originator back again, thanks to those who suggested various vehicle per hour things,
less thanks to those who came up with diverse diversions; but what i really wanted to
find out was a snapshot, i.e. if you flew over at 200,000 feet and took a photo, how
many would there be at that instant. any further guesses/info?

thanks kkk

[email protected] (kk) wrote in message
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    > Driving round this the other day when v congested, I wondered... in a snapshot, how
    > many vehicles on this at any one instant? 3-4 lanes, 125 miles, 2 ways, use 150
    > miles to cover the 4-lane bits; 150 * 2 * 3 = 900 very full miles. but how many
    > vehicles? anyone know where the statistics/figures live please? someone must
    > publish them surely...

I believe that the M25 is actually 117 miles, and to do that in 47 minutes you would have to average 149mph, which would mean having to do 160 or so for long periods to keep the average up. I find this very hard to believe.

Pulaski <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
    > I believe that the M25 is actually 117 miles, and to do that in 47 minutes you
    > would have to average 149mph, which would mean having to do 160 or so for long
    > periods to keep the average up. I find this very hard to believe.
Well, he *was* in a car. :-))

Surreyman

"a.spencer3" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:A3sf9.1649$%[email protected]
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    > Pulaski <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
    > >
    > > I believe that the M25 is actually 117 miles, and to do that in 47 minutes you
    > > would have to average 149mph, which would mean having to do 160 or so for long
    > > periods to keep the average up. I find this very hard to believe.
    > >
    > Well, he *was* in a car. :-))
I got taken to the pub up near Dagenham where the loonies used to meet up -
nothing under a 911 in the car park, and some other serious stuff that made them
look underpowered. Must have been about 1988? I can believe that kind of speed a:
just after it opened, and b: late at night/early morning. Nowadays? Bwaahahaha,
as they say.

I remember seeing in the papers in the early 1990's that "the record" had beeen reduced to an hour, and that, in some respects, the police were happy about this because to do 117 miles in an hour you would have to do large parts of the journey at 130mph, and that this speed had put it beyond idiots driving XR3's and firmly in the area of Porsches and Ferraris which were (i) more highly prized possessions, and (ii) capable of those speeds without the risk of spontaneously spinning off the road.

If the record only dropped to an hour in the early 90's then someone is claiming to have done the 47 minutes time within the last ten years. I still think that it is improbable.

PS Check this link for some hard figures - estimated 200,000 veicles per day use it, etc http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/M25_motorway

"Pulaski" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
    > Originally posted by The Oik:
    > >
    > > ... I got taken to the pub up near Dagenham where the loonies used to meet up -
    > > nothing under a 911 in the car park, and some other serious stuff that made them
    > > look underpowered. Must have been about 1988? I can believe that kind of speed a:
    > > just after it opened, and b: late at night/early morning. Nowadays? Bwaahahaha,
    > > as they say.
    > >
    > I remember seeing in the papers in the early 1990's that "the record" had beeen
    > reduced to an hour, and that, in some respects, the police were happy about this
    > because to do 117 miles in an hour you would have to do large parts of the journey
    > at 130mph, and that this speed had put it beyond idiots driving XR3's and firmly
    > in the area of Porsches and Ferraris which were (i) more highly prized
    > possessions, and (ii) capable of those speeds without the risk of spontaneously
    > spinning off the road.
    > If the record only dropped to an hour in the early 90's then someone is claiming to
    > have done the 47 minutes time within the last ten years. I still think that it is
    > improbable.
    > PS Check this link for some hard figures - estimated 200,000 veicles per day use
    > it, etc http://www.wikipedia.-
    > com/wiki/M25_motorway
have to agree - the max possible speed must have been going down for the last 10, if
not 15 years, ANYTIME of day or night, although the nutters were certainly still
racing post Gatso installations (bloody Dutch - what did the UK ever do to you?!?!)