39

Im much more interested in the new forth crossing works that have started.

BarnshaW

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29th Sep 11 at 17:42

hopefully once they done this they can increase it from 30 to 60 in residential areas

Eddx14xe

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29th Sep 11 at 17:51

Just means more people will be doing 90-100 mph instead of 80-90 mph tbh.

am4nf

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29th Sep 11 at 18:04

Remember seeing something about this last year

Its just so they can make more from fuel tax

Cavey

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29th Sep 11 at 18:24

What's the point when there's 50mph average speed cameras all over the fucking place

Ben G

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29th Sep 11 at 18:24

quote:
Originally posted by Eddx14xe
Just means more people will be doing 90-100 mph instead of 80-90 mph tbh.

very true

i usually sit at 90mph after nights because i know i'll only get 3 points if caught.

now i an do another 10mph and still get 3 points

there'll probably be a law which keeps the 100mph ban limit whilst increasing the limit to 80mph.

Ben G

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29th Sep 11 at 18:27

quote:
Originally posted by Cavey
What's the point when there's 50mph average speed cameras all over the fucking place

not really is there?

the only average speed cameras that annoyed me were on the M25 from my house to stansted but they were removed as soon as the roadworks (carriageway widening) were finished.

i don't encounter any on my daily commute.

Mike GSi

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29th Sep 11 at 18:34

It wont change a thing imo.

I dont know anyone that sits at 70. If theyre safety concious they normally sit at 60. Other regular motorway users normaly sit at 80-90. It seems to be one or the other.

mattant

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29th Sep 11 at 18:50

Texas was on the news not long ago because they raised their highway speed limit from 70 to 80 and it became the fastest speed limit in the western world

[Edited on 29-09-2011 by mattant]

Ingham

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29th Sep 11 at 18:51

You use more than 10% extra fuel doing 80 rather than 70.

Ben G

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29th Sep 11 at 18:52

but you get 10 miles further down the road every hour.

swings and roundabouts.

Ingham

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29th Sep 11 at 18:59

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
but you get 10 miles further down the road every hour.

swings and roundabouts.

That is a very good point Ben.

Steve

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29th Sep 11 at 19:03

amazing, in my other thread where i got told off from the officer for doing 80 on the motorway, everyone said they never do 80 and that i was a twat for doing so, now all of a sudden here we have everyone saying they do 80

[Edited on 29-09-2011 by Steve]

BarnshaW

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29th Sep 11 at 19:05

police admit they very rarely pull anyone doing 80 or under on motorway

M2RTY

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29th Sep 11 at 19:05

quote:
Originally posted by Ingham

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
but you get 10 miles further down the road every hour.

swings and roundabouts.

That is a very good point Ben.

70 v 80...

so you get there 14% quicker yet use 10% more fuel

so im still 4% better off doing 80 than 70 factoring in my time and fuel costs

Steve

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29th Sep 11 at 19:06

quote:
Originally posted by BarnshaW
police admit they very rarely pull anyone doing 80 or under on motorway

so i gather, however that didnt seem to stop people jumping on me when i suggested that i was surprised i got a bollocking for doing 80 on the motorway. It was mainly scots giving it the large one though.

Adam_B

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29th Sep 11 at 19:08

Raising the limit is long overdue!

Ingham

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29th Sep 11 at 19:10

quote:
Originally posted by M2RTY

quote:
Originally posted by Ingham

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
but you get 10 miles further down the road every hour.

swings and roundabouts.

That is a very good point Ben.

70 v 80...

so you get there 14% quicker yet use 10% more fuel

so im still 4% better off doing 80 than 70 factoring in my time and fuel costs

Probably the first reply on this forum with any intelligence. EVER.

alan-g-w

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29th Sep 11 at 21:42

quote:
Originally posted by Steve

quote:
Originally posted by BarnshaW
police admit they very rarely pull anyone doing 80 or under on motorway

so i gather, however that didnt seem to stop people jumping on me when i suggested that i was surprised i got a bollocking for doing 80 on the motorway. It was mainly scots giving it the large one though.

You are a complete and utter fanny of a boy. No-one at any point played the christian motorist card - what 'we' were in fact saying was that we wouldn't do 80mph past the traffic police in a 70 up here because 99% of the time you'd get a pull just for being a cheeky twat. I do remember that thread, where you went past the police at 10mph over the speed limit and came on whining like a wee lassie about how the police were this, the police were that when you in fact had just pushed your luck and got pulled up for it.

I've been ignoring your non sensical pish as of late but at least do me the favour of putting little sprinklings of the truth in your bullshit when what you're discussing concerns me.

sand-eel

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29th Sep 11 at 23:18

sand-eel

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29th Sep 11 at 23:19

If the cops on a motorway go at 70mph, I always go past at 75-80mph and never once looked at me weird or pulled me.
Probably as I have a BMW and are supposed to be in the "fast" lane.

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