[big al]

Performance is not just for getting a car to 70mph Janet, you show me a road that all travel at the regulated speed limit-apart from the 20-30 feet past a speed camera! Acceleration can also get you out of trouble iewhen a pratt is coming at you on the wrong side of the road & you have to put your foot down to make a safe exit for yourself. Trouble with this countrys driving laws are that gthey are archaic, the braking distances on the Highway code were written in the 1930's & despite the technical advances as ABS, traction control, modern tyres etc have never been revised. Well known fact is that the faster you go the less effective the two second rule is too, It is useless past speeds of 50 mph. Given the volume of traffic on todays roads & some of the morons who have been sanctioned licences, (Peruse them in action around 8.30 am to 9.15 & 4.30 to 6.00pm) I pity new drivers having to learn amidst the chaos on the roads today. By the way thank goodness the proposed law on banning radar detectors has effectively been scrapped by the recent election & will probably never be raised again. Pity the Transport minister didn't look at the statistics that motorists with the device are 25% safer on the road & less likely to have an accident. Join the club & stop the governmnent money making machines lightening your pocket!