speeding

a long strech of the main route into cornwall (A38) has recently been ruduced from (mostly) national speed limit to 50 (still 40 through a couple of villages). this is not a strech of road known for it's accidents unlike a couple of other streches of the A38 I could name, it's about 6 miles long.

doesn't bother me personally as on a road like that, 50mph is not so much a restriction and more a long-term goal.

Regards. Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)

I have that conviction!!

Replaced the engine in an allegro (Long time ago) and crushed the cable. On the way home from the garage I had an incident which resulted in the car being hauled off by the fine officers of the constabulary for an engineers check.

Defective speedo & defective horn £45 fine, and no endorsement (before points)

Incidently, I was 21 when I had that allegro, and one day I was stopped 5 times on a 75 mile journey because I was under 60........... Years old! Obviously I must have nicked it! Sadly I did actually own it.

They reduced the speed limit on the A12 north of the Blackwall tunnel. Until a few months ago it was 50 mph, then it was reduced to 40 mph and extra speed cameras appeared.

-- Keith (London, UK) Land Rover Discovery 300TDI Triumph Sprint Executive

So Tony was, like

This may amuse - a letter in the Times (UK) on 15 December in the "debate" section. The question posed was whether people would be prepared to have a speed limiter fitted if it meant cheaper insurance. Among the replies was:

Regime change

I HAVE a "speed limiter" on my small and economical car in the shape of a Greenspeed bumper sticker. This cheap device encourages me to drive at 55mph between urban areas and at 20mph within them. This is not in order to stay within speed limits, but to explain to the driver behind that I am trying to save petrol, reduce emission, minimise accidents and the danger posed to other road users, reduce congestion, allow overtaking by buses on trunk roads and motorways and reduce noise and wear and tear on car, tyres and driver.

Mechanical speed limiters may avoid fines and please insurers but the environmental impact of the car needs to be reduced in many other ways that can only be achieved by speeds lower than the current national speed limits. Insurers should be pressing for the regime change to 55/20mph, not only to reduce accidents but to reduce the effects of climate change associated with CO² emissions.

Ronald Sharp, snipped-for-privacy@waitrose.com

It's not that he wants to drive slowly and save the planet - good luck to him - but that he has to tell us all in such detail why he is so much better than everyone else. The only surprise is that this was in the Times and not the Guardian.

Also noticed how the war is hotting up in the States:

In news:cpsrio$ksr$ snipped-for-privacy@sparta.btinternet.com, Richard Brookman blithered:

However in the meantime you are travelling at a speed dangerous to the public. Please don't do it!