Advantages: Can save lives Disadvantages: Causes more pollution
Speed limits are something that probably most drivers consider as having to be adhered to by everyone except himself or herself. It would certainly seem so judging by the way drivers behave on our roads.
As a society we have laws to govern the way that we behave towards each other and they are for the general benefit of ALL. It would be impossible to run a society otherwise, without descending into anarchy.
So if we have a law that limits the speed of traffic on a road then that is that. Break the law and risk prosecution for doing so.
Some people will argue that because of the inaccuracy of speedometers in cars and lorries and the parallax error that can occur when viewing a speedometer, there should be some leeway about enforcing the speed limits. These factors could mean that although you think you are doing 30 mph you are in ...
Advantages: A quiet spot not far from London and Midlands Disadvantages: Not enough Adnams pubs
look like the kind of road that?s actually going somewhere, rather than providing kerb for builders to build up to.
Once past the M25, you are then rewarded by a seemingly motorway standard road, with the speed limits to go with it, except that people towing caravans (or is it ?dragging sheds??) can dribble out of lay-bys without warning.
Overall, it?s about 110 miles from where we live to ??
WHERE WE STAYED - I relinquished the right to a tangible birthday present this year, preferring a treat - the treat being two nights at The Crown and Castle, Orford in Suffolk. We had dined there before whilst staying in a nearby B&B and loved it, well apart from the ?Farting Nymph*? picture over the fireplace in the dining room anyway.
*Actually, on second inspection, it appears to be an impression of a nude nymph standing in the surf ...
