What stops you excessively speeding?

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Following on from the 'speeding - is it worth it' thread i wondered what it is that actually makes people not speed excessively.

We all speed a little from what i understand - 80-90mph seems acceptable on the motorways but seen as many of us drive cars that are easily capable of nearly double that speed what stops you using it?

Take it that i am talking about a dry, sunny day with good visibility, good road surface and light traffic.

I have made it one answer per user because i think it would be easy just to say 'all of the above' but i want to know the MAIN reason.

My answer is 'being caught'

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HertsBiker said:

What do you call excessive?

for a car maybe 120mph+
for a bike 140mph+

dunno... i suppose i mean driving your car towards the upper end of its capabilities.

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McWigglebum4th said:

What no option for

"my car is a gutless piece of crap that can barely break the speed limit"

lol - sorry.

in your case - what would stop you excessively speeding?

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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.

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anonymous said:

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But they are only working by fear of punishment, not educating.

If the police had a day off and all the cameras were turned off, 87% of us would floor it!

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TheDoggingFather said:

crostonian said:

Anyone who doesn't vote 'Fear of being caught' shouldn't be on here

This place would soon die off if no one had a license...

It would be the complete opposite. Everyone would be on here even more!

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over 750 responses to a poll - thats a PH record isn't it?

we had an 'incident' christmas day. FIL had a suspected stroke in cambridge - we were in Romford. We arrived at the hospital in Cambridge before the air ambulance had returned with him.

Thankfully it was a seizure, so no lasting damage. took a day for the speech to return which was quite scary.

But just shows you what empty roads and the right motivation can do to journey times.

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it makes me sad that the countless millions spent on widening the m25 still results in idiots hogging lanes 3 & 4 now instead of 2 & 3

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Jabosoc said:

I just like to take it easy. Why does this poll assume that we all want to be going fast, but feel we can't for some reason?

with a 2001 316i i would imagine there isn't many options other than taking it easy.

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BritishRacinGrin said:

Lots of people talking about speeding on the motorway. My motorway driving is quite sensible; there's no fun to be had, and going faster just causes frustration as you are constantly catching up with morons. No, I'm more worried about 'A' and 'B' roads, my concerns often being more towards crashing than being caught. I have 't crashed yet touch wood, but that's what keeps me from absolutely wringing it out.

there is still a level of satisfaction when dropping the sales rep in his white audi that has been swapping paint with your rear when the traffic clears in front of you.

for me anyway

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BritishRacinGrin said:

Yeah, I don't get that. Then again I've never had more than 190bhp so accelerating from 70 some four pot diesel rep mobile would probably be just as quick if not quicker...

190bhp in a small lotus would help you see off quite a lot