"Why are people still driving too fast?"

[g3org3y]

Stumbled across this thread on Moneysavingexpert:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php...

OP seems pleased with himself for travelling 50mph on motorways and 'duel' carriageways. Apparently anyone else travelling faster is an idiot.

I can understand people wanting to travel at 60-65 (economy reasons etc) but 50mph is a joke imo. Far too slow, will cause trucks to have to move to lane 2 and overtake causing congestion behind (esp if a 2 lane dc) and just generally be a ruddy obstruction.

Not sure whether this guy is worse than the typical MLMs. Hate that kind of 'I'm alright Jack' attitude.

[Stu R]

Fingers crossed he gets squashed by a truck

[slipstream 1985]

well that advert on the tv told me that 3/4 accidents happen when your speeding on a country road you know. now i do all my speeding on city streets i have no idea of.

[Debaser]

Some reasonable replies on there though.

MoneySavingExpert OP said:

Exactly, I always laugh at those who overtake me on a 60mph road when I'm doing 50mph & just 1 mile later I've caught them up at the lights? What was the point?

MoneySavingExpert reply said:

The point is they missed the green light because you were in the way!

[The Lukas]

slipstream 1985 said:

now i do all my speeding on city streets i have no idea of.

I see your reasoning

[deveng]

In all honesty I sort of agree with re concept. When I was student my fiancé lived in Southend and I was in hatfield, about a 50 mile drive, which could be done at 70mph returning 27mpg or 50mph returning 38mpg. I was usually driving on near empty motorways during the day, so caused no issues and I saved alot of fuel, and since I didnt have a particularly tight time frame to drive in, I could leave whenever and let the journey take longer.

Doing it during rush hour though would be a pain!

ETA to put it into context aerodynamic drag doubles between 50 and 70mph.

[marcosgt]

If he keeps out of the way I have little problem with him doing 50 MPH everywhere (I'd worry if I caught him up on the slip road joining a motorway though!).

Just so long as this kind of pious viewpoint doesn't get into the minds of our lords and masters in Westminster...

M.

[marshalla]

I think the mindsets can be captured nicely by a phrase that is used a lot on that thread (and on PH) - "duel carriageway" - it's all about honour!

[RacerMDR]

I was always taught to drive at the speed limit if safe to do so.

Personally I agree 50mph is dangerous on the motorway. If you can't afford to drive your car at 70mph on the motorway I would suggest get a cheaper car.

[Mr Trophy]

I must admit. I have been getting 260 miles out of my Mini Cooper S - £64.50 to fill it up full.. I may slow down... NAH!

[james_tigerwoods]

I bet he's like the idiot that I followed through some villages the other day doing 40mph the whole time - in my village - 40 (in a 30), in a 60 - 40, in the next 40 - 40, when it dropped to 30 - 40.

[D1bram]

To be fair to him, I can sort of see where he is coming from.

While I agree that 50mph is too slow (causing lorries to overtake a car is a no no IMO), I can see the benefit of driving as economically as I can in my everyday driving.

I recently bought a cheap diesel to commute in, saving my MX5 for weekend pleasure drives. Now, my rough reckon up is that what I used to spend per month on commuting fuel alone will now pay for my commute, and a tank of fuel for the MX5 to use for pleasure.

When driving my derv, I generally sit between 60-70mph, I leave enough time for my journey so don't need to push on.

When I drive the MX5 now, I don't consider economy (though I still caculate what my car acheives as I'm a nerd like that lol).

[Torquey]

A good piss boiler to start the day. I won't rise to it but if wants to travel in the slip stream of trucks (and vice versa) I expect he'll realise soon enough why others don't hang around in lane 1.

[Bonefish Blues]

hora said:

I drove at 50 once to experience the sensation. You end up sitting with lorries, surrounded by lorries along with people streaming onto the motorway.

Bloody lethal.

Not the fact that people are trying to filter on but the fact that at that speed you are the Trucks-bh.

75's a bloody pain, trust me - nobody overtaking can judge your speed vs their and you end up getting stuffed into the back of the vehicle ahead.

At least at 50 you'd never actually catch anyone up and have to overtake...

[MoBeanz]

Jeeez, this guy is unbelievable.

If anything, cars have become safer, can stop a lot sooner and are more economical since our speed limits were set... I'd like to see a 90mph limit on motorways.

[judas]

People who judge their own worth in miles per gallon need their heads examined. There's far more to life than eking out the maximum mileage from a tank of fuel just to save a couple of quid. Where does fun or just avoidance of soul-destroying monotony fit in?

Idiots.

[jellison]

You just have to "Almost" run these types off the road (M-way) as you chop in front of wkers.

[Gun]

Surely someone like this is paying far too much attention to their speedometer rather than what's happening on the road in front of them?

[ad551]

Bloody hell, there are some idiots on that forum: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php...

spacktard said:

does driving close to car in front on mway save fuel?

Do you get like a drag effect from the other vehicle and save on diesel?

I tried this the other day , but the guy in front kept breaking for no reason which made it difficult to stay close.

[speedchick]

hora said:

(NO I don't drive upto their bumper either).

Unlike another one in that forum that has taken to slipstream driving to save fuel and is complaining about the cars in front that keep braking

• didn't see this had already been commented on here*