Proposed 60mph limit on M1

[Kevin Garrod]

50, 56 its still way short of the current maximum limit for cars and they are a complete pain in the arse!

Jmvho

Just remember, if you bought it in a shop, it came on a lorry.

[Guest]

I wish there were, our power bills would be a lot lower. I think under 20 is the right figure for stations currently running, and that figure will drop over the next few years as some of these reach life expectancy. Since nothing is being built to replace them I recommend you go buy your own generator, because the politicians WILL cause blackouts in the UK due to their usual lack of vision/comprehension over energy (and their stupid agreement to the likes of Kyoto, which is making no difference to global CO2 emissions but putting our own energy costs beyond the reach of the poor and making Industry uncompetitive).

Black outs would be good for my line of business and keep me in a job

Jason

[mike@thenook]

Have you been at the grumpy pills then Mike ?

Cheers

Julian

My feeelings last evening may have been exagerated by the fact I'd had a very trying day as a result of office IT problems only to come home to find the internet like a snail and my printer well and truly jammed while trying to print various forms for applications for the next stage in our daughters education!

I am fairly convinced Bill Gates and all his chums only developed computers because they have a very sadistic streak!

Sorry Julian - more grumpiness (come to thinkl of it that is what swmbo says all the time too!)

[mike@thenook]

Just remember, if you bought it in a shop, it came on a lorry.

Sad isn't it - when I was a kid it all came from the local farms etc and Tesco was just a cheap business selling crap (so no change there then)

You are right though Kevin - we're all guilty

Cheers

[Kevin Garrod]

Sad isn't it - when I was a kid it all came from the local farms etc and Tesco was just a cheap business selling crap (so no change there then)

You are right though Kevin - we're all guilty

Cheers

The point I'm making is that roads aren't there only for one type of road user or even just one individual (it would be nice though!) but for everyone.
Cars can use the outside lane and do 70 so if they're being held up it's by other cars not the trucks.

I've no time for one road user against another, trucks v cars, bikes v buses etc etc.
You see bad driving etc from all types, my pet hate is being tailgated.
I take the point about trucks getting into unnecessary 'elephant races'.

Coming back to the thread subject, going 60 instead of 70 for just of 30 miles will only add a couple of minutes to the overall journey so not worth worrying about.
Still a futile exercise IMO.

[jleyton]

Coming back to the thread subject, going 60 instead of 70 for just of 30 miles will only add a couple of minutes to the overall journey so not worth worrying about.
Still a futile exercise IMO.

25.7 minutes v 30 minutes.

So, if you're doing a 120 mile motorway trip then it would take 2 hours at 60 but only 1 hour 42 minutes at 70 - not entirely futile

And at 80, it would only be 1 1/2 hrs, on the Autobahn, of course

Cheers

Julian

[Kevin Garrod]

25.7 minutes v 30 minutes.

So, if you're doing a 120 mile motorway trip then it would take 2 hours at 60 but only 1 hour 42 minutes at 70 - not entirely futile

And at 80, it would only be 1 1/2 hrs, on the Autobahn, of course

Cheers

Julian

It's only over a 34 mile stretch.

( when I said it's futile I meant the proposal, I can't see it having much effect on overall emissions)

[jleyton]

It's only over a 34 mile stretch.

( when I said it's futile I meant the proposal, I can't see it having much effect on overall emissions)

Ah ha, get it now Kevin.

Totally agree with you about the no time for one road user against another, trucks v cars, bikes v buses and bikes v cars !

I used to have to do a 220 mile/day commute for 25 years and so I found that the few mph difference did make a difference

Cheers

Julian

[Staghound]

You couldn't get a job anywhere nearer Julian?!

Andrew.

[jleyton]

You couldn't get a job anywhere nearer Julian?!

Andrew.

Great job / great home - just quite a distance apart. Didn't want to change either and I love driving

Cheers

Julian

[Staghound]

That IS a lot of petrol!!

Andrew.