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M25 happy 25th
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 9:40 pm
by sonny
Re: M25 happy 25th
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:52 am
by PJC
Hard to think how we ever managed without it.
Re: M25 happy 25th
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:21 pm
by sonny
Yep the north and south circler did that job until then.
Re: M25 happy 25th
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:35 pm
by Mr V10
15) Chris and Sue Glazier, of Ashford, Kent, chose to spend their wedding night driving the M25.
Very odd.

Re: M25 happy 25th
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:44 pm
by bam_bam
I drove around the M25 after an argument with my 'ho recently, I left after she came home drunk at 1am.
I told my mate and he said that people used to 'race' around it when it first opened, trying to get around it under an hour.

Any truth or stories about that?
Re: M25 happy 25th
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:34 pm
by HYFR
bam_bam wrote:I drove around the M25 after an argument with my 'ho recently, I left after she came home drunk at 1am.
I told my mate and he said that people used to 'race' around it when it first opened, trying to get around it under an hour.

Any truth or stories about that?
how fast did you do it in ??
last time I had an argument with my missus I stormed out in the RS 4 for a spin, only to forget my wallet and when turning on the ignition the fecken fuel light came on!
suffice to say I just parked up somewhere to pro long the effect

Re: M25 happy 25th
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:35 pm
by HYFR
that would be a good race .... start at the same junction, but go in opposite directions, then first back to the starting junction ...
only prob would be all the gantry cameras
Re: M25 happy 25th
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:05 pm
by bam_bam
About 2 - 3hrs. Got home and slept in the naughty bed. There was some stupid quick driving but also a lot of SPECS camera sections. Those overhead gantry cameras work? I've been through some those proper quick!
Re: M25 happy 25th
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:08 pm
by HYFR
no they dont work yet
atm only when the speed is reduced (variable)
current law doesnt allow them to prosecute if there is no speed restriction (although some still flash you >85mph)
but its only a matter of time as they are installing them everywhere
Re: M25 happy 25th
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 1:17 am
by sonny
bam_bam wrote:I drove around the M25 after an argument with my 'ho recently, I left after she came home drunk at 1am.
I told my mate and he said that people used to 'race' around it when it first opened, trying to get around it under an hour.

Any truth or stories about that?
Yes mate it was true. I cant remember the name of the event. Funnily I was chatting to a ex copper today about it, he used to do it on his bike.
aka_dk wrote:no they dont work yet
atm only when the speed is reduced (variable)
current law doesnt allow them to prosecute if there is no speed restriction (although some still flash you >85mph)
but its only a matter of time as they are installing them everywhere
Iv just renewed my road angel ( 3 year subscription) and its very accurate as to what gantries are working. Example, in the Surrey stretch think from, the M23 jct toward the A3 there are 15 gantries only 3 have camera boxes on them (hidden by signs). The it goes into the VAR limits.
Re: M25 happy 25th
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:10 pm
by P_G
I've done it many moons ago when I used to live in London and SPECS was just someones imagination. Best I could do was approx. 1hr 30 mins. Know bikers that have done it in <50 minutes.
