Motorway observations today
Discussion
It's been a while since I was a company car driver, and I don't get out onto the motorways during the week that much either, but today I did a fair few motorway miles (in the W124) and noticed a few things:
1. Motorway speeds seem to have lowered - I remember lane 3 being full of 90+ reps, today the speed was far lower
2. Large engined company cars are a rare sight, everyone is now in a Hybrid, small tdi or a bluemotion
3. Even vans stick to the limit
4. Traffic congestion is bloody awful, and despite leaving an additional hour early I was still 40 mins late
So, 65mph and a hybrid is the way forward is it? What happened to the young executive in the 325i with a lead foot?
Oh, my journey was livened up by a passing DB9 with the reg 5PY. I'm sure he's on here?
1. Motorway speeds seem to have lowered - I remember lane 3 being full of 90+ reps, today the speed was far lower
2. Large engined company cars are a rare sight, everyone is now in a Hybrid, small tdi or a bluemotion
3. Even vans stick to the limit
4. Traffic congestion is bloody awful, and despite leaving an additional hour early I was still 40 mins late
So, 65mph and a hybrid is the way forward is it? What happened to the young executive in the 325i with a lead foot?
Oh, my journey was livened up by a passing DB9 with the reg 5PY. I'm sure he's on here?
MrBrightSi said:
Whenever I find myself on the motorway it's either very early, or very late. The thing i find the most infuriating is the moron in the middle lane who is so blind to the world at large.
I forgot to mention this, lane two was full! Where the M1 widens to four lanes, nobody seemed to know where to be......
Garlick said:
So, 65mph and a hybrid is the way forward is it? What happened to the young executive in the 325i with a lead foot?
The taxman got us...when it was 40p a mile and sub £1 a litre I was happy doing 500 miles a week in my 540, sadly now I have a golf tdi on order...if only so I can funnel cash into a weekend TVR/toy car fund 
Garlick said:
I forgot to mention this, lane two was full!
Where the M1 widens to four lanes, nobody seemed to know where to be......
True...although it does make the overtake..indicate...sweep back to the inside lane to make it bleeding obvious they're being an MLM manoeuvre all the more dramatic - still doesn't have any effect on the twunts though.Where the M1 widens to four lanes, nobody seemed to know where to be......
Noticed the speed has gone down here in N. Ireland's wonderful motorways, too. Either due to the cost of fuel, or the fact there's holes 6" deep in the inside lane, and the outside lane is like a gravel rally stage.
Sitting at 70, I'll be passing most folks. Used to be, sitting at 70 you were being sucked off the road by people going past.
Sitting at 70, I'll be passing most folks. Used to be, sitting at 70 you were being sucked off the road by people going past.
It's so true, motorways used to be:
Lorries and caravans in L1 (55mph)
Mr / Mrs 2.4 children in L2 (65-75mph)
Reps in L3 (85-100mph)
Now everyone just queues up in L3 like a load of sheep, I'm pretty sure 80% of them wouldn't know what to do if there wasn't a car in front to show them the way. I finished work about half 7 tonight and coming home down the M1 there were very few cars, but still Mr Thickstupidprat in his Golf Tdi decided he needed to be in the middle lane in case L1 caught fire or something. Undertook him, he flashed, usual crap - too tired to care!
Lorries and caravans in L1 (55mph)
Mr / Mrs 2.4 children in L2 (65-75mph)
Reps in L3 (85-100mph)
Now everyone just queues up in L3 like a load of sheep, I'm pretty sure 80% of them wouldn't know what to do if there wasn't a car in front to show them the way. I finished work about half 7 tonight and coming home down the M1 there were very few cars, but still Mr Thickstupidprat in his Golf Tdi decided he needed to be in the middle lane in case L1 caught fire or something. Undertook him, he flashed, usual crap - too tired to care!
Lane 3 for the indecisive MLM and Lane 4 for the determined thruster, leaving Ls 1&2 for the likes of me at 75 on the cruise in our Prii (or whatever the plural is).
What I was pondering today whilst enjoying the M25 was, why are they pissing away millions of pounds widening the t
ting road when all that needs to be done is start cracking down on the absolute fktards who don't seem to have a fking scooby which lanes they're supposed to be in?
All it would take is a few more traffic cars and a 3 point fine for lane indiscipline.
ting road when all that needs to be done is start cracking down on the absolute fktards who don't seem to have a fking scooby which lanes they're supposed to be in? All it would take is a few more traffic cars and a 3 point fine for lane indiscipline.
I did 350 miles today and was late to the turn of 50 minutes due to traffic density north of London. On open sections I was not hanging about at all but keeping below 100, I was passed a suprisingly large number of times. Mostly by new big Mercs that must have been doing 30mph more than me. I'm quite observant but with my lateness today was worried about getting my photo taken, some of the Merc drivers (more I think about it I think almost every car to pass me was a merc) must have either licenses that can't be traced back to them or know something the rest of us don't.
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