Wednesday 16th October 2002

Shock New Limits?

The Evening Standard reckons that lower speed limits are about to imposed across the country. An article published today suggests that new guidance is being issued that will force limits to be lowered around the UK with 30mph restrictions dropped to 20mph and some 60mph limits dropped as low at 40mph.

Link: www.thisislondon.co.uk

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[Lucozade]

oh for f**k sake we may all as well walk to our destination.

>>> Edited by Lucozade on Wednesday 16th October 11:50

[IPAddis]

I'm not sure what's more scary, the fact that they are lowering limits or the amount of people on the This Is London web site discussion who agree with it.

This truly must be a joke, it's fine for some Londoner to propose a 40mph limit instead of 60mph but if you're driving down a wide open empty road in Scotland, it's an entirely different story.

I'm going to move to Cornwall and encourage them to claim independence from the rest of the UK. Everyone has obviously gone raving mad. I blame these reality TV shows, I reckon they contain subliminal messages.

Ian A.

>> Edited by IPAddis on Wednesday 16th October 12:40

[david_h]

oh for f**k sake we may all as well walk to our destination.

>>> Edited by Lucozade on Wednesday 16th October 11:50

LMAO

v.funny, totally agree

[tailslider]

I'm not going to drive around at 40 in a 60 limit. Looks like i'll be having false plates to avoid tickets if it comes to that.

[trefor]

As if the Police are going to be able to enforce this. What about all the housewives in their 4x4s and people carriers - they don't obey the speed limits now, never mind lower limits.

Yet more rubbish to fill the paper/news programme.

[Lucozade]

more ways to get more money out of us tax payers just minding our own business. How's about putting some bloody education back into driving instead of this shite!

>> Edited by Lucozade on Wednesday 16th October 14:04

[Dharrison]

im going to new zealand they have great speeding fines mate got caught doing 120 (forget the limit) they gave a $30.00 fine and told him to piss off hehehe great aint it or the isle of man unrestriced roads hehe hmmmmm

[CarZee]

See the following thread...

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=19674&f=23&h=0

Long & short of it - Fax Your MP today at www.faxyourmp.com and demand that they appear in the House of Commons tomorrow to represent our views regarding this disgusting example of green totalitarianism..

[gsxrblue]

This is already happening in Derbyshire, you dont hit a NSL between Nottingham and Matlock unless you go off the main A roads.

Its mad

Main A road with good visibility used to be NSL and now 40/50 limit with double white line.

[lucky]

Soon everyone will have to buy a red flag to give to the person who will walk in front of your car to warn everyone that you're there.

DOH!! They already tried that and it didn't work!

[Jason F]

I was thinking more of a little red book to get along in this country....Or is that just me..

[cazzo]

or the isle of man unrestriced roads hehe hmmmmm

Don't forget that the IOM is part of the UK which makes me think ......if speed kills over here what does it do there? can useful comparisons etc be made to show a point?