M6 Toll

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Thu 26 May 2005 15:38
M6 Toll - Dogbreath2
I drove this road this week early evening. All traffic was moving at 90mph. The 70mph limit is now in my view pointless and should only apply to busy stretches.
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Thu 26 May 2005 15:42
M6 Toll - Altea Ego
You checked for the camera van on the overbridge by the services did you?
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Thu 26 May 2005 16:15
M6 Toll - Dogbreath2
I stuck to a steady 65mph causing a major hazard to all the other cars!
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Thu 26 May 2005 16:47
M6 Toll - Altea Ego
So that was you you ***** ******* **************** bleep
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Thu 26 May 2005 16:53
M6 Toll - daveyjp
Define 'busy'!
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Thu 26 May 2005 16:56
M6 Toll - volvoman
In actual fact they were causing a hazard to you and any other sensible drivers. The presence of vehicles NOT doing 70 or less is a very good reason why others shouldn't be doing 90 or more!

As for higher speed limits on 'quieter' sections of road how's that going to be applied and enforced? What's a quiet section of road can quickly become very busy indeed and since many people seem to have great difficulty in observing any rules/limits whatsoever I'd like to know how this would work in practice.
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Thu 26 May 2005 16:58
M6 Toll - volvoman
Please disregard the word NOT - it should of course read "drivers doing 70 or less"
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Thu 26 May 2005 17:51
M6 Toll - David Horn
The thing is, if you raised the limit, the people that happily do 20mph above 70mph will immediately move to doing 20mph above the new limit.

Only time I can remember all traffic moving at 90mph was the M5 on Christmas Eve.
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