Speed limit on motorways.

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gavroche

Getting old but not past it
Location
North Wales
It seems that the new national speed limit on motorways is now 50 mph as I spent most of my time coming back from Burnley today at that speed. ( Average speed cameras to insure). The irony of it all is that there were 3 clear lanes most of the time, no cones and no road works so why 50 mph?
We are going to Devon for a few days soon and I dread the journey as the M6 and M5 are littered with 50 mph speed limits for miles.
 
Accept your journey to Devon will be slower than you think and take longer, if it isn't speed restrictions something will cause delays. You may be pleasantly surprised that way than trying to have some sort of desired time that you want to arrive at.
 

Drago

Legendary Member
Travelling fifty miles in the space of an hour is astonishing really, when one thinks out it. I can't really seen the need to travel any faster. The way a lot of plums behave on the motorway I'd have no issue if that were made the prevailing speed limit and was rigidly enforced - Not 55, or 54, or even 51. Fifty, and blummen well not a single digit more.
 

irw

Quadricyclist
Location
Liverpool, UK
We are going to Devon for a few days soon and I dread the journey as the M6 and M5 are littered with 50 mph speed limits for miles.

Seriously, take the A49 via Shrewsbury, Ludlow, Hereford, then the A466 via Monmouth instead. It will take you the same time, if not slightly less, and be much more pleasant!
 
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Most of our trip up the M6 to Warrington this morning was driven at 70 - 75mph, there were roadworks between j16 and j19 with a 50 limit, a lot of the time we were the slowest vehcle on the motorway.
 

Welsh wheels

Lycra king
Location
South Wales
It seems that the new national speed limit on motorways is now 50 mph as I spent most of my time coming back from Burnley today at that speed. ( Average speed cameras to insure). The irony of it all is that there were 3 clear lanes most of the time, no cones and no road works so why 50 mph?
We are going to Devon for a few days soon and I dread the journey as the M6 and M5 are littered with 50 mph speed limits for miles.
Journeys to Devon down the M5 always take forever.
 
Easy solution: why don't you have your holidays in North Wales? :whistle:
 

marzjennings

Legendary Member
Travelling fifty miles in the space of an hour is astonishing really, when one thinks out it. I can't really seen the need to travel any faster. The way a lot of plums behave on the motorway I'd have no issue if that were made the prevailing speed limit and was rigidly enforced - Not 55, or 54, or even 51. Fifty, and blummen well not a single digit more.

Not astonishing at all considering the century we're in and that the one hour record for cycling is 50 miles. Heck 50mph is barely out of third on some cars, second on others. I thought by now we'd have at least seen 80mph as the new limit, maybe even more.
 

Profpointy

Legendary Member
Let the train take the strain. :smile:

Train take the strain is great, providng the destination, and indeed starting point is only a mole ir so from the station. It's hopeless if your destination is a village 10 miles from the station. If only there was an easy way of sticking your bike in the guard's van then you could just cycle the last bit. Alas they've pretty much done away with that
 
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