Speed Limit On Sheffield Parkway Set To Be Cut?

[Padders]

3 minutes ago, Cyclone said:

I didn't remember, but sure, I wouldn't reveal personal information.

Perhaps that profession has coloured your perception of speed though.  Or maybe it's just being old...  I haven't been on the motorway with my Dad driving for a long time, but I wonder if he drives a bit slower now that he's heading towards 70.

If at the age of 70, driving at 70 feels like speeding, it's probably time to reassess whether you are a competent driver, not just IMO, but under the rules of the road.

I still drive, go up to Brid on a regular basis, 1hr 50mins on a clear run.. I will be perfectly honest with you, I only use motorways of peak, do not like motorways when they are busy.. East Midlands airport Wed 14th Aug 2pm flight not looking forward to the drive..

Lot of the posts I have made have been taken completely out of text, and twisted round to make me look incompetent.

[Cyclone]

I'm not sure that's true, it's certainly not deliberate.

 

Multiple times you've deliberately called driving at 70 speeding, we all know it isn't.

You've said multiple times that you won't and don't drive at a speed above 50, there's no twisting there, it makes you sound incompetent, very nervous and slightly dangerous.

I think you called 30 "racing around", which sounds ludicrous.

 

On 08/07/2019 at 17:54, Padders said:

I"m with you Presley, I"m sick of these people who think if the speed limit is 70, you must drive as close as possible to 70.

Nothing wrong at all with 50/60.

The majority of this thread now exists because you and before you Presley have tried to justify driving significantly below the speed limit.  Presely in fact declared that it was dangerous to drive at 70, I note that he's been gone from the thread for a while now though.

[Padders]

2 minutes ago, Cyclone said:

I'm not sure that's true, it's certainly not deliberate.

 

Multiple times you've deliberately called driving at 70 speeding, we all know it isn't.

You've said multiple times that you won't and don't drive at a speed above 50, there's no twisting there, it makes you sound incompetent, very nervous and slightly dangerous.

I think you called 30 "racing around", which sounds ludicrous.

 

The majority of this thread now exists because you and before you Presley have tried to justify driving significantly below the speed limit.  Presely in fact declared that it was dangerous to drive at 70, I note that he's been gone from the thread for a while now though.

Cyclone much as I value your opinions on most threads, I have to strongly disagree with you on this one.

70 is going very fast, so I call it speeding.

I have never said multiple times that I won"t and don"t drive above 50, I have simply stated rightly or wrongly that driving at 50 on a motorway is not incompetent driving.

Racing around at 30 I said on estates, a few yrs back very true, what have the authorities done since, introduced a 20mph limit on estates and outside schools, and yet some drivers still ignore it.

[Cyclone]

You know full well that "speeding" specifically means "exceeding the posted speed limit" though, so why use deliberately misleading language?

 

So do you or do you not drive at 50mph on the motorway?

 

You didn't mention "on estates", perhaps that's what you meant.

[Resident]

1 hour ago, Padders said:

Cyclone much as I value your opinions on most threads, I have to strongly disagree with you on this one.

70 is going very fast, so I call it speeding.

I have never said multiple times that I won"t and don"t drive above 50, I have simply stated rightly or wrongly that driving at 50 on a motorway is not incompetent driving.

Racing around at 30 I said on estates, a few yrs back very true, what have the authorities done since, introduced a 20mph limit on estates and outside schools, and yet some drivers still ignore it.

You've stated that you do drive at 50mph on the motorway in good conditions and even that you slow down when there's a HGV behind you. That is the epitome of incompetent driving.

 

The fact that you even state that you're so nervous to drive on particular roads at given times shows that you shouldn't be driving. Nervous/timid driving causes accidents just as over-confident driving does. I've already linked evidence to that fact. 

 

The revelation that you're a professional driver yet drive in a manner that falls well short of a basic driving test is astonishing.

[Padders]

1 hour ago, Cyclone said:

You know full well that "speeding" specifically means "exceeding the posted speed limit" though, so why use deliberately misleading language?

 

So do you or do you not drive at 50mph on the motorway?

 

You didn't mention "on estates", perhaps that's what you meant.

 

These days most of my driving is  99.9% purely for leisure, no need for me to rush about, on the motorway I"ve often drove at 70, but I prefer a more comfortable leisurely drive, quite happy at 50/60. just had a rummage round and found a couple of safe driving awards, see if I can get my daughter to post em on here. I have"nt a clue how to do it.

Few years ago my next door neighbour kindly took me to East Midlands airport, very intelligent guy I might add, on the motorway he swiftly reached 80mph, chatting away to me,  HOLDING THE STEERING WHEEL with his little finger, I will not tell you my reaction.

[Guest makapaka]

3 hours ago, Cyclone said:

 

You really do have to do what the speed limit is, or close to it, if conditions allow, otherwise you're driving badly.

Sorry, but that's you.

You sound like you shouldn't be allowed to drive.

Not a strawman, unless you can explain why 50 is correct and your argument can't then be extended to 30 or 10...  Obviously it can, 50 is entirely arbitrary, so is 30, 10, 8, 14, any number we care to dream up that is lower than the current limit is "safer" and so your argument applies.  So explain why 50 is correct and not 70 or 30.

This has been explained to you multiple times now.  We know you don't want to accept it, but you can't just pretend it's not the case.

What a strange argument. Yes then - 1mph.

 

Or maybe something sensible - like 50mph - which will not significantly alter journey times over relatively short distances and is by no means slow.

 

Also safer and also reduces air pollution.

[Padders]

4 minutes ago, makapaka said:

What a strange argument. Yes then - 1mph.

 

Or maybe something sensible - like 50mph - which will not significantly alter journey times over relatively short distances and is by no means slow.

 

Also safer and also reduces air pollution.

Yippee, about time  .

[Cyclone]

53 minutes ago, makapaka said:

What a strange argument. Yes then - 1mph.

 

Or maybe something sensible - like 50mph - which will not significantly alter journey times over relatively short distances and is by no means slow.

 

Also safer and also reduces air pollution.

You've entirely failed to explain why 50 is more appropriate than 70 in this or indeed any given instance.

The only effort you appear to have made is "reduces air pollution".  So then you'd advocate dropping speed limits everywhere to 50mph?  If not, then why in this instance should it be reduced?

1 hour ago, Padders said:

These days most of my driving is  99.9% purely for leisure, no need for me to rush about, on the motorway I"ve often drove at 70

So now that you personally have time to kill, you dawdle around, impede other traffic, and then call 70 speeding when you know full well that it isn't...

[Guest makapaka]

4 minutes ago, Cyclone said:

You've entirely failed to explain why 50 is more appropriate than 70 in this or indeed any given instance.

The only effort you appear to have made is "reduces air pollution".  So then you'd advocate dropping speed limits everywhere to 50mph?  If not, then why in this instance should it be reduced?

So now that you personally have time to kill, you dawdle around, impede other traffic, and then call 70 speeding when you know full well that it isn't...

And that it’s safer.

 

I wouldn’t have an issue with them dropping the speed limits everywhere if it made it safer to drive and more environmentally friendly to do so either - no.

 

why don’t you want that to happen?