In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Louise Hume
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>>>They told me that it would only take them 2 1/2 hours
Actually, we usually assume 2.5 hours for a Birmingham to London trip -
but that is taking into account that London for Brummies starts at the
end of the M40 - I think it
>>They told me that it would only take them 2 1/2 hours
>2 1/2 hours would mean going at 70mph all the way which is the legal speed
Whoever wrote they could drive 170 miles in 2 1/2 hrs. must live in Midwest
US empty country.
Traffic in any large city, anywhere, I think, would be congested and tak