BarnshaW
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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
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Russ
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it's being discussed, that's all.
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mike56gte
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its on the news the now.
will make fuck all differece.
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Russ
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15116064
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sc0ott
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Im much more interested in the new forth crossing works that have started.
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BarnshaW
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hopefully once they done this they can increase it from 30 to 60 in residential areas
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Eddx14xe
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Just means more people will be doing 90-100 mph instead of 80-90 mph tbh.
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am4nf
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Remember seeing something about this last year
Its just so they can make more from fuel tax
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Cavey
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What's the point when there's 50mph average speed cameras all over the fucking place
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Ben G
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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.
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Ben G
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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.
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Mike GSi
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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.
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mattant
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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]
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Ingham
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You use more than 10% extra fuel doing 80 rather than 70.
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Ben G
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but you get 10 miles further down the road every hour.
swings and roundabouts.
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Ingham
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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.
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Steve
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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]
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BarnshaW
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police admit they very rarely pull anyone doing 80 or under on motorway
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M2RTY
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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
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Steve
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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.
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Adam_B
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Raising the limit is long overdue!
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Ingham
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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.
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alan-g-w
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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.
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sand-eel
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sand-eel
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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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