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Thu 16 Jun 2005 19:40
Wrong way along a motorway - thallium81
A man has just been imprisoned for 14 months for driving the wrong way along the M62 and M60 at speeds up to 110MPH. The police used a stinger to stop him but he did a U turn and drove on on his wheel rims. What on earth leads a man to deliberately drive like that? Many years ago on the M20 I was passed by a bloke driving the wrong way and it is a very frightening experience, the approach speed leaves you with split second decisions and I was'nt expecting it.
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Thu 16 Jun 2005 19:44
Wrong way along a motorway - Dynamic Dave
The police used a stinger to stop him


That'll be a redundant piece of kit once run flat tyres become commonplace.
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Thu 16 Jun 2005 19:50
Wrong way along a motorway - TimW
That'll be a redundant piece of kit once run flat tyres
become commonplace.


With a max speed of 50mph and 50 miles range I'd rather they still used it.
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Thu 16 Jun 2005 19:58
Wrong way along a motorway - DSLRed
With a max speed of 50mph and 50 miles range I'd
rather they still used it.


Is that a recommended max speed or a "The tyres will blow up above this speed" max speed.

If it's a thoeretical / recommended maximum then it's hardly likely that people on the run are bound to stick to it.

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Thu 16 Jun 2005 20:00
Wrong way along a motorway - TimW
Is that a recommended max speed or a "The tyres will
blow up above this speed" max speed.
If it's a thoeretical / recommended maximum then it's hardly likely
that people on the run are bound to stick to it.


I don't understand...it's probably 'recommended' because 'the tyres will blow up/disintegrate/melt above this speed'

Tyres that you can just keep going indefinately on for as long as you like would be even more of a selling point.
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Thu 16 Jun 2005 20:09
Wrong way along a motorway - DSLRed
Without knowing for sure I would expect that the manufactuers would build some leeway into their advice, so when they say that the maximum is 50mph, in practise you may find that you could do 80mph for a fair while without shredding them and yourself.

One thing for sure - I'm not likely to test the theory :)
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Thu 16 Jun 2005 20:10
Wrong way along a motorway - TimW
Without knowing for sure I would expect that the manufactuers would
build some leeway into their advice, so when they say that
the maximum is 50mph, in practise you may find that you
could do 80mph for a fair while without shredding them and
yourself.
One thing for sure - I'm not likely to test the
theory :)


Quite literally a case of 'Your mileage may vary' then!
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Thu 16 Jun 2005 20:10
Wrong way along a motorway - Mapmaker
>>Tyres that you can just keep going indefinately on for as long as you like would be even more of a selling point.

Such as on cars sold to World Leaders, Rich Oilmen and Stars from the World of Popular Music or Sport.
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Thu 16 Jun 2005 22:26
Wrong way along a motorway - tack
Maybe the guy could have been given community service and signed up for a year with the Red Arrows? He was good with the near misses.

To be serious though, I think they should have cut of his nose, pierced his eyes with a rusty old school geometry compass, sewed his ears to his lips...oh and banned him from driving for the rest of his life on release from 100 year porridge.
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Fri 17 Jun 2005 18:50
Wrong way along a motorway - escort man

Anyone know why he did what he did, and why for so long, and why then continued on the rims?

Think he should be given a cell with padded walls.
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