can you live with this?

[djflipsaxo]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/article5864847.ece

[lakey_xs]

no not realy but the places where i like to go a tad over are miles out in the sticks or on track takes the piss realy tho next it will be 5mph ggrrr

[Add91289]

all the roads are 50mph round where i live alredy. have been for about 9 months

[stevie_m]

only for work purposes end up gettin more OT

but in "real life" prob not

[Curran]

thats shit.

i doubt many people will stick to 50 unless there is average speed camera's.

most people dont stick to 60, let alone 50.

i know i wont stick to 50.

on the main A road i use, most people do around 70 upto 80ish.

[Viper]

as long as they leave motorways alone!

[Matty]

The worst news iv heard in a while :n:
They say average speed cams will enforce it? Are they similiar to speed cams then?

[stevie_m]

kid got killed 2 weeks ago right outside my house. But being honest i blame the parents for lettin a 6yr old go out between 2 parked cars. now i can see my street being a 20 mph zone pretty soon

[PSPDan]

It depends which roads they apply this to really. It says the safest roads will remain 60mph. There are some winding little lanes and stuff round here which are national speed limit and I know a few people who have lost control at 60. One lad even flipped his car. I know it comes down to knowing your limits again but some people feel like they have to do 60 round blind hairpin bends if the sign says they are allowed to....

[Chr15]

50 is so fucking boring. Long staright road, no traffic.

I literally had my head in one hand and wheel in the other. When it came to the 30 section the car didnt want to do less than 40 and felt like I was going to stop.

[stevie_m]

[QUOTE=Chris261287;3067671]50 is so fucking boring. Long staright road, no traffic.QUOTE]


man you should go to islay... crazy straight road between Bowmore and Port Ellen. It was a military road two lanes some little jumps and its about 15 or so miles long but there is one hell of a sharp corner at the end of the road when you get to port ellen

[stevie_m]

http://www.carhireonislay.co.uk/islay_map800.jpg

[flynnsvtr]

Tbh no matter how much they lower the speed limit there will still be thousands of casualties every year, people will and always will speed regardless of whether a metal signs tells them otherwise.

Even with speed cameras unless they plant them over a whole stretch of road people just slow down for it then speed of again.

[Chr15]

Wow I thought that was some exotic island somewhere, then I realised it was in Scotland.

I so want to bomb down that road now haha

[stevie_m]

done it a few times it is a beautiful island. wish i had took pictures of it. the road i was talkin about is the low road beside the airport, the high road is just a dirt track but still fun on a land rover

[stevie_m]

nothing like a little 2 lane road to bomb along to wake you up. some really good jump points also on it

[bullit]

i dont go above 50 so doesnt bother me

[Chr15]

Do Toyota's go over 50?

Such a boring company now. Nothing decent since the old Celica and Supra.

Just like Citroen with the Saxo.

[bullit]

she does 92 max lol

[andrew0510]

T)ssers,

Next they will try and make it illegal to drive on weekends

[Curran]

It depends which roads they apply this to really. It says the safest roads will remain 60mph. There are some winding little lanes and stuff round here which are national speed limit and I know a few people who have lost control at 60. One lad even flipped his car. I know it comes down to knowing your limits again but some people feel like they have to do 60 round blind hairpin bends if the sign says they are allowed to....

there are certainly some roads/lanes that could do with a lower limit.

just because they are out in the sticks they get a 60 limit but only an idiot would do 60.

i dont really care if people are stupid and want to kill themselves but i suppose its when they injure or kill other people that it causes a problem.

the government just needs a better way of classifying the roads.

the main A road i use is easy to do 60. it even opens up to 2 lanes at times to allow you to overtake. its not a small lane. hopefully they wont lower the limit on road like that.

[Chr15]

there are certainly some roads/lanes that could do with a lower limit.

just because they are out in the sticks they get a 60 limit but only an idiot would do 60.

Exactly. You drive to the road type and condition. I feel every little bump in the VTS where I didnt in the 1.0 so I slow down a little bit, feels like I could lose it ant any point sometimes.

[Add91289]

50 feals so slow on big streight roads

[saxo_tom1234]

will be 40mph before you no it lol

[Add91289]

will be 40mph before you no it lol

if it came to that id pack in driving and get a push bike

[Penn]

Bullshit that is. Round by Hitchin loads of A roads are already 40mph and it's the most frustrating painful driving in the world. Especially when you get stuck behind someone doing 30 just to be on the safeside.

[Danr]

Interesting comment at the bottom....
When the speed limit was reduced from 60mph to 50mph in New Zealand the average No of deaths INCREASED. Then when it was returned to 60mph in 1985 after an increase in the first year, road deaths returned to a slightly LOWER level. Explain that then.

[kcsaxo]

doesnt bother me one bit as long as there's no dickheads tailgating me because im trying to stick to the new limit.

[vtr_cheshire]

Stealth tax......................................

More Speeders, more speed cameras = Credit Crunch busting idea for the government!

[stu-n-shell]

The worst news iv heard in a while :n:
They say average speed cams will enforce it? Are they similiar to speed cams then?

average speed camera's have 2 sets. one set takes your reg and speed as you pass it then a few miles down the road the other set do the same. then it works out how long you took to cover the distance between the two.then compares it to the time it should take at the speed limit. if your quicker you get a ticket. or something along those lines.

as for the main question no i couldnt 3 national speed limits for main roads how are you supposed to work out what roads are the safer ones so you can do 60.

[Saamuell]

Half the country roads i cant get 60mph anyways :homme:

I need VTEC y0!

[MrHouston]

For fucks sake.

Clarkson for PM...

[Curran]

average speed camera's have 2 sets. one set takes your reg and speed as you pass it then a few miles down the road the other set do the same. then it works out how long you took to cover the distance between the two.then compares it to the time it should take at the speed limit. if your quicker you get a ticket. or something along those lines.



almost...

speed = distance / time

the camera's recognise your plate and just time you over the distance.

[djflipsaxo]

i think its a pretty crap idea. maybe it will save lives but im sure i heard since cameras have been about there hve been more accidents???????????

[dannyboy2005]

if this is true and going to happen, then i AM NOT going to get a VTR. Whats the point if you can't even travel any faster then the car in front nowadays?

Flat arch FTW!

[cookiesvts]

I dont really mind

[Jim-Bob]

Could this just a load of spin again?

An idea that the media have hyped up?

Like pay as you go driving?

James