85 in a 70 mobile van - Rant and Questions
Discussion
Years ago when I was young and dumb I got done for 98 on the A1 in Yorkshire. It was a fair cop who told my, "keep it below 80 son and we'll leave you alone" I've took that advice and its worked up until now.
I was traveling past York last weekend on the section of the A1. It was still the 2 lane part with the odd junction and some dizzy woman with no sense of speed pulled out causing me to brake hard and bail into lane 1 to avoid hitting her side on. Now down to about 30mph on a NSL I booted it to get back up to speed. Clear road ahead now obviously. Comes round a slight bend to be met with two cars up ahead doing 50 ish, one up the others chuff not happy about being slowed down. Then I saw the mobile camera van. CCRRRRAAAAAAPPP! Seems I hit 85 on the way back up, fair dos I should have been watching the speedo and not using a large range of swear words at dizzy woman driver. Really hoping I get offered a SAC as I'd like to keep my clean license.
Anyway before I get a cool stary bra, to the point...
WTF camera vans on motorways! Come on thats not playing fair. Was a sunny clear day and light traffic too.
Q1: How do you lot avoid this? By the time you see them they've got you. I'd be happy to stick to 70 but no other drivers do. I tired on the 100 mile trip back home and it was comical getting irate OAPs in Micras and Aygo's up my rear end and anything German going past me like I wasn't moving.
Q2: Do I have to tell ins co about a SAC and if I do will they screw me over. I've googled it and its conflicting advice. Its not a conviction so some sources say no, other's say if you don't ins co can void your policy. As I recall I only was asked about convictions.
Q3: Apparently google maps now warns drivers of mobile units (thanks google) but can you have that working all the time or only when your using it as a sat nav?
I was traveling past York last weekend on the section of the A1. It was still the 2 lane part with the odd junction and some dizzy woman with no sense of speed pulled out causing me to brake hard and bail into lane 1 to avoid hitting her side on. Now down to about 30mph on a NSL I booted it to get back up to speed. Clear road ahead now obviously. Comes round a slight bend to be met with two cars up ahead doing 50 ish, one up the others chuff not happy about being slowed down. Then I saw the mobile camera van. CCRRRRAAAAAAPPP! Seems I hit 85 on the way back up, fair dos I should have been watching the speedo and not using a large range of swear words at dizzy woman driver. Really hoping I get offered a SAC as I'd like to keep my clean license.
Anyway before I get a cool stary bra, to the point...
WTF camera vans on motorways! Come on thats not playing fair. Was a sunny clear day and light traffic too.
Q1: How do you lot avoid this? By the time you see them they've got you. I'd be happy to stick to 70 but no other drivers do. I tired on the 100 mile trip back home and it was comical getting irate OAPs in Micras and Aygo's up my rear end and anything German going past me like I wasn't moving.
Q2: Do I have to tell ins co about a SAC and if I do will they screw me over. I've googled it and its conflicting advice. Its not a conviction so some sources say no, other's say if you don't ins co can void your policy. As I recall I only was asked about convictions.
Q3: Apparently google maps now warns drivers of mobile units (thanks google) but can you have that working all the time or only when your using it as a sat nav?
Right brodit kit ordered for the motor and I'll check out Waze.
To clarify I don't cruise at 85. I keep it inside 70 to 80 bananas an hour as a rule, I just screwed up in this instance as I let all 212 ponies in my mountuned fiesta ST loose for a few seconds. (I am actually suprised it hit 85 in such a short sprint, even the missus thought we were going slower).
IIRC the ST has a speed warning chime setting too, might see if I can set that for 78 or the like.
To clarify I don't cruise at 85. I keep it inside 70 to 80 bananas an hour as a rule, I just screwed up in this instance as I let all 212 ponies in my mountuned fiesta ST loose for a few seconds. (I am actually suprised it hit 85 in such a short sprint, even the missus thought we were going slower).
IIRC the ST has a speed warning chime setting too, might see if I can set that for 78 or the like.
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