UK - New 80MPH speed limit

[Magic Johnson]

Old woman watching the news. She sees some madman on a special news report driving the wrong way down the M60.

Her ageing husband is travelling down south today, and he will be on the M60. She quickly grabs the telephone and rings her husband's mobile.

The conversation goes as follows:

Her: 'John, are you on the M60 now?'
Him: 'Yes love!'
Her: 'Oh God be careful, there's a crazy lunatic driver going the wrong way down the motorway!!!'
Him: 'It's worse than that dear, there's bloody hundreds of the mad b*stards!'

 

[Ashjj]

Haha awsome i can just see it happening.:slayer:

Some how dave i dont think that would be aloud any more and they woudl be made to take a test.

 

[jip0]

Haha awsome i can just see it happening.:slayer:

Some how dave i dont think that would be aloud any more and they woudl be made to take a test.

you would be surprised

you can do your test in another country where it is a lot easier then come and drive here

 

[Focus Owner]

Old woman watching the news. She sees some madman on a special news report driving the wrong way down the M60.

Her ageing husband is travelling down south today, and he will be on the M60. She quickly grabs the telephone and rings her husband's mobile.

The conversation goes as follows:

Her: 'John, are you on the M60 now?'
Him: 'Yes love!'
Her: 'Oh God be careful, there's a crazy lunatic driver going the wrong way down the motorway!!!'
Him: 'It's worse than that dear, there's bloody hundreds of the mad b*stards!'

repost almost

 

[StevenRB45]

Old woman watching the news. She sees some madman on a special news report driving the wrong way down the M60.

Her ageing husband is travelling down south today, and he will be on the M60. She quickly grabs the telephone and rings her husband's mobile.

The conversation goes as follows:

Her: 'John, are you on the M60 now?'
Him: 'Yes love!'
Her: 'Oh God be careful, there's a crazy lunatic driver going the wrong way down the motorway!!!'
Him: 'It's worse than that dear, there's bloody hundreds of the mad b*stards!'

Would never happen...an old person whose mobile is on????

 

[jimboy]

These kind of jokes have being going on for years, even before some on here were born, in some form or another, but that's no big deal. It also doesn't matter what I think either. We all have our take on driving types, again that doesn't matter much at all.

Now the bit that "does" matter when it comes right down to it.......stastistics. Do I have to spell it out?

 

[Venters]

Unfortunately satistics can be missleading. all well amd good showing 17-20 have more accidents than 80-83. But if an 18 yo does ten time the annual mileage of an 82. Then shouldnt he have more chance of an accident?

 

[dave]

or is more older people just feck off quick after an accident or offer to pay out of their own pocket, so it dont go on record

 

[jimboy]

Aye oldies do have accidents, I would even stick my neck out & say at an educated guess some not even reported, but then again they tend not to kill them selves. Unfortunately up here in the Highlands for instance, too many young drivers have lost their lives. Some single car crashes. You work it out.

I tend not to get too involved when it comes right down to it.(honest) If there had been a way of owning a powerful car in my day,(poor) who knows I might not be here to tell the tale. I was young once, it's not me against the young team. Just to add....your average 1.2 nowadays would have been the equivalent of a fast car in my day no kidding. Combined with vehicle numbers, post code lottery etc...I could go on, but ritualisticly some will just not listen.

 

[DlightSwitch]

Almost every accident and near miss I've seen lately have been involving old people.

Just the other day an old man in a mini pulled out on a roundabout without looking, he was just looking dead ahead. Not sure if he'd even seen the roundabout.

When I was walking to town the other day as well there was an old bloke who'd rolled his yaris. Firemen had cut the roof off to get him out. (He was alive though)

 

[jimboy]

I think common sense has raised it's head through out this thread, kind of veered off the original topic though. Personally what I would like to see is a similar way they do things in Canada. For instance Speeding, depending on situation, no fine or points on a deserted road late at night....You get the idea.
I simplify somewhat but every now & again, out come the feds with the speed guns up here, it's so easy to get caught out, without going that fast either. Now I'm not suggesting for one second that some drivers should be let off, but a few miles over the limit can cost.

Post code lottery plays a big part in all of this obviously. Having not the density of traffic is not always a bonus..... OK rant over.

 

[custard]

I think common sense has raised it's head through out this thread, kind of veered off the original topic though. Personally what I would like to see is a similar way they do things in Canada. For instance Speeding, depending on situation, no fine or points on a deserted road late at night....You get the idea.
I simplify somewhat but every now & again, out come the feds with the speed guns up here, it's so easy to get caught out, without going that fast either. Now I'm not suggesting for one second that some drivers should be let off, but a few miles over the limit can cost.

Post code lottery plays a big part in all of this obviously. Having not the density of traffic is not always a bonus..... OK rant over.

the deserted road thing is fine
except you still get people walking,cycling and breaking down on quiet rural roads
the layout of Canada isnt really comparable with the UK

 

[jimboy]

the deserted road thing is fine
except you still get people walking,cycling and breaking down on quiet rural roads
the layout of Canada isnt really comparable with the UK

Fair point, I was being simplistic.Wasn't comparing the UK to Canada in that sense. If you knew some of the layout round my neck of the woods you would understand. Even through day Early hours of the morning tis a deserted place right enough. I'm not talking brake neck speed here by the way.

 

[slugworth1987]

surely it would be safer to force car makers to include a hands free kit as standard using Bluetooth or 3.5-3.5mm jacks integrated into a car stereo and ban lorries from over taking restricting them to inside lane use only same with coaches and buses + all other restricted vehicular travel ie post man vans etc

 

[jip0]

surely it would be safer to force car makers to include a hands free kit as standard using Bluetooth or 3.5-3.5mm jacks integrated into a car stereo and ban lorries from over taking restricting them to inside lane use only same with coaches and buses + all other restricted vehicular travel ie post man vans etc

i agree that it is bloody annoying when lorry's overtake but i dont think banning them will do any good, at the end of the day their just doing their job and if there stuck behind a lorry going slower then they are they are gonna be late for the pick up/drop of

 

[slugworth1987]

i agree that it is bloody annoying when lorry's overtake but i dont think banning them will do any good, at the end of the day their just doing their job and if there stuck behind a lorry going slower then they are they are gonna be late for the pick up/drop of

well in the case of the m1, m25 yeah there are 3+ lanes
in the case of A1 A1M etc 2 lanes.... NO OVERTAKING >.<

 

[Focus Owner]

I don't understand them you can get a visor kit a decent one for 40quid

 

[Magic Johnson]

Lorries are vital to the economy.

Remember when the M8 was closed last year (or was it early this year?). Cost the Scottish economy hundreds of millions of pounds.

Ideally, you'd have super motorways, with two dedicated lanes for HGVs and wide loads, with drop off points in each major city, featuring massive sorting depots and then smaller vehicles to take the goods to their locations.

In an even idealererer world, you'd have motorways dedicated to HGVs and wide loads, and seperate ones for smaller vehicles/buses etc.

 

[Focus Owner]

you would think that they would build some sort of system with metal erm, lengths going down the country to carry good on going city to city, down the uk

 

[DlightSwitch]

you would think that they would build some sort of system with metal erm, lengths going down the country to carry good on going city to city, down the uk

It would be even better if it was restricted to a certain type of vehicle, and that not just anyone could drive on it, thus eliminating traffic