27/03/19

[Maik]

Dead turtle found on Skala beach yesterday, quite possibly loggerhead.

[Maik]

Seems w.e.f. 01/05/19 banking hours will be 08:00-14:00 Monday to Friday, i.e. closing half an hour earlier.

[Maik]

Road safety: UK set to adopt vehicle speed limiters

Speed limiting technology looks set to become mandatory for all vehicles sold in Europe from 2022, after new rules were provisionally agreed by the EU.

The Department for Transport said the system would also apply in the UK, despite Brexit.

Campaigners welcomed the move, saying it would save thousands of lives.

Road safety charity Brake called it a "landmark day", but the AA said "a little speed" helped with overtaking or joining motorways.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47715415

[TonyD]

Road safety: UK set to adopt vehicle speed limiters

Speed limiting technology looks set to become mandatory for all vehicles sold in Europe from 2022....

The Department for Transport said the system would also apply in the UK, despite Brexit.

So absolutely no speeding fines income for Govt, ever, for these vehicles?

mmmm, I won't be holding my breath....

[Maik]

Apparently the regulator can be overridden by giving the accelerator some welly. And I suspect 2021 might see a boom in new car sales... that tails away in 2022.

[Colleywobble]

Road safety: UK set to adopt vehicle speed limiters

Speed limiting technology looks set to become mandatory for all vehicles sold in Europe from 2022....

The Department for Transport said the system would also apply in the UK, despite Brexit.

So absolutely no speeding fines income for Govt, ever, for these vehicles?

mmmm, I won't be holding my breath....

Think my Hubbie had better get one he got two tickets last year for speeding!About 5MPH over the speed limit .He was so mad after 60years of unblemished driving.Some places in North Notts and North Yorks have some crazy places to have speed traps and anyone noticed the number of places that go from 50MPH down to 30MPH without a 40MPH.Seems the norm now.

[TonyD]

...and I suspect 2021 might see a boom in new car sales...

Er, well, um, perhaps not any European cars though  ;-)

[Misty]

Road safety: UK set to adopt vehicle speed limiters

Speed limiting technology looks set to become mandatory for all vehicles sold in Europe from 2022....

As a pedestrian they need to think about putting them on bicycles as well, been almost mown down several times by lycra clad cyclists who think they are on a velodrome, one was going through a pedestrian crossing red light using his mobile!!