maximum speed on motorway?
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So whilst we're on the subject…
I'm relatively new to Waze, downloaded it a while ago but always forget to use it and end up using GMaps.
How reliable is Waze for notifiying ofsafety revenue cameras, both mobile and/or static?
I'm guessing it won't notify you of undercover traffic officers, but if a car is stationed at the side of the road somewhere will it tell you?
I'm relatively new to Waze, downloaded it a while ago but always forget to use it and end up using GMaps.
How reliable is Waze for notifiying of
I'm guessing it won't notify you of undercover traffic officers, but if a car is stationed at the side of the road somewhere will it tell you?
I seem to be in the minority. My Megane averages about 20mpg at 80mph so I tend to sit at 65mph on cruise control which gets me about 35mpg. I only use motorways during quieter times (late at night or very early hours) so I don't have to worry about holding people up while slowly overtaking lorries. I find it to be way less stressful than driving faster as I don't have to worry about middle lane hoggers and looking out for police.
Saying that a few weeks ago I found myself on a completely empty M40 at 3am so had a quick blast up to about 150 until I completely crapped myself and realised that it was a stupid speed to do on a public road regardless of conditions.
Saying that a few weeks ago I found myself on a completely empty M40 at 3am so had a quick blast up to about 150 until I completely crapped myself and realised that it was a stupid speed to do on a public road regardless of conditions.
Pericoloso said:
Electronicpants said:
Terminator X said:
devnull said:
well it be onto this.
For a relative newbie how do you know this 
TX.
"well it be on to this" was posted within my time here ,so quite possible to be within devnull time here too.....
DomesticM said:
I seem to be in the minority. My Megane averages about 20mpg at 80mph so I tend to sit at 65mph on cruise control which gets me about 35mpg. I only use motorways during quieter times (late at night or very early hours) so I don't have to worry about holding people up while slowly overtaking lorries. I find it to be way less stressful than driving faster as I don't have to worry about middle lane hoggers and looking out for police.
Saying that a few weeks ago I found myself on a completely empty M40 at 3am so had a quick blast up to about 150 until I completely crapped myself and realised that it was a stupid speed to do on a public road regardless of conditions.
I sit a touch over 70, if I go much quicker my MPG plummets and with the miles I cover (decent but not excessive) it starts getting expensive.Saying that a few weeks ago I found myself on a completely empty M40 at 3am so had a quick blast up to about 150 until I completely crapped myself and realised that it was a stupid speed to do on a public road regardless of conditions.
I overtake when I need to and pull back in immediately after whilst not cutting people up. Seemingly for some this still isn’t quick enough, but if they don’t have flashing blue lights on the top of their car then f
k ‘em.Kewy said:
So whilst we're on the subject…
I'm relatively new to Waze, downloaded it a while ago but always forget to use it and end up using GMaps.
How reliable is Waze for notifiying ofsafety revenue cameras, both mobile and/or static?
I'm guessing it won't notify you of undercover traffic officers, but if a car is stationed at the side of the road somewhere will it tell you?
It depends I'm relatively new to Waze, downloaded it a while ago but always forget to use it and end up using GMaps.
How reliable is Waze for notifiying of
I'm guessing it won't notify you of undercover traffic officers, but if a car is stationed at the side of the road somewhere will it tell you?
Everything aside from the tarmac data is crowdsourced, so if folks report the layby panda car, it will alert you. Of course, this means it's subject to false positive, as they move off elsewhere , or turn out to be HA instead.I found it quite annoying in London, bit most of the time it works very well.
Leptons said:
AB57 said:
80 in light to medium traffic with cruise on. Good planning means I rarely have to switch cruise control off and I can overtake in lane 3 quick enough to be out of the way without annoying people. Also not worried about being pulled so only thing to watch out for is cameras.
The most annoying thing is people who can't maintain speed, and have poor lane discipline. If people could manage that it would be a lot easier on the motorway.
70 in heavy traffic if I can manage it, but normally stick cruise on around 60 and adjust accordingly. Once again, good planning means I rarely touch the brake or have to turn off cruise control.
Anything above 80 isn't worth it unless you know where cameras are and if traffic is almost non-existent. Just keep an eye out for fast approaching/sneaking up cars.
Why 80? Because you’re getting a ticket through at 80 (sat nav indicated). May as well do 85mph...The most annoying thing is people who can't maintain speed, and have poor lane discipline. If people could manage that it would be a lot easier on the motorway.
70 in heavy traffic if I can manage it, but normally stick cruise on around 60 and adjust accordingly. Once again, good planning means I rarely touch the brake or have to turn off cruise control.
Anything above 80 isn't worth it unless you know where cameras are and if traffic is almost non-existent. Just keep an eye out for fast approaching/sneaking up cars.
At 80 i don't have to brake frequently as I'm not gaining on people quickly which means they're normally out of my way by the time I get near. It also means I pass all the drivers who are too incompetent to maintain a specific speed which makes it less tiring for me. Any higher than 80 I keep having to decelerate and accelerate more often. It's also over a larger speed range which becomes tiring to be on and off cruise/throttle/brakes and less fuel efficient.
You're right in terms of tickets if you're looking solely at cameras. But like I said it's a risk I'll take at the moment; worst case scenario I'm getting 3 points and a lesson learnt.
I've never heard of an incident, or experienced, being pulled by the police for doing 80. Obviously if they're marked and you take the biscuit they're going to pull you up. Any indication that it may be police then I just drop off the speed and see how they react. No issues so far.
I think that 80 on the speedo is a pretty solid risk assessment for breaking the limit on the motorway. Consequence of breaching the law with respect to speed limit is reasonable in my opinion.
Once thing to note is that I only do 10k a year. If I was doing a larger mileage then I wouldn't risk it as the benefit to me does not constitute the risk. If I'm driving to/from work, which is the majority of my miles, then I do the speed limits anyway; who wants points for getting to and from work!?!
Lemming Train said:
They must have got bored of permanently camping out on the A64 at Taddy, Malton and Barton Hill then as you never used to see them on the A1.
There's also a large chance you'll see one on the A59 and A65 heading west out of Harrogate. I think it's more they're expanding the fleet of vans which is why you see them in more places.I rarely exceed 80mph now days. I no longer have to commute to work using motorways (thank God!) and recently downsized from a 2.2 litre car to a 1.2. I thought I might miss the extra power but I don’t really miss it at all. I’ll use the inside and middle lanes at around 70mph, always moving over when possible. It’s far less stressful than bombing along in the outside lane at 90mph+, often you can make better progress, and it makes absolutely no difference to end to end times. I’ll leave the outside lane for far more important powerfully built company directors in their Germanic saloons and SUV’s to fight it out amongst themselves at 90mph whilst on their way to their next important meeting 
Well, I discovered (in my younger years) that going over 90mph will almost certainly lead to being pulled over if you pass an unmarked car, whereas 85mph didn't seem to attract much attention at all.
That is unless you decide that passing a marked car at that speed is worth attempting. Under 80mph, I came across several marked cars that would pull out in front of me as I was about to pass them, if the road was quiet.
Going by friends that have been caught going over 80mph, this can be rewarded with points if you pass a speed camera or other trap (I suspect the actual speed depends on how busy the motorway gets).
That is unless you decide that passing a marked car at that speed is worth attempting. Under 80mph, I came across several marked cars that would pull out in front of me as I was about to pass them, if the road was quiet.
Going by friends that have been caught going over 80mph, this can be rewarded with points if you pass a speed camera or other trap (I suspect the actual speed depends on how busy the motorway gets).
Speed Badger said:
I usually travel at around 67mph. I once did a regular late night journey halfway round the M25 and into Surrey, usually hardly any traffic. I tried an experiment; One time I did the journey at mostly an average speed of around 65mph, another journey at 85mph. It saved me about 4 minutes or so. Kinda felt its pointless ever since to risk my life and others for 4 minutes.
You’d be surprised how much fuel you save too! I worked out that if I did 60 rather than 80 on my 50 mile m25 journey then I would save £1.50 each way or £3 per day. If I traveled 200 days a year I would save £600 each year, enough for a Nuburgring blow out!Stick to indicated 70-80, usually aim for 75 but adjust if need to move into lane 2/3/4. Never much tonk it around anymore because motorway traffic flow is so erratic and messy it just isn't worth the drama, and so-called SMART M/Ways are alarming in the context of having now had 2 separate occasions on the M60 of stranded vehicles in lane 1 at night with no red X. I generally drive to keep space around myself and stay out of the way of nobheads. I also am not filling up government coffers with speeding fines. I could go on a foreign mini-break for the cost of a M/W speeding fine now.
Somebody very perceptive on here a short time ago stated they felt the UK was moving to a US style highway/freeway mode of driving. I'd agree with that, less lane 3/4 tonking and more multi-lane traffic flows.
Somebody very perceptive on here a short time ago stated they felt the UK was moving to a US style highway/freeway mode of driving. I'd agree with that, less lane 3/4 tonking and more multi-lane traffic flows.
Edited by Rich Boy Spanner on Tuesday 29th January 11:42
My general rule is go quickly, stay away from everything. I don't see the point of being able to travel quickly and relatively safely at 70 mph but then travelling at speeds well below 70. That is the equivalent of buying an electric cooker, and then lighting a log fire on top of it to cook the dinner. People must realize that there is no `safe' speed except 0 mph. A father killed his young daughter on his own driveway by backing into her at 1 mph. Two cars approaching each other at the 30 limit will have a closing speed of 60 mph. Who wants to be hit by a car at any speed?
On motorways I tend to go with the flow, but if someone who wants to go faster comes up behind I just get out of the way as soon as I reasonably can. They may have a good reason for doing so, and after all if caught it will be their license no mine.
On motorways I tend to go with the flow, but if someone who wants to go faster comes up behind I just get out of the way as soon as I reasonably can. They may have a good reason for doing so, and after all if caught it will be their license no mine.
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