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belladonna
 Post subject: Unusual speed limit!
PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 15:45 
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Now this is different!!!
Any ideas on how I can tell if I am 'spot on' with the speed???

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 Post subject: Re: Unusual speed limit!
PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 16:44 
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It's only to be expected; it is, after all, exponentially safer than 10mph! :twisted:

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 17:41 
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belladonna wrote:
Now this is different!!!
Any ideas on how I can tell if I am 'spot on' with the speed???

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You don't need to be spot on, you only need to avoid exceeding it.

Anyhow, hello again, hope you're OK; we don't seem to have met for a while, but I guess that's my fault for not looking in here often enough. :)

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Dave.
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 Post subject: Re: Unusual speed limit!
PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 17:52 
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It's on private land, so not enforceable in a legal sense. Presumably the intention is just to make people think, in the same way as the 19 mph limits on unadopted roads in Cambourne, Cambridgeshire.

Where is it, as a matter of interest?

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adam.L
 Post subject: Re: Unusual speed limit!
PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 22:33 
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It might be some one taking the you know what.

I could get 9.75 MPH spot on in my company vehicle, if they needed me too. 8-)
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bit of a Harry Potter theme there!
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 06:22 
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bit of a Harry Potter theme there!


Or Adrian Mole!

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 Post subject: Re: Unusual speed limit!
PostPosted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 08:35 
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Quick Description: Driving along the coast road from Barrow to Rampside you pass the entrance to Roosecote Power Station. This 28mph sign is at the end of their private road. No need to go on their road.


Apperantly its fairly common for odd limits accross the pond. I also found out that limits in the USA were all divisible by 5 before the fashion of odd numbers appeared.
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SafeSpeedv2
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 16:25 
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I wonder if it is Agreement by committee ? :D
Agree Peter, totally unenforceable but I wonder if that is the case on any MoD property ?

Yeah the States has various limits, that seem 'odd' ! :)

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adam.L wrote:
I could get 9.75 MPH spot on in my company vehicle, if they needed me too. 8-)


That a tractor then with SatNav controls ? :D

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adam.L wrote:
I could get 9.75 MPH spot on in my company vehicle, if they needed me too. 8-)


That a tractor then with SatNav controls ? :D


no, but it has a calibrated radar and I get speed to 2 decimal places under 2kph 8-)

Sprayer man has GPS guidance on his :lol:
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:) So might I have passed you then in one of those (boys in) blue 'hot wheels' - then ? :) by any chance ?

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