110 mph in a 30

Toker said:
the view suggests wrong. He could only do it between the south roundabout and the corner to the north, the last building heading north has a zebra crossing at it and about 1/3rd of the way up the road is a junction where cars often pull out on to the road from

also the road is so uneven it's dangerous to do half that speed
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I think that reading the view of someone who knows the road (see above) may be a good idea.;)
It is suggested that the road is uneven, has a zebra crossing on it and a dodgy junction on it.

I know of places where 30mph appears an absurd limit, but over 100mph is taking the **** a bit. Especially if the plod have been targetting the area recently.
 
Flukester said:
110mph is not safe in a 30, but for many many roads it's fine... in fact I know stretches of road where 110 feels slow... and 200mph is more like the speed that should be a maximum. (i think on two occasions I have approached this speed, no-one even came close to dieing)

lets face it driving is not a safe thing to do, if you think 110mph is some holy grail land speed child killing record, then I hazard a guess your one of those 40mph NSL Sunday drivers that drive me and the rest of the world bonkers weekly :).
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What if a pedestrian appears? A deer goes on to the road? You hit something in the road that someone has dropped? Death.
And for your information I tend to drive around the speed limits.
 
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I bet if it was me on my bike, I'd be looking down Bubba's love truncheon now!

Can't believe some of the diatribe been spewed in this thread! It just goes to show how different some people's perceptions are. Throw the book at the *****!

No swearing

Gilly
 
Cupra said:
anyone here who does 40 in a 30 cant really comment on this if they are saying speeding in a 30 zone is wrong weather its 10mph ot 80mph over the limit it is still speeding but you see 40/50 ok in the limited areas diffrent people have diffrent ideas of acceptable

people sayin its fine on a motorway but not on a normal road are just silly, the moorwy could have a pile up a deer inthe road or anything making it just as unsafe

there used to be a road between 2 towns where i lived that was a 60 everyone used it as a racing road for years then they decided they would make it a 30 and build houses along it during the time it was getting built there was a few people cought at silly speeds i know as i was one of em and was lucky let off with lack of evidence but it was a deserted area at 3am. and i learnt my lesson when the blues came behind me and wouldnt do it again however safe i thought it was
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I'm hoping you were under the influence when typing this out, due to the lack of sense it makes.

You seem to be saying that speeing is speeding, whether it be 1 or 100 mph.

This, of course, is complete rubbish and you couldn't be further from the truth.
 
Dolph said:
How about a stupid and pointless blanket speed limit on open moorland with clear visiblity?

Not the situation here, but the whole of dartmoor national park, for instance, is a 40mph limit, even when you've got a good couple of miles of road visibility.

There are circumstances where exceeding the speed limit by several times is perfectly safe, usually because the speed limit is set at a ludicrously low level.
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Ok well I actually meant what circumstances in this scenario, (ie same stretch of road but at night, in a big car, god like driver or something).

Anyway I still don't think 110 is 'safe' (as much as can be safe whilst driving). National park? What if an animal runs into the road in front of you and you swerve or hit it? At 110 you are pretty much screwed but at a lesser speed you might have more of a chance.

And no I'm not a 40mph everywhere man, I break the speed limit now and then, especially on motorways. But 110mph in a 30mph limit to me is not acceptable.
 
Morthoseth said:
At the end of the day, whether the speed limit was 30,40,60 or even 70 - he almost doubled it, whether its deemed a 'safe' road or not by the internet is irrelevant, he was caught, he'll pay the price, its tha law.

Anyone in this thread saying 110 is perfectly acceptable in a 30 is deluded, and i am ashamed to share the same roads as you, imagine someone stepping out if it was during the day.

"No Judge, it appeared safe to do four times the speed limit at the time!"

I hope you like having books thrown at you.
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Totally agree with you. It's irrelevant if the few people on here think it's acceptable to do that speed in a 30. He broke the law, end of.

The people that seem to think it's ok still haven't posted under what circumstances it's ok to do 110 in a 30 so I'd be interested in your reasoning.

Though I also agree with one of the posters going on about some country roads being reduced to 40. They've done that near where I live, it's the peak district and they've turned a national speed limit road into a 30. It used to be 60 when cars weren't as safe, yet now with safer cars they reduce the limit...bizarre.
 
There is certainly an argument that being around 4x the speed limit shows such a wilful disregard for the law (regardless of what you may consider to be the merits of such a law), that it should be heavily punished regardless.

A bit like taking a pen home from your office, vs walking into a police station and stealing the glasses of a copper's face :p
 
[TW]Fox;13513622 said:
It never comes away from the dealer without a £1000 bill :confused:
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You know my point. The car cost bugger all to buy when compared with a lot of countries, it costs bugger all to tax, insure, etc. The legalities of owning a vehicle here are very low.
 
probedb said:
The people that seem to think it's ok still haven't posted under what circumstances it's ok to do 110 in a 30 so I'd be interested in your reasoning.
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You are missing the point, I don't believe anyone on this thread has condoned doing 110mph in a 30mph zone. The point being made is that just because it was in a 30mph zone is doesn't automatically make it vastly more dangerous than the same speed in, say, a 60mph zone. It depends purely on the circumstances. Sadly people are such poor drivers in general that they dumbly accept that the posted limit is always the maximum safe speed at which any given road can be negotiated. It's certainly the maximum speed at which is can legally be driven, but the law and road safety have been diverging for years.
 
Jez said:
You know my point. The car cost bugger all to buy when compared with a lot of countries, it costs bugger all to tax, insure, etc. The legalities of owning a vehicle here are very low.
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try preaching that BS to someone who doesn't have your wealth!
 
Ross1234 said:
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What if a pedestrian appears? A deer goes on to the road? You hit something in the road that someone has dropped? Death.
And for your information I tend to drive around the speed limits.
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never seen a pedestrian on a dual carriageway / motorway...

only once seen a deer in the road... not that I give a stuff about mashing a deer :), obviously it's gonna hurt me, but thats my lookout ?

also don't see to many 'dropped' things about...


still have eyes for those three.. so even when they do crop up I usually deal with it.

if you went through life with too many 'what ifs' you'd be a trembling wreck scared to leave your house.. live a little, find a quiet stretch of road and give it some beans once in a while, it's a lot of fun :)
 
Flukester said:
110mph is not safe in a 30, but for many many roads it's fine... in fact I know stretches of road where 110 feels slow... and 200mph is more like the speed that should be a maximum. (i think on two occasions I have approached this speed, no-one even came close to dieing)

lets face it driving is not a safe thing to do, if you think 110mph is some holy grail land speed child killing record, then I hazard a guess your one of those 40mph NSL Sunday drivers that drive me and the rest of the world bonkers weekly :).
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NSL are deadly for a reason, so if people want to drive slow 40-50 they can, they have every right, a speed limit is not mandatory, you live in a dream world you think it would be great if the public could drive as fast as they want on public roads. How on earth would it be safe for society if you had someone doing 200mph on a motorway or NSL road.
 
Overlag said:
huh? really? thats why all our dual carriageways are turning into 40s and 50s, because of people crossing them.
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never seen a pedestrian on a dual carriageway either, other than in city centre...where it's a 30 limit and have traffic lights for crossing
 
dual carriage ways have paths either side for walking on around here. and to be fair they do everywhere ive been. See people walking along them all the time. Most of them around here also have gaps in the central barriers so they can cross every mile or so.
 
cheets64 said:
NSL are deadly for a reason, so if people want to drive slow 40-50 they can, they have every right, a speed limit is not mandatory, you live in a dream world you think it would be great if the public could drive as fast as they want on public roads. How on earth would it be safe for society if you had someone doing 200mph on a motorway or NSL road.
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Who says that 70mph is safe and 100mph isn't?
Modern day scientists or engineers?

No it was a kneejerk reaction by politicians decades ago when automotive technology was in its infancy. You mention society in your posts - was the speed limit set by society? By a democratic choice? No once again these figures that are now set in stone as the only 'safe' speeds, anything above them leading to death or severe disfigurement, were chosen in the motoring dark ages by some high profile law-lord.

This is something that is often overlooked in this discussion, but in my opinion is perhaps the most relevant point.
 
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