100mph Petition. Yay or nay?

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[MCN]

The Speed Limit in the UK (and other thinking nations) is governed by unchangable physics.

And the stopping distance as related to vehcile speed.

The overall stopping distance, which many road users believe is just a list of numbers is a rather amazing law of physics.

Just increasing the speed from 70mph to 80mph doesn't relate to a simple extra overall stopping distance.
The maths for that uses the square of one value to provide the distance.

It looks wrong but its quite well established.

People argue that the numbers were arrived at when cars took longer to stop.
Maybe.

But cars now travel much faster and in more comfort for the driver so appreciation of speed can be skewed.

I think 70mph is too fast for some road users.
Better lane discipline would be a more advantageous campaign to champion.
Use the lanes properly. Move out when safe. Pass the slower vehicle vehicle move back in when the manoeuvre is complete.
Have patience.
Consider lesser mortals.
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[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[MCN]

[Val]

[MCN]

[woo]

Nope I am not in favour 100mph
Doing 100mph on a bike is extremely different doing it in a car.
The wind buffering on you at 100mph is far more intense than at 70mph plus that sustained for a longer period of time on the bike is really fatiguing.
Good fuel consumption goes out the window at 100mph vs 70mph
Can HGV lorries even get to 100mph?

You have less time to react to stuff at 100mph vs 70mph
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[DaddyStu]

I'm for less law and regulation. Scrap all the limits and leave the people to choose their own speed when outta town. I'm not going to do 100mph everywhere - fuel would dissipate quicker than a virgins knickers on the Jimmy Savile show.
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[Kawasaki Jimbo]

A1(M) police stinger deployed after motorbike exceeds 160mph

[st3v3]

[lingeringstin...]

This is the most absurd fucking thing I've heard this year so far. The idiots that already regularly go a hundred plus miles per hour on the motorways (quite a lot of them are on motorcycles) would just take that to mean it's now OK to do 160mph (while making a video of it for their social media faggots) and as usual it's people NOT driving like fucking imbeciles that inevitably get taken out by these morons.

The pothole-encrusted roads of Great Britain are not race tracks. It's perfectly legal for people to drive vintage cars and small bikes of less than 10 horsepower on these same roads, so telling the jerks on the fashion statement vehicles it's OK to drive/ride like a prick is just asking for disaster.

Tractors and wildlife (fucking pheasants!) are a common factor as well. It rains like ALL THE BLOODY TIME in many parts of the UK and most British people instinctively drive faster in the rain and fog than they do in the dry. I don't know why that is but after more than a decade of motorcycle courier work I know it's true.

In my opinion the average public dipshit shouldn't be allowed to have more than 35 horsepower of anything without special training because most people these days hurling themselves around in modern giant mental illness cars with unnecessarily enormous wheels and dangerously bright headlights set directly at YOUR eye level are too fucking busy playing with their phones or contemplating the thousand different functions on their car stereo systems to pay any fucking attention to where they're going.

You want to drive a hundred? GO TO A FUCKING TRACK AND DO IT THERE, YOU FUCKING CUNTS.

[TravisBickle]

[mentalboy]

What happens to the between charge range on these electric cars that you lot love so much when you buzz around at a ton?

Got home early today, managed to reduce my 90 mile trip home by a few minutes by setting the cruise control at 85 when I hit the interstate. Those extra few minutes made diddly squat difference but knocked my gas use down to a measly 16mpg (US gallons), even at 3 bucks a gallon that sucks.
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[TravisBickle]

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