Doing 30mph on A road

Jeff_Bridges_hair

40MPH is the limit not the target you should be aiming at.

Do it at a speed you feel comfortable with.

boyse7en

Don't worry about not doing 40mph. There are plenty of tractors, mopeds, trucks etc that can't hit the speed limit, so you won't be the only one. Don't ride in the gutter unless you want to let a car go past where you consider it safe.
Give it a couple of days and you'll be far more confident. I know when I got my first scooter, 30mph seemed fast as you feel every bit of the speed through the noise and wind, rather than being isolated and unaware of the speed in a car. A couple of rides and I got far more used to it.

Go for a few rides around a quiet bit of road to get used to the feelings and you'll soon be adding a bit of extra speed.

"Call your local motorcycle training school and take a CBT test" - They must have done CBT already, surely. Otherwise they would be riding a moped, which can only do 28mph anyway.

Brallaqueen

Dear all

Thank you for all your suggestions. I have done a CBT course over 2 days as fell off on day 1 and it shook me up, and have made a few mistakes over the weekend. I have come to the conclusion that I need lots more practice before even thinking about using the scooter to commute during rush hour.

I swear, I saw people on scooters and it looked so easy but now I have one all I can think about is how easy it is to get killed! Not to mention this talk of black ice!

I'll keep buying the bus passes in the mean time methinks

Lum

As Strider says, when it's unsafe to overtake be sure to use the middle of the road. When it's safe to overtake, move over a bit but not into the gutter to let people past.

There is a possibility you'll end up with someone aggressive behind you who simply wont overtake but is still clearly annoyed that you're holding him up, and thus will start tailgating or doing other stupid/dangerous manoeuvres. If necessary just pull over somewhere and let him past, it's not worth it.

If you do find yourself causing a massive queue, it would also be polite, and safer, to pull over into the next layby and let everyone past. This is something that fewer and fewer drivers of slow vehicles remember to do these days.

Trebor16

Brallaqueen wrote: »

Dear all

Thank you for all your suggestions. I have done a CBT course over 2 days as fell off on day 1 and it shook me up, and have made a few mistakes over the weekend. I have come to the conclusion that I need lots more practice before even thinking about using the scooter to commute during rush hour.

I swear, I saw people on scooters and it looked so easy but now I have one all I can think about is how easy it is to get killed! Not to mention this talk of black ice!

I'll keep buying the bus passes in the mean time methinks

A wise decision. CBT is enough to get you started at basic level and rush hour driving is not basic driving. Just ride the scooter around to get more practice and build up your confidence. Another option is to take some more lessons to help build up your skills.

Hammyman

Strider590 wrote: »

Also want to say that if manage to stay confident and you drive up at the speed limit, VERY few people will try to overtake. People get into this trap of driving slowly "because of all the nutters", the slower they get, the worse they get treated and the process becomes a vicious circle.

Seconded. Driving too slow can actually cause you to have more problems than cracking on. You're constantly going to have people overtaking and driving up your chuff which you may find intimidating.

paddedjohn

just take the advice above and i will guarantee you that after a couple of weeks your confidence will grow and you will just ride on auto and feel safe pushing the speed up a little.