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09-03-09, 11:39 AM
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Location: St. Cloud, FL, USA
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Change to speed limits - 60mph > 50mph
If any of you haven't already seen this i'm sure it will make your day...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/dri...cle5864847.ece
Quite frankly to say i was seething would be an understatement.
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09-03-09, 12:10 PM
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Oh that's just great! So we will spend more time on the road because of it so giving us more chances to cull a few more people!
What a nanny state we are. We ought to raise the speed limit through the areas which are densely populated with immigrants! That'll even things up more!
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09-03-09, 12:11 PM
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Well flipping fantastic 
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09-03-09, 12:56 PM
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I was saying over on the ZR site, 10 years driving and i've never been one to stick to speed limits yet only 2 times (that i can remember) have i had a bump. Both times were <10mph (1 - guy reversed into me going into an entry; 2 - caught car on the side of house reversing) too!
IMO speed does not kill. Driver stupidity and taking stupid decisions does. The number of times i have seen drivers passing on blind crests, blind corners, etc even in the last 6 months is ridiculous. And it's not always young drivers that do it... van drivers are worst of the lot.
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" People in cars cause accidents. Accidents in cars cause people. Drive only with proper protection."
" You should try one. It's bloody good" - Jeremy Clarkson (commenting after driving a ZS180)
" Fines are a tax for doing bad, Taxes are a fine for doing good" - Unknown
GPS - Because guys don't know how to ask directions
MG ZS 180
3.5L V6 Ford Taurus
2.7L V6 EcoBoost Ford F150 4x4
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09-03-09, 01:05 PM
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Location: I Live In Reading
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well how many people will drive the new limit i have problems driving the limit at the moment
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09-03-09, 01:27 PM
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Location: Bexley , Kent
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They should increase the Motorway limit to 80...
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09-03-09, 01:27 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Winchester-ish
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well how many people will drive the new limit i have problems driving the limit at the moment
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Everyone... Because of the Average Speed Cameras
If you don't then you get points and a fine. Simple as.
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09-03-09, 01:43 PM
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Hmm, I would have thought if you get hit by a car going 50mph (or have a collision, hit a tree or what have you) then youre just as likely to have serious/fatal injuries as if you were doing 60mph...
Oh well, gives an easy opportunity for the next prime minister to get elected, s/he just has to promise to undo this farse!
Hopefully they wont put these cameras in my area though, or if they do I'll just start taking back roads to avoid one of the two cameras in each set!
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09-03-09, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by stamford
We ought to raise the speed limit through the areas which are densely populated with immigrants! That'll even things up more!
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Would you not say that comment is at best xenophobic and at the worst racist? I'm married to an immigrant and find that kind of opinion best left in your head.
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09-03-09, 02:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stamford
What a nanny state we are. We ought to raise the speed limit through the areas which are densely populated with immigrants! That'll even things up more!
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