What a tw@.

[martin734]

[pepperami]

[sean5302]

[Riejufixing]

[sean5302]

And that would be why Parliament has made no enabling legislation, permitting French authorities to pursue UK motorists or motorcyclists over here.
You really haven't a clue, have you?
If speeding UK riders were a problem for European authorities I'm sure they'd ask UK Parliament to pass a law here. They haven't.

[sean5302]

[myvision]

In France they would throw the book at him.
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[sean5302]

[Riejufixing]

[sean5302]

[Easy-X]

I smell sock
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[pepperami]

[bhinso]

This thread escalated quickly.

[TheIncredible...]

[bhinso]

Could be a / sock.

The arguments remind me of him.

[sean5302]

[Polarbear]

[Royski]

[sean5302]

Are we saying 149mph is safe?
What about 148mph?

I'd suggest that the rider is the person to make the risk assessment, not the council or politicians.
Don't forget that Plod just upholds the law. They do as politicians tell them.

My local school has 30mph limits around it.
To do 30mph at 8:30am on a school day is asking for trouble with Mums crossing with kids.
At 2:00am on a Sunday night, is 30mph a sensible speed?
You don't know, because you're sitting there, but I do.

If I ride at 150mph on a motorway because I consider it safe and sensible, who is anyone else to tell me I'm wrong?
If I can do 186mph on an autobahn (and regularly do) why shouldn't I do the same here, if I assess the risk?
There is no "victim" because there is no accident.

Cue the "whataboutery, what if" mob.

[Easy-X]

Simple admin burden: there are plenty of tw@ts that, given the opportunity, would ride at 150mph all day, every day regardless of the bike or conditions. How does one differentiate between those skilled enough to ride at high speeds safely and thrill seeking squids? Look for the flip flops?

Politicians are lazy: one-size-fits-all, race to the bottom stuff. Easy to administer. Why 70mph? Pin in random chart. Why 21 units a week for men and 14 for women? Pin in a random chart.

We could easily have German style Autobahns here but that would require investment in better quality roads. Obviously this pays for itself eventually in increase productivity as people aren't hanging about as much but then you have the ideologues howling "but a child dies at 30 and might survive at 20!" Umm, we're talking about motorways? "DIE AT 30, SURVIVE AT 20!" But... "LALALALALALA!"

Politicians aren't brave. They haven't got the bottle to go "f*ck you!" to the MSM. Well, there is one that does, how's that working out?
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[sean5302]

Let's dissect that.
No, there aren't plenty of people who ride everywhere at 150mph. They end up dead very quickly. Experience is what keeps us alive. Knowing that we're masters of our bikes.
How does one differentiate? We make learners display "L" plates, restrict the power of their bikes and don't let them access motorways. We submit them to tests and only when we're satisfied they're capable to we license them.

Agreed second paragraph. 70mph was the limit set on 22 December 1965. Here we are with it, despite advances in road design, braking, handling and training. Is that sensible?

I'm surprised that you think we need investment in the roads. Have you ever travelled on the autobahns? You'll find they're almost all 2-lane concrete highways.

I don't understand your final paragraph. If you believe I'm right, why wouldn't you push for my opinion rather than that of the numpties who believe speed kills, rather than the improper use of speed?
We've now got 20mph "twenty's plenty" zones.
We've got women walking off footpaths, into the road, glued to mobile phones directly into the path of a biker riding perfectly legally on the road, yet held only 50% to blame.
We've got cyclists riding on footpaths or through red lights colliding with us and being given insurance payouts.
Are you in favour? The MSM can say what it wants, but it won't convince the sensible among us.

[Ste]

[bhinso]

YOU might ride at 150mph on a motorway because YOU consider it safe and sensible. Someone might drive/ride after having 5 pints of beer and consider themselves safe and sensible. Doesn't make it right though does it?
Sure, you or them may well avoid an accident but the odds start to go against you.

If you want to ride at those sort of speeds I'd suggest you save it for the track.

[sean5302]

Class "whataboutery".
You try to conflate a licensed, experienced, competent rider who makes a valid risk assessment with someone who is neither competent nor capable due to alcohol.

It is perfectly legal to ride at 150mph only some miles away on the autobahn.
It is certainly not legal to ride anywhere with your stomach containing 5 pints of beer.

Don't you comprehend the difference?

[BTTD]

150 is fast, even for the autobahn. There's plenty that'll storm along at 120, 130 when the roads empty, but 150 is somewhat unusual.
I've had two fines through last year, one from Germany and one from Austria 100kph zones where I was slightly over. No points, 30 euros and 40 euros. Both came with nice pictures of me. No they can't pursue me in the UK, but my number plate would ping up on ANPR next time through, and they are putting in border checks to look for illegals now and again.

On an empty UK road with decent visibility and weather on a fast bike. Meh.
Doing it past a marked Police car... I think he was probably calling himself a twat for doing that.