The Birdman
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New speed cameras goining live tonight on M25/M1 be carful not break the speed limits instant tickets.
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[Travel] M25/m1
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larus
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Is that all of the M25 and M1 or just certain sections? Asking for a friend of course.
The Birdman
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Not sure if was on another social media site.
Sussex Nomad
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M25 I believe is specific junctions, but do include the M23 and Reigate junctions. Forgot all about it this morning. Shall wait and see. So they have cameras upon cameras now on the M25, must make a roaring trade.
larus
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I just read some articles and it seems that the smart motorways are going to be ‘always on’ cameras and enforcing 70mph. This, to me, seems ludicrous. 70mph is a stupid limit for modern cars - it was introduced my Barbara Castle in the 60/70’s sometime.
If they want to enforce something, then set a realistic ‘modern’ limit of 80mph. It’s not dangerous and was being discussed before the ‘green’ lobby starting moaning about environmental concerns. That seems odd as Germany is greener than us, yet their limit on the autobahns is whatever you want it to be it seems.
Thunder Bolt
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I like the French idea of variable speed limits, depending on weather conditions. 80mph in fine weather, but down to 68mph in adverse conditions.
I also like the idea that lorries cannot overtake each other on upward gradients.
This sooo much. I travel the M11 quite a bit and it takes some lorries hours to overtake each other on the two lane sections !!
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We need to introduce more no overtaking for lorries going uphills on motorways
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AmexRuislip
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Oh boy, this means my journies to Sussex will take much longer than the usual sodding time 
From my experience of driving on UK motorways 95% of the population can't get their head around only moving out of the inside lane only when over taking. I can imagine having a speed limit thats dependent on weather would melt their brains!
There were 8,000 road deaths per year in the mid sixties. Do we want to go back to those levels?
A lot of things were done before the green lobby started "moaning", like making a big hole in the ozone layer. Then people realised that we live in the environment that we're pumping pollution into, as will future generations, so it's perhaps not wise to destroy it. Driving at 80 uses far more fuel than 70 - that said there is some leniancy and I think the current situation is probably about right. That said they may be able to raise the speed limit when much cleaner cars become the norm.
Sussex Nomad
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Far too sensible for the incompetents who run UK PLC.
dadams2k11
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Makes you sick. They have these cameras and intelligence for speeding and parking tickets but catching a rapist or paedophile and they struggle.
Lower West Stander
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And seat belts weren't compulsory then, and car construction was far less robust than it is today.
And what difference do you think it will make considering your latter point? Everyone in the outside lane of a motorway does 80 anyway. If a dickhead wants to do 120 in the outside lane this isn't going to stop them
By all means be environmentally aware but your defence is spurious to say the least.
Indeed. Nothing clogs up motorways like a lorry in the inside lane doing 40mph being overtaken by a lorry in the middle lane doing 40.0001mph
EDIT: And back on topic the speed limit doesn't worry me as not having had a car for so long I drive like a retired vicar these days.
Cowfold Seagull
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Sorry but this made me smile. With my experience of the M25 there aren't many occasions where you get the chance to speed, it's slow moving or even gridlocked in many places.
jakarta
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Any links to an official website that states this is actually going to take place?
That's simple. As you say - at present everyone does 80. If they raised the speed limit to 80 I've no doubt everyone would do 90.
Oh boy, this means my journies to Sussex will take much longer than the usual sodding time
Is this the same speed limit thats in force at the Amex this year ?