If 100 bikes were doing 70mph the woman would still be in the wrong.
To put it another way, the stupidity of the lorry drivers just sitting there with their foot nailed to the floor at half a mile an hour more than the lorry on the inside and take ten miles to overtake.
There was one time when I was driving a HGV on the elevated section of the M5 inW.Mids, where a bend had a recommended HGV top speed of 45/ 50, which my vehicle was quite capable of negotiating at 60, which is what I was doing, until I came up to a 'centre lane hogger' sticking to that limit in a car, who refused to move over. I very much thought he had no idea HGVs were banned from lane 3. After a few flashes & hoots & seeing 'AINACS' IN HIS MIRROR, he did shift.
Made me wonder once in my HGV days, when ascending the M5 bank just past the new toll section junction, when it was 2 lanes, being in the lh lane I had a surprise to see a tanker 'bombing' up the hard shoulder & undertaking me! I just wished a polis car had been sat on it's 'look-out' point.
Been there - done that!
Then again, pedestrians shouldn't be on lorries!
my standard car legally purchased in the UK will top 170mph yes not legal in the uk but I can drive to Germany wear it is so why ban it?
And the stocks should be brought back for people who use their phone on loudspeaker in public …
It doesn't need to be banned outright. IMO cars need a limiter set at say 80mph that needs to be manually turned off by the driver if they wish to exceed that. If you want to turn it off when you drive to Germany fine, but then it is entirely on you if you decide to turn it off so you can drive at 90mph on UK motorways. If you have an accident that speed is a factor and you have turned it off then penalties should be even higher. That is then your personal choice and responsibility.
check out how many drive cars to the Nurburgring, don't ban the tool when its the tool driving it
but it wouldn't be banned in what I've suggested. It would be entirely optional to turn off the limiter. It's an interesting psychological barrier where people are happy enough to drive at 90mph as it's personal choice and responsibility, but I'm sure if they had to push a button to say you acknowledge that you are doing that they would suddenly seem to change their mind.
You are legally allowed to carry a folding blade that is less than 3 inches and non-lockable (as I do) without any reason needed. You are not allowed to carry a sword or a zombie knife because they are far beyond the reasonable needs of most people. You can in certain circumstances carry blades if you have a very specific reason e.g. a Chef.
I'm not suggesting it should be banned.
Ironically in Germany ISA is mandatory since June of this year. So in Germany your 170mph car will ping or vibrate when you exceed the limit or more likely reduce engine power to prevent you exceeding the speed limit unless you actively deactivate ISA or forcefully override the speed limiter by pressing harder on the accelerator. The vehicle will also record that you have done that so if you are involved in an accident good luck to you in the courts. This very rightly needs to come to the U.K. as well. No one is saying to ban your super car only that you actively acknowledge that YOU are fully responsible for any adverse impacts of you using it beyond the lawful limits imposed by the road authority/council.
Who’s freedom? I want my grandchildren to live to become adults without someone with small dick syndrome ‘accidentally’ killing them.
