thunderace
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| posted on 30/7/09 at 08:31 AM |
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speed limits (when did speed limits start in cumbernauld)
cumbernauld had no speed limit for years (you could go as fast as you liked),but when did the start puting speed limit signs up ?(i think it was in
the 80s)
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zilspeed
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| posted on 30/7/09 at 08:47 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by thunderace
cumbernauld had no speed limit for years (you could go as fast as you liked),but when did the start puting speed limit signs up ?(i think it was in
the 80s)
What bit ?
I used to work in Glencryan Road and remember that being 40 in the early 80s.
Central Way down to Condorrat has certainly come down in recent years.
Have you been nabbed ?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 30/7/09 at 08:51 AM |
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why would Cumbernauld not fall under the introduction of the National speed limit??? or did they decide not to be part of the UK
Sounds suspiciously fictitious tbh
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miikae
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| posted on 30/7/09 at 10:26 AM |
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A brief history of speed limits
Between 1865 and 1896 locomotives on the highway had to be preceded by a pedestrian carrying a red flag and were subject to a speed limit of 2mph in
cities, towns and villages and 4mph elsewhere
On 28 January 1896, Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent became the first person in Great Britain to be successfully charged with speeding. Travelling
at approximately 8 mph, he had exceeded the 2 mph speed limit for towns. Fined 1 shilling (5p) plus costs, Arnold had been caught by a policeman who
had given chase on a bicycle so began one of the most lucrative ways of making money by Local Authorities and the Exchequer
The maximum speed limit was then increased to 14mph and again, in 1903, to 20mph.
In 1930 speed limits for cars and motorcycles were abolished.
In 1934 a general 30mph speed limit was imposed on roads in built up areas (effectively roads with street lighting) which remains to this day.
Other roads had no speed limits at all. It was not until 1965 that a national upper limit of 70mph was introduced for all roads, including motorways.
Since 1977 the speed limit for cars and motorcycles on dual carriageways has been 70mph, with a 60mph speed limit on single carriageways.
In 1999 local authorities were given the powers to introduce a 20mph speed limit without requiring the consent of the Secretary of State.
Speed Limits are not only governed by the type of road you drive on but the type of vehicle you are driving on that road it is the drivers
responsibility to know the limits applied to his vehicle at all times.
Mike
If it can be done it i will be done .
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britishtrident
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| posted on 30/7/09 at 11:12 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
why would Cumbernauld not fall under the introduction of the National speed limit??? or did they decide not to be part of the UK
Sounds suspiciously fictitious tbh
I strongly suspect Cumbernauld is actually in stalinist eastern europe --- at least the shopping centre seemed like it the last time was in it.
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02GF74
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| posted on 30/7/09 at 01:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by miikae
Other roads had no speed limits at all. It was not until 1965 that a national upper limit of 70mph was introduced for all roads, including motorways.
It may be myth but that one came about when AC were speed testing the Cobra on the M1 andwere going over 100 mph 
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