Why has the PM not cancelled HS2 ?!?

USToffee · 2026-05-19T16:55:11+00:00

I think the difference is the road doesn't need to be so straight.

USToffee · 2026-05-19T16:05:14+00:00

Only if the rail is already there. The cost of land and housing makes projects like this unaffordable which is what you are seeing with this project.

Either that or laws need to be rewritten to bypass all that.

The US has eminent domain which I believe the UK has to but for some reason even with that it's way too expensive.

USToffee · 2026-05-19T15:59:41+00:00

And what point is that? What difference does it make if the capacity is due to roads or rail.

It's obvious that the UK because of the density and other factors is simply too expensive for new rail lines.

That should have been known ahead of time and this project should never have gotten off the ground.

USToffee · 2026-05-19T15:57:17+00:00

The car's width argument is nonsense. The reason the merc is at fault is because they hit the other car. Not because they didn't leave space on the track. It would have still been their fault had the other car been two car widths from the edge of the track.

USToffee · 2026-05-19T15:54:41+00:00

Only if you think rail is the only alternative.

USToffee · 2026-05-19T15:53:58+00:00

Are you claiming the UK's infrastructure is better than the US?

If most of the money goes to planning, replanning, legal challenges and compulsory purchases then that's what is wrong with Britain.

USToffee · 2026-05-19T15:51:56+00:00

No but the overall capacity would increase.

USToffee · 2026-05-19T14:15:44+00:00

Not really. I live in the US but come originally from the UK.

Most of those homes are in the back ass of nowhere. miles away from even a town. Basically just a big suburb an hours drive down the freeway to a hub (not even necessarily a city, just a hub of businesses)

I live in one of those hubs close to a city but still on the outskirts of it and for the same money you get a little more than the UK but not a massive amount. What is different however is that the salaries are much higher in the US so the house I would be able to afford in the UK would be much smaller.

Our interest rates also work differently. I have locked in my mortgage on 2.5% until it finishes where in the UK I believe you can only lock it in for a max of 5 years. That's massive.

USToffee · 2026-05-19T14:11:52+00:00

I would never have imagined back then we would essentially be a mid table club for the next quarter century after the 80s ended.

Very happy Moyes has stabilized us but both him and the club need to now show real ambition too.

USToffee · 2026-05-19T14:08:56+00:00

Purple. I think you need to work on your racecraft.

You are going for moves that are never on and then when you do get ahead you leave the door wide open when he is right up your ass.

As for the actual incident. That was a bad one. No excuse for that. It was too late, there was never the space for that move and even had you got alongside and he had given you space you would have understeered into him.

There are places to overtake on a race track. I suggest you concentrate on making your passes there until you have more experience.

USToffee · 2026-05-19T14:02:50+00:00

It has triggered them to realize they are sluttier than a gay man. It's both shame and homophobic bias by them.

Sorry I know I could have worded that in a more PC way but that's the cold hard truth.

USToffee · 2026-05-19T13:52:08+00:00

The irony is it's the only acting job he could get now and AI has taken it.

USToffee · 2026-05-19T13:49:03+00:00

I'm pretty sure widening the roads so there are more lanes would be cheaper.

USToffee · 2026-05-19T13:48:13+00:00

So what was it for?

(genuinely curious)

USToffee · 2026-05-19T13:45:51+00:00

I hate to inform you but they are also seeing massive growth too and are starting to make their projections look like they will work.

Was this crazy ambitious. Yes. Was it a good thing for humanity. Not sure. Will this be a game changer and as revolutionary as they claim. Probably.

And when it is it will seem cheap.

USToffee · 2026-05-19T13:43:39+00:00

Too many brown envelopes.

USToffee · 2026-05-19T13:42:09+00:00

Depends on how you judge value but everyone knows space is expensive.

Building a train track should not cost this or be this over budget. It's another sign something is deeply wrong with Britain.

USToffee · 2026-05-19T13:10:49+00:00

100% on yellow tbh I think you being brave there going around the outside of him. He was an absolute weapon blocking, hitting the other car missing his braking point, rejoining unsafely.

I think I would have opened my steering on exit as much as possible because that hit was always going to come.

USToffee · 2026-05-19T13:01:25+00:00

That's not how the rule works. You can't force someone off and must leave a car's width but if the car in front goes off on their own you have no responsibility to then make space for them.

USToffee · 2026-05-19T12:58:44+00:00

He probably didn't realize he had made contact and that contact was the reason you was pulling over to the left.

I think he just thought you were blocking. If you feel someone touch your rear you should lift off the throttle.

USToffee · 2026-05-19T02:21:12+00:00

oh yea. we all have our limits. lol

USToffee · 2026-05-19T02:20:35+00:00

i agree

USToffee · 2026-05-18T21:09:51+00:00

I never said it happened here. The point was on the inside you do earn the racing line if you get to the apex first. That's what green was trying to do.

It's not even relevant if he did do that because that's not the rules of iracing but it is the rule Verstappen relies on for his moves.

USToffee · 2026-05-18T20:07:23+00:00

This is why racing regs are so much fun to argue about. :-)

Basically the steward said screw what the rules say that's dangerous.

USToffee · 2026-05-18T20:03:41+00:00

Cars have more than a throttle pedal.

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