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Yesterday, all the M25 electronic traffic information signs had a useful piece of advice for us 11.00pm: - 
"THINK DO NOT EXCEED THE SPEED LIMIT"
There was no traffic, so I thought about the advice and concluded that most numpties must be geniuses!
This is honestly true and not a wind-up...you could not make this up!
Who ever is responsible for traffic information...
GET A PROPER JOB!!!
"THINK DO NOT EXCEED THE SPEED LIMIT"
There was no traffic, so I thought about the advice and concluded that most numpties must be geniuses!
This is honestly true and not a wind-up...you could not make this up!
Who ever is responsible for traffic information...
GET A PROPER JOB!!!quote:
Yesterday, all the M25 electronic traffic information signs had a useful piece of advice for us 11.00pm: -
"THINK DO NOT EXCEED THE SPEED LIMIT"
There was no traffic, so I thought about the advice and concluded that most numpties must be geniuses!
This is honestly true and not a wind-up...you could not make this up!
Who ever is responsible for traffic information...
Please allow me to offer an alternative:
Who ever is responsible for traffic information...
DO A PROPER JOB. Adjust signs to read "NO SPEED LIMIT AT CURRENT TRAFIC DENSITY" DAZ
I got pulled once for doing 70 through the Conwy tunnel. The advisory limit is 50. The policeman said "you were doing 70mph through the tunnel" Yes, I replied. "Well" he said "the limit is 50" No I said the limit is 70, the advisory limit is 50. " So clever clogs" he said "why were you doing 70 if you have been advised to do 50?" I replied, "well I have listened to the advice and I think it is shite". I thought he was going to have a stroke, he was purple..
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I got pulled once for doing 70 through the Conwy tunnel. The advisory limit is 50. The policeman said "you were doing 70mph through the tunnel" Yes, I replied. "Well" he said "the limit is 50" No I said the limit is 70, the advisory limit is 50. " So clever clogs" he said "why were you doing 70 if you have been advised to do 50?" I replied, "well I have listened to the advice and I think it is shite". I thought he was going to have a stroke, he was purple..
RAOFL
Mate told me a good tale once (dunno how true it was though, he always was a bit of a spinner)
Driving along a deserted road after nidnight one night at about 130km/h, cop pulls out of a layby and pulls him over and walks up to his window and says "Hello sir, I've been waiting all evening for you to come along" to which my mate replied "Well..... I got here as fast as I could" .... The cop just about pissed himself laughing, gave him a breathtest and sent him on his merry way.
Driving along a deserted road after nidnight one night at about 130km/h, cop pulls out of a layby and pulls him over and walks up to his window and says "Hello sir, I've been waiting all evening for you to come along" to which my mate replied "Well..... I got here as fast as I could" .... The cop just about pissed himself laughing, gave him a breathtest and sent him on his merry way.
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I got pulled once for doing 70 through the Conwy tunnel. The advisory limit is 50. The policeman said "you were doing 70mph through the tunnel" Yes, I replied. "Well" he said "the limit is 50" No I said the limit is 70, the advisory limit is 50. " So clever clogs" he said "why were you doing 70 if you have been advised to do 50?" I replied, "well I have listened to the advice and I think it is shite". I thought he was going to have a stroke, he was purple..
Other strange signage on the M25:
One night about 11:30pm I was driving round an almost empty section of the Surrey/Kent M25, rather in excess of the speed limit.
As I approached a gantry the red X sign flashed up in my lane. I thought this must just be a random fault so ignored it. A couple of miles later the same thing happened again. I presume some sad gimp in the sign control centre had spotted me on their CCTV cameras going a bit quick, and thought it would be amusing to keep “closing” my lane.
Has this happened to anybody else?
One night about 11:30pm I was driving round an almost empty section of the Surrey/Kent M25, rather in excess of the speed limit.
As I approached a gantry the red X sign flashed up in my lane. I thought this must just be a random fault so ignored it. A couple of miles later the same thing happened again. I presume some sad gimp in the sign control centre had spotted me on their CCTV cameras going a bit quick, and thought it would be amusing to keep “closing” my lane.
Has this happened to anybody else?
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Other strange signage on the M25:
One night about 11:30pm I was driving round an almost empty section of the Surrey/Kent M25, rather in excess of the speed limit.
As I approached a gantry the red X sign flashed up in my lane. I thought this must just be a random fault so ignored it. A couple of miles later the same thing happened again. I presume some sad gimp in the sign control centre had spotted me on their CCTV cameras going a bit quick, and thought it would be amusing to keep “closing” my lane.
Has this happened to anybody else?
No, they are out to get you
me.... why bother putting anything?!!!! A few weeks, my mate Alex got pulled in his works fiesta van, 'pressing on' (well as much as you can with 59Bhp) on an a-road outside Cupar. We were pulled over by a plodmobile. My mate got out of the car to talk to the plod. After the usual preliminaries and a 'wee chat,' plod started taking down his details.
He asked my mate 'and what engine size does the vehicle have'?
Alex rather glumly replied 'only a 1.3'
Plod looked confused and said 'why do you say only a 1.3?'
Alex looked up and smiled and said 'because if it had a decent engine in it i would have been going much faster!'
To his credit, plod just smiled and shook his head and said 'on your way boys!'
Moonie
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I got pulled once for doing 70 through the Conwy tunnel. The advisory limit is 50. The policeman said "you were doing 70mph through the tunnel" Yes, I replied. "Well" he said "the limit is 50" No I said the limit is 70, the advisory limit is 50. " So clever clogs" he said "why were you doing 70 if you have been advised to do 50?" I replied, "well I have listened to the advice and I think it is shite". I thought he was going to have a stroke, he was purple..
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