Comment: Re:It's a convertible? (Score 3, Interesting) 560
I used to own a speedboat and I checked the speed limits on the Thames with the PLA (Port of London Authority) and Environment Agency.
Now it works like this:
Upstream of Teddington Lock, the river is considered non-tidal and is the responsibility of the Environment Agency and has an 8 knot speed limit.
Below Teddington Lock it's the PLA who are the responsible Navigation Authority and they say: No speed limit.
Yes, I was surprised.
So, yes, I could drive this car to my nearest public slipway (In Woolwich), drive it into the river and bash the waves at 30mph, drive out at Richmond and drive the rest of the way to work.
Fantastic!
Now it works like this:
Upstream of Teddington Lock, the river is considered non-tidal and is the responsibility of the Environment Agency and has an 8 knot speed limit.
Below Teddington Lock it's the PLA who are the responsible Navigation Authority and they say: No speed limit.
Yes, I was surprised.
So, yes, I could drive this car to my nearest public slipway (In Woolwich), drive it into the river and bash the waves at 30mph, drive out at Richmond and drive the rest of the way to work.
Fantastic!