On Mon, 12 May 2008 22:13:06 +0000, Mike
wrote:
>Alex Heney wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 09:25:52 +0000, Mike
>> wrote:
>
>>> These new proposals deal with acts that would be offences if they
>>> occurred in the UK. The absolute maximum speed permitted on a public
>>> road in the UK is 70mph so, if the Autobahn were in the UK, 160kph,
>>> would be in excess of the speed limit.
>>
>> The limit in force on the road in question is not 70mph.
>
>It would be (at most) if it were in the UK. Just as the AOC would be 16
>(or 17 in NI) if the person were in the UK.
>
>> Therefore there is no offence,
>
>In either case (presuming the acts occur where they are legally permitted).
>
>> and nor would there be in the UK, regardless of
>> what the maximum limit currently in force may be.
>
>The road couldn't be unlimited in the UK.
That is utterly irrelevant (as well as being wrong).
> Using the precedent of the
>proposals in question, there would be nothing to prevent HMG imposing a
>speed limit on UK citizens (or all UK driving licence holders) using
>German Autobahns.
>
No they couldn't.
It could not possibly make any sort of sense (even to the morons ion
government) unless a SINGLE limit were introduced across ALL UK roads.
Speed limits ALWAYS apply to specific roads, and it is only exceeding
the limit for a specific road that is a crime.
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