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Edna Average
As a regular user of the M1 I am intrigued by the 50 mph speed limit monitoring in the 20 miles of roadworks in Nottinghamshire. I religiously adhere to this limit (not easy in an XJR) but other drivers fly past me never to be seen again. Do they know something I don’t?
Asked on 25 April 2009 by
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Honest John
It’s supposed to be enforced by average speed cameras. With some systems, if you entered the timed gauntlet in one lane, then emerged in another it could ‘lose’ you, though they may have fixed this now. I just stick to the limit and was recently rewarded by being overtaken by a Tesco HGV that ripped off my door mirror. If I had been allowed to legally travel at my own speed, that’s one ‘accident’ that would never have happened.
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