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Road users have had speed limits imposed before they could even measure mpg. Blokes with red flags in real early days and the 30 mph limit in 1935...or 4.. Whatever the reason for its intriduction is not worth arguing about, in reality it was no doubt a combination of all mentioned and for...

Well nobody actually knows. 70 mph limit was before serious fuel crisis.. And limit was introduced when your average car was lucky if it did 70mph.(mught have said so on speedo, but they invariably over read by 10%) Your average car now could probably double speed limit now.. And road traffic on...

It is but expensive now... Easily a years road tax in a day... And be careful... Couple I knew were asked go speak to Gendarme near payment booth and to show tickets. They had hammered down in a Mondeo diesel... Fined on spot, with toll payments and times as proof of their exploits..??? And with...

In conversation he said he, d backed off at 150mph....but he would I suppose. Sand bagging always been common in racing..

Not quite true. There was a bit of a fracas in parliament over an AC Cobra doing 150 mph on a newly opened stretch of M1... An E type (a factory version) had also been tested to a similar speed... I don't actually think raising speed limit to 85 or so(its that at moment really) would affect...

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/what-lockdown-sceptics-get-wrong-about-sweden Sweden and UK are different countries.. People insist on comparing UK with utterly different countries with regards almost every metric. And Sweden hasn't handled pandemic as well as its neighbours. Look on...

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2251615-is-swedens-coronavirus-strategy-a-cautionary-tale-or-a-success-story/ So did Sweden. Its neighbours did far better

Risk to a 40 year old of dying from Covid is 0.1%...1 in a thousand. Now repeat your maths. And that's before we examine effects of long covid. What you call it is irrelevant. Its simply how many will die if /when they contract covid against how many might die from vaccine. You complicate stuff...

I, m afraid it's that very attitude that has led to many deaths of young blokes on motorbikes. Simple fact is our road network is for public and commercial transport. Historically its seen by many as a sports venue. It isn't. If folk want to take risks, drive fast, wheelie down road get on race...

Chances are tho, if you are involved in an accident police can down load all info from car's data storage already. And, why shouldn't they, to determine who is to blame. You must tax, insure and register your car so the freedom is only an impression. Between your phone, car's GPS and car's data...

I suppose its different as we age. Trying to think of situation where I would need a vaccine "passport" and what I, d miss if I hadn't got one. Curry house once a fortnight, going to occasional concert, holidays, and rare pub visit... It would hardly affect me at all if I missed out on all that...

I, m afraid Flecc that is purely hypothetical. Had we adopted a more relaxed stance I suspect our death rate would have been even worse. Its strange that you and OG seem not to disagree over this issue when OG insists many policies have been late or helped to cause our death rate,whereas you...

It's something I haven't considered that much, but you are right. There are bound to be downsides,it's just deciding whether the downsides are acceptable for the benefits. I do think the Aids issue is a bit different. There was much more of a stigma attached to it, which has dissapated somewhat...

No I didn't, I said it was one of many contributing factors and went on to list them. All of which were inapplicable to UK. And, yes, Japan did well (as I agreed) but the reasons for their succuss are actually as yet unknown, but believed to be (amongst others) the countries previous exposure to...

They are brilliant. I borrowed an MP3 LT 250...loved it... Couldn't fault it... I, d have one definitely..

I, d be fine either way. Making it mandatory and enforcing it are two different things. I ain't visiting places that don't want to support rules but I suspect a lot of businesses will be against it. Was in a motorbike shop last week,I was only one in place with a mask on, some chap came in and...

Congrats Susan, I knew you'd get there in the end! Tell you what Jonathon, think I, m going to keep posting as Suzan. Never had so many PMs... Thought I was going to get a marriage proposal... From folk who normally swear and shout... I might blackmail a few with threat of posting messages sent...

You are having another snowy moment flecc. There isn't a single insult in there, except in your imagination of course.

Holland just stopped AZ vaccine for under 60s. Thousands of appointments cancelled.

Well that's the dilemna isn't it. As our government done too much or not enough? You generally argue too much, most argue not enough. Sweden when compared with its nearest neighbours hasn't done so well at all...