Maintaining a constant speed...
- Thread starter Teledude
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If im trying to stick to 70-75 when there is moderate traffic youll catch someone doing 73 and i wont drive close to the car in front. hell catch someone doing 70, and i wont want to do 70, so i have to speed up to pass.
rinse and repeat.
everyone wants to travel at different constant speeds
rinse and repeat.
everyone wants to travel at different constant speeds
It used to annoy me a lot to, then i realised if i set cruise to 60mph, im pretty much the slowest thing on the road, everyone overtakes me, i dont catch anyone up (well most the time) and dont need to fuss about with cruise on and off
This is true but coming up the M20/A20 yesterday I passed a few cars that were probably doing 75 with my cruise set to 80 ish
and then a few minutes later they both flew past me - and then pull back inside me - WHY 
The worst part is when you have cruise control on at 70, and go to overtake someone doing 65 and they suddenly notice they aren't doing 70 anymore and speed up as you pull up next to them, had it happen 3 times on my 100 mile trip on Sunday... GR!
This is why cruise control exists on even the most meagre of modern cars.
The problem isn't really people doing inconsistent speeds imo anyway, it's people doing the wrong speed in the wrong lane. If somebody in the middle is doing 70mph, do you really need to overtake them at 72mph and hold the rest of us up?
I did a round trip last week of around 400 miles, managed to do most of the motorway miles at 85mph on the cruise control, but then there are days where you're having to turn it off every 2 minutes because some berk feels the need to overtake at the slowest speed they possibly can.
The problem isn't really people doing inconsistent speeds imo anyway, it's people doing the wrong speed in the wrong lane. If somebody in the middle is doing 70mph, do you really need to overtake them at 72mph and hold the rest of us up?
I did a round trip last week of around 400 miles, managed to do most of the motorway miles at 85mph on the cruise control, but then there are days where you're having to turn it off every 2 minutes because some berk feels the need to overtake at the slowest speed they possibly can.
Yes, as you have places to be.
Also if you car is more expensive/better, again it means you get priority.
Everyone knows this
Yes, as you have places to be.
Also if you car is more expensive/better, again it means you get priority.
Everyone knows this
Wild guess here - BMW driver?
Not for a few more days. My internal job title is 'Road Warrior' though, if that counts?
Ah, aspiring BMW driver. Sounds like you've got the hang of it already.
Ha! I've studied the posting styles of PMKeates extensively, I think I'm ready to fulfill my destiny.
I find this pretty regularly. Unless you put the smackdown on people by overtaking with a large enough relative speed difference they'll happily drive up to 15mph faster and tailgate you until you go yet faster and break the tow at which point they return to dawdling along in the middle lane.
The other thing I can't understand is the situation where you have two lorries slowly overtaking each other then a car in lane three overtaking the lorries at a snails pace causing a tailback. As soon as they pass the lorry they move to lane two and accelerate up to 70+mph.
The other thing I can't understand is the situation where you have two lorries slowly overtaking each other then a car in lane three overtaking the lorries at a snails pace causing a tailback. As soon as they pass the lorry they move to lane two and accelerate up to 70+mph.
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So are you saying if you are on cruise at the speed limit and someone ahead is 5mph slower you must either slow down or nail the throttle past them to avoid.holding up people who wish to exceed the limit?