M25 - Digital speed cameras go live! - Page 7

G-man · #61 9th-February-2008, 19:44

is that why the bloke playin the choons were blind?

slob · #62 9th-February-2008, 19:46

ffs dunt yer know nowt???
he wint blinded , he wuz pretending to be blinded so as to gert the part

G-man · #63 9th-February-2008, 19:47

sneaky fucker! he shoulda had his eyes poked oot fer that

CharlesY · #64 10th-February-2008, 13:14

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Originally Posted by G-man

sneaky fucker! he shoulda had his eyes poked oot fer that

Clever, damned cunning, so they poke his eyes out for cheating, so now he IS blind, so he gets the part!

CharlesY

nickvh · #65 20th-April-2008, 00:17

Thanks for that bit of news, i travel some of that worn concrete most days on my crotch rocket, on the same sort of note i also pass the cobham turn off on a3 and have noticed that the law are very often sat on the flyover with speed trap and plod on a bike.

#66 20th-April-2008, 07:27

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Originally Posted by slob

speed limits are a load of bollocks.. they have the same limit no matter what the road conditions are, no matter how heavy the traffic is, no matter how bad visibility is. if the speed limit is 70 on a foggy icey morning during rush hour then shirley it must be safe to do 70. therefore you should be able to safely travel at 140ish on a clear,warm, quiet sunday afternoon.

if on the other hand its not safe to do over 70 on a clear warm quiet sunday afternoon then there is no way it can be safe to do 70 on yer foggy icey morning during rush hour.

what yer need if a set of varible speed limits such as outside schools knock it down to about 10mph. quiet streches of motorway yer could bang it up to around 100 ish

poor answer slob,
when the conditions change, i'e fog, heavy rain, the limit DOES change thanks to the matrix signs. Many times I've seen the limit change down to 40, or 50.

odenne · #67 20th-April-2008, 08:22

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Originally Posted by edbell2005

poor answer slob,
when the conditions change, i'e fog, heavy rain, the limit DOES change thanks to the matrix signs. Many times I've seen the limit change down to 40, or 50.

Poor answer edbell, the roads that are controlled by this type of sign constitute a tiny miniscule proportion of the total (probably mainly along the M4 corridor in Wiltshire!) - and admitted there are some changeable signs outside schools which is a good idea, but in the main the law is that you can legally travel at 60/70 on a A/M road all the time, which is bonkers.

Also down here we have a MASS of tiny lanes, one car wide. The limit on them is normally 60, and whilst most peope in their right minds would never do 60 on most of them, there are quite a lot of people not in their right minds! Why have virtually the same legal speed limit on a 4 or 5 lane open straight motorway in beautiful sunshine on a quite afternoon as you do on a road that's 6" wider than your car in freezing fog, on the school run "rush hour"?

#68 20th-April-2008, 10:24

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Originally Posted by odenne

Poor answer edbell, the roads that are controlled by this type of sign constitute a tiny miniscule proportion of the total (probably mainly along the M4 corridor in Wiltshire!) - and admitted there are some changeable signs outside schools which is a good idea, but in the main the law is that you can legally travel at 60/70 on a A/M road all the time, which is bonkers.

Also down here we have a MASS of tiny lanes, one car wide. The limit on them is normally 60, and whilst most peope in their right minds would never do 60 on most of them, there are quite a lot of people not in their right minds! Why have virtually the same legal speed limit on a 4 or 5 lane open straight motorway in beautiful sunshine on a quite afternoon as you do on a road that's 6" wider than your car in freezing fog, on the school run "rush hour"?

ah but if ya looked at what i was quotin from ol slob, he was talkin about roads where th limit is 70, which is only motorways. not prissy lil car wide lanes. that was not what I was respondin to. so i stick to me responce as being true. when the conditions change on motorways, you are warned to slow down to 50 and sometimes 40.
Not just th M4.

odenne · #69 20th-April-2008, 10:31

We aint got no motorways in Cornwall but there's a coupla 70 roads and loads of 60s - the a30 has some signs but there aint many elsewhere

redhand · #70 20th-April-2008, 10:55

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Originally Posted by edbell2005

ah but if ya looked at what i was quotin from ol slob, he was talkin about roads where th limit is 70, which is only motorways. not prissy lil car wide lanes. that was not what I was respondin to. so i stick to me responce as being true. when the conditions change on motorways, you are warned to slow down to 50 and sometimes 40.
Not just th M4.

All dual carriageways As well as motorways are 70mph. All other roads are 60mph unless signs display an alternative speed.. Or are in a builtup area with regularly spaced street lighting. in which case they are 30 unless signs display an alternative speed..