What stops you excessively speeding?
Poll: What stops you excessively speeding?
Total Members Polled: 869
Discussion
Speed Badger said:
Fear of killing someone and the fear of travelling too fast to react to an emerging situation.
That would want me to keep my speed down anyway,,, and for for those reasons...not because it was "wrong" for legal reasons....I can recall occasions where I was not afraid of either of those reasons you mention and hence adjusted my speed (on an empty motorway) accordingly...
Combination of wanting to keep a clean licence,too many other people on the road that dont care about trying to drive well and generally not getting into a situation where I need to hurtle about.
The latest car we have goes quite well and I have given it a quick blast now and again but a few incidents spring to mind that make me slow down.
Latest one was last night on the M60 near Middleton,artic parked in the inside lane,car parked in second lane facing the wrong way with the front end smashed to bits.Although we all had slowed down to a crawl (it had just happened) I did not see the smashed car at first,I was distracted,wondering what had happened to the wagon to force it to stop where it was.Reminded me of the health and safety gorilla spotting epic fail.
On our way along the M180 one day in a Mercedes 260E my son was egging me on to 'see what it would do' along the quiet m-way.I resisted and kept the speed legal.Good job,around the next long sweeping left hander was a camera van on the hard shoulder.
Driving a Golf VR6 a few years ago we were held up behind an old guy for ages,when he finally turned off I was going to give it the beans but resisted only to be met by a scamera around the next bend.
The latest car we have goes quite well and I have given it a quick blast now and again but a few incidents spring to mind that make me slow down.
Latest one was last night on the M60 near Middleton,artic parked in the inside lane,car parked in second lane facing the wrong way with the front end smashed to bits.Although we all had slowed down to a crawl (it had just happened) I did not see the smashed car at first,I was distracted,wondering what had happened to the wagon to force it to stop where it was.Reminded me of the health and safety gorilla spotting epic fail.
On our way along the M180 one day in a Mercedes 260E my son was egging me on to 'see what it would do' along the quiet m-way.I resisted and kept the speed legal.Good job,around the next long sweeping left hander was a camera van on the hard shoulder.
Driving a Golf VR6 a few years ago we were held up behind an old guy for ages,when he finally turned off I was going to give it the beans but resisted only to be met by a scamera around the next bend.
Edited by randomeddy on Thursday 18th December 07:56
aww999 said:
It's only "excessively speeding" in relation to the ridiculously low speed limit we have been arbitrarily saddled with
This ^^^. A few local limits on b-roads near me have gone from NSL to 40 and 30 mph. Earlier in the year, 60mph was fine and legal, but now doing 60mph is double the speed limit. Some still do that, but most fear the repercussions of being caught at double the limit or more. Natural speed along the road seems to be about 50 in the 40 and the 30. Doing 30 along there feels about as odd as doing 40 on a motorway.Fear of getting caught. I am capable of driving to conditions, so know when such speeds are appropriate, so certainly not the fear of crashing. The RS6 is capable of over 200mph (on the clock anyway 
), and I've cruised at 150-160mph comfortably and safely in Germany on the autobahn when travelling over there.
), and I've cruised at 150-160mph comfortably and safely in Germany on the autobahn when travelling over there.sixspeed said:
Fear of getting caught. I am capable of driving to conditions, so know when such speeds are appropriate, so certainly not the fear of crashing. The RS6 is capable of over 200mph (on the clock anyway ), and I've cruised at 150-160mph comfortably and safely in Germany on the autobahn when travelling over there.
I have driven on an autobahn in Germany twice,both times we were in a diesel 4x4 Tranit van,gutted.), and I've cruised at 150-160mph comfortably and safely in Germany on the autobahn when travelling over there.
Fear of being caught.
Fear of crashing makes me slow down when required from a self-imposed top speed for various types of road.
Fear of being caught determines that top speed.
Fuel economy doesn't come in to it.
To be fair, my speed is determined by the person in front most of the time.
Fear of crashing makes me slow down when required from a self-imposed top speed for various types of road.
Fear of being caught determines that top speed.
Fuel economy doesn't come in to it.
To be fair, my speed is determined by the person in front most of the time.
I put in "fuel" as this is the reason I dont exceed the speed limits in my car (especially on the motorways / NSL roads)
On my bike I might...tease the limits a little, but then I get into a zone where I fear being tugged by the police. So i rarely venture north of an indicated 80 mph.
On my bike I might...tease the limits a little, but then I get into a zone where I fear being tugged by the police. So i rarely venture north of an indicated 80 mph.
Do a lot of German Autobahn's as well with mixed feelings on high speed driving.
I've done 150+ in several of my cars and seen some very fast cars blast past me.
Best of which was a Bugatti Veyron making me feel like I was going backwards when in fact I was touching 120.
Great on an early Sunday low traffic morning.
Then I have an experience where I was doing about 80 in a 75 zone on a sweeping curve where I started to move out to the third lane. Because of the bend, I couldn't see far enough behind and at the last second saw a car bearing down, too fast to not hit me. I pulled back for the center lane and he missed me by mm's.
Yes I was changing lane without fully knowing if it was OK but then if he had been doing something like the speed limit, there would have been no problem.
The danger in Germany is the speed differential.
I've done 150+ in several of my cars and seen some very fast cars blast past me.
Best of which was a Bugatti Veyron making me feel like I was going backwards when in fact I was touching 120.
Great on an early Sunday low traffic morning.
Then I have an experience where I was doing about 80 in a 75 zone on a sweeping curve where I started to move out to the third lane. Because of the bend, I couldn't see far enough behind and at the last second saw a car bearing down, too fast to not hit me. I pulled back for the center lane and he missed me by mm's.
Yes I was changing lane without fully knowing if it was OK but then if he had been doing something like the speed limit, there would have been no problem.
The danger in Germany is the speed differential.
"Fear of crashing" but mainly because other road users are entirely unpredictable.
I'm confident to drive ~120mph on a clear motorway, but I'd want to leave an empty lane between me and the next car purely because I don't trust that I'd be able to safely avoid them should decide to switch lanes for no clear reason and without warning.
Like many I choose a speed which is appropriate both to the conditions and my abilities. Often, if not almost entirely, this means sticking to the posted limit, especially on non-motorway routes. In fact the only time I tend to exceed the limit is on a clear motorway when the traffic flow allows a steady (speedo-indicated) 80-85mph. The only times I've really exceeded this are when I've not been on cruise control, the traffic flow has lifted, and I've let my right foot get a bit heavy without noticing for a few miles.
I've been caught speeding once at 37 in a 30. It was a camera and I had missed the 30 sign a short distance earlier. It's a dual carriageway which runs at 50mph, then down to 40mph before reducing again to 30mph. I thought I was still in the 40 area and had the cruise control set as such. D'oh.
I'm confident to drive ~120mph on a clear motorway, but I'd want to leave an empty lane between me and the next car purely because I don't trust that I'd be able to safely avoid them should decide to switch lanes for no clear reason and without warning.
Like many I choose a speed which is appropriate both to the conditions and my abilities. Often, if not almost entirely, this means sticking to the posted limit, especially on non-motorway routes. In fact the only time I tend to exceed the limit is on a clear motorway when the traffic flow allows a steady (speedo-indicated) 80-85mph. The only times I've really exceeded this are when I've not been on cruise control, the traffic flow has lifted, and I've let my right foot get a bit heavy without noticing for a few miles.
I've been caught speeding once at 37 in a 30. It was a camera and I had missed the 30 sign a short distance earlier. It's a dual carriageway which runs at 50mph, then down to 40mph before reducing again to 30mph. I thought I was still in the 40 area and had the cruise control set as such. D'oh.
aww999 said:
It's only "excessively speeding" in relation to the ridiculously low speed limit we have been arbitrarily saddled with since 1966. If the limit had gone up in line with vehicle safety, tyre technology etc it would now be about 140mph on motorways and 120mph on A-roads. That seems like a reasonable place to put a "line in the sand" and say "it is never safe to go any faster than this under any circumstances ever, and you will be penalised if you do so".
We have 3D surround-sound digital vehicles being held to a silent-movie speed limit, which is why catching people breaking it is like shooting fish in a barrel.
Good point, owing to reductions in limits on some roads, applied for no immediately apparent reasons in some cases, this means that speeds that were Ok before, could now be regarded as excessively speeding. so it could be regarded as a relative concept. We have 3D surround-sound digital vehicles being held to a silent-movie speed limit, which is why catching people breaking it is like shooting fish in a barrel.
To me excessively speeding, means moving at a speed that is not in accordance with factors such as traffic levels, weather conditions, visibility levels, skill level of the driver, dynamic capabilities of the vehicle being used. I would regard all of those as a yardstick for determining the concept of excessively speeding.
There should be an option for "I never do".
Not that I don't feel comfortable doing so, have in the past done 130+ perfectly safely but for the mentioned reasons and others (risk of increased blood pressure, tiring, attracting knobheads who want to race, don't feel the need to ect) I tend to keep to the posted limit or there abouts no matter how ridiculous it seems. Must be getting old
Is easier to stick the cruise control on in the automatics and concentrate on road hazards rather than what speed I am doing.
The convertible is too noisy at high speeds with the top down, as it is a summer play car it rarely has the top up when moving. Since we bought it as a future classic as well as a fun car, speeding excessively is not really on the menu. Plus with no roll-over bar to protect you would not want to turn it over.
Sorry for what is probably a boring answer.
Not that I don't feel comfortable doing so, have in the past done 130+ perfectly safely but for the mentioned reasons and others (risk of increased blood pressure, tiring, attracting knobheads who want to race, don't feel the need to ect) I tend to keep to the posted limit or there abouts no matter how ridiculous it seems. Must be getting old
Is easier to stick the cruise control on in the automatics and concentrate on road hazards rather than what speed I am doing.
The convertible is too noisy at high speeds with the top down, as it is a summer play car it rarely has the top up when moving. Since we bought it as a future classic as well as a fun car, speeding excessively is not really on the menu. Plus with no roll-over bar to protect you would not want to turn it over.
Sorry for what is probably a boring answer.
Pixelpeep7r said:
Based on results on this poll i would say Road Safety adverts have been a complete waste of time.
87% of people more worried about being caught than crashing.
Do you think that this poll is representative of the population as a whole?87% of people more worried about being caught than crashing.
Do you think that people on this forum are more likely to drive at excessive speeds than the population as a whole?
tomjol said:
DonkeyApple said:
None of those options to be honest.
Most people do not use excessive speed out of respect for other people. The law is there, as always, to assist those who lack respect for others. As a generalisation.
Pompous much?Most people do not use excessive speed out of respect for other people. The law is there, as always, to assist those who lack respect for others. As a generalisation.
I very much believe that most people are self regulating when it comes to speed and much of that self regulation is not derived from fear of a fine but respect of possible consequences of their actions.
If you think that pompous then I am genuinely sorry for you. Sad.
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