its getting worse
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... by the day. Bloody cameras are doing nothing to assist free-flowing traffic, in fact they're definitely causing a hazard.
Driving over to Norfolk yesterday behind an artic, doing 55 on an NSL, he suddenly slams the brakes on and drops to 40 ......... I wonder why? There it was, the yellow jacketed highway-robber. And this on a clear road, plenty of visibility, no reason to slow down at all, yet the mind-f@cking has gotten to the proles, convincing them that anything over 40 is a sin.
And if get stuck behind a queue of numpties driving at 40 again I swear I'll do me pieces - all in a line, all stuck up the arse of the car in front cos they're only doing 40 so they're safe cos its speed that kills, innit, not driving like a complete nerd whose left their brain at home in the freezer.
Righ, feel better now
Driving over to Norfolk yesterday behind an artic, doing 55 on an NSL, he suddenly slams the brakes on and drops to 40 ......... I wonder why? There it was, the yellow jacketed highway-robber. And this on a clear road, plenty of visibility, no reason to slow down at all, yet the mind-f@cking has gotten to the proles, convincing them that anything over 40 is a sin.
And if get stuck behind a queue of numpties driving at 40 again I swear I'll do me pieces - all in a line, all stuck up the arse of the car in front cos they're only doing 40 so they're safe cos its speed that kills, innit, not driving like a complete nerd whose left their brain at home in the freezer.
Righ, feel better now
to chill out with.I know how you feel mondoeman.
I’ve just got back from dropping somebody at Luton Airport. Coming away from the airport towards the M1 the road goes from single to dual carriageway. They’ve recently lowered the speed to 40 on the dual carriageway strech. There was a huge queue along the single carriageway section and then just inside the dual carriageway stretch was a scamera van making a fortune out of people accelerating away from the queue
Luckily I’d seen him there on the way to the airport so was taking it easy.
This is pure revenue raising. Lower the limit to something ridiculously low and then make money out of it. It’s a dual carriageway FFS – it really doesn’t need to be 40mph – especially just where people want to use it to go past slower traffic!
>> Edited by TSS on Tuesday 15th July 18:02
I’ve just got back from dropping somebody at Luton Airport. Coming away from the airport towards the M1 the road goes from single to dual carriageway. They’ve recently lowered the speed to 40 on the dual carriageway strech. There was a huge queue along the single carriageway section and then just inside the dual carriageway stretch was a scamera van making a fortune out of people accelerating away from the queue
Luckily I’d seen him there on the way to the airport so was taking it easy.
This is pure revenue raising. Lower the limit to something ridiculously low and then make money out of it. It’s a dual carriageway FFS – it really doesn’t need to be 40mph – especially just where people want to use it to go past slower traffic!
>> Edited by TSS on Tuesday 15th July 18:02
ive noticed how more and more people seem to be driving at crawling speed - just last night i was stuck behind someone in a new Punto travelling at 35mph on a clear, NSL road. When i finally managed to get past him, he glared at me like i was some kind of murderer, despite the fact that i never exceeded the speed limit.
Earlier this year a survey in 'Driving' magazine reported 75% of people thought the speed limit on a dual carriageway was 60 m.p.h.
(Don't suppose they had heard of the Highway Code
)
Perhaps all those folks sticking to 40-odd in from NSL through village 30 limits think they're driving to the speed limit ...
Huge
(Don't suppose they had heard of the Highway Code
) Perhaps all those folks sticking to 40-odd in from NSL through village 30 limits think they're driving to the speed limit ...
Huge
huge_ego said:
Earlier this year a survey in 'Driving' magazine reported 75% of people thought the speed limit on a dual carriageway was 60 m.p.h.
(Don't suppose they had heard of the Highway Code
Perhaps all those folks sticking to 40-odd in from NSL through village 30 limits think they're driving to the speed limit ...
Huge
My mum was convinced it was 50MPH!! In the end I had to print out copies ofthe highway code and leave them places as she wouldnt believe me.
Worked out in the end tho. With her Lotus she now does a little more than 50....
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