79 a46
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petemurphy

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10,935 posts

213 months

Wednesday
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bds on van got me on dual carriageway at 79. i have no defence. i just want to say bds. that is all. also impressed my old disco does 79.

littleredrooster

6,391 posts

226 months

Wednesday
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...keep 'er lit!!...

littleredrooster

6,391 posts

226 months

Wednesday
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Which bit of the A46, just out of interest? Around Leicester perhaps - bearing in mind the A46 goes from somewhere near Newark-on-Trent to somewhere in the SW of England beyond Stroud.

Mumsnet

145 posts

5 months

Yesterday (05:57)
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littleredrooster said:
...bearing in mind the A46 goes from somewhere near Newark-on-Trent ...
I wouldn't class Grimsby as being 'somewhere near Newark' smile

soad

34,673 posts

206 months

Yesterday (06:49)
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Use Waze? Saved me a few times, when “pushing on”… whistle

Spotted scameras all over the place during summer months, including this week in Leeds. Sneaky fkers.

E-bmw

13,460 posts

182 months

Yesterday (08:15)
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Mumsnet said:
littleredrooster said:
...bearing in mind the A46 goes from somewhere near Newark-on-Trent ...
I wouldn't class Grimsby as being 'somewhere near Newark' smile
Is the right answer.

I am guessing that bit of the A46 was removed by the T' North filter. wink

petemurphy

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10,935 posts

213 months

Yesterday (08:26)
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Near cotgrave on Sunday - saw them late knew I would be getting something through the post frown

Sunny day, empty dual carriageway. Not a cash making exercise at all

Sebring440

3,218 posts

126 months

Yesterday (09:52)
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petemurphy said:
Sunny day, empty dual carriageway.
How does that affect things?

Buttery Ken

21,355 posts

217 months

Yesterday (10:44)
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petemurphy said:
Near cotgrave on Sunday - saw them late knew I would be getting something through the post frown

Sunny day, empty dual carriageway. Not a cash making exercise at all
It's quite deflating.

I'm expecting something in the post any moment now. I'd just spent an hour on the M6, dealing with poor driving from folk who have no lane discipline and just turn zombie doing 70mph in "the fast lane minus one". I came off the M6 onto a dual carriageway, perfectly straight, engaged the throttle a little bit too much then spotted the van. <sigh>

J__Wood

579 posts

91 months

Yesterday (13:43)
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E-bmw said:
Mumsnet said:
littleredrooster said:
...bearing in mind the A46 goes from somewhere near Newark-on-Trent ...
I wouldn't class Grimsby as being 'somewhere near Newark' smile
Is the right answer.

I am guessing that bit of the A46 was removed by the T' North filter. wink
As I often drive on the Southern end of the A46, I checked it out on Sabre:
"The A46 was first classified in 1922 and ran from Bath to Grimsby".

https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/A46/History

Simpo Two

92,854 posts

295 months

Yesterday (18:49)
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£100 for 1mph. But apparently we live in a free country so we have to suck it up.

It could at least be graduated, eg £2 per mph. Bah.

Ian Geary

5,621 posts

222 months

Sebring440 said:
petemurphy said:
Sunny day, empty dual carriageway.
How does that affect things?
So for most normal people, it would be obvious that in ideal conditions like this, a bit more speed can still be carried safely by a confident driver.

Whereas 79 in the pouring rain weaving in and out of traffic would be far less safe.

Of course, speeding is always illegal, even if not always unsafe.

Hopefully you're just being argumentative, and there is nothing genuinely in the above you couldn't have worked out yourself.


To the op, I was also caught at 79, it is just one of those things and when I balance it agaisnt all the speeding i have got away with, I can't really complain.

The speed awareness course was an eye opener both in the mistakes the course leader made, and how poor road knowledge is across a sample of speeding drivers.


MrMoonyMan

2,707 posts

241 months

petemurphy said:
bds on van got me on dual carriageway at 79. i have no defence. i just want to say bds. that is all. also impressed my old disco does 79.
I’ve had over a ton quite a few times in this and have regularly sat for a while at 80+ in it.

I always come away impressed with it on the motorway.

Yellow Lizud

2,956 posts

194 months

Simpo Two said:
£100 for 1mph. But apparently we live in a free country so we have to suck it up.

It could at least be graduated, eg £2 per mph. Bah.
It's actually £100 for 9 mph, so only £11 per mph
That makes it seem much better value for money!

petemurphy

Original Poster:

10,935 posts

213 months

Ian Geary said:
So for most normal people, it would be obvious that in ideal conditions like this, a bit more speed can still be carried safely by a confident driver.

Whereas 79 in the pouring rain weaving in and out of traffic would be far less safe.

Of course, speeding is always illegal, even if not always unsafe.

Hopefully you're just being argumentative, and there is nothing genuinely in the above you couldn't have worked out yourself.


To the op, I was also caught at 79, it is just one of those things and when I balance it agaisnt all the speeding i have got away with, I can't really complain.

The speed awareness course was an eye opener both in the mistakes the course leader made, and how poor road knowledge is across a sample of speeding drivers.
I wasn’t going to rise to him! Never done a course will see if I’m given the option