Maintaining a constant speed...

[TW]Fox · 21 May 2013 at 11:24

ubersonic said:
I read it more as pointing out that if your going to break the speed limit its a bit silly to just break it by 1-2mph holding up all the people behind you while you overtake.

You might as well not have cruise if you think you should manually blast past everyone you want to pass to avoid holding up the 90mph club.

Jez · 21 May 2013 at 11:31

I always sit at 70mph, this often means that i will need to use lane 3 to get past 2 lorries or slower vehicles if they are occupying lanes 1 & 2.

Sounds like he is annoyed at me too, i absolutely hate it when people come flying up behind me in lane 3 when this happens, when i myself am driving at the maximum legal speed and will move back in once past the slower vehicles.

acemastr · 21 May 2013 at 11:35

I do find it great on the bike when I come up behind people, cruising is 85 and I regularly find myself behind someone but as soon as is physically possible they move out of my way

[TW]Fox · 21 May 2013 at 11:36

I bet he wonders why is fuel economy is rubbish on the motorway too if he nails it past people each time.

ubersonic · 21 May 2013 at 11:38

[TW]Fox;24314694 said:
You might as well not have cruise if you think you should manually blast past everyone you want to pass to avoid holding up the 90mph club.

Well I never really thought of temporally increasing speed by a couple of mph for a few seconds as blasting but /meh.

atpbx · 21 May 2013 at 11:39

I just find people constantly overtaking and slowing down once in front of you incredibly annoying.

I had some utter **** in an N reg astra who I overtook about 15 times on the way from Penrith to Grantham he would thrash past, I would sit, cruise control on at 75 to give a true 70, catch up with him 30 seconds later and drift past him again.

Till we got to just outside leeds on the A1 where I was overtaking in the outside lane and he came blasting up behind me, he swung into the middle lane, undertook me, and swung in the car and a half gap between me and the car I was over taking forcing me to brake sharply to avoid a collision.

Pointless!

Howard · 21 May 2013 at 11:39

Jez said:
I always sit at 70mph, this often means that i will need to use lane 3 to get past 2 lorries or slower vehicles if they are occupying lanes 1 & 2.

Sounds like he is annoyed at me too, i absolutely hate it when people come flying up behind me in lane 3 when this happens, when i myself am driving at the maximum legal speed and will move back in once past the slower vehicles.

Me too. I just change lanes really slowly in front of them.

Jez · 21 May 2013 at 11:41

[TW]Fox;24314764 said:
I bet he wonders why is fuel economy is rubbish on the motorway too if he nails it past people each time.

Its often these same people who are in disbelief that i fuel a 5L V8 for tens of thousands of miles per year. I bet my fuel consumption isn't that much worse than a lot of these people who display these incredibly wasteful driving styles.

rodenal · 21 May 2013 at 11:45

Must admit I'll sit passing people going a few mph slower than me when I've got cruise on. The whole point in cruise is I don't need to touch the throttle, not going to blast by someone only to let it slow down again - It's a complete non issue so long as the magical mirrors are used before pulling out, unlike a good 50% of motorway drivers.

Theophany · 21 May 2013 at 11:48

[TW]Fox;24314615 said:
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?

Well it's not quite that prescriptive, is it? Clearly you drive to the situation. On the rare occasion I'm cruising at 70mph I'd simply drop down to the flow of traffic as I'm clearly in no rush to be anywhere. If we're talking 85mph and the traffic is doing 80mph I'd again peg back as it's not worth getting into silly speeds for. If we're talking 85mph coming up to 70mph then obviously I pass if it's safe to do so.

In this situation, if you are going overtake, just get the sodding move done. I don't see why people take issue to this? Do not crawl past several cars going a couple of miles an hour slower than you and hold up the flow of traffic in the overtaking lane(s) by forcing them to brake. More to the point, if you're going to pull out into the outside lane to overtake, you should make sure there's nothing coming first anyway.

[TW]Fox;24314764 said:
I bet he wonders why is fuel economy is rubbish on the motorway too if he nails it past people each time.

Motorway economy is 40-45mpg on most runs. I can live with that quite easily.

[TW]Fox · 21 May 2013 at 12:14

Theophany said:
In this situation, if you are going overtake, just get the sodding move done. I don't see why people take issue to this? Do not crawl past several cars going a couple of miles an hour slower than you and hold up the flow of traffic in the overtaking lane(s) by forcing them to brake.

If I am travelling at the maximum permitted legal speed and I have my cruise on, thats the speed i've chosen to travel. If I need to move out to pass a slower moving car, I'll check its clear and if it is, I'll move out. I will then move back in when the opportunity presents itself.

I'm not going to speed up to 'get it done quicker'. I'm not going to slow down to 'tuck in behind' somebody who has chosen to travel slower than I have.

Why should I do either of things? Accelerating is a pointless waste of fuel. Slowing down... why?

I have absolutely no issues with people who wish to exceed the speed limit. But I won't break the law purely to accomodate them.

Similarly, if I make the decision to travel at a certain higher speed, thats my choice. It's not up to everyone else to get out of my way unless they are sitting in the outside lane for no reason.

More to the point, if you're going to pull out into the outside lane to overtake, you should make sure there's nothing coming first anyway.

Well obviously, but that goes without saying.

Motorway economy is 40-45mpg on most runs. I can live with that quite easily.

So your Motorway economy is just 4-5mpg better than mine - you in a diesel Civic, me with a 3 litre petrol saloon, I think that just made my point

ubersonic · 21 May 2013 at 12:35

[TW]Fox;24315018 said:
I'm not going to speed up to 'get it done quicker'. I'm not going to slow down to 'tuck in behind' somebody who has chosen to travel slower than I have.

The problem is a lot of the time on the UK motorways those are the only options (pulling out and colliding with the Audi closing on you not being a feasible option).

Django x2 · 21 May 2013 at 12:36

Awaits PMKeates' response....

[TW]Fox · 21 May 2013 at 12:37

ubersonic said:
The problem is a lot of the time on the UK motorways those are the only options (pulling out and colliding with the Audi closing on you not being a feasible option).

Thats different. If the only way to safely pull out is to either not do it and slow down or to accelerate into a gap, then I'll do one of those things.

But I'm not going to change speed or course after pulling out safely just because somebody doing 95mph appears 10 seconds later.

eatcustard · 21 May 2013 at 12:40

Its always reps that cont keep a constant speed, they drive me around the twist.

Skidder · 21 May 2013 at 12:43

I'm definitely prone to driving quickly, but consistently quickly, so I guess that is OK (and yes BMWs, clearly)

[TW]Fox · 21 May 2013 at 12:43

eatcustard said:
Its always reps that cont keep a constant speed, they drive me around the twist.

Do you stop them and ask what they do for a living or something :confused:

Skidder · 21 May 2013 at 12:43

eatcustard said:
Its always reps that cont keep a constant speed, they drive me around the twist.

Is it the rep light that gives them away?

Brookert · 21 May 2013 at 13:09

It's the aggressive driving, derv engine, mirrored glasses, one hand on the top of the steering wheel, jacket hung up in the back, blasting up to the next car at a million miles an hour....

.....that's a rep right there.

Theophany · 21 May 2013 at 13:13

[TW]Fox;24315018 said:
If I am travelling at the maximum permitted legal speed and I have my cruise on, thats the speed i've chosen to travel. If I need to move out to pass a slower moving car, I'll check its clear and if it is, I'll move out. I will then move back in when the opportunity presents itself.

I'm not going to speed up to 'get it done quicker'. I'm not going to slow down to 'tuck in behind' somebody who has chosen to travel slower than I have.

Why should I do either of things? Accelerating is a pointless waste of fuel. Slowing down... why?

I have absolutely no issues with people who wish to exceed the speed limit. But I won't break the law purely to accomodate them.

Similarly, if I make the decision to travel at a certain higher speed, thats my choice. It's not up to everyone else to get out of my way unless they are sitting in the outside lane for no reason.

Well obviously, but that goes without saying.

So your Motorway economy is just 4-5mpg better than mine - you in a diesel Civic, me with a 3 litre petrol saloon, I think that just made my point

Then surely if it goes without saying, then none of this should be an issue anyway? If you wouldn't pull out in front of a car clearly travelling much faster than you because you're doing the legal speed limit and that's that you're not on the receiving end of my complaint.

And sure, it's not a great MPG for a 2.2 derv. But at 40p a mile I'm not going to lose sleep over it until I drop below 15MPG.