I lived in Germany for a few years and  most days did 120 mph to-from
work. Often overtook the Police who seems only to care about the body
language of the car not just the speed. I was done for exceeding the
speed limit (once) outside a school (and rightly so) for doing 25 mpg
and should have been 20.  Good drivers like me (40 years) know it
needs intense concentration and skill, consideration and many other
factors. EACH TIME I drive, I learn more, (and try to) even after all
this time. I am not a slow learner. But then I was driving in a
country with many other skillful drivers - not this dump of a UK where
baseball-capped oaf's and many who should not even have a license
think they know it all.

I was occasionally overtaken by Porche and supercars in Germany - they
were probably going at some 200 mph and belive me you have to be
with-it to see two tiny lights miles behind you be suddenly only
metres away. I was a daily challege,

There are many great drivers in the UK - I hope YOU are one of them
and see the truth of what I say not the superiority - which is not my
intention. Are you good enough to see it?

It was a poor troll wasn't it heh.  Still, I thought of people like him the
other day when I was doing 150.

Cessna was it?

I don't think you know how Usenet works, do you?

Did you realise that you've opted out of showing your address on your
domain and that Nominet doesn't allow this for commercial websites? I'll
contact them for you so that they can correct your error.

And, lock up every male human who /could/ commit rape.

I used to think it would be a good idea to increase the limit to 90 or 100,
but in recent years the standard has gone below the lowest of the low that I
think 70 is about right nowadays to take in to account the safety of the
least competent twat. Sadly the w.nkers of the world are now using our
motorways, when in the past it was just the British w.nkers, who at least
had a vague clue and had passed the UK test.

Graham

Why would limiting max speed, limit acceleration/power? Not that I am
advocating a lower speed, but a max speed of 70 does not mean you have to
drive a 650cc engine. We have computers these days. Even without them its
perfectly possible to stop the car going above 70, no matter how much power
it has.

Graham

One thing to stop it

TIME EXPOSED TO DANGER

Using full performance during an overtake is a very good idea

The Govt will not pass a law against *selling* cars. Instead they are
concentrating on making it either illegal or impossible to *drive* one
anywhere.