motorway

  1. coupe deville

    motorway speed limits

    Driving down to East Midlands Airport on the M1 in the morning rush hour for our hols last week I had 2 very different experiences. First 40 odd miles were fraught [ for the wife who is a poor passenger after a serious accident with an earlier boyfriend who managed to roll his car several times...
  2. Crazyjester900

    Ban trucks on the Motorway!!!!!

    I was driving home from work in the city and i was behind a truck, i noticed it's load was unsafe and sure enough a rock about the size of a football fell off the back and i ran over it as i had no where else to go!! remarkably my tire didn't burst but it ripped off some side paneling and i'm...
  3. S

    motorway cops bbc1 now!!!!

    is any one else watching this ........... im amazed there still alive , that poor lorry driver.
  4. H

    Motorway Rip-off

    Drivers filling up at motorway service stations have been hit the hardest during the recent petrol-price hikes, it has been revealed. Motorway prices have been, on average, nearly 10p a litre higher than supermarket forecourts located just off motorways, according to research by the RAC...
  5. 94mattda

    Motorway Wind Noise!!!!!!!!!!!

    Hello everyone... i am looking for advice on wha to do... i had a new motor put into the drivers side window as it stopped working but ince getting it back i get wind noise inside the car at high speeds.... Do i replace the rubbers around the window and where can i get these or can i play with...
  6. S

    Police in designated motorway laybys

    Evening all, Every other week I work an early shift at work, which involves me leaving the house at 5am to go 50 miles up the road to my desk ready for my 6am start. Nearly everyday I pass a good number those 'police only' laybys on the M4 and a each day a random one gets populated with a...
  7. BTB 500

    Police driver in marked car banned for doing 118 mph on motorway

    See below: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7186940.stm
  8. Howard

    When Motorway sewers go bad ....

    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5fe_1176635740 check out where the guy has got out of his damaged car for a better look at 1.09 ..... :eek:
  9. K

    Motorway lane discipline

    Once again driving on the M1 at the weekend I found myself on the inside lane drifting past people in the middle lane who showed no inclination to move over. I'm wondering how the law applies in this instance. Clearly, if you're travelling in the outside lane and use the middle lane to...
  10. jim4

    Anyone seen any sensible motorway warning signs recently ?

    Along the lines of the number plate thread......... Here's my contribution: Tonight travelling south on the M3 around 6pm, queueing traffic at the intersection with the east bound M27, 50mph warning signs all the way to halfway between Junction 5 and Junction 7, able to make about 5mph in...
  11. anarchy-inc

    more crazy motorway news

    http://www.sky.com/skynews/xml/article/0,,40000-214406,00.html Widen the M25, then choke it. Good plan guys . . . :crazy:
  12. pammy

    How not drive on a motorway

    EDIT: MIGHT NOT BE WORK SAFE http://kontraband.com/show/show.asp?ID=1870
  13. Mambo

    Car for blasting up the motorway

    I need a second car for my weekly trip up to Manchester from London and I have a couple of options: 1. Lease a new Golf dielsel for a year like Maff 2. Get a cheap (<£5k) car probably an old 5 series :crazy: or something. What do you all reckon would be the best option?
  14. M

    speed on motorway

    after reading the posts on the gps tracking in thread (the end of motoring as we know it.) as that was a really good topic, could i ask you for your views on, what speed you think we should be able to drive at on the motorway in a modern car ! (by modern i mean a car with abs and in good...
  15. Satch

    Signs target the motorway hoggers

    PA News 11 October 2004 A new attempt to educate some of Britain's most irritating drivers gets underway today. Two new safety messages will be unveiled on busy motorways urging motorists not to lurk needlessly in the middle lane. To be shown on 30 signs on the M1, M6, M18 and M62 for...
  16. Shude

    my local motorway services has gone up in smoke!

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3176744.stm nowhere is safe anymore!
  17. Shude

    Seven killed in motorway crash

    I was caught up in the resulting gridlock of this accident this morning: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3054867.stm Took me an extra hour to get to work. Small price to pay considering 7 people died, 2 are critical and 10 are "walking wounded" :eek:
  18. bloodmoon

    Would you pay a toll to use the motorway?

    Would you accept a toll system on Britain's roads? 1.Yes 2.Only if the road tax was lowered 3.Never!
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