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Author: marymeachermarymeacher Date: Nov 19, 2007 12:14
I saw the above on the VMS on a motorway today - with an advisory
speed of forty - never seen one before
It seemed that most drivers were oblivious to the possible
repercussions/potential seriousness.
I moved over to lane one and dropped my speed to forty - much to the
annoyance of the fuckwit lorry driver behind me. He seemed to think
if he flashed his lights and sounded his horn I would speed up.
He was even more pissed off when the recommended speed went to twenty
and so did I. Perhaps he thought that he'd never seen one before
either, so it must be false alarm; I guess it was, as I didn't see
anything amiss until 'End' after a few miles
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Author: ConorConor Date: Nov 19, 2007 13:44
In article 4ax.com>, marymeacher
says...> I saw the above on the VMS on a motorway today - with an advisory
> speed of forty - never seen one before
>
> It seemed that most drivers were oblivious to the possible
> repercussions/potential seriousness.
>
> I moved over to lane one and dropped my speed to forty - much to the
> annoyance of the fuckwit lorry driver behind me. He seemed to think
> if he flashed his lights and sounded his horn I would speed up.
>
> He was even more pissed off when the recommended speed went to twenty
> and so did I. Perhaps he thought that he'd never seen one before
> either, so it must be false alarm; I guess it was, as I didn't see
> anything amiss until 'End' after a few miles
>
That's why he got pissed off. Unless it's foggy, you can see far enough
up a motorway to basically ignore these signs and as you found out,
they tend to be left on for no reason. ...
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Date: Nov 19, 2007 15:17
marymeacher wrote:
> I saw the above on the VMS on a motorway today - with an advisory
> speed of forty - never seen one before
>
> It seemed that most drivers were oblivious to the possible
> repercussions/potential seriousness.
>
> I moved over to lane one and dropped my speed to forty - much to the
> annoyance of the fuckwit lorry driver behind me. He seemed to think
> if he flashed his lights and sounded his horn I would speed up.
>
> He was even more pissed off when the recommended speed went to twenty
> and so did I. Perhaps he thought that he'd never seen one before
> either, so it must be false alarm; I guess it was, as I didn't see
> anything amiss until 'End' after a few miles
>
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Author: marymeachermarymeacher Date: Nov 20, 2007 01:13
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:44:05 -0000, Conor hotmail.com>
wrote:
>In article 4ax.com>, marymeacher
>says...>> I saw the above on the VMS on a motorway today - with an advisory
>> speed of forty - never seen one before
>>
>> ...
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Author: JNugentJNugent Date: Nov 20, 2007 04:29
marymeacher wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:44:05 -0000, Conor hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >>In article 4ax.com>, marymeacher
>>says...
>>>>>I saw the above on the VMS on a motorway today - with an advisory
>>>speed of forty - never seen one before
>>>
>>> It seemed that most drivers were oblivious to the possible
>>>repercussions/potential seriousness.
>>>
>>>I moved over to lane one and dropped my speed to forty - much to the
>>>annoyance of the fuckwit lorry driver behind me. He seemed to think
>>>if he flashed his lights and sounded his horn I would speed up.
>>>
>>>He was even more pissed off when the recommended speed went to twenty
>>>and so did I. Perhaps he thought that he'd never seen one before ...
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Author: John RowlandJohn Rowland Date: Nov 20, 2007 05:16
JNugent wrote:
> marymeacher wrote:
>> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:44:05 -0000, Conor hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>>> In article 4ax.com>, marymeacher
>>> says...
>>>>>>> I saw the above on the VMS on a motorway today - with an advisory
>>>> speed of forty - never seen one before
>>>>
>>>> It seemed that most drivers were oblivious to the possible
>>>> repercussions/potential seriousness.
>>>>
>>>> I moved over to lane one and dropped my speed to forty - much to
>>>> the annoyance of the fuckwit lorry driver behind me. He seemed to
>>>> think if he flashed his lights and sounded his horn I would speed
>>>> up. He was even more pissed off when the recommended speed went to
>>>> twenty and so did I. Perhaps he thought that he'd never seen one ...
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Author: JNugentJNugent Date: Nov 20, 2007 05:33
John Rowland wrote:
> JNugent wrote:
>
>>marymeacher wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:44:05 -0000, Conor hotmail.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>In article 4ax.com>, marymeacher
>>>>says...
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I saw the above on the VMS on a motorway today - with an advisory
>>>>>speed of forty - never seen one before
>>>>>
>>>>>It seemed that most drivers were oblivious to the possible
>>>>>repercussions/potential seriousness.
>>>>> ...
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Author: ConorConor Date: Nov 20, 2007 09:26
In article newsfe5-win.ntli.net>, Brian Robertson
says...
> Good for you! Don't let lorry drivers grind you down. The more we
> sensible motorists can slow them down, the better. Not one of them has a
> brain large enough to calculate risk at greater than 20 m.p.h.
Perhaps you'd like to explain why we have the lowest accident rate per
km driven of any road user type then?
>
> The sooner these speed restrictions are automatically linked to speed
> cameras fixed to the same gantry, the better.
>
There's only 450,000 HGVs in the UK yet there's 3,000,000 speed tickets
issued a year. It's not us getting the points....
--
Conor
I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
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Author: ConorConor Date: Nov 20, 2007 09:30
In article 4ax.com>, marymeacher
says...
> When you say ignore these signs do you mean variable message or the
> speed recommendations?
>
Both.
> That seems extremely irresponsible to me: do all lorry drivers ignore
> the Highway Code in general?
>
> If there is the potential of severe accidents with impact speeds of
> 140mph people have a responsibility to reduce the chances of it
> happening.
>
Why, are people regularly driving the wrong way on the motorway?
And why do I need to slow down to 40MPH 3 miles from an incident which
may or may not be there when the traffic is freely flowing and I can
clearly see from over 1/2 a mile away if the traffic ahead is stopped?
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Author: ConorConor Date: Nov 20, 2007 09:31
In article news.demon.co.uk>, John Rowland
says...> JNugent wrote:
>> marymeacher wrote:
>>> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:44:05 -0000, Conor hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>> In article 4ax.com>, marymeacher
>>>> says...
>>>>>>>>> I saw the above on the VMS on a motorway today - with an advisory
>>>>> speed of forty - never seen one before
>>>>>
>>>>> It seemed that most drivers were oblivious to the possible
>>>>> repercussions/potential seriousness.
>>>>>
>>>>> I moved over to lane one and dropped my speed to forty - much to
>>>>> the annoyance of the fuckwit lorry driver behind me. He seemed to
>>>>> think if he flashed his lights and sounded his horn I would speed ...
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