Ga22ar

OK, what is the fastest speed you can go in a public place in the UK ?

cheerio

rik1471

Is this a trick question?

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

Dependant on the speed limit really
If its a 70 road then its 70mph, a 60 is 60mph, 30 is 30mph but 70 is the maximum limit on the fastest roads.

Tony

Nick VR4

In what
car, plane, boat, jetski, jet fighter ?

Maz-old

Depends on how fast your car is.

LEGALLY, it is 70mph.

BuRR

Open to debate I suppose. He said "place" not "road"

Pete Croney

You could legally get 200+ out of a Bugatti Veyron at Bruntingthorpe

Reffro

He said public place, which if it is a public place and not a private track/runway the normal regulations and limits apply. There was an amendment to the law a few years back to apply the laws governing the public highways also to private land which the general public have access to, i.e. car parks. This was done to stamp out idiot driving in supermarket car parks etc etc.

Kevin Greeley

Must be the speed of sound as sonic booms are illegal in the UK. I remember hearing some when I was a kid at school in the 60's.

Crush

If you wanted to analyse it to death Then he's asking what is the fastest speed you can go in a public place in the UK ?

It would possibly be as fast as the fastest plane

barge

Isle of Man anyone ??

David Lock

1) Goes to public place

2) Straps rocket and parachute on back

3) Lights blue touch paper

No law broken? Can go as fast as rocket allows.

(I suppose this will get taken to muppets now ...)

Brendan Hughes

Or the other way round - ever seen a skydiver get a speeding ticket?

pslewis.

The legal maximum speed should be 75 in a national limit and 85 on motorways. Lobby your nearest MP
Get all speed cameras eliminated with a chainsaw

Pete(reformed)

Ga22ar

Hmm, this is going nicely - as pointed out I asked about fastest speed in a public place..

cheerio

hades

Is the sky private or public? No speed limit there. Similarly on the sea, I guess - but planes are generally faster than boats. I also don't believe there is actually a speed limit for pedestrians, so if you can walk/run at 2000mph, that would be legal. Unfortunately I'd struggle to top 20.

astraboy

150mph on the isle of man is acheiveable if you go for it.
astraboy.

BuRR

Thing is, in the UK, its an offence to drive anywhere other than a road (unless its within 15 yards of the road and you are driving there to park)

See here.

[Edited by BuRR - 11/29/2002 8:30:33 PM]

super_si

surly its 77?

limit + 10%?

Ga22ar

any ideas ?

muppet paster

Oi, leave me in peace in the corner would ya!

I've had 714 emails about this in the last 24hrs, and my inbox has exploded, seriously injuring a passing hedgehog!

Yours, MP

Fuzz

I would rate the sky as a public place and there is no speed limit in the sky BUT as said already Sonic booms are illegal "over" uk mainland so that kinda limits things to circa 630mph (weather dependant).

Andy

normarker

So, how high do you have to be before you're not in the UK anymore?
There are some serious revenue implications here, all those satelites(sp) going over at silly speeds. Get some Gatsos up tthere and leave us earthbound motorists alone.
How many points do you get for 24,000mph in a synchronous orbit?
(NB, estimated speed only, my GPS won't work up here)

Claudius

Depends on the vehicle you have. Pretty obvious, really.

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

Im not sure that race tracks and the likes count as they are not really a "public place" as you have to pay for it and access is restricted (so not public and i doubt you could go driving round one at 3am )
Public itself means open to the public (ie free access) so myself and most others would count that as a road etc, thus you would be limited by the rules of the land for that (ie the law) and would need to obey the speed limits.

Tony