why are people still driving too fast?

mikey72

cubegame wrote: »

I would say driving at 50mph on a dual carriageway or motorway is dangerous. It's practically driving without due care.

I quite agree, (admittedly all the other traffic was stopped up to the island, but I could just squeeze through using the verge)

Gene_Hunt_2

Flyboy152 wrote: »

Rubbish!!!

You playing catch up?

Flyboy152

Strider590 wrote: »

Meh, if your suggesting that driving excessively slowly will save fuel.... Then I say driving fast and getting there sooner means the cars not running for as long and therefore saves fuel.

Sarcasm of course, but this logic is just as flawed as yours.

It depends on what you mean by "excessively slow."

Flyboy152

Gene_Hunt wrote: »

You playing catch up?

Sorry. :embarasse has that already been dealt with?

motorguy

Geordie_bear wrote: »

In an age where petrol is getting more expensive & getting the best MPG seems to be the order of the day then why is it so many people are still driving too fast?! I bet these are the same people who complain when the price of petrol goes up?! I drive at speed limits in built up areas and seldom go over 50mph on motorways & duel carriageways? So why are so many idiots still bombing around for? If your late for work then too bad you should've got up earlier & planned better!:mad:

Is anyone else seeing this familiar pattern?:mad:

If people want to drive at the speed limit, whats it to you?

Thats their perrogative.

Fuel prices are an entirely different issue and cannot be linked. It would be like saying people complain about the price of milk, but they still give some to their cat.

Flyboy152

Strider590 wrote: »

60mph for 2 hours?

Someone please do the math for KierNet.....

Ok... I'll do it!

120 miles!!!




Lets also cover the argument from another angle.

Driver A is in 4th gear doing 50mph, the engine doing say 3500 rpm

Driver B is in 5th gear doing 70mph, the engine is doing say 2000 rpm


In 4 hours driving:

Driver A has gone 200 miles

Driver B has gone 280 miles

Nobody can deny that an engine will use less fuel at 2000 rpm!!!

So driver B has done more MPG than driver A whilst driving faster

Similarly I could drive around at 35 in 2nd gear all day long and get about 20mpg.....

What kind of wally drives at fifty miles per hour in fourth gear?

Flyboy152

lovethymini wrote: »

It's not driving fast that is dangerous, it's driving stupidly. Otherwise all the racing drivers would be dead and motorsport would be stopped.

The number of slow drivers I see going wherever the mood takes them without once checking over their shoulder or their mirrors infuriates me. That's dangerous driving.

The risks involved when driving fast are vastly greater than those of driving slower.

Coveredinbees!!!!

It's obvious the OP was bored and trying to wind up as many people as possible.

Blobby8_2

Flyboy152 wrote: »

The risks involved when driving fast are vastly greater than those of driving slower.

And thats why people drive fast isnt it ?

mikey72

Coveredinbees!!!! wrote: »

It's obvious the OP was bored and trying to wind up as many people as possible.

Must have been a wind up.
Not driving at 5mph over the speed limit indeed!
(allowing for the speedo being slow).