Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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No. But if the hundreds of miles of UK motorways have a speed limit of 70 other than at times of congestion, randomly reducing the speed limit by 10mph over an arbitrary, rural stretch isn’t going to save us from anything.pangolin said:Surely most of us acknowledge by now that air quality is not just affected in the immediate vicinity of a car / plane / lorry / factory...
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So the annoying thing is that it's not all 60?morstar said:
No. But if the hundreds of miles of UK motorways have a speed limit of 70 other than at times of congestion, randomly reducing the speed limit by 10mph over an arbitrary, rural stretch isn’t going to save us from anything.pangolin said:Surely most of us acknowledge by now that air quality is not just affected in the immediate vicinity of a car / plane / lorry / factory...
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Being intentionally obtuse?pangolin said:
So the annoying thing is that it's not all 60?morstar said:
No. But if the hundreds of miles of UK motorways have a speed limit of 70 other than at times of congestion, randomly reducing the speed limit by 10mph over an arbitrary, rural stretch isn’t going to save us from anything.pangolin said:Surely most of us acknowledge by now that air quality is not just affected in the immediate vicinity of a car / plane / lorry / factory...
No. If the government made the motorway speed limit 60 on environmental grounds, I could agree or disagree but at least know where I stand.
I was annoyed at being held to a lower speed for no discernible reason on a very empty motorway.
Stevo made a reasonable suggestion that it could be environmentally based. I simply pointed out that seemed unlikely given the nature of that bit of road. Generally that happens near built up areas.1 -
I’m sure that the smart motorway we’re talking about was the pilot for using 60mph for all motorway roadworks.morstar said:
Being intentionally obtuse?pangolin said:
So the annoying thing is that it's not all 60?morstar said:
No. But if the hundreds of miles of UK motorways have a speed limit of 70 other than at times of congestion, randomly reducing the speed limit by 10mph over an arbitrary, rural stretch isn’t going to save us from anything.pangolin said:Surely most of us acknowledge by now that air quality is not just affected in the immediate vicinity of a car / plane / lorry / factory...
No. If the government made the motorway speed limit 60 on environmental grounds, I could agree or disagree but at least know where I stand.
I was annoyed at being held to a lower speed for no discernible reason on a very empty motorway.
Stevo made a reasonable suggestion that it could be environmentally based. I simply pointed out that seemed unlikely given the nature of that bit of road. Generally that happens near built up areas.0 -
Exactly. Unfortunately we don't have a rolleyes emoji any more.morstar said:
I’ve see this in a few places near towns on other roads. I can assure you that you would be incredibly hard stretched to save the lungs of any human by reducing the speed between stoke and south of stafford. It’s endless miles of open fields for most of that stretch.Stevo_666 said:morstar said:Carrying on from Intriguing speed limit encounter on the M6, I also have an annoying one.
Over the last 4 years or so, the M6 between Stoke and South of Stafford (20-30) miles or so has been smarted.
I have driven it 4 times in the last 2 weeks and even when empty in the evening, it seems to be permanently set to 60mph.
Why?
I've occasionally seem some bollox on the motorway signs about speed being set to 60 to improve air quality. Clearly a lot of people live there...morstar said:Carrying on from Intriguing speed limit encounter on the M6, I also have an annoying one.
Over the last 4 years or so, the M6 between Stoke and South of Stafford (20-30) miles or so has been smarted.
I have driven it 4 times in the last 2 weeks and even when empty in the evening, it seems to be permanently set to 60mph.
Why?"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
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I've done a number of M6 transits up and down these past several months, another coming Sunday evening.
The air quality 60 signs I've seen have been around the elevated section through Birmingham, past J6 and upwards. Though usually it's congested and slower anyway.
The section around Stafford with the continual 60 limit on pretty empty carriageways looks like just a carry over from the roadworks, the lane closures I saw earlier in year have all gone. Still testing the tech?
And the bit where the works end (southbound after J14?) and national speed limit sign shows does mean 70. I've not been ticketed by cameras when always get back up to 70(ish) after miles and miles of sleep inducing stay at 60.0 -
Here's the details of the air quality trials. That section of the M6 is not part of it, but junction 6 to 7 is. https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-work/environment/air-quality-and-noise/air-quality/air-quality-speed-limit-trials/0
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🙄Stevo_666 said:
Exactly. Unfortunately we don't have a rolleyes emoji any more.morstar said:
I’ve see this in a few places near towns on other roads. I can assure you that you would be incredibly hard stretched to save the lungs of any human by reducing the speed between stoke and south of stafford. It’s endless miles of open fields for most of that stretch.Stevo_666 said:morstar said:Carrying on from Intriguing speed limit encounter on the M6, I also have an annoying one.
Over the last 4 years or so, the M6 between Stoke and South of Stafford (20-30) miles or so has been smarted.
I have driven it 4 times in the last 2 weeks and even when empty in the evening, it seems to be permanently set to 60mph.
Why?
I've occasionally seem some bollox on the motorway signs about speed being set to 60 to improve air quality. Clearly a lot of people live there...morstar said:Carrying on from Intriguing speed limit encounter on the M6, I also have an annoying one.
Over the last 4 years or so, the M6 between Stoke and South of Stafford (20-30) miles or so has been smarted.
I have driven it 4 times in the last 2 weeks and even when empty in the evening, it seems to be permanently set to 60mph.
Why?1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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Out of interest, how many minutes did the 10mph reduction in speed add to your journey?morstar said:
Being intentionally obtuse?pangolin said:
So the annoying thing is that it's not all 60?morstar said:
No. But if the hundreds of miles of UK motorways have a speed limit of 70 other than at times of congestion, randomly reducing the speed limit by 10mph over an arbitrary, rural stretch isn’t going to save us from anything.pangolin said:Surely most of us acknowledge by now that air quality is not just affected in the immediate vicinity of a car / plane / lorry / factory...
No. If the government made the motorway speed limit 60 on environmental grounds, I could agree or disagree but at least know where I stand.
I was annoyed at being held to a lower speed for no discernible reason on a very empty motorway.
Stevo made a reasonable suggestion that it could be environmentally based. I simply pointed out that seemed unlikely given the nature of that bit of road. Generally that happens near built up areas.
You can round up 😉1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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Quite possibly. Although I’m pretty sure it was 50mully79 said:
I’m sure that the smart motorway we’re talking about was the pilot for using 60mph for all motorway roadworks.morstar said:
Being intentionally obtuse?pangolin said:
So the annoying thing is that it's not all 60?morstar said:
No. But if the hundreds of miles of UK motorways have a speed limit of 70 other than at times of congestion, randomly reducing the speed limit by 10mph over an arbitrary, rural stretch isn’t going to save us from anything.pangolin said:Surely most of us acknowledge by now that air quality is not just affected in the immediate vicinity of a car / plane / lorry / factory...
No. If the government made the motorway speed limit 60 on environmental grounds, I could agree or disagree but at least know where I stand.
I was annoyed at being held to a lower speed for no discernible reason on a very empty motorway.
Stevo made a reasonable suggestion that it could be environmentally based. I simply pointed out that seemed unlikely given the nature of that bit of road. Generally that happens near built up areas.
Several hours. I drove it multiple times to see when or if they would turn the signs off.rjsterry said:
Out of interest, how many minutes did the 10mph reduction in speed add to your journey?morstar said:
Being intentionally obtuse?pangolin said:
So the annoying thing is that it's not all 60?morstar said:
No. But if the hundreds of miles of UK motorways have a speed limit of 70 other than at times of congestion, randomly reducing the speed limit by 10mph over an arbitrary, rural stretch isn’t going to save us from anything.pangolin said:Surely most of us acknowledge by now that air quality is not just affected in the immediate vicinity of a car / plane / lorry / factory...
No. If the government made the motorway speed limit 60 on environmental grounds, I could agree or disagree but at least know where I stand.
I was annoyed at being held to a lower speed for no discernible reason on a very empty motorway.
Stevo made a reasonable suggestion that it could be environmentally based. I simply pointed out that seemed unlikely given the nature of that bit of road. Generally that happens near built up areas.
You can round up 😉
But, for clarification, (and I’m amazed how often this needs clarifying), this is the ‘Trivial’ things that annoy thread.
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I’ll adapt and live but it is fücking annoying.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
😁morstar said:
Quite possibly. Although I’m pretty sure it was 50mully79 said:
I’m sure that the smart motorway we’re talking about was the pilot for using 60mph for all motorway roadworks.morstar said:
Being intentionally obtuse?pangolin said:
So the annoying thing is that it's not all 60?morstar said:
No. But if the hundreds of miles of UK motorways have a speed limit of 70 other than at times of congestion, randomly reducing the speed limit by 10mph over an arbitrary, rural stretch isn’t going to save us from anything.pangolin said:Surely most of us acknowledge by now that air quality is not just affected in the immediate vicinity of a car / plane / lorry / factory...
No. If the government made the motorway speed limit 60 on environmental grounds, I could agree or disagree but at least know where I stand.
I was annoyed at being held to a lower speed for no discernible reason on a very empty motorway.
Stevo made a reasonable suggestion that it could be environmentally based. I simply pointed out that seemed unlikely given the nature of that bit of road. Generally that happens near built up areas.
Several hours. I drove it multiple times to see when or if they would turn the signs off.rjsterry said:
Out of interest, how many minutes did the 10mph reduction in speed add to your journey?morstar said:
Being intentionally obtuse?pangolin said:
So the annoying thing is that it's not all 60?morstar said:
No. But if the hundreds of miles of UK motorways have a speed limit of 70 other than at times of congestion, randomly reducing the speed limit by 10mph over an arbitrary, rural stretch isn’t going to save us from anything.pangolin said:Surely most of us acknowledge by now that air quality is not just affected in the immediate vicinity of a car / plane / lorry / factory...
No. If the government made the motorway speed limit 60 on environmental grounds, I could agree or disagree but at least know where I stand.
I was annoyed at being held to a lower speed for no discernible reason on a very empty motorway.
Stevo made a reasonable suggestion that it could be environmentally based. I simply pointed out that seemed unlikely given the nature of that bit of road. Generally that happens near built up areas.
You can round up 😉
But, for clarification, (and I’m amazed how often this needs clarifying), this is the ‘Trivial’ things that annoy thread.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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The cute young fox cubs have morphed into delinquent teenagers trashing the garden. They can FRO now.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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They've just recently smarted a section of the M4 (3-12) and are in the process of removing the cones etc but they've announced that a temporary 60mph speed limit will be in place while final testing of the smart technology including stopped vehicle detection takes place, so I assume the same applies to that bit of the M6.morstar said:Carrying on from Intriguing speed limit encounter on the M6, I also have an annoying one.
Over the last 4 years or so, the M6 between Stoke and South of Stafford (20-30) miles or so has been smarted.
I have driven it 4 times in the last 2 weeks and even when empty in the evening, it seems to be permanently set to 60mph.
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Sounds plausible.schlepcycling said:
They've just recently smarted a section of the M4 (3-12) and are in the process of removing the cones etc but they've announced that a temporary 60mph speed limit will be in place while final testing of the smart technology including stopped vehicle detection takes place, so I assume the same applies to that bit of the M6.morstar said:Carrying on from Intriguing speed limit encounter on the M6, I also have an annoying one.
Over the last 4 years or so, the M6 between Stoke and South of Stafford (20-30) miles or so has been smarted.
I have driven it 4 times in the last 2 weeks and even when empty in the evening, it seems to be permanently set to 60mph.
Why?
I have done some testing and can assure them the 60 sign works.0 -
Not sure if that's one for the cheeer you up thread instead.rjsterry said:
🙄Stevo_666 said:
Exactly. Unfortunately we don't have a rolleyes emoji any more.morstar said:
I’ve see this in a few places near towns on other roads. I can assure you that you would be incredibly hard stretched to save the lungs of any human by reducing the speed between stoke and south of stafford. It’s endless miles of open fields for most of that stretch.Stevo_666 said:morstar said:Carrying on from Intriguing speed limit encounter on the M6, I also have an annoying one.
Over the last 4 years or so, the M6 between Stoke and South of Stafford (20-30) miles or so has been smarted.
I have driven it 4 times in the last 2 weeks and even when empty in the evening, it seems to be permanently set to 60mph.
Why?
I've occasionally seem some bollox on the motorway signs about speed being set to 60 to improve air quality. Clearly a lot of people live there...morstar said:Carrying on from Intriguing speed limit encounter on the M6, I also have an annoying one.
Over the last 4 years or so, the M6 between Stoke and South of Stafford (20-30) miles or so has been smarted.
I have driven it 4 times in the last 2 weeks and even when empty in the evening, it seems to be permanently set to 60mph.
Why?"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
You can just insert emojis from your phone or computer. You're not limited to the ones in the forum.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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20 minutes per day, every day for 3 months so at least 20 hoursrjsterry said:
Out of interest, how many minutes did the 10mph reduction in speed add to your journey?morstar said:
Being intentionally obtuse?pangolin said:
So the annoying thing is that it's not all 60?morstar said:
No. But if the hundreds of miles of UK motorways have a speed limit of 70 other than at times of congestion, randomly reducing the speed limit by 10mph over an arbitrary, rural stretch isn’t going to save us from anything.pangolin said:Surely most of us acknowledge by now that air quality is not just affected in the immediate vicinity of a car / plane / lorry / factory...
No. If the government made the motorway speed limit 60 on environmental grounds, I could agree or disagree but at least know where I stand.
I was annoyed at being held to a lower speed for no discernible reason on a very empty motorway.
Stevo made a reasonable suggestion that it could be environmentally based. I simply pointed out that seemed unlikely given the nature of that bit of road. Generally that happens near built up areas.
You can round up 😉
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Not sure over what distance the lower limit applies, but at 60, 42 miles takes 6 minutes longer than at 70. About 8.6 seconds a mile. The entire M6 toll road is only 27 miles long, so it couldn't add 20 minutes to your journey unless you are operating some sort of shuttle service. Definitely trivial1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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School/nursery letters. It's going to be hot on Monday/Tuesday, so we may need to send kids home early, so they can be hot at home instead. Health and safety etc.0
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Ours emailed us this week (Monday I think) to tell us that because it was hot they were keeping the kids inside, but could we please pick them up early so they could have some time at home in a paddling pool etc. Obviously gardens are cooler at home.TheBigBean said:School/nursery letters. It's going to be hot on Monday/Tuesday, so we may need to send kids home early, so they can be hot at home instead. Health and safety etc.
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What if they live in a flat?pangolin said:
Ours emailed us this week (Monday I think) to tell us that because it was hot they were keeping the kids inside, but could we please pick them up early so they could have some time at home in a paddling pool etc. Obviously gardens are cooler at home.TheBigBean said:School/nursery letters. It's going to be hot on Monday/Tuesday, so we may need to send kids home early, so they can be hot at home instead. Health and safety etc.
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Apparently, it will be too hot to decorate next week as well. This country really doesn't cope well with vaguely cold or hot weather.0
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I'm willing to move beyond "vaguely hot" for 40C.0
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Yeah, you're right. That's 'distinctly warm'.kingstongraham said:I'm willing to move beyond "vaguely hot" for 40C.
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How much of the world doesn't have 40c temperatures every year? If it is 30c in the Arctic will humans melt?kingstongraham said:I'm willing to move beyond "vaguely hot" for 40C.
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