Does anyone feel bad about speeding?

[Ilovejapcrap]

No

But I hope I do it in a controlled sensible manor I.e not past a school person with dog built up area etc

[rdjohn]

Last night I was doing 110kph on a 90kph zone in France.

Bambi decided it was the perfect moment to dash across this road that divided his woods. He is no more and my car needs repairs, but I can't help but thinking "what if it had been a child?" IF I was doing 90kph, then Bambi might of been 2-3 seconds in front of the car and perhaps I could have braked, swerved and avoided him.

Tomorrow will be different, but the question posed by the OP seems very relevant today.

[robbyd]

But if you had been doing 130 kph you would have passed the spot before Bambi ran out.....

[glasgowrob]

only feel guilty of having a mere 200 bhp not fast enough.


nothing wrong with speed in appropriate places, empty NSLs and motorways fine, past schools at 3pm your a cock

[Getragdogleg]

No, appropriate speed is ok in my book, despite no material changes to there are lots of roads near me that are now 40mph after years of being NSL, yet roads past schools are still 30 mph even though the schools are much busier and children have less road sense these days !

The whole "speed kills" mantra his ill thought out but is accepted without question by the masses.

Is it true that a 40 limit requires a lower state/standard of repair than a NSL ?

[mko9]

I never speed in town, although 20mph speed limits might make me change my mind. Out on a dual carriageway though, I have no qualms about 85-90mph. Conditions permitting, of course.

[MrBrightSi]

rdjohn said:

Last night I was doing 110kph on a 90kph zone in France.

Bambi decided it was the perfect moment to dash across this road that divided his woods. He is no more and my car needs repairs, but I can't help but thinking "what if it had been a child?" IF I was doing 90kph, then Bambi might of been 2-3 seconds in front of the car and perhaps I could have braked, swerved and avoided him.

Tomorrow will be different, but the question posed by the OP seems very relevant today.

You have a point but today I put on a pair of trousers and risked falling and cracking my skull open.

Tomorrow's a new day and people are going to have to deal with me doing 40mph.

Oh wait I meant not wearing trousers

[otolith]

A reduced speed limit from NSL used to be a good indicator that there was a need to be wary and slow down. They're now so over-used that they give very little indication of any risk other than speeding points.

[Jon1967x]

robbyd said:

But if you had been doing 130 kph you would have passed the spot before Bambi ran out.....

Or bambi would have joined you inside the car and you'd have been force fed half a ton of venison

[p1esk]

robbyd said:

Yes - just ignore all of it, definitely, while being very observant.

Think Von posted a couple of years ago that one may 'opt out' if they felt so inclined...

We can, of course, 'opt out' if we choose to do so, and I expect a fair few of us do that, and we accept the risk of getting a ticket, but I can't imagine Von advocating it: quite the reverse, in fact.

[Phatboy317]

rdjohn said:

Last night I was doing 110kph on a 90kph zone in France.

Bambi decided it was the perfect moment to dash across this road that divided his woods. He is no more and my car needs repairs, but I can't help but thinking "what if it had been a child?" IF I was doing 90kph, then Bambi might of been 2-3 seconds in front of the car and perhaps I could have braked, swerved and avoided him.

Tomorrow will be different, but the question posed by the OP seems very relevant today.

If you drive everywhere at 90kph, then any collision you do happen to have will be at 90kph.
Same as 110kph, or any other speed.
But it can't and won't be the same collision. Some other time, some other place.
So it's a complete waste of time and emotional energy to wonder "what if"

And, btw, I think you're quite safe from the prospect of children running across the road in between two woods out in the countryside.

Edited by Phatboy317 on Sunday 29th March 12:17

[Guybrush]

Driving according to the conditions at the time, i.e. type of car being driven, weather, light, traffic density, that particular part of the road, side turnings, sightlines and so on, rather than looking at the speedo is probably the best way to drive. Sometimes that may involve exceeding what some penpusher has dictated the maximum speed should be. (I know someone will say "experts" set the speed, but in my experience that would be BS.)

[Red Devil]

Ilovejapcrap said:

No

But I hope I do it in a controlled sensible manor I.e not past a school person with dog built up area etc

I'm getting a really weird mental image here...

[johnao]

Red Devil said:

johnao said:

Red Devil said:

- http://goo.gl/KqjwQy

Hi Red Devil - Sort of off topic, but not really. how do you do this in Google Maps, please?

I can't stand the latest version of Google Maps, so don't know it works with that, if at all.
Mine is set to default to Classic View. Here's how - https://support.google.com/maps/answer/3045828?hl=...

In Classic View, if the map is taking up the whole pane click on the right facing triangle in the top left hand corner.
In the left hand pane which then appears you will see two icons. Click on the right hand one (link). A box will appear with the link address highlighted in blue. Right click on it and select copy from the drop down menu. Click on the Learn More link above it. This takes you to a tutorial on how to create the shortened link.

HTH

Many thanks.

[johnao]

Is this the daftest 40mph on the planet? A507 going east from Baldock, Herts. The speed limit was rightly imposed when the A505 Baldock bypass was built and heavy, mud-splattered, earth-moving plant which spread mud all over the A507 was stored in a field just off the A507. But that project was completed years ago! A non-emergency call police car actually overtook me whilst I was doing 40mph on this stretch of road only last week!

https://goo.gl/maps/6ihi6

Edited by johnao on Sunday 29th March 17:23

Edited by johnao on Sunday 29th March 17:24

[WD39]

'Sunday Times' Drive section today.

New technology which recognises speed limit signs and adjusts the cars speed accordingly.

This will be standard on the new Ford S-Max people carrier.

Try and read the article for more technical details.

[Japveesix]

LordGrover said:

Go to Bristol and enjoy the delights of 20mph limit pretty much everywhere.

That barely anyone ever seems to stick to.

[Phatboy317]

Japveesix said:

LordGrover said:

Go to Bristol and enjoy the delights of 20mph limit pretty much everywhere.

That barely anyone ever seems to stick to.

...except when I'm trying to cross the road - in which case a string of cars will be coming along at 20, making me wait a lot longer than before

[Jagmanv12]

WD39 said:

'Sunday Times' Drive section today.

New technology which recognises speed limit signs and adjusts the cars speed accordingly.

This will be standard on the new Ford S-Max people carrier.

Try and read the article for more technical details.

Is there any hope that was published before it should have been on April 1?

[btcc123]

Jagmanv12 said:

WD39 said:

'Sunday Times' Drive section today.

New technology which recognises speed limit signs and adjusts the cars speed accordingly.

This will be standard on the new Ford S-Max people carrier.

Try and read the article for more technical details.

Is there any hope that was published before it should have been on April 1?

I read that as well and uses a camera to read the speed limit signs,but you have to select it for that to work but doubt many will.