How much do you think about speed and limits when you drive?

[Esceptico]

Just curious. Pretty much aware of my speed at all times and paranoid about cameras and speed traps, where I think they could be. Normal?

[Esceptico]

cmaguire said:

Another thread about speed. I am still unclear as to your motivation.

I'll play along though.
I always know exactly what I'm doing. Usually breaking the law, every time I go out. Somewhat irritated by all the cameras, and somewhat irritated by having to share the roads with people who get slower by the day.
It wasn't like this 20 years+ ago and I don't like it. I would like to go back in time with the cars/bikes I have access to now. That would be fun.
Driving now is a chore, which I mitigate as best I can.

No agenda.

We were out of the country most of the last 20 years. We noticed lots of differences when we moved back. Can't say I've noticed people driving a lot slower than they did. Biggest differences are average speed cameras and sheer weight of traffic (which certainly slows everyone down). On A and B roads there seemed to be plenty of dawdlers in the 90s and still plenty today.

[Esceptico]

MrBarry123 said:

Do you mean whether I think about speed limits generically (their purpose, their use, their place in society etc) or the speed limit of the road I'm travelling along at that time?

As per the other posts, the latter.

[Esceptico]

NinjaPower said:

I live in Cumbria/Lake District, and despite the large size of the county, there are only a handful of speed cameras and everyone knows where they are.

Traffic police are few and far between, as are camera vans.

I try to behave myself in built up areas, and generally just flow with the rest of the traffic which is usually doing 30-35.

Traffic is always light to non existent depending on time of day.

Out on the A-roads and motorway, my speeding is generally outrageous. I cruise at 70-90 in 60 limits and I wouldn't bat an eyelid at doing 150, as would many people I know.

I attribute my 'success' if you want to call it that, with being massively suspicious of other cars with the assumption that anything could be an unmarked police car, and also I'm always looking ahead down the road for anything that makes my spidey-senses tingle.

I couldn't do 150 without spending the next few weeks worrying that I hadn't been caught (even if I was sure I hadn't). Probably not rational fear but when I lived in Switzerland they did have hidden cameras and mobile ones they put on the best roads. Generally you didn't know you had been caught until you got a friendly letter (I'm kidding - we are talking about the Swiss) to visit the local police station. Penalties now too high. A long ban would be very inconvenient but don't fancy prison (which I assume would be a risk at such speeds).

Quite envious of the roads you have up there. You can keep the floods though!

[Esceptico]

Some Gump said:

OP,

Is posting inane circular threads on the same subject your fetish or something?

Is posting inane comments your fetish? You don't have to read threads or respond to them if you don't like the subject matter? As far as I know the thread space in PHs is not limited so starting new topics costs nothing and doesn't prevent others from creating topics more to your tastes. Why don't you try doing so, rather than moaning?