VW Golf doing about 110mph down the M3....
VW Golf doing about 110mph down the M3....
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srebbe64

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13,021 posts

267 months

Monday 20th January 2014
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...zipping past me in the outside lane. In the blur of the overtake I just caught sight of a "Baby on Board" sign obstructing it's rear window. Darwinism in action I'm thinking!

s3fella

10,524 posts

217 months

Monday 20th January 2014
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Do parents and kids die at 111mph?

veevee

1,458 posts

181 months

Monday 20th January 2014
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Never seen a car doing over a ton before?

LukeR94

2,218 posts

171 months

Monday 20th January 2014
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veevee said:
Never seen a car doing over a ton before?
Really?


you should see the range rovers fly past! Thats Scary!

Axionknight

8,505 posts

165 months

Monday 20th January 2014
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veevee said:
Never seen a car doing over a ton before?
As in, 2200lb's or 1000kg's?

MikeGTi

2,735 posts

231 months

Monday 20th January 2014
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I bet THAT'S the reason you're having bad weather...

AgentZ

301 posts

158 months

Monday 20th January 2014
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LukeR94 said:
Really?


you should see the range rovers fly past! Thats Scary!
I remember last year being past by a 5 series going ~150mph on the A46 Leicester western by-pass. It was almost midnight but I was in my C1 doing 65mph and got a crosswind from it.

The thing was bouncing on its suspension around a very gentle right curve.

eldar

25,291 posts

226 months

Monday 20th January 2014
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Few years back on the M6 I was overtaken by a plain white coach with blacked out windows doing around 120mph. Quite an impressive sight.

JimmyConwayNW

3,643 posts

155 months

Monday 20th January 2014
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eldar said:
Few years back on the M6 I was overtaken by a plain white coach with blacked out windows doing around 120mph. Quite an impressive sight.
I would actually be pretty impressed by that. Good effort.


Farmboy UK

250 posts

213 months

Monday 20th January 2014
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Seeing a car doing 110mph hardly seems rare so I think the problem is with the sign.

Could be possible/probable that the sign remains in the car regardless of whether there's a baby on board like almost all other signs in car windows

Editted for terrible spelling!

Vladimir

6,917 posts

188 months

Monday 20th January 2014
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Farmboy UK said:
Seeing a car doing 110mph hardly seems rare so I think the problem is with the sign.

Could be possible/probable that the sign remains in the car regardless of whether there's a baby on board like almost all other signs in car windows

Editted for terrible spelling!
When you can't spell "editing" it's time to go home… wink

Fidgits

17,202 posts

259 months

Monday 20th January 2014
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AgentZ said:
LukeR94 said:
Really?


you should see the range rovers fly past! Thats Scary!
I remember last year being past by a 5 series going ~150mph on the A46 Leicester western by-pass. It was almost midnight but I was in my C1 doing 65mph and got a crosswind from it.

The thing was bouncing on its suspension around a very gentle right curve.
That's an easy road to get high speeds on though, traffic depandant

DKS

1,916 posts

214 months

Monday 20th January 2014
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I really think motorways should be able to be unlimited. When I'm on a motorway, my frame of mind is to expect anyone else to be doing any speed they feel comfortable with and I drive accordingly, i.e. taking time to really get a good look at approaching vehicle's speeds before changing lanes etc.
After all, you make a conscious decision to join a motorway, so the onus is on the driver whose made a choice to drive according to the road they've chosen to be on.
I fully appreciate people in this country are far too fking useless and selfish for this to ever happen.

bigandclever

14,389 posts

268 months

Monday 20th January 2014
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srebbe64 said:
...zipping past me in the outside lane. In the blur of the overtake I just caught sight of a "Baby on Board" sign obstructing it's rear window. Darwinism in action I'm thinking!
Where's the 'Darwinism'?

Unless you're referring to the Darwin Awards in which case you're also wrong that, if they do indeed have a Baby on Board, then they've already procreated and they're not dead (yet). I agree, I need to get out more.

spikey78

703 posts

211 months

Monday 20th January 2014
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I saw a car going well fast once, with a person in it. Could. Not. Believe. It

Fidgits

17,202 posts

259 months

Monday 20th January 2014
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spikey78 said:
I saw a car going well fast once, with a person in it. Could. Not. Believe. It
Oh my god.

That story would only be better if you managed to read a sticker in the window...

pthelazyjourno

1,896 posts

199 months

Monday 20th January 2014
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DKS said:
I really think motorways should be able to be unlimited. When I'm on a motorway, my frame of mind is to expect anyone else to be doing any speed they feel comfortable with and I drive accordingly, i.e. taking time to really get a good look at approaching vehicle's speeds before changing lanes etc.
After all, you make a conscious decision to join a motorway, so the onus is on the driver whose made a choice to drive according to the road they've chosen to be on.
I fully appreciate people in this country are far too fking useless and selfish for this to ever happen.
Standard of driving, I'm glad they're not.

R1-Jay

450 posts

213 months

Monday 20th January 2014
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you was able to read the sign as it went past at 110?

Escort3500

13,506 posts

175 months

Monday 20th January 2014
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spikey78 said:
I saw a car going well fast once, with a person in it. Could. Not. Believe. It
Tell us more please

FourWheelDrift

92,310 posts

314 months

Monday 20th January 2014
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srebbe64 said:
...zipping past me in the outside lane. In the blur of the overtake I just caught sight of a "Baby on Board" sign obstructing it's rear window. Darwinism in action I'm thinking!
Baby ttted the mother over the head with it's toy, mother knocked unconscious and foot smacked flat down on the throttle?