Simple question, really. I regularly see cars in lane 3 zipping along at between 90 and 100 mph, and was wondering if any of them get stopped or if the police turn a blind eye to these sort of speeds? How fast do you drive on the motorway?
For reference, if the road is clear I tend to sit at 80 on the speedo, but often have cars whizzing past going well above that. It's a new car so I haven't had a chance to compare the speed with what the TomTom says.
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0 - indicated 110 (Once!) depending on traffic, weather conditions, speed cameras, time of day, if I'm tired or stressed, etc etc etc etc
Lets say 85 indicated typcially, if I can.
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Indicated 85, clean licence for 20 years
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Do 96+ and get caught and you'll be in front of the magistrates.
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Yes thats a real 96+ But 96 on your speedo?
Thts 86 ish real and an offer to sign the nice mans form.
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Simple question really. I regularly see cars in lane 3 zipping along at between 90 and 100 mph and was wondering if any of them get stopped or if the police turn a blind eye to these sort of speeds? How fast do you drive on the motorway?
More often, I see cars doing 90-100mph in the outside lane, and then slam their brakes frequently.
I aim for 70mph, but if traffic's bad then I go a little slower.
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Anywhere between indicated 65 and 100 (so that 60ish to 90ish real) depending on conditions and flow.
We drive faster down here than you guys up north. - Opinion -
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The berlingo is happiest just under 70, tend to stick there and arrive relaxed.
Push the Xantia to 85ish or higher but in practice find I'm still only averaging 70 and getting stressed wih the stupidity of others.
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yes you really have to work hard to get your average speed over 60 - To average 70 you need to pushing 85 most of the time.,
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Uk 70-ish on average
France 80-85 ish
Spain as fast as I dare and is safe to do so
Germany same as Spain but on average higher cruising speed. I've averaged over 100mph regularly.
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I aim for 85-90 (clean license for 11 years).
I rarely find I'm the fastest thing on the motorway..........
A few years ago in my, then, Volvo S40, coming down the M4 into London middle of the day, doing around 90 in the outside lane. Came to a junction and realised too late that there was a marked police V70 parked on the overhead bridge. I was concentrating on the road, not the bridge.
I cursed and thought, well if they've caught me they've caught me and carried on, same speed.
A few minutes later police V70 comes steaming up behind me (no sirens on). I'm thinking well that's it then and pull over onto the middle lane. He powers past me with no sirens or lights on into the distance..........
Chris
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Depends if I'm going or coming, if you see what I mean. ie: on the way to my destination I usually cruise at 65-70 indicated in the interests of economy. On the way home however it's often 85-95 as the kids are usually whinging so I want it over with asap.
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It has varied.
In the '80s using a fully expensed company car, then 95-100 where possible was my standard speed. My logic at the time was that a) I was unlikely to be caught, b) a speeding endorsement had no effect on anything and c) I wasn't risking a ban by being more than 30 over the limit. I would now accept that my logic was flawed!
I will put my hands up, now, and admit excessive speed on one occassion - in a Cavalier mk2 1.8 SRi the engine limiter prevented any further speed increase - I was clocking 134, probably about 125 true, but when another car doing 75ish pulled out in front of me I vowed never to be quite so stupid.
Since then my "standard" cruising speed dropped to 85 then 77 both indicated but now I'm retired and have had "time pressure" lifted off so 70 is quite adequate for me. I'm also much more ready to reduce my speed below the limit when conditions dictate.
As far as averages go I've never had difficulty getting an average speed within 5mph of cruising speed BUT I don't bother with averages when there's congestion!
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I like an early start so 5.30 to 6.30 I'll hustle along at up to 95. As soon as the motorway gets busy I'll just keep up with everyone else at whatever lower speed that is. Rush hour on the motorway and my home is the inside lane, quite content to potter along with the lorries and blue rinsers at around 50 leaving the nose to tail brigade to their own.
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Nice one Neil, very sensible
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on the motorway and my home is the inside lane quite content to potter along with the lorries and blue rinsers at around 50 leaving the nose to tail brigade to their own.
& most the time, I'm probably just ahead of you, Neil.
Actually had a run to Norfolk yesterday & tried, reasonably OK, too, using cruise. Kept at 60ish & showed an average of 34 mpg, for the day. (Omega 2.5 CDX auto estate, for those that don't know)
V-Power Shell, of course!!
VB
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At 65 to 70 I can concentrate more on driving and less on cameras. Boring, I know!
Clk Sec
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100mph if there's room. Perhaps a little over, late at night.
No fines thus far. Amazed at people's stupidity though, going through 40mph bits on the motorway with large and obvious cameras at 50mph.
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What I think the car can stand and the authorities will stand for.
Depends a lot on time, place and car as everyone knows.
I have consistently and deliberately exceeded speed limits all my driving life, and have hardly ever gone what I would call really fast.
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I mostly drive at 70-80 mph on motorways. Very occassionally go at 90 mph max.
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Last Sunday and then the reverse on Tuesday did Stockport-Hull. Roads wet and some heavy rain. Did not go fast and had plenty of time for the ferry.
Drove at a relaxed pace and did excellent MPG. The best yet and I think the Mondeo is playing up as well! Had done 30 miles around town driving before we left, stuck in the port traffic (stop start) on the way back and did 258 miles on 25.7 litres which I thought was good. About 46mpg. As I say 30 miles town driving and stop-start included in that.
So I might drive like that more often. I sped past lorries to avoid any dangers.
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I drive 110 miles a day. Used to drive between 80 and 85. I decided to see what sort of effect on fuel economy driving slower would have. I now drive between 60 and 70 (which costs me about 10 mins at most) and I now get around 420 ish miles to a tank rather than 350. I haven't worked out the mpg difference yet but it's an extra trip without filling up and that's worth getting up 10 minutes earlier to me. Also the fact I don't have to worry about police / speed cameras etc makes the journey more relaxing.
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I used to drive at 80-90 etc. After passing the IAM test a few years back it really changed me as a driver. Now it is more like 70-75MPH. If you are doing 90 and an accident occurs even if it is not your fault accident investigators will know your speed. Anything over 80 and they will throw the book at you.
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I spend a lot of my days on the complicated bit of the M3/M27/M271 and I'd rather sit in the inside lane there at 70 than attempt to compete with some of the nutcases out there. M40 is a different story though, with the exception of the bit around Warwick where there are always unmarked police cars and marked 4x4s just out of the services!
I actually drive fastest on my way to and from work. Everyone else uses the motorway so I have the back route to myself and it's mostly dual carriageway.
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Ifyou are doing 90 and an accident occurs even if it is not your fault accident investigators will know your speed. Anything over 80 and they will throw the book at you.
With modern cars and ABS how could they determine an accurate speed for a prosecution if your impact speed was 81MPH? You would have to factor quite a large percentage margin of error.
85MPH in lane 3 with a good gap to between you and the car in front is safer than nose to tail daydreamers in lane 2 doing 70MPH in good conditions
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Indicated 80, so about 75.
Unless the motorway is deserted, I don't think I'd cut my journey time by much if I drove at 90+ where I could. And I'd rather relax and not have to keep braking and acceleratingm, and looking out for police.
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usually about 85ish, though occaisionally faster in the wee small hours. I'm often driving at 3 and 4am and I find that driving a bit quicker means I keep more alert.
I don't tend to overtake anyone at more than about 20moh faster than they're going.
I've never been faster than 165mph (abroad) and never faster than 130 in the UK.
when there's three miles of empty road ahead of you then the only danger is to myself
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on the M60/M62 (one of britains best car parks) about 40mph or less.
the M66 on the other hand 90-110 every week day.
The rest of the time about 85-90
Lee
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Depends on road, traffic, weather etc etc. Usually between indicated 80 and 90, but often restricted to average of 65-70 due to overtaking lorries. Earlier this year I drove 330 miles from County Durham to Bournemouth in under 5 hours with no stops or traffic jams - not advisable I know, but I was really hammering the car all the way and still only managed an average of 69-ish. So basically, even when you think you've been doing 90+ most of the way, by the time you've slowed down for a few roundabouts and overtaking lorries, it evens out to 70mph.
Did a 60-mile return jaunt up the A1M yesterday, hit indicated 105 at one point but mostly speed was around 70-80. No points on my licence as yet!
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Indicated 75mph which equates to 69mph on the GPS - simply becuase on a long distance trip, I can return almost 40mpg at this speed which I feel is very good going.
Always wonder quite how people get away with it as I head down the M5 at night to have people flash past at over 100mph. If I though I'd get away with it, I'd do it as well in the evenings - the car is easily and safely capable of such speeds, but knowing me I'd get nicked the first time I tried it.
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70 mph ~ you surely don't expect me to joun the band of people who admit to (or even brag about) breaking the law, do you?
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I was just thinking that.
At the end if the day the law is the law -we may not like it - but you guys are fodder for pro-scamera campaigners.
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wondered when the 'holier than thou' brigade werte going to kick in
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I wasn't being "holier than thou". I just don't intend to admit to (or brag about, as some people do) breaking the law.
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A little older and wiser, maybe.
Clk Sec
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