maximum speed on motorway?
Discussion
ntiz said:
Depends on what car and what mood I’m in.
Tesla no more than 80 but that’s mainly because more than that range is going down fast so more charging.
Bentley if it is quite will be 100+
Oddly in the Ferrari keep it below 90 on Mways.
Are you for real?Tesla no more than 80 but that’s mainly because more than that range is going down fast so more charging.
Bentley if it is quite will be 100+
Oddly in the Ferrari keep it below 90 on Mways.
Is your dick bigger than mine?
"Bentley if it is QUITE" - if it is quite what?
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colin_p said:
In the olden days before the internet, satnav, smartphones and when you would expect there to be actual Police out and about I had two rules;
1, Never go over the ton. At the time folklore dictated that whilst you'd get a b
king, a fine and maybe upto six points, you wouldn't get banned. I never got caught and used to love going 0.98 leptons.
2, Never be the fastest. If there were Police about, then my logic dictated they would got for the faster vehicle.
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Absolutely this in the old days 1, Never go over the ton. At the time folklore dictated that whilst you'd get a b
king, a fine and maybe upto six points, you wouldn't get banned. I never got caught and used to love going 0.98 leptons.2, Never be the fastest. If there were Police about, then my logic dictated they would got for the faster vehicle.
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Plus anything coming up fast behind, slow down and move over
Anything with zenons .. ditto
Senator/Omega/Volvo coming up behind or going slow in lane 1 .., especially if two up
But ultimately never be the quickest
I used to travel at 90mph whenever reasonable, and generally be no faster than the second fastest car.
Now I usually travel at 70, sometimes 80, sometimes lorry speed.
Observation is far easier if you're one of the fastest vehicles, because it's less common for a vehicle to come up behind you and the planning involved around letting faster vehicles past is much easier when you have a 10-15mph differential with most of the slower vehicles. On the other hand, when travelling at 70 you have far more cars coming up behind you, and the generally reduced speed differential with vehicles slower than yourself means letting faster cars by without hindering them or yourself takes more planning.
Top speed, even on a run, makes surprisingly little difference to average speed/journey time unless the roads are particularly quiet.
Now I usually travel at 70, sometimes 80, sometimes lorry speed.
Observation is far easier if you're one of the fastest vehicles, because it's less common for a vehicle to come up behind you and the planning involved around letting faster vehicles past is much easier when you have a 10-15mph differential with most of the slower vehicles. On the other hand, when travelling at 70 you have far more cars coming up behind you, and the generally reduced speed differential with vehicles slower than yourself means letting faster cars by without hindering them or yourself takes more planning.
Top speed, even on a run, makes surprisingly little difference to average speed/journey time unless the roads are particularly quiet.
Edited by Ed/L152 on Wednesday 23 January 13:30
I work on the basis that below a true 80 it's unlikely that Plod will notice and/or do anything so I tend to give the car a few mph more to allow for speedo inaccuracy. I'd not go near 90 or above as you are asking for trouble imho. I got done for an av. 99 by vascar perhaps 25 years ago which slowed me down drastically tbf.
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Speedo inaccuracy... is everyone driving 25 year old cars?
Maybe I've been lucky (or unlucky) but none of my last 3-4 cars have had an inaccuracy greater than about 1-2mph (up to 80ish). I think at 80mph on my speedo it's likely that I'm doing 78mph, and that's proven by GPS indicated
Maybe I've been lucky (or unlucky) but none of my last 3-4 cars have had an inaccuracy greater than about 1-2mph (up to 80ish). I think at 80mph on my speedo it's likely that I'm doing 78mph, and that's proven by GPS indicated
Earthdweller said:
Absolutely this in the old days
Plus anything coming up fast behind, slow down and move over
Anything with zenons .. ditto
Senator/Omega/Volvo coming up behind or going slow in lane 1 .., especially if two up
But ultimately never be the quickest
It was always about spotting the larger engine derivatives of a vanilla saloons for me; Traffic Cops used to be pretty obvious Plus anything coming up fast behind, slow down and move over
Anything with zenons .. ditto
Senator/Omega/Volvo coming up behind or going slow in lane 1 .., especially if two up
But ultimately never be the quickest
A strange thread, then again this is PH!
In my younger days I use to stick to 90, then I realised that 80 took a lot less concentrating and you arrived within minutes of the higher speed even on a journey of 150 miles.
These days I stick the cruise on at 76 and relax, how on earth you can sit at 90 or more all the time and keep your licence intact is beyond me. Large sections of the SE motorway network are covered in average speed cameras, you simply wouldn't last the year with that kind of attitude in the SE.
In my younger days I use to stick to 90, then I realised that 80 took a lot less concentrating and you arrived within minutes of the higher speed even on a journey of 150 miles.
These days I stick the cruise on at 76 and relax, how on earth you can sit at 90 or more all the time and keep your licence intact is beyond me. Large sections of the SE motorway network are covered in average speed cameras, you simply wouldn't last the year with that kind of attitude in the SE.
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.
It's safer to go faster as it reduces your time exposed to danger (TED).Salmonofdoubt said:
I've found that if I cut my steering inputs to zero cornering becomes hard but tyre wear decreased by enough to allow lower mpg.
This. I often plot a route on a long journey that allows me to keep the steering straight. This often involves driving through fences and across fields but in the end I feel it's worth it.I've scanned the thread - Anyone said anything about the road and weather conditions? edited for yes at 9:53am today i missed that
I've been out with may people doing silly speeds in the snow and ice. Just waiting for a possible accident.
I drive or ride dependant on many things from the weather, temp, type of road and also traffic conditions.
So maybe 80+ on a quiet motorway or 60 if it's cold and wet or snowing (low surface grip).
I've been out with may people doing silly speeds in the snow and ice. Just waiting for a possible accident.
I drive or ride dependant on many things from the weather, temp, type of road and also traffic conditions.
So maybe 80+ on a quiet motorway or 60 if it's cold and wet or snowing (low surface grip).
Edited by RemaL on Wednesday 23 January 14:31
thiscocks said:
This. I often plot a route on a long journey that allows me to keep the steering straight. This often involves driving through fences and across fields but in the end I feel it's worth it.
If you can plan a nice straight route you can also remove your steering wheel. This will reduce your USM and increase mpg too.Depends on conditions.
I would say though I feel more secure these days if I do press on using waze and having my eyes open. Feels like way less plod around on UK roads than there used to be. Cameras mostly static and recorded. I do regular 500 mile journeys and never see anything that I wasn't expecting to be there.
I would say though I feel more secure these days if I do press on using waze and having my eyes open. Feels like way less plod around on UK roads than there used to be. Cameras mostly static and recorded. I do regular 500 mile journeys and never see anything that I wasn't expecting to be there.
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