Scamps at it again
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One small piece of anecdotal (therefore discountable) evidence on miles/speed/experience from a few trips recently...
For context I used to do a lot of miles annually, mostly motorway (i.e. 40k+) but for the last 6 have lived in London and my mileage has dropped somewhat.
Recently I've been on the motorways in 3 distinct conditions with similar traffic volumes.
1) Bank holiday weekend crowd. Some of the most frightening cases of dangerous driving and poor lane discipline. Panic breaking and poorly-judged choices on lane changes and observation. M11, M6.
2) Normal weekend crowd. Pretty poor lane choice. MLM rules. Some very aggressive driving. M4, M54, M42, M40
3) Week day business trip. Speed was generally high and traffic density similar or slightly lighter then the BH weekend. People consistantly pre-empted each other with success, left room and made accomodations for each other.
1 & 3 were in the Jeep which I genrally cruis at 75 indicated. 2 was int eh RX-7 cruising at up to 85 where possible.
1 & 3 were the greatest contradiction given my speeds and driving style were the same.
In example 3 the faster traffic was going significantly faster then me, in 1 only a little. It's the #3 drivers who would be punished for speeding that, in general, exhibit a far greater standard of motorway driving than the weekend/BH numpties*. How can punishing good drivers make sense???
These trips reminded me that, contrary to my opinion, motorway skills aren't poorer - I just travel on the motorways when the other bad drivers do these days
Iain
* of whom I am generally one of these days
For context I used to do a lot of miles annually, mostly motorway (i.e. 40k+) but for the last 6 have lived in London and my mileage has dropped somewhat.
Recently I've been on the motorways in 3 distinct conditions with similar traffic volumes.
1) Bank holiday weekend crowd. Some of the most frightening cases of dangerous driving and poor lane discipline. Panic breaking and poorly-judged choices on lane changes and observation. M11, M6.
2) Normal weekend crowd. Pretty poor lane choice. MLM rules. Some very aggressive driving. M4, M54, M42, M40
3) Week day business trip. Speed was generally high and traffic density similar or slightly lighter then the BH weekend. People consistantly pre-empted each other with success, left room and made accomodations for each other.
1 & 3 were in the Jeep which I genrally cruis at 75 indicated. 2 was int eh RX-7 cruising at up to 85 where possible.
1 & 3 were the greatest contradiction given my speeds and driving style were the same.
In example 3 the faster traffic was going significantly faster then me, in 1 only a little. It's the #3 drivers who would be punished for speeding that, in general, exhibit a far greater standard of motorway driving than the weekend/BH numpties*. How can punishing good drivers make sense???
These trips reminded me that, contrary to my opinion, motorway skills aren't poorer - I just travel on the motorways when the other bad drivers do these days
Iain
* of whom I am generally one of these days
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