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by pwhysall
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9/3/05 1:33:01 PM
9/3/05 1:37:48 PM
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New Before 1965...
...motorways in the UK had no speed limit.

And then there were a couple of high-profile crashes, plus the famed Jaguar 190MPH road test, and the Powers That Be took a Ford Anglia, decided it went a bit wobbly and scary at 70MPH, and said "Behold! The Speed Limit!".

And so I get to drive on the motorway in my 1999 car (that's made by Germans for the Autobahn, and is somewhat better than a 1965 Ford Anglia) at a frankly ludicrous 70MPH.

Well, that's the official line, anyway. Repeat after me: "I always drive to the posted speed limit, oh yes indeed".

Peter
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Post #222,606
by hnick
9/3/05 1:35:44 PM
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New Could have been from that time period.
I was in my mid 20's and he had a good 15-20 years on me.
     Excuse me, I think I've just come. - (pwhysall) - (28) - Sept. 3, 2005, 04:56:36 AM EDT
         ya want a picture to hack off to? We can do that -NT - (boxley) - (10) - Sept. 3, 2005, 10:27:50 AM EDT
             That'd be this, then. - (pwhysall) - (9) - Sept. 3, 2005, 12:11:03 PM EDT
                 Fastest lorry on the road - (hnick) - (7) - Sept. 3, 2005, 12:19:43 PM EDT
                     Dunno about that - (pwhysall) - (6) - Sept. 3, 2005, 12:23:06 PM EDT
                         Oh, he liked them well enough - (hnick) - (2) - Sept. 3, 2005, 01:27:01 PM EDT
                             Before 1965... - (pwhysall) - (1) - Sept. 3, 2005, 01:37:48 PM EDT
                                 Could have been from that time period. - (hnick) - Sept. 3, 2005, 01:35:44 PM EDT
                         You didn't? Well, FYI that opinion WAS widely shared back... - (CRConrad) - (2) - Sept. 5, 2005, 08:01:20 AM EDT
                             I'm a good chunk younger than thee. -NT - (pwhysall) - (1) - Sept. 5, 2005, 08:02:22 AM EDT
                                 Not THAT much-I, too, only heard (read) it long afterwards. -NT - (CRConrad) - Sept. 5, 2005, 08:05:12 AM EDT
                 I still have a piece of that - - (Ashton) - Sept. 3, 2005, 06:31:32 PM EDT
         Come where? - (bionerd) - (1) - Sept. 3, 2005, 10:32:27 AM EDT
             Many males have difficulty discerning differences between - (Ashton) - Sept. 3, 2005, 06:43:13 PM EDT
         You want a fat Alfa-Romeo?!? 109 kB .img - (Another Scott) - (8) - Sept. 3, 2005, 10:39:35 AM EDT
             Alfa link - (pwhysall) - (7) - Sept. 3, 2005, 12:06:36 PM EDT
                 No desire caused here - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Sept. 3, 2005, 12:10:34 PM EDT
                     Figures. - (pwhysall) - (1) - Sept. 3, 2005, 12:11:24 PM EDT
                         Of course! :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Sept. 3, 2005, 01:00:44 PM EDT
                 Thanks. Notice the year on that? 2003. 73 kB .img. - (Another Scott) - (3) - Sept. 3, 2005, 01:16:39 PM EDT
                     Patriotic Brits buy... - (pwhysall) - (2) - Sept. 3, 2005, 01:34:47 PM EDT
                         Ok. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Sept. 3, 2005, 02:36:48 PM EDT
                             Also, Lotus == Vauxhall. - (pwhysall) - Sept. 3, 2005, 02:46:53 PM EDT
         The British are Coming! The British are Coming! - (imqwerky) - (1) - Sept. 3, 2005, 03:36:35 PM EDT
             Take your pick - - (Ashton) - Sept. 3, 2005, 06:57:18 PM EDT
         that? come off it - (cforde) - (2) - Sept. 4, 2005, 12:51:25 AM EDT
             ICLRPD (new thread) - (Steve Lowe) - Sept. 4, 2005, 12:54:43 AM EDT
             ..almost as much as I paid for the Matisse. In 1965. -NT - (Ashton) - Sept. 4, 2005, 03:24:22 PM EDT
         Lovely set of lawn ornaments - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:27:28 AM EDT

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