He might not loose this one, but he may find it damned hard to get another. Along with house and car insurance, a jail sentence does tend to get a "Sorry, we can't help you" response.
We all speed, but 101 in a fifty is begging for it, particularly as he wasn't even concentrating on his driving.
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He'll find it very difficult to get into the US as well.....
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Ah, the Oxford Bypass... used to be unrestricted 3-lane. Everyone who could used to do 100 along there. Good bit of road although 3-lane has a dodgy side.
Not allowed now that nearly all cars can do it and their braking and roadholding has improved out of all recognition. Naturally. The Lord giveth and the elfnsafety taketh away.
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I wonder if he'll be deported when he comes out of prison?
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I'm puzzled by your claim that the Oxford Eastern bypass "used to be unrestricted"
Surely it's at least 25 years since the 70 limit was applied as the amximum speed on any road in this country?
I have lived on the outskirts of Oxford for 14 years and most of the ring road looks to me like it was built within that time.
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I am talking about what used to be called the Oxford Bypass. Coming from London, the A40 turned right at Headington roundabout and went round Oxford to the north. That used to be unrestricted 3-lane, obviously before the imposition of the accursed NSL which to some of us was a fairly recent event that still annoys. Subsequently a dual carriageway ring road was constructed the other side of Headington roundabout, turning left coming from London and running round Oxford on the east and south to the Cowley plants and beyond.
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did it go through a cutting in some small hills lud?
i remember having a car fire roundabouts there if it is circa 1978
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There may well have been bits of cutting, but I haven't been there recently. It was a well-constructed, fast, sweeping pre-war three-lane, with several roundabouts fairly close together on the Woodstock and Banbury (I think but may be wrong) roads.
First car I drove any distance in, a pre-Farina column-change A55 hired in Oxford by some friends, I remember squealing its tyres in my hands round all those roundabouts on the way back from a rapid trip to Cornwall... Should I confess that I didn't have a driving licence? No I can't, it's all gone dim...
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>>I am talking about what used to be called the Oxford Bypass.
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One of my early motoring memories was being a passenger in a Rover and it getting a blow out at about 70mph. (circa 1950s). What excitement, both the speed and the blow out. ( we never had a car)
It was also the Black & White coach route from London to Cheltenham where whe had lunch and changed to the Red White coach to Gloucester, over the Severn and into that foreign land Wales. Fortunately we got off before the border ;-)
At least they have recently improved said roundabout to aid the right turn.
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The NSL surely goes back to the oil shortages in the 70's ?
" A fairly recent event that still annoys"?
And yes, I agree that cars do have better brakes and handling now ; but traffic density is much higher , and there's no evidence that driving competence has increased.
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but traffic density is much higher and there's no evidence that driving competence has increased.
Alas, this is all true. Especially the driving competence bit.
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NSL goes back further than the Yom Kippur fuel crisis. A class road speeds were 70 then and they were reduced to 55 and then back up to 60 (wow thanks).
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NSL 70 was the work of Ernie Marples while (Tory) transport Minister in the early 60s.
Initially an experiment, but confirmed later by the following Labour adminstration.
Marples became something of a hate figure for motorists - the graffiti "Marples must go" was said to visible on certain M1 overbridgs until they were removed in the 1980's Brakespear to Berrygrove widening scheme.
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"Initially an experiment"
As was Income Tax! Wonder why they kept it..?
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NSL goes back further than the Yom Kippur fuel crisis
Presumably this gave rise to the phrase "Done up like a Kippur" with reference to motorists worldwide :-)
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To expand on Lud's answer. Eastern bypass could be either one of tw stretches. If he had gone north from the Green Rd roundabout (A40) then it would be easy to hit a 'safe' 101 mph. Downhill start, 3 mile ish long straight with no turnings for first mile and a half, good visibility, very wide verges (10m fenced in) and quite wide (although 3 lans would be 'snug'!
If he was south of the roundabout then again longish straight, but lot more congested so not as easy to justify.
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He'll find it very difficult to get into the US as well.....
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> See!!! Every cloud does have a silver lining!>>
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I very much doubt that he will lose his job....
Really - what kind of company would employ an FD with a conviction for perjury? I would be especially astonished if a company like BMW would allow him to remain in his job.
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