SHOCKER!!!! I've embraced driving like a granny

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Until 3 and a bit years ago my driving was best described as "press on"

With light traffic on a motorway I'd sit in the high 80's
On A-roads it would be NSL plus ??? if appropriate ie no children or kittens on the horizon
In heavy traffic Id be in lane 3 doing whatever speed the bunch allowed cursing whenever someone pulled into the gap between me and the car ahead

I was naturally immortal and despite winging it never had a sniff of interest from the law

And then I got stuffed with 6 points due to a non driving related incident - another story............

Driving on 6 points is fairly sobering, 2 indiscretions with a hidden camera van on the same trip and you're toast, consequently I started driving Miss Daisy

3 years down the line and I lost the points a few thousand miles ago, and do you know what - I still drive like Im driving Miss Daisy!

A few things have contributed to this

The first is that it's just so much more relaxing cruising around instead of fretting about where the next camera's going to be
My language in the car has improved massively as well, and its just so much more peaceful and relaxing

Fuel consumption has naturally increased markedly since backing off too

But the biggest bombshell is that Ive noticed the travelling times for my most frequent journeys arent actually that much different from when I was heavily woofing it
On a recent 300 miler the difference really was inconsequential much to my surprise

I never thought Id say this but driving to the speed limit (mostly) has been very therapeutic

For balance Id also say that the discipline when you try and join lane 3 in heavy traffic is just shocking and you still cant beat the odd hoon on a quiet road early in the morning before plod gets out of bed LOL

Cheers!