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Re: Driving law proposals could see motorway speed limits raised
to 100mph to 'reduce congestion'
DIR By: guest17
Date: May 5, 2024, 2:11 pm
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As an MGB owner about that time I can assure you that their top
speed was only about 108 mph.
Was on a speed reduction course a couple of weeks ago. :-[
Freewheeling down a hill on a country road, said to the missus
look I am getting 300mpg. That's not all you're getting says she
you've just gone past a speed camera.
Anyhow the instructor noted that the safest place to drive
nowadays was a motorway because the investment in infrastructure
had reduced fatalities by 60%.
Not convinced that raising the limit to 100mph would be wise.
I dread the thought of being tailgated at that speed.
Besides which, if Liz Truss is in favour of derestriction like
German autobahns I'm agin it.
Mike
(Clean Licence!)
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Re: Driving law proposals could see motorway speed limits raised
to 100mph to 'reduce congestion'
DIR By: Irksome
Date: May 6, 2024, 7:53 pm
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> I always thought that motorway speed limits were brought in
because AC was road testing the Cobra at 180mph+ on the M1.
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Indeed, the matter was raised in Parliament, and it was felt
something had to be done to prevent sportscar testing on the
public roads. It wasn't an ordinary Cobra, but a Le Mans
special (the only one made with as a GT car rather than a sports
car and a metal roof).
I've seen the car in the flesh, as I used to own an AC and it
was at a couple of the club meets.
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Re: Driving law proposals could see motorway speed limits raised
to 100mph to 'reduce congestion'
DIR By: v8offroad
Date: May 7, 2024, 2:28 am
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On 11 June 1964 a team from AC Cars met at 4am at the Blue Boar
Services (Watford Gap) on the M1. They were there to speed-test
a Cobra Coupe GT in preparation for Le Mans.
They didn’t have a long enough stretch of straight test track to
check the top speed of the car, so they opted to use a section
of the motorway instead. The driver, Jack Sears, registered
speeds of 185 mph during the run, which is the highest speed
ever recorded on a British motorway. The absence of any speed
limit meant their test run was perfectly legal.
Two policemen approached the team at the services afterwards,
but only to get a closer look at the car!
A number of car crashes during the foggy autumn of 1965 led the
government to hold consultations with the police and the
National Road Safety Advisory Council. They concluded that the
crashes were caused by vehicles travelling too fast for the
conditions.
It was suggested that a speed limit be used during periods when
the road was affected by fog, ice or snow, and that an overall
maximum speed limit of 70 mph should be tested out. The
four-month trial began at midday on 22 December 1965.
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Re: Driving law proposals could see motorway speed limits raised
to 100mph to 'reduce congestion'
DIR By: roythebus
Date: May 7, 2024, 8:16 am
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And presumably that's the trial that is still in force today?
Beofre the M1 was widened it was 2 lanes from about Hemel
Hempstead to it's then junction with the a41 at Mill Hill, the
exit slip using the former railway track alignment under the
A41. I was taught to drive in a friend's Rover 3600 auto, quit e
a quick motor. I remember going down the A41 one night past
Aldenham going south and my supervisor saying "better brake now,
there's a roundabout ahead and you're doing 120!!" The things
we got away with in those days, no speed cameras around in 1969
or 1970. When I did get nicked (see post above) I was doing 70.
That was during the emergency seed restriction due to the
Israeli conflict and petrol rationing. Nothing much changed
politically since then, they're still at it.
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Re: Driving law proposals could see motorway speed limits raised
to 100mph to 'reduce congestion'
DIR By: v8offroad
Date: May 7, 2024, 2:20 pm
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1965, the minister of Transport, Tom Fraser, announced a 70mph
limit on all unrestricted roads for a trial period of four
months. The limit was extended by Barbara Castle in 1966, and
made permanent in 1967.
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Re: Driving law proposals could see motorway speed limits raised
to 100mph to 'reduce congestion'
DIR By: slapdash
Date: May 7, 2024, 4:53 pm
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Dad mentiond Mrs C as the introductress of the breathalyser. He
has a recollection from the time of her saying (on telly) "it
won't affect anybody who is simply having 5 pints with their
friends".
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Re: Driving law proposals could see motorway speed limits raised
to 100mph to 'reduce congestion'
DIR By: roythebus
Date: May 8, 2024, 12:51 am
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DD limits were a lot higher in those days1 Not that I was
driving then, I was too young.
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Re: Driving law proposals could see motorway speed limits raised
to 100mph to 'reduce congestion'
DIR By: nigelbb
Date: May 8, 2024, 2:00 am
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--- Quote from: roythebus link ---
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> DD limits were a lot higher in those days1 Not that I was
driving then, I was too young.
>
--- End Quote ---
As far as I recall blood tests for alcohol were introduced at
the same time as the breathalyser so if you failed the
breathalyser you got a blood test. The blood alcohol limit for
drivers has always been 80mg/100mL. Previously they would have
tested drunk drivers by getting them to walk a straight line or
recite "The Leith police dismisseth us".
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Re: Driving law proposals could see motorway speed limits raised
to 100mph to 'reduce congestion'
DIR By: slapdash
Date: May 8, 2024, 2:27 am
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I believe it was the same limit. I imagine there was a certain
amount of hyperbole with the licensed trade predicting its
imminent demise.
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Re: Driving law proposals could see motorway speed limits raised
to 100mph to 'reduce congestion'
DIR By: Hippocrates
Date: June 15, 2024, 3:38 am
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