90% of people who overtake me are speeding...

CreditCardChris

Don't these guys have any fear of speed camera or police speed guns waiting for them? I'm driving at bang on 70 in the left hand lane then along comes 5 or 6 cars in the right hand lane blowing past me at 75 - 80mph.

I don't care that they're speeding, but as a relatively new driver I'm terrified of getting caught by a speed camera or police speed gun. Do these people just not care about the fines / points or something?

Peter999_2

Just because your speedo says you're doing 70 it doesn't mean you are actually doing 70. My speedo on my car is about 3 or 4 mph out.

reeac

CreditCardChris wrote: »

Don't these guys have any fear of speed camera or police speed guns waiting for them? I'm driving at bang on 70 in the left hand lane then along comes 5 or 6 cars in the right hand lane blowing past me at 75 - 80mph.

I don't care that they're speeding, but as a relatively new driver I'm terrified of getting caught by a speed camera or police speed gun. Do these people just not care about the fines / points or something?

It might be that your speedometer reads high. I check the speedos on my cars against those roadside speed indicators. My " workhorse" Jazz reads dead accurate at 30 mph but my Lexus reads 32-33 at 30 mph. My old Jag. also was dead accurate. That means that, assuming that the over reading is a percentage of speed, I can keep accurately to any speed limit ( or even a crafty 2-3 mph above it) with no problems. In over 60 years I've never been done for speeding. I've noticed however that courier drivers who travel at unsafe ( poor visibility) but legal speeds on our narrow rural roads, keep well below any posted speed limit ....presumably because they've racked up lots of points on their licences.

BoGoF

As above, you are not actually doing 70 when your speedo reads 70. Depending on the age of your car there is going to be a 5-10% margin of error - you are more likely to be doing 65 than 70.

Shaun_of_the_Dead

CreditCardChris wrote: »

Don't these guys have any fear of speed camera or police speed guns waiting for them? I'm driving at bang on 70 in the left hand lane then along comes 5 or 6 cars in the right hand lane blowing past me at 75 - 80mph.

I don't care that they're speeding, but as a relatively new driver I'm terrified of getting caught by a speed camera or police speed gun. Do these people just not care about the fines / points or something?

How do the other 10% pass you?

Mr_Singleton

CreditCardChris wrote: »

as a relatively new driver I'm terrified of getting caught by a speed camera or police speed gun. Do these people just not care about the fines / points or something?

Ah ha your one of those idiots that sits in the outer lane claiming to be going 70 mph FORCING those behind you to undertake to get past. Wheras in reality YOUR inexperienced shellfish and dangerous driving is the issue. What does the Highway Code that you obviously haven't read or choose to ignore say on the subject....
"You should always drive in the left-hand lane when the road ahead is clear. If you are overtaking a number of slower-moving vehicles, you should return to the left-hand lane as soon as you are safely past."

Fingers crossed you get banned before you cause an accident.

Shaun_of_the_Dead

Mr_Singleton wrote: »

Ah ha your one of those idiots that sits in the outer lane claiming to be going 70 mph FORCING those behind you to undertake to get past. Wheras in reality YOUR inexperienced shellfish and dangerous driving is the issue. What does the Highway Code that you obviously haven't read or choose to ignore say on the subject....
"You should always drive in the left-hand lane when the road ahead is clear. If you are overtaking a number of slower-moving vehicles, you should return to the left-hand lane as soon as you are safely past."

Fingers crossed you get banned before you cause an accident.

Are you one of those who should have gone to specsavers?

Fingers crossed you get those eyes sorted before you cause and accident.

CreditCardChris wrote: »

Don't these guys have any fear of speed camera or police speed guns waiting for them? I'm driving at bang on 70 in the left hand lane then along comes 5 or 6 cars in the right hand lane blowing past me at 75 - 80mph.

I don't care that they're speeding, but as a relatively new driver I'm terrified of getting caught by a speed camera or police speed gun. Do these people just not care about the fines / points or something?

Mr_Singleton

It would be kinda dangerous to be doing 70 in the left hand lane in lots if not all situations.

Shaun_of_the_Dead

Mr_Singleton wrote: »

It would be kinda dangerous to be doing 70 in the left hand lane in lots if not all situations.

No it wouldn't that's how you're meant to drive.

chrisw

It's all a gamble, the key is knowing where the odds are stacked against you and where you would have to be extremely unlucky to be caught.

For example, you would be mad to do much more than 70-75mph on the M6 around Birmingham, assuming you could even attain that speed.

However, once you get to the M6 around Carlisle, the risk of getting caught is still there but the chances of it happening diminish greatly.

CreditCardChris

Shaun_of_the_Dead wrote: »

How do the other 10% pass you?

Without speeding, obviously.