Motorway unofficial speed limit
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Something I've always wondered is the "unofficial" speed limit on motorways
The legal limit is obviously 70mph, but very few people follow this when there's no cameras
The only people I know who've gotten a nip from a police officer were doing over 90mph
I know a few people who have gotten pulled between 85-90, but just got a warning from the officer
So, is 90mph the "unofficial" speed limit on the motorway?
Has anyone here gotten a nip from a police officer for doing below 90, or even below 80 for that matter?
The legal limit is obviously 70mph, but very few people follow this when there's no cameras
The only people I know who've gotten a nip from a police officer were doing over 90mph
I know a few people who have gotten pulled between 85-90, but just got a warning from the officer
So, is 90mph the "unofficial" speed limit on the motorway?
Has anyone here gotten a nip from a police officer for doing below 90, or even below 80 for that matter?
Welcome to piston heads.
There have been a loads of threads of people being done for speeds under 90.
The police have a guidance where if you do 10%+2 over the limit, or above, you will be prosecuted.
So the 'unofficial speed limit' on a motorway w a 70 limit would be 78 mph.
That is only guidance though. They can prosecute at 71.
There have been a loads of threads of people being done for speeds under 90.
The police have a guidance where if you do 10%+2 over the limit, or above, you will be prosecuted.
So the 'unofficial speed limit' on a motorway w a 70 limit would be 78 mph.
That is only guidance though. They can prosecute at 71.
Super Sonic said:
Welcome to piston heads.
There have been a loads of threads of people being done for speeds under 90.
The police have a guidance where if you do 10%+2 over the limit, or above, you will be prosecuted.
So the 'unofficial speed limit' on a motorway w a 70 limit would be 78 mph.
That is only guidance though. They can prosecute at 71.
This is why I tend to set the cruise control to an indicated 77 mph on clear motorways. I used to drive faster and 'scan the horizon' for traps, but that is a very stressful way to go about life and I'm a lot calmer now.There have been a loads of threads of people being done for speeds under 90.
The police have a guidance where if you do 10%+2 over the limit, or above, you will be prosecuted.
So the 'unofficial speed limit' on a motorway w a 70 limit would be 78 mph.
That is only guidance though. They can prosecute at 71.
It's a shame the general mumblings in parliament around a raise to 80 mph have died the death in the last decade thanks to the environmental cost of doing so.
Super Sonic said:
Welcome to piston heads.
There have been a loads of threads of people being done for speeds under 90.
The police have a guidance where if you do 10%+2 over the limit, or above, you will be prosecuted.
So the 'unofficial speed limit' on a motorway w a 70 limit would be 78 mph.
That is only guidance though. They can prosecute at 71.
This is why I tend to set the cruise control to an indicated 77 mph on clear motorways. I used to drive faster and 'scan the horizon' for traps, but that is a very stressful way to go about life and I'm a lot calmer now.There have been a loads of threads of people being done for speeds under 90.
The police have a guidance where if you do 10%+2 over the limit, or above, you will be prosecuted.
So the 'unofficial speed limit' on a motorway w a 70 limit would be 78 mph.
That is only guidance though. They can prosecute at 71.
It's a shame the general mumblings in parliament around a raise to 80 mph have died the death in the last decade thanks to the environmental cost of doing so.
justhavingfun said:
"people being done for speeds under 90"
By a police officer or a camera though?
Context will also be important. Say if it's a handheld radar - if weather is rubbish, or if other lanes were congested at 60mph and someone is in lane 3 at 78+...By a police officer or a camera though?
Whereas if the traffic is flowing well at 80, maybe the police are just targeting the 90mph+ to throw the book at.
I guess it depends on where you are and whats tagged you
A little while ago I went past a car dug in so well I didnt see it until the last second at 90mph at 7am on a saturday morning on a deserted M1 and after expecting the worst heard nothing
On the other hand a mate got pulled for doing 79mph on the M40 - also when quiet
And the Terminator option is a van parked on a bridge in Cumbria issuing tickets at ????? speed thresholds to people who didnt even see it
So back to my post in the uninsured thread - I now try to use cruise control on motorways and its almost always set at 79mph which probably translates to 76/77mph if measured accurately
Cheers
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