Would have been dangeous back when the limit was set, but with modern brakes it's really not that bad at all

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 13:52, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

Yes it is.
Modern brakes haven't changed the laws of physics.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 13:54, Reply)

Jim.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 13:54, Reply)

Or the stupidity of drivers
It should be perfectly safe to drive at 100+MPH on the motorway, in practice it's pretty bloody far from it, due to the failure of drivers to think about anyone but themselves.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 13:56, Reply)

And we come back to my point about drivers pulling out into the way of faster moving traffic

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 13:58, Reply)

Correct, but you won't cure that by trying to be an even bigger dick than them.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 14:03, Reply)

but I can try

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 14:04, Reply)

there's no point being rational here.
we've already decided it's your fault.

Although, I don't understand why we can't have an elevated motorway speed limit in good conditions, with a reduced one in rain/poor visibility. Even the fucking French can manage that, and they're basically a baguette and some soft cheese away from being the third world.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 14:06, Reply)

Who actually pays attention to that though?
I'll tell you who mighters, nobody, that's who.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 14:15, Reply)

true.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 14:22, Reply)

no, but a 1.5 ton car on brakes from the 1960's would take a much longer time to stop than the same car fitted with modern brakes and tyres, fact.

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 13:57, Reply)

Yes, but a modern car is heavier than a car from the 60s and therfore overall stopping distances are about the same.
FACT.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 13:59, Reply)

bollocks
even my driving instructor said the that the stoping disatnces laid out i the highway code are out of date.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 14:01, Reply)

Your driving instructer was a fucking nonce.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 14:15, Reply)

Indeed
but the thinking distance is still the same, and if you're tailgating in the outside lane less than a second (preferably two) behind the car in front you'll hit it before you get chance to use your undoubtedly wonderful modern brakes and tyres.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 14:01, Reply)

yeah, but if you weren't in the way, then I wouldn't be tailgating you
therefore it's you fault
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 14:06, Reply)

I usually go around 80-85 on the motorway
and stay out of the outside lane as much as possible as it is full of ignorant cunts, so unlikely.
Many times I've undertaken a queue of such cunts simply by being in the otherwise empty inside lane, without altering speed.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 14:10, Reply)

gay

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 14:22, Reply)

and just like that, i win the argument

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 14:22, Reply)

It's impossible for you to win an argument, by definition
Even if arguing with yourself
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 14:25, Reply)