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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!dn9g2000vbb.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3b7dfd87-62da-4242-bc74-cd462b0d607a@dn9g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Government Could Raise Speed Limit Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:53:02 -0700 (PDT) References: <1a7ccd90-8c19-4ae0-8dd2-b558e0e59f69@e8g2000vbz.googlegroups.com> <93bca7d2-d92e-4351-8b0b-aee6f5733a97@p3g2000vbv.googlegroups.com> Lines: 19 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.71.49.124 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1300117982 25576 127.0.0.1 (14 Mar 2011 15:53:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:53:02 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: dn9g2000vbb.googlegroups.com; posting-host=82.71.49.124; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Firefox/3.6.15,gzip(gfe) Bytes: 2196 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:844135

On Mar 14, 3:32 pm, FrengaX  wrote: > > Comnplely OT for a cycling newsgroup, especially as we're talking > motorways, where bicycles are not allowed.

I have explained this to you before. URC is the unmoderated UK newsgroup with the most anti-car posters, and it's sometimes useful to get their input. It's especially relevant in this case since the story mentions the anti-car lobby using safety as an excuse to call for lower speed limits, something which has been done many times on URC. Furthermore, the idea that the anti-car lobby would do that has been ridiculed (usually by the anti-car posters themselves) as the deranged rantings of a petrolhead, so it's good that our Transport Secretary has now said the same thing, showing that there's something in it after all.

But you're right, cyclists aren't allowed on motorways, so it'll be interesting to see what excuse the car-haters come up with for opposing an 80mph limit on them.