Alex Heney wrote:
>On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:18:04 GMT, "Mrcheerful"
>wrote:
>
>
>>Alasdair wrote:
>>
>>> What I would like is a GPS which would tell me the speed limit on any
>>> given stretch of road in real time so that if I miss the introductory
>>> 30mph signs, the screen would tell me I am in a 30 zone. Does such an
>>> instrument exist?
>>
>>gps speed camera warnings are legal, but if you don't know when you are in
>>a 30 limit then you should not be driving.
>
>Can we presume you don't drive then?
>
>Because I am quite sure that just about every single driver on the
>roads has at *some* time found themselves unsure of what the current
>speed limit is.
Doubters should try the North Circular Road on a wet Friday night in
the rush hour.
Overtakers, undertakers, tailgaters, everyone wanting to go faster
than you, signs painted on the road,e.g at junctions, are invisible.
Road signs by the hundred. Lights all over the place.
Oh, and the speed limit changes every couple of miles.
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