drivimg over the limited help
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err just slow down or carry on going quick...wait until you get a ticket or have a crash then it will scare you into slowing down.
RedRocket1
Club Member (Trial)
Thats very true, wrote my corsa off on a dual'r just by hitting a wet spot going about 60. Now i never break 50 and stick to the outside lane.
What i tend to do is find a car thats going about the speed you want to go and just stick behind it.
What i tend to do is find a car thats going about the speed you want to go and just stick behind it.
zanes
Ex. Club Member
Fair play for having the guts to admit you have a problem, rather than trying to justify it to yourself. I remember how when I first passed I used to justify driving at a higher-than-appropriate speed by thinking "I know the road" or "It's only me I injure/kill". It took one panic inducing skid from 30 to confirm how wrong I was.
Drive to the conditions and traffic.
If it is only on the motorway/dual carriageway and it is clear, then 80-90 is illegal but pretty safe.
There are a lot of idiots on busy motorways. Don't be one of them.
Driving too fast through towns and residential areas is not good.
People might miss your nice Micra if it is going too fast.
Speeding points and accidents will make your insurance go up even more!
If it is only on the motorway/dual carriageway and it is clear, then 80-90 is illegal but pretty safe.
There are a lot of idiots on busy motorways. Don't be one of them.
Driving too fast through towns and residential areas is not good.
People might miss your nice Micra if it is going too fast.
Speeding points and accidents will make your insurance go up even more!
mikey
Ex. Club Member
Get on your/a bike (pedal bike) and ride at 25mph if you can.
Then you realise/remember how fast you are actually moving, but without the sense of security and lack of effort driving provides, even when you're under the speed limit. Kinda puts it easily attainable figures like 80mph into perspective.And wear a helmet in case you deck it!
Then you realise/remember how fast you are actually moving, but without the sense of security and lack of effort driving provides, even when you're under the speed limit. Kinda puts it easily attainable figures like 80mph into perspective.And wear a helmet in case you deck it!
i know how fast it is. i just been speaking to my brother regarding it. he goes if we (police) catch you. we'll give you 3 points on licence bt if your going over a 100mph we'll give you 6 points and a banned. don't need that. next time not gona go over the speed limited
Re. Speeding
It's very easy to do, especially when the AVERAGE speed of vehicles on the road you're travelling on is around 85MPH (as is the case on several motorways I use regularly). You need to get a feel for the speed you're travelling at and have an occasional glance at the speedo just to make sure. If you want to avoid speeding just stay in lane 1
Bear in mind the 1.0L K11 is capable of ~100MPH in good conditions, the 1.4 can easily go a bit faster than that.
BG
It's very easy to do, especially when the AVERAGE speed of vehicles on the road you're travelling on is around 85MPH (as is the case on several motorways I use regularly). You need to get a feel for the speed you're travelling at and have an occasional glance at the speedo just to make sure. If you want to avoid speeding just stay in lane 1
Bear in mind the 1.0L K11 is capable of ~100MPH in good conditions, the 1.4 can easily go a bit faster than that.
BG
Joe.Powell
Ex. Club Member
One way, is just to not bother with the flow of traffic, sit in the slow lane, the old lady in front in her K10 will be going about 50, keeps you down nicely.
But on that note, dont use the (fast lane) (inside or outside? the one by the central reservation). Most of the people who will be sitting in it, will be all over the limit, and you travel with them, you wont have any perception of speed.
But you could get a TomTom/<insert other brand name here> and set the limit to 70mph on it, mine has a delightful chav lady screaming at me if I go over
EDIT: I so didnt read BG101's post lol
But on that note, dont use the (fast lane) (inside or outside? the one by the central reservation). Most of the people who will be sitting in it, will be all over the limit, and you travel with them, you wont have any perception of speed.
But you could get a TomTom/<insert other brand name here> and set the limit to 70mph on it, mine has a delightful chav lady screaming at me if I go over
EDIT: I so didnt read BG101's post lol
Mine knows the speed limit and makes a boing noise if i go over lol
i strongly recommend a retest as you are asking people about the basic principles of driving which you should already know and should have been tested on.
ollyc98
Ex. Club Member
My speedo clicks loudly at 45, does anyone else's do this? I use that as a warning that I'm going over 40, let's me spend more time watching the road.
On the motorway I'm happy to get in a lorry's slipstream and cruise along at 60 using no fuel lol
If you haven't started knowing your speed by now you probably never will
On the motorway I'm happy to get in a lorry's slipstream and cruise along at 60 using no fuel lol
If you haven't started knowing your speed by now you probably never will
Talk to a local instructor about this and get him to take you out for a couple of hours working on it?
I'm not trying to be rude, btw!
I was going to suggest that too. Being in a crash should wake you up into realising how dangerous cars / surroundings really are.
sleeper_ss
Ex. Club Member
That's the problem with all these speed limitations,we're all spending too much time watching the clock & not the road making sure you're not doing 35mph in a 30 zone at 2am on an empty dry road.
It's all about doing a sensible speed for the conditions & time of day.
No point spending fortunes on performance mods to get you to 30mph quicker!Enjoy your car but know when it's safe to hit the gas & get a camara/radar detector that updates new locations regularly.
The manufacturers are developing cars which will only let you go as fast as speed limit,enjoy the last of the golden days of motoring...
When you're watching the speedo, you are NOT watching the road. Simple as. This is why some of these arbitrary speed limits are doing more harm than good. When driving (especially at night on empty roads) I drive at a speed which is appropriate for the conditions (visibility, road surface, space, proximity of people and other vehicles) and don't even look at the speedo. I don't do silly speeds, but I don't crawl either. The odd time there's someone doing 30 along the urban dual-carriageways is when there's also a queue of cars behind.
BG
BG
lmao haha
