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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: JamesV6CDX on 01 September 2007, 07:15:44
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I was travelling to work at shortly after 4am this morning, I had three lanes of totally empty motorway.
Needless to say, I was motoring!! At least 90mph.. truth be known probably more like 100. There was a police car in a really crafty spot, I had little time to break off any speed, and went past it probably well over 90.
There was I, bracing myself to be stopped and buggered... but he never even came after me.
Out of interest, what speed can you generally get away with on an empty motorway, before you are at risk of more than just an SP30?
I'm a very safe and calm driver, but I do seem to find the gas pedal hard to keep off, when I'm belting up the M5 to work at 4am!!
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I was travelling to work at shortly after 4am this morning, I had three lanes of totally empty motorway.
Needless to say, I was motoring!! At least 90mph.. truth be known probably more like 100. There was a police car in a really crafty spot, I had little time to break off any speed, and went past it probably well over 90.
There was I, bracing myself to be stopped and buggered... but he never even came after me.
Out of interest, what speed can you generally get away with on an empty motorway, before you are at risk of more than just an SP30?
I'm a very safe and calm driver, but I do seem to find the gas pedal hard to keep off, when I'm belting up the M5 to work at 4am!!
So this is how you earn your money then.............any vacancies ;D ;D
Lucky miss this morning then, although it must have been difficult for them to guess how much over 70 you were actually doing, as they were not moving, or they just could`nt be bothered to go any where, warm cosy perhaps a little sleepy............. they probably looked at each other and said
nnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
as for the main question no idea what speed you could get away with sorry
I too go to work early in the morning about 2am my time. Always at about 140-150mph ::) ::) ::)
But then again there is no speed limit on the Autobahn i take
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you must of looked confident as you sped by ::)
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you must of looked confident as you sped by ::)
Half asleep more like :-X
;D
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hi james,
as far as i'm aware it's only 91mph then it's an instant ban!!!!!! you had lucky escape. coppers were probably asleep!!! as usual <i know there are some plod on here and you probs don't sleep on job but i have caught a few zzzzzzzzz it in car!>
steve
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Instant ban for 91mph????
I MUST slow down!!
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yeh
i keep telling myself i must as well knowing that but for some reason when i doing 90 car only seems to be doing 50 so lead foot kicks in!!!!
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I was travelling to work at shortly after 4am this morning, I had three lanes of totally empty motorway.
Needless to say, I was motoring!! At least 90mph.. truth be known probably more like 100. There was a police car in a really crafty spot, I had little time to break off any speed, and went past it probably well over 90.
There was I, bracing myself to be stopped and buggered... but he never even came after me.
Out of interest, what speed can you generally get away with on an empty motorway, before you are at risk of more than just an SP30?
I'm a very safe and calm driver, but I do seem to find the gas pedal hard to keep off, when I'm belting up the M5 to work at 4am!!
That was my uncle...
NIP in post :D
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An Instant ban is 30 mph over the speed limit ie 100 on a 70 or 80 on a 50 and so forth
Its down to the police officer, My mate who is a traffic cop says really anything over 70 on the motorway and he should pull you over and give you a ticket but the police know that the motorway would get clogged if it went that slow.
So he says depending on the car and the time of day or night and the weather and how the driver is driving is all taken in to factor before he will pull someone over, unless they are spanking along and then it pull over time,
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I was certainly spanking along!!!
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Sorry James, but the use of phrases like 'I am a safe and calm driver' and 'At least 90mph.. truth be known probably more like 100' do not go together. The speed limit is there for a reason. You cannot be in THAT much of a hurry!
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I was certainly spanking along!!!
The blowout never scared you then?
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Sorry James, but the use of phrases like 'I am a safe and calm driver' and 'At least 90mph.. truth be known probably more like 100' do not go together. The speed limit is there for a reason. You cannot be in THAT much of a hurry!
Point taken... but I would never, ever be doing 90mph if there was any other traffic around.
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Sorry James, but the use of phrases like 'I am a safe and calm driver' and 'At least 90mph.. truth be known probably more like 100' do not go together. The speed limit is there for a reason. You cannot be in THAT much of a hurry!
Just to play devils advocate..
If I was in Germany, doing 140mph on an autobahn (which most drivers there regularly and legally do at all times) - would that make me a non-safe and non-calm driver, compared to doing 90mph on a dead motorway?
::)
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I was travelling to work at shortly after 4am this morning, I had three lanes of totally empty motorway.
Needless to say, I was motoring!! At least 90mph.. truth be known probably more like 100. There was a police car in a really crafty spot, I had little time to break off any speed, and went past it probably well over 90.
There was I, bracing myself to be stopped and buggered... but he never even came after me.
Out of interest, what speed can you generally get away with on an empty motorway, before you are at risk of more than just an SP30?
I'm a very safe and calm driver, but I do seem to find the gas pedal hard to keep off, when I'm belting up the M5 to work at 4am!!
reminds me of an incident about 10 years ago as i joined the motorway sliproad in the dark - judging that i could accellerate away ahead of the car in lane 1, however as i accelerated in the rover Vi it seemed to match me - this carried on for a while untill its blue lights came on :( unmarked T5 on the motorway at midnight and our relay seemed to go 60 - 90mph , no doubt he wasnt pushing it.. ;D
Bricking it like you James i moved in only for it to fly by me......i think sometimes, if bored, they just intimidate :-/ fair enough as i learned my lesson early :y
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Sorry James, but the use of phrases like 'I am a safe and calm driver' and 'At least 90mph.. truth be known probably more like 100' do not go together. The speed limit is there for a reason. You cannot be in THAT much of a hurry!
The reason is that a non driver introduced it as an experiment and to stop race cars being road tested
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Personally think 80mph is more suitable...
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100mph would get you in some serious trouble. Obviously if you were camera'd there be no let off. But if there was any doubt over the responsibilty and standard of your driving they would have been following you and measuring your average speed over a set distance, to check the amount of attention you are paying, and regard shown for other road users (lane discipline etc.)
I have seen on these police documentary programs that they won't tend to bother with you under 85mph 70mph :-X There are so many people openly breaking the speed limit, it wouldn't be feasible to stop everyone!
If the speed limit were raised all you would have is people regularly driving to 100-110mph. The current limit is designed for safety in 'all' conditions and having that little amount of discretion with the local law enforcement is already fair enough.
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just for your info, the last time I was done for speeding was by a van parked on a bridge over the M6 and I was traveling at 79mph.
It was an instant fixed penalty. btw you get a sp30 for speeding on roads and a sp50 for speeding on motorways.
http://www.ukmotorists.com/speeding%20fines.htm
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An Instant ban is 30 mph over the speed limit ie 100 on a 70 or 80 on a 50 and so forth,
What complete and utter rubbish..... ::)
Would you like me too direct you too a place where you would be educated in motoring law,a police forum.
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Sorry James, but the use of phrases like 'I am a safe and calm driver' and 'At least 90mph.. truth be known probably more like 100' do not go together. The speed limit is there for a reason. You cannot be in THAT much of a hurry!
Just to play devils advocate..
If I was in Germany, doing 140mph on an autobahn (which most drivers there regularly and legally do at all times) - would that make me a non-safe and non-calm driver, compared to doing 90mph on a dead motorway?
::)
[size=72]OI[/size] I take that Personal
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Sorry James, but the use of phrases like 'I am a safe and calm driver' and 'At least 90mph.. truth be known probably more like 100' do not go together. The speed limit is there for a reason. You cannot be in THAT much of a hurry!
Just to play devils advocate..
If I was in Germany, doing 140mph on an autobahn (which most drivers there regularly and legally do at all times) - would that make me a non-safe and non-calm driver, compared to doing 90mph on a dead motorway?
::)
[size=72]OI[/size] I take that Personal
Take your tablets and calm down.. :D
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Sorry James, but the use of phrases like 'I am a safe and calm driver' and 'At least 90mph.. truth be known probably more like 100' do not go together. The speed limit is there for a reason. You cannot be in THAT much of a hurry!
Just to play devils advocate..
If I was in Germany, doing 140mph on an autobahn (which most drivers there regularly and legally do at all times) - would that make me a non-safe and non-calm driver, compared to doing 90mph on a dead motorway?
::)
[size=72]OI[/size] I take that Personal
Take your tablets and calm down.. :D
Itīs ok now Russ the wife called the Doctor in he has just given me a Jab i think he was muttering about some sort of Penisceline Injection in the botty didīnt want none of that though sounded a bit dodgy to me................................ antibiotics stuff i believe ::) ::)
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On a motorway it is usually hitting a ton that will get you a summons to the local Magistrates Court, hence the reason why so many people end up with Fixed Penalty Notices for doing 99 mph (saves the aggravation of case papers and a more likely Court appearance). It is however up to the Magistrates to deliver the joyous sentence which in most cases they will unless you can show exceptional circumstances. I seem to remember our beloved NuLabour politician (and former Solicitor General) Harriet Harman MP getting just such a ticket, 99mph on the M4 (well done Thames Valley) ;)