On 8 Nov, 00:57, Phil W Lee <phil(at)lee-family(dot)me(dot)uk> wrote:
> Conor  considered Sat, 7 Nov 2009 22:09:41 -0000 the
> perfect time to write:
>
>
>
> >In article , Tom Crispin
> >says...
>
> >> On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:05:31 -0800 (PST), NM 
> >> wrote:
>
> >> >Since it has been a requirement to make reasonable progress, if you
> >> >want to know chapter and verse of the statute then look it up yourself
> >> >because I'm not going to.
>
> >> Last Sunday I cycled to Brighton with the Veteran Cars, nearly all of
> >> which were built before 1905.  In NSL areas many of them travelled
> >> considerably below 30mph, especially up hills.
>
> >Because they had no choice. Try driving a modern car on a free flowing
> >motorway at 35MPH and see how long it is before you attract the
> >attention of the Police.
>
> Unless there's a posted minimum speed limit, "I just wanted to save
> fuel" or "I prefer to drive slowly" are both perfectly acceptable
> explanations.

Good luck explaining that to the motorway cops who may regard such
behaviour as DWDCA especially on a busy flowing urban motorway running
at near capacity.