Top gear !

[hangover]

I find it hard to believe people can be upset by a registration plate.

 

[pbrown7582]

Watched part 2 last night and thought the ending could of been better.
Was some obvious manufactured tasks, but the scenary was fantastic but given the local feeling I think I'll give it a miss.

 

[Tongo]

The lads are in St Petersburg this evening doing a revamp of their bike/car/boat/public transport race across London from a few years ago. Should be interesting!

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I love The Stig character when they do these challenges. Silly but funny.

 

[Tongo]

They are all wearing little Chilean flags on their lapels after the issues in Argentina!

 

[pbrown7582]

Ouch that's got to hurt falling off the bike on the tram lines!

 

[Lord Tyrion]

They are all wearing little Chilean flags on their lapels after the issues in Argentina!

Nice touch.

Equal ouch on the bike fall.

 

[Baldy Bouncer]

Nice apology too about the Condor having the biggest wing span. Top TV and very funny as always.

 

[chrisd]

Quite right about the speed camera/money churners on the "news".

We do have them in Kent and it's obvious that someone in a control room sets the the variable speed simply to catch as many people ask they possibly can. You'd pass one gantry and it'd be 70 mph and the next 40, the next 60 and then 40 when there's hardly any traffic on the road!

 

[guest100718]

I thought the new series got off to a good start and am looking forward to the rest.

 

[pbrown7582]

Quite right about the speed camera/money churners on the "news".

We do have them in Kent and it's obvious that someone in a control room sets the the variable speed simply to catch as many people ask they possibly can. You'd pass one gantry and it'd be 70 mph and the next 40, the next 60 and then 40 when there's hardly any traffic on the road!

saw an article on these last week the one in Kent netted over 700 speeders inside a month that's a pretty hefty revenue stream and so successful being rolled out on all smart motorway stretches M42 M1 M62 M25 M60 etc

 

[Imurg]

Quite right about the speed camera/money churners on the "news".

We do have them in Kent and it's obvious that someone in a control room sets the the variable speed simply to catch as many people ask they possibly can. You'd pass one gantry and it'd be 70 mph and the next 40, the next 60 and then 40 when there's hardly any traffic on the road!

I'm sure there has to be a legitimate reason to implement a change in speed limit, even on variable limit stretches.... Maybe there was, maybe there wasn't..possibly grounds for an appeal or an email to Watchdog...

Loved the final scene of the Russia trip - the Stig banging his head on the railings with a 911 in tantalising view...

 

[chrisd]

I'm sure there has to be a legitimate reason to implement a change in speed limit, even on variable limit stretches.... Maybe there was, maybe there wasn't....

I travel it often enough and there appears no sense to the way speed is controlled, fast to slow to fast and slow again, between gantry's that are much closer together than the ones around the Leatherhead area on the M25. Sorry Imurg, but it just smacks of profit! These still are being used outside of the rush hour when the road has always run pretty freely, the main problem is the literally thousands of lorries a day pouring in from the continent which should pay a toll as our lorries do on the continent!

 

[Hacker Khan]

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