Spock:

I am kind of a "by the book" sort of fella; I just like going fast when it's safe to do so. The 70mph motorway speed limit in the UK was introduced as a "temporary experiment" back in the 60s. Back then most cars couldn't do 70mph and most roads weren't engineered for more. It's an anachronism.

The speed limit is increasingly rigidly and dumbly enforced in the UK. Recently a local authority ran this campaign: "all you need to be a good driver is the ability to balance the needle at 30mph". Mmm...

And while the police nick me for doing 17 over on a dry and quiet motorway, I often see them speeding with no apparent justification or necessity. There is a stretch of road near my home which is renowned for accidents; recently the limit was reduced from 70 to 50mph, and speed cameras were installed. The other day a police car blithely came past me at (I estimate) 75mph. There was no emergency (no blue lights flashing), but it was getting awfully close to 4pm: shift change. I should have taken the registration and made a complaint.

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JJ Rodger
2013 G350 Bluetec
1999 SL 500
1993 E300 diesel T
1990 190