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Motorway speeds: Get used to driving at 40mph
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Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View PostFTFYOriginally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostNo because I am . But I can take tea breaks in my garden.Comment
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This is why you aren't allowed to WFH and have to drive on the motorway like a wage-slave.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostThis is why you aren't allowed to WFH and have to drive on the motorway like a wage-slave.
Sorry - I couldn't resist, every one of your posts was just asking for a FTFY.Comment
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Didn't they run an experiment on the M25 a few years ago to make the maximum during rush hour 25mph? Instead of starting and stopping all the time, the traffic kept on the move and people found their journeys were quicker than normal.Comment
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Originally posted by Batcher View PostDidn't they run an experiment on the M25 a few years ago to make the maximum during rush hour 25mph? Instead of starting and stopping all the time, the traffic kept on the move and people found their journeys were quicker than normal.Comment
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What many people don't realise judging by the comments in that article (although it's quite well documented) is that dense fast moving traffic experiences chaotic shockwaves similar to a sonic boom. It travels in the opposite direction to the traffic and usually causes the flow to come to a halt. The point of reducing speed lmits is to prevent this happening, which reduces the overall journey time through a given busy stretch.
To put it simply, you just can't get that much traffic to flow at 70mph down that road. The above mentioned phenomena will prevent you from doing so.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Originally posted by doodab View PostWhat many people don't realise judging by the comments in that article (although it's quite well documented) is that dense fast moving traffic experiences chaotic shockwaves similar to a sonic boom. It travels in the opposite direction to the traffic and usually causes the flow to come to a halt. The point of reducing speed lmits is to prevent this happening, which reduces the overall journey time through a given busy stretch.
To put it simply, you just can't get that much traffic to flow at 70mph down that road. The above mentioned phenomena will prevent you from doing so.
The whole raison d'etre of motorways is high speed travel. If you're going to start reducing them to 40mph, then what's the point? May as well take the train if you want to waste half your day travelling.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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The chap explicitly states that he's referring to travelling "down the M6 into Birmingham" and "every weekday morning". To take a reference to a few miles of road a few hours a week, and convert it into "Motorists must get used to driving at 40mph on the motorway" is a bit of an over-generalisation, to say the least.Comment
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