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A34 broken again, (holds breath for scorn of the boy/girl racers) |
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Jun 28 2012, 12:58 PM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Jun 28 2012, 01:44 PM) Why 56mph? Seems an odd number to me (by odd, I mean strange of course! [doh]) I think the speed limit is put in place so that the maximum true speed for the truck would be no more than 50mph (allowance for speedometer accuracy).
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Jun 28 2012, 02:30 PM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Jun 28 2012, 01:44 PM) Why 56mph? Seems an odd number to me (by odd, I mean strange of course! [doh]) Probably an EU diktat. Isn't 56mph exactly 90Kph?
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Jun 28 2012, 04:42 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jun 27 2012, 10:19 PM) Like it used to before when railways wee the main carrier. In small lorries to main terminals, not long distance juggernauts having crashes on main trunk roads. If we're going all retro then presumably the next step is to ban these holiday narrow-boaters from the Kennet & Avon and open up the canals for exclusive use by commercial traffic. Kick the cyclists and walkers off the tow paths and return them to being being 'paths what are used for towing'.. A resurgence of the Shire Horse and 6 month delivery schedules.....
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Jun 28 2012, 05:06 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jun 28 2012, 03:30 PM) Probably an EU diktat. Isn't 56mph exactly 90Kph? Don't like the use of the word diktat, but yes, 56 mph is just over 90 km/h. I already thought it must be the case, but knowing that 50 mph is 80 km/h, the mental arithmetic didn't seem to compute.
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Jun 29 2012, 06:17 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jun 28 2012, 03:30 PM) Probably an EU diktat. Isn't 56mph exactly 90Kph? Exactly right. Perverse, but the UK speed limit for LGVs remains 60mph on motorways, but because of the EU rule they have to hold to 56mph. The slight variation is down to the vagaries of the engine governing system, tyre age, and the fact that mechanical things have their moments.
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Jun 29 2012, 07:24 PM
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QUOTE (Berkshirelad @ Jun 29 2012, 08:15 PM) Also, be careful what you wish for. LGV on single carriageway roads are limited to 40 mph (unless a lower limit is signed). Do you really want to follow a truck at 40 mph all the way from Basingstoke? It's a dual carriage way though, so everything could travel at 50 mph, and overtake eanything that couldn't.
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Right an injustice - give Simon Kirby his allotment back!
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Jun 29 2012, 08:05 PM
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QUOTE (Berkshirelad @ Jun 29 2012, 08:15 PM) Also, be careful what you wish for. LGV on single carriageway roads are limited to 40 mph (unless a lower limit is signed). Do you really want to follow a truck at 40 mph all the way from Basingstoke? I do, nearly every day...... (not the same lorry - they all seem to stick to the limit)
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Jul 1 2012, 08:37 AM
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QUOTE (Scott Donnelly @ Jun 30 2012, 10:37 PM) There was just as many serious incidents on the M3 last week as there were on the A34. The only difference is no one was seriously injured on the A34. Exactly, you cannot simply single out this road (or this piece of road).
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