POLL: Motorway speed limits

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After getting 3 penalty points for going a little over the limit (which is just about up now :) ), I don't speed anymore :( The only time I may go over the limit is when I want to overtake.

I think the speed limits should either be increased or abolished, I have a car (ok it may not be the fastest or best in the world) that can potentially go 140-150 mph and yet you can only travel at 70mph :(
Some cars need to opened up at times :)
 
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Originally posted by Darkened
Speeding does kill, full stop.
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No it doesn't.... innapropriate speed can cause death. <-full stop

The speed limits are seen as a target to many and can be innapropriate at times.... the only way to make it safer is to abolish speed limits.... or else it's set at 90, for example, people will try to do 90 all the time.

The police should then be free to pull people for any speed they deem innapropriate ... like people doing 70 in pea soup fog
 
Originally posted by KaTyM609
No it doesn't.... innapropriate speed can cause death. <-full stop

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Thats being pedantic. If you read the rest of my remark you would see that i mentioned the death of 4 people because the older people pulled out in front of a speeding car. Now the speeding car was not being driven badly etc, but if the car was not going so fast he would have been able to brake in time. He was to blame yet not to blame.

How do you define appropriate speeding then? When you think its safe, but what about someone who is not aware of the rate your traveling at and does something daft. Who's to blame then?

If your talking about at night when there is nothing on the roads etc then i agree, i do it myself, but there are too many variables.

I feel i'm ranting now:( Speed does kill, so do muppets who should not be allowed on the road. So do many other things. Maybe its just the people who post i was doing 120 and it was fine i'm annoyed with. Good for them until they have a blow out cross the armco and kill a family coming home late from holiday.
 
A question for all those that think speeding instantly increases the risk of crashing!

Would it be safer to :

a) Drive 80-90 on a motorway in good conditions

or

b) drive 60 round country lanes on a foggy icy day


One case is speeding one isn't - which is more dangerous??

Speed does not kill.

If you or your car cannot handle doing 70+ you shouldn't be on the road as your a danger!
 
Originally posted by KaTyM609
No it doesn't.... innapropriate speed can cause death. <-full stop

The speed limits are seen as a target to many and can be innapropriate at times.... the only way to make it safer is to abolish speed limits.... or else it's set at 90, for example, people will try to do 90 all the time.

The police should then be free to pull people for any speed they deem innapropriate ... like people doing 70 in pea soup fog
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OT but I wish they police would pull over and throw the book at imbeciles who drive in thick fog with no lights or just side-lights.. very dangerous and stupid.
 
Originally posted by Richard_16v
If you or your car cannot handle doing 70+ you shouldn't be on the road as your a danger!
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Yet another laughable analogy. Please direct me to the page in the highway code that states:

"If you or your car cannot handle doing 70+ you shouldn't be on the road as your a danger!!!1111one"

Childish humour aside, according to law there should never be a need to go above 70mph. We all know that in the real world this is inaccurate, as trucks sit in the middle lane at 70-80mph, meaning you have to be doing this kind of speed or more to overtake them! It is safe to drive faster on the motorway in good conditions, but the same people will be found driving fast when there has been heavy rain and spree is coming off the tyres of the vehicle in front.
 
Originally posted by Richard_16v
A question for all those that think speeding instantly increases the risk of crashing!

Would it be safer to :

a) Drive 80-90 on a motorway in good conditions

or

b) drive 60 round country lanes on a foggy icy day


One case is speeding one isn't - which is more dangerous??

Speed does not kill.

If you or your car cannot handle doing 70+ you shouldn't be on the road as your a danger!
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i do b all the time. lived in the sticks all my life. its called quattro. well icy roads anyway. h8 fog

And i regularly drive at 140+ racing other people who get in my way. But i tow me kart to the track so thats ok.

Point is speeding can and does kill. The slower we go the less likely we are to have some mishap. Thats life. And a fact. Now if you add all the variables of modern driving in it gets even worse as you may get killed just getting out of your broken down car on a hard shoulder. And yes i agree the speed limit should go up to 80. Not much more as you will get the idiots taking the michael. And i wish the police would not let anyone off over 100. Its supposed to be an automatic ban. Yet you always get the i need my car for my job plea. Well they knew the penalty so why do the crime.
 
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The trouble is everyone thinks they're a good driver. I was once told that a speed limit is exactly that, a limit; and not a target that must be reached (or exceeded in many cases). Fact is many, many people break speed limits frequently. But everyone's a 1337 racing driver so why bother?
 
Originally posted by Fusion
The trouble is everyone thinks they're a good driver. I was once told that a speed limit is exactly that, a limit; and not a target that must be reached (or exceeded in many cases). Fact is many, many people break speed limits frequently. But everyone's a 1337 racing driver so why bother?
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So very true. My dad taught me to drive and its so much more than going fast etc. One of the best points he ever taught me was when he asked me to race him home from Newcastle up to near Lanark. He said he would not break the speed limit once. My mum vouched for this. I did break the limit and he was still home 30 minutes before me and i knew the quick way.
 
Originally posted by dirtydog
OT but I wish they police would pull over and throw the book at imbeciles who drive in thick fog with no lights or just side-lights.. very dangerous and stupid.
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... and those that put foglights on when it's only light fog and they can see that you are 20yards behind (if they actually look in the mirror)

Darkened: wrt speed... the result of the accident you mentionned wasn't the cause of speeding ... we all know it was the old person's fault... but maybe injuries could've been lessened if the other driver had slowed down... nothing to do with whether he was faster than the arbitary number which is the speed limit.

As you say at the end of the post .. you changed from speeding kills to speed kills.... I agree with the change but still believe there should be a 'can' in there too.
 
Originally posted by KaTyM609
... and those that put foglights on when it's only light fog and they can see that you are 20yards behind (if they actually look in the mirror)

Darkened: wrt speed... the result of the accident you mentionned wasn't the cause of speeding ... we all know it was the old person's fault... but maybe injuries could've been lessened if the other driver had slowed down... nothing to do with whether he was faster than the arbitary number which is the speed limit.

As you say at the end of the post .. you changed from speeding kills to speed kills.... I agree with the change but still believe there should be a 'can' in there too.
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agreed
 
Originally posted by PAC2003
I thought they are/were going to change the speed limit on motorways to 80?

Am I wrong?......

Sure I heard that like a year ago?
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They should make all roads 30mph - then they are all on a level ground.
 
Originally posted by Gilly
Depends on the situation. At 4AM I do not adhere to speed limits on a well lit, empty motorway.

We shouldn't have speed restrictions on our motorways unless there's roadworks or poor visibility.
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found the first comment i agreed with and im jumoing on board. as above... if its clear the foots down to over a ton. if its poor conditions ill stick to the limit.

when i get up to 6 points ill stick to the limit all the way (only got 3 at present).
 
Originally posted by hardstone_2k
found the first comment i agreed with and im jumoing on board. as above... if its clear the foots down to over a ton. if its poor conditions ill stick to the limit.

when i get up to 6 points ill stick to the limit all the way (only got 3 at present).
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Get clocked on the motorway at over 95 and you'll probably get more than 3 points.. I got 5 for doing 96 :)
 
All UK motorways should be derestricted IMO - you should be able to drive as fast as your car can go...there's no excuse for this not to happen.

If that thought bothers you, sell your car and get a train ticket, or hop on the bus.
 
Originally posted by The Mad Rapper
All UK motorways should be derestricted IMO - you should be able to drive as fast as your car can go...there's no excuse for this not to happen.

If that thought bothers you, sell your car and get a train ticket, or hop on the bus.
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This is how it was when motorways were first built and there is every reason for this not to happen.
 
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