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LATE STARTS - A FEW SUMS

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The Sarge
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LATE STARTS - A FEW SUMS

Post by The Sarge »

Bear with me here but I've done a few sums regarding the 56mph thing.
To cover the following mileages at the following speeds takes the following time in minutes:

At 56/60/70mph: 30 miles = 32/30/26 minutes respectively
50 miles = 53/50/43
100 miles = 107/100/86
150 miles = 161/150/128
200 miles = 214/200/171

And so on. Even a 200 mile journey the difference in time between 56mph and 70mph is only 43 minutes. A vehicle would have to travel just short of 300 miles for the difference to be an hour.

How many journeys in RMs network are around the 300 mile mark i.e. at least 1 hour different?
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Post by johnnyp »

Thats what our area rep told us is the amount of work in M/C at midnight.Why Later starts then?
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shelanda
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Post by shelanda »

and how many lorry's have to keep to a 30/40 or 50 mile speed limit anyhow. They are not always on motorways.... but then we are all thick and believe every word they say to us.....I think NOT!!
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Post by TrueBlueTerrier »

A manager told me today that they agree with us and don't see any reason for the change except to save money.

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Post by POSTMAN »

If the shuttle that comes from Nine Elms SW Lon to us in SE Lon manages to go over 56mph then Red Ken will be putting up speeds bumps in the Old Kent Road!!!

What a pile of tosh!!!
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Post by robmacca »

Cheers for the sums - will have to take them to our WTL session this week as they plan to talk about the later starts.
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Post by L Tommo »

POSTMAN wrote:If the shuttle that comes from Nine Elms SW Lon to us in SE Lon manages to go over 56mph then Red Ken will be putting up speeds bumps in the Old Kent Road!!!

What a pile of tosh!!!
Speed humps???? Aint another word for them. SLEEPING POLICEMEN?? Well along the Old Kent Road they are more like shot and laying about waiting for a medic POLICEMEN... :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:
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