Racing up the M1 anyone ?

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

WhoseGeneration said:

Ray Luxury-Yacht said:

Ahh, do you think so? Ok, it provoked a Media storm and a Government knee-jerk reaction - but surely it would have come sooner or later anyway?

even without the AC incident - I don't think we would have had continued de-restricted use of our Motorways like Germany...it just would have been some other incident to make the limit happen I reckon.

You're probably correct, it's just that I am of the view that high speed travelling is of advantage.
In the air it is so, ok less since the sad demise of Concorde.
Faster = more efficient in most other areas, so why not all forms of transport?

Agreed - seems our Government and local authorities don't though!

As you say, I find it 'inversely hilarious' that most things the human race have strived for involve speeding things up - from computers to all forms of transport - except cars!!

Don't get me started on the latest craze of making loads of de-restricted A roads into 50 limits...grrrr!

[DonkeyApple]

petrolsniffer said:

Intresting wonder whats recording the speeds?

I'm assuming it's data from the TraffficMaster network which is why it's not all that accurate and showing anomalous speed spikes.

[DonkeyApple]

marshalla said:

They really do need to ask themselves what the problem is between 10 and 19, don't they ?

Everyone knows. It's cutting through the heart of the Tard Triangle.

[Hudson]

Junct 8 - 124mph!

Top work

[littlebasher]

All the trucks on the road would peg the average speed way back

It's showing 123mph now - that's just bks

Instrumentation failure possibly?

[GadgeS3C]

WhoseGeneration said:

Ruined it for all those after.
AC Cars would have better been named BC Cars.

According to an article in C&SC the 70mph limit was planned before the 185mph test of the AC's A98 Cobra Couple & had nothing to do with it being implemented.

Can't have helped though

[grumpy52]

When John Gott was chief constable of northants the rumour was that the test drivers from newport pagnell would be ignored on the m1 in that county if out and about prior to 6-30 am .
For those younger members John was against the 70mph motorway limit.was an owner of a very rapid Healy 3000 racer.long standing racer who died of a heart attack in his racer on cicuit at Lydden.

[CBR JGWRR]

Ray Luxury-Yacht said:

WhoseGeneration said:

Ray Luxury-Yacht said:

That'll be those naughty buggers at AC Cars again...

Ruined it for all those after.
AC Cars would have better been named BC Cars.

Ahh, do you think so? Ok, it provoked a Media storm and a Government knee-jerk reaction - but surely it would have come sooner or later anyway?

even without the AC incident - I don't think we would have had continued de-restricted use of our Motorways like Germany...it just would have been some other incident to make the limit happen I reckon.

the proposal for speed limits was looked at before they did the run.

[aka_kerrly]

Ray Luxury-Yacht said:

WhoseGeneration said:

Ray Luxury-Yacht said:

That'll be those naughty buggers at AC Cars again...

Ruined it for all those after.
AC Cars would have better been named BC Cars.

Ahh, do you think so? Ok, it provoked a Media storm and a Government knee-jerk reaction - but surely it would have come sooner or later anyway?

even without the AC incident - I don't think we would have had continued de-restricted use of our Motorways like Germany...it just would have been some other incident to make the limit happen I reckon.

I found this - http://www.classicdriver.com/uk/magazine/3200.asp?...