JamieS2K

Yes true, just fit your car with a nudge bar

kefie.h

Who Cares????????



i'm in 2 minds here, the 50mph limit around the west side of the M25 is a pain, BUT it does reduce the stop/go and therefore the chances of rear ending's which is a good thing.
However on the whole i think that 70mph is to low, 90mph or nothing would be better.

Moggy

I voted no. As the question is too wide ranging.

I think we should have in place variable speed limits

Bada Bing!

I thought it was a Jaguar E-Type at 150mph...

I don't think the police clocked anyone, and that it was just through press reports and word of mouth that the police got wind of it. Why would the cops be clocking peoples speeds on the motorway if there were no speed limits. I also doubt the police would've had access to such equipment in the 60's.

JamieS2K

You bore, I want to drive as fast as I can

MarkB

Doesn't matter what we think, in order for scamera partnerships to stay in business they have to be acceptable to the general populace. To do this, they have to equate speed with instant death.

Raising the speed limit would send out a message that speed isn't so bad as the spin doctors would have us believe and that would require the government telling us why they felt that a higher speed limit on the roads was justifiable when speed kills doesn't it?

As to the question of Germany, they are seriously reconsidering their policies after several accidents involving small cars being punted off the Autobahns bu 155mph Luxobarcges.
Personally I favour the French system, one limit for wet, another for dry.

Moggy

Yes they did-VASCAR

Did you know: VASCAR is not very accurate, apparently the police have to estimate the distance;

well I didn't know anyway

Moggy

you probably do anyway

sammyc

totally.

... but need to add that you should have to pass a test to be allowed to use the m-ways and also we MUST have retesting every 2-5 years so that people who have been driving for years and think they are great (but who aren't) can learn how to drive correctly.

Bright Red

As far as I am aware there is no minimum speed limit on motorways. Vehicles that have a maximum speed of less than 30mph are prohibited from using the motorway. Not the same thing!

There are different speed limits. Large goods vehicles, coaches and vehicles drawing trailers are limited to 60mph! They are also not allowed in lane 3.

In my experience/stereotyping, drivers of "performance" vehicles generally have their wits about them and are "better" at avoiding collisions than the average British motorist. You don't get insurance for cars such as the "S" if you have a history of running into things.

The ABM finds it difficult enough dealing with the current speed differentials between vehicles on motorways without increasing the differential.

The problem is not the speeding driver but the dork who glances in his mirror when travelling at 50 in the middle lane holding lorries up when he decides to overtake. He/she sees a gap of 20 yards and pulls out without gauging that the image in his mirror is doing 85. Who gets the blame?

The Germans have always had derestricted autobahns and so the population has grown up with the "system". However I am told that many slip roads have not been lengthened since 1939 to take into account increasing vehicle speeds. Apparently this can make joining and especially leaving the motorway interesting.

The French system of 80mph down to 70 when you have your wipers on works fine for them because their motorways are tolled, have less junctions and less traffic.
It helps that users generally have somewhere to go and are not "hanging about" unlike the UK where many vehicles are merely junction hopping.

Non toll Motorways around French cities where traffic density is greater have the limit set at 70mph or less.

It would be interesting to see if collisions would increase if our toll motorway had its speed limit raised to French standards.