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I once reached 56 mph on a long downhill. That was a touring bike, not a racer with skinny tyres. (It was a wide straight road with no potholes or side turnings.)
This was discussed a while back. I recall the conclusion was that while there may be checks that the long passport number is plausible (format, check characters), there was no check that the details were genuine.
A friend bought similar sleepers. The eventual conclusion was that their markers were year and/or type of wood. It looks like they can have multiple meanings.
The National Rail page has Gordon Hill in the URL. Make of that what you will.
https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service-disruptions/gordon-hill-20240423/
The nearest thing I can think of is PIP assessments. Those do not have a good repututaion for speed, convenience, or accuracy. It could become another outsourcing gravy train.
The proposed ban, as linked in post #66, would apply to:
(c) would be a bit of a nuisance. Cigarette papers are handy as very thin shims for model engineering. Rizla Blue are very close to 0.001". I note there would be a statutory defence that would cover this.