Alex Heney wrote:
> On Mon, 12 May 2008 22:13:06 +0000, Mike
> wrote:
>> The road couldn't be unlimited in the UK.
>
> That is utterly irrelevant (as well as being wrong).
>
Which public road(s) in the UK has/have no speed limit?
>
>> 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.
>
It might not make sense (but nor do the proposals) but a law could be
passed prohibiting UK citizens from driving in excess of a certain speed
anywhere in the world. In fact, laws could be passed controlling
everything a UK citizen does anywhere.
> Speed limits ALWAYS apply to specific roads, and it is only exceeding
> the limit for a specific road that is a crime.
>
So? HMG could set a speed limit on every road in the world a prosecute
UK citizens for exceeding that limit when (or if) they returned to the
UK. We're not talking about UK citizens committing crimes abroad, these
proposals allow the prosecution of people abiding by the law of the
country they're in but doing things HMG think should be illegal.
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Mike |