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

George_Michael

waamo wrote: »

Have you not heard of the first rule of holes?

As they don't appear to have heard of the Highway code, I very much doubt it.

greatcrested

Back in the day (yes, i'm old!) driving was fun! As a student at Warwick, with a £50 mini cooper (yeah the original, not one of these new-fangled so-called minis!) I'd drive up the M1 from London doing a ton. My god that car shook! Disc brakes? Never heard of them.

The motoway had 3 mostly empty lanes, no central reservation, and if people missed their exit they just did a U-turn!

Cameras were un-heard of, and anyway, that 'national speed limit' sign back then meant 'de-restricted' (or 'put your bloody foot down').

Now everyone is paranoid, there are cameras, average speed checks, no overtaking signs, and Big Brother controlling every aspect of how you drive. It's no more than a way to get from A to B, no longer an experience in itself.


Deep sigh!

nickcc

mollycat wrote: »

Check out OP's posting history.

Wasting time responding IMHO.

Perhaps we might find him under a bridge 😉

JustAnotherSaver

It's not rocket science.


If there's a speed camera, i slow down
If there's a police van pulled in and i spot it early, i slow down.
If i want to get past you i don't hang on your !!!!, i wait for a gap and THEN i put my foot down.

You runs the risks, you take your chances. In 17 years i've been caught once. Some people do better, some can't even hit 12 months. It is what it is. I don't put people at risk with my speeding, i don't do it on blind bends or anything like that, i'm very careful on back roads. I will speed where i believe it safe to do so. Just because a speed limit says 40 doesn't mean it's unsafe if i travel 41 because yesterday the speed limit could've been 50 there, so yesterday 41 was safe but today it's unsafe while nothing surrounding the area has changed? No. Probably some idiot who couldn't be arsed to cross 10 strides down the road at the crossing and thought they'd chance it further up the road and wound up getting themself killed by not looking as they stepped out is what got the speed dropped.

waamo

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

It's not rocket science.


If there's a speed camera, i slow down
If there's a police van pulled in and i spot it early, i slow down..

There really shouldn't be any need to slow down.

Mercdriver

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

It's not rocket science.


If there's a speed camera, i slow down
If there's a police van pulled in and i spot it early, i slow down.
If i want to get past you i don't hang on your !!!!, i wait for a gap and THEN i put my foot down.

Chances are if you see the police/safety partnership van, you are too late.

If you are driving at the speed limit and slow down when you see the van, why?

JackeeBoy

To answer the actual question, on the motorway you can be doing 80mph and chances are you are not going to get caught. Depending where you are anyway.

On the M25, you can be doing 90mph and the only thing likely to catch you is the police speed gun if they are using it. I've been regularly driving on the M25 for 6 or so years, regularly do 90mph and I've never got a ticket.

That, OP, is why people speed past you and don't worry. They simply haven't been caught yet as the cameras, for the most part, simply don't bother.

Marvel1

:wall:

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.

Mr_Singleton wrote: »

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

Mr_Singleton wrote: »

No it's not.

There are lots of situations where doing 70 in the left hand lane is dangerous. A car joining from the hard shoulder after a breakdown isn't going to be expecting some nutter to be doing 70 in the left lane. You come around a cure in the motorway to be confronted with an HGV doing 40. Your forced to swerve into the middle lane or slam on the brakes both of which could lead to a loss of control not to mention any other drivers in the middle lane.

There are no words :wall::doh:

Jonathan_Kelvin

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 you know that you are doing exactly 70?

As to worry, if you are doing an indicated 80 on an unrestricted section of motorway there’s very little chance of being prosecuted. I tend to set my cruise control to 90mph if I am on a motorway with few other cars, and have never been pulled over or fined ever.

Jonathan_Kelvin

Mr_Singleton wrote: »

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

That’s quite a strange post. You are supposed to drive in the near side lane unless overtaking, so doing 70 in lane 1 is not only normal, it is what you are supposed to do.

Your comment about needing to slam on the brakes is just wrong. You can see far enough on a motorway that if you come across a lorry in te same lane doing 40 it’ll be enough to lift off the accelerator.