80Mph

[superjohnmcginlay]

the new motorway speed limit on 2013, good thing?

 

http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16079703

[athywhite1958]

I think it's good news,

[jazza]

I'm not slowing down for anyone

[MickyD]

It's been 70mph since brakes took three weeks to stop you. The advance in brake performance means even the Driving Standards Agency figures are way out regards to the stopping distances.

[HomerJay]

Why 2 years away?

 

Not as if there are any signs to change.

[MickyD]

What about the 70 to 80 signs.

[HomerJay]

While theyre are at it, stop limited vehicles from overtaking and ban any cunt doing less than 50

Edited September 29, 2011 by HomerJay

[jazza]

I don't think the brake technology is the complete issue here though.... I reckon reaction time is as important. An 85 year old with ceramic brakes is still going to take an age to react compared to an 18 year old with an anchor to throw out the window.

 

You have to legislate for the worst possible scenario I suppose.

 

I still agree the limit should be raised though

[HomerJay]

Ban owd uns too

[superjohnmcginlay]

I don't think the brake technology is the complete issue here though.... I reckon reaction time is as important. An 85 year old with ceramic brakes is still going to take an age to react compared to an 18 year old with an anchor to throw out the window.

 

You have to legislate for the worst possible scenario I suppose.

I still agree the limit should be raised though

 

 

Is 80 enough for it to be raised to

[Danny G]

What about the 70 to 80 signs.

 

I have never seen a sign that says 70 mph on it, its always the generic national speed limit sign instead

 

unofficialy the limit has been 80 for years anyway, the cops wont pull you and the cameras wont go off until you do above 79 mph

Edited September 29, 2011 by Danny G

[DazBob]

Ban owd uns too

 

... and anyone who uses fog lights unless it's a pea-souper.

[jazza]

There are 70MPH signs on slip roads

 

edit to say... I was talking bollocks

 

This is taken from Speedlimit.org

 

All roads with a motorway designation, e.g. M6 or A627(M), have a default speed limit of 70 mph unless signs indicate otherwise - for example, the A57(M) Mancunian Way in Manchester has a 50 mph limit as it has some very tight junctions. This 70 limit includes the handful of single-carriageway roads with motorway status such as the A6144(M) off the M60 near Sale.

 

Speed limit roundels painted on the road surface may be used to supplement a system of speed limit repeaters, but on their own do not constitute a legal system of speed limit marking. For a limit to be enforceable, the proper number of repeaters must also be present.

Edited September 29, 2011 by jazza

[HomerJay]

And cunts who dont indicate

 

And shithouses who hog the middle lane

[Danny G]

There are 70MPH signs on slip roads

 

Seriously?

I can honestly say I have never seen a 70 mph sign.

[jazza]

Seriously?

I can honestly say I have never seen a 70 mph sign.

 

 

I have edited my post.. was talking bollocks

 

The only 70MPH signs will be at the end of 50MPH limited areas for example.

 

 

Look at my last post, I've pasted official explaination

[fatolive]

I have never seen a sign that says 70 mph on it, its always the generic national speed limit sign instead

 

unofficialy the limit has been 80 for years anyway, the cops wont pull you and the cameras wont go off until you do above 79 mph

should never see that sign on a motorway, as, the national speed limit law doesn't apply on motorways. 70 should be displayed at the start of motorways and slip roads entering a motorway from different speed limits.

[jazza]

should never see that sign on a motorway, as, the national speed limit law doesn't apply on motorways. 70 should be displayed at the start of motorways and slip roads entering a motorway from different speed limits.

 

that's precisely what I thought.

[Gonk]

M62 at the bin dippers end id 40/50MpH for the first quarter mile or so, I'm sure there's a 70 sign but I'm usually trasvelling that fast after half a mile I haven't noticed it

[jayjayoghani]

Higher fuel consumption = tax revenue

[DazBob]

Surely on a motorway it's 70mph unless stated otherwise. If there are variable limits - ie on the M25 at certain times - then when/where it reverts back to 70mph then the national speed limit sign would be displayed, not a sign saying 70mph.

 

Just think about the signs at the end of roadworks where a lower limit has been enforced, it's always the white circle with a diagonla black line.

[HomerJay]

I think I've only seen 70 signs a couple of times.

 

No idea where

[magic legs]

Higher fuel consumption = tax revenue

 

I think I've read somewhere you use 20% more fuel at 80 rather than 70.

[jazza]

I think I've read somewhere you use 20% more fuel at 80 rather than 70.

 

 

Aye but you'll travel 10 miles further in an hour which is 12.5%

 

It's up to whether you you value time more than money

Edited September 29, 2011 by jazza

[DazBob]

Time is money.