why are people still driving too fast?

mistressg

OP, I would say that driving at 50 on a dual carriageway or motorway is almost as dangerous as driving at 90. One of the main issues is speed differentiation. If people all drive at the same speed, there's no need to overtake or make sweeping manoeuvres.

This is why they have minimum speed limits in the States...

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Flyboy152 wrote: »

Not likely on a driving test.

Why not ??

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Trebor16 wrote: »

Trust a troll who does nothing except to spout utter bollox? Now that is funny!:D

Do you resort to calling all posters " trolls " because they know more than you?

Very shallow.

Gene_Hunt_2

mistressg wrote: »

OP, I would say that driving at 50 on a dual carriageway or motorway is almost as dangerous as driving at 90. One of the main issues is speed differentiation. If people all drive at the same speed, there's no need to overtake or make sweeping manoeuvres.

This is why they have minimum speed limits in the States...

So that's why LGV's are limited to 56?

jeferey

mistressg wrote: »

OP, I would say that driving at 50 on a dual carriageway or motorway is almost as dangerous as driving at 90. One of the main issues is speed differentiation. If people all drive at the same speed, there's no need to overtake or make sweeping manoeuvres.

This is why they have minimum speed limits in the States...

I seldom go above 60 on the motorway but stay in the left lane, quite often a safe distance behind a lorry - what's dangerous about that!
I get where I am going a few minutes later, less stressed and I have used less fuel.
If someone wants to drive faster than me, that's their choice, it's just funny how I quite often catch them up on the slip road 2 junctions down waiting at the lights .

Mark_Hewitt

Dual Carriageway with NSL.

Flyboy152 wrote: »

Not likely on a driving test.

I did on my driving test! The A1 Gateshead western bypass (one of the busiest roads in Europe) no less!

Anyway, have they changed the test recently as I thought the "adequate progress" part was only part of the advanced test?

Mark_Hewitt

jeferey wrote: »

I seldom go above 60 on the motorway but stay in the left lane, quite often a safe distance behind a lorry - what's dangerous about that!
I get where I am going a few minutes later, less stressed and I have used less fuel..

No problem at all when someone has room to overtake. But it's still frustrating when I'm doing 70mph and a car pulls out to overtake a 56mph lorry at 58mph.

But that's nothing compared with those doing 40mph on a single carriageway, often when the single carriageway as a better alignment than some motorways!

Graham29

jeferey wrote: »

I seldom go above 60 on the motorway but stay in the left lane, quite often a safe distance behind a lorry - what's dangerous about that!
I get where I am going a few minutes later, less stressed and I have used less fuel.
If someone wants to drive faster than me, that's their choice, it's just funny how I quite often catch them up on the slip road 2 junctions down waiting at the lights .

Why does driving at the speed limit make you stressed?

Gene_Hunt_2

Graham29 wrote: »

Why does driving at the speed limit make you stressed?

When did you last complete a long motorway journey and do it all at 70?

Graham29

Gene_Hunt wrote: »

When did you last complete a long motorway journey and do it all at 70?

I do it a couple of time a week, and most of the time I do 70mph, or more. I don't get stressed as soon as I get to 70mph though.