Speeding :(

BombayMix said:
I use the Sygic sat nav, has camera alerts built in for no extra costs, no yearly sub and it gets free updates regularly. Have to buy it but it not that expensive.
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Thanks will have a look. :)

Ideally just being able to add camera alerts to google maps would be ideal as I have all my call locations saved on it but that doesn't look likely at the min.
 
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i always have a stab at the brakes at a camera, regardless of the speed i am going, i also watch the dial like a randy dog watching a humpable leg.. which is obviously more dangerous than going 35 in a 30
 
I've not been caught yet, saying that, I've not really been driving a huge amount of time. But I do tend to go slightly over the speed limits in areas in which I know its safe to do so. Some of the roads by me are all labelled as 30MPH, but certainly look like they should be higher. Especially when just round the corner there are country lanes not even wide enough for two cars that are NSL... though I guess these are only a 'guideline'

What I find the most frustrating, as a new driver, are the lack off reminder signs that tell you the speed limit. If you miss one at a junction etc, then you have no idea what the speed limit is for the remainder of the road. I know there are meant to be signs to say every 500 metres or so, but on most roads, there just aren't any!

al4x said:
i always have a stab at the brakes at a camera, regardless of the speed i am going, i also watch the dial like a randy dog watching a humpable leg.. which is obviously more dangerous than going 35 in a 30
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I also do that, Even if there is a 40MPH road, I'll tend to slow down to 35 regardless, continue watching the dial, and then speed up again afterwards. Like you say, dial watching is much more dangerous than going +5MPH over the speed limit.
 
If there are no signs it is generally either a 30 or NSL. All other limits have repeater signs. You can tell if it's 30 or NSL by presence of street lighting or just generally a bit of common sense as to whether it's a built up area or a rural lane.
 
The thing that was impressed upon us in the recent speed awareness course I attended was that you might be the best driver in the world, but not everybody else is and not every pedestrian, especially children are necessarily paying attention to everything around them.

Now whilst someone could step in to the road unexpectedly even if you were religiously obeying the speed limit, the probably of their survival greatly diminishes as your speed increases. The question is; could you live with yourself if you killed someone at speed x+5, knowing that they might have survived, if you had been going x?

It's a rhetorical question and I don't expect serious answers but it's something to think about.
 
Indie said:
I've not been caught yet, saying that, I've not really been driving a huge amount of time. But I do tend to go slightly over the speed limits in areas in which I know its safe to do so. Some of the roads by me are all labelled as 30MPH, but certainly look like they should be higher. Especially when just round the corner there are country lanes not even wide enough for two cars that are NSL... though I guess these are only a 'guideline'

What I find the most frustrating, as a new driver, are the lack off reminder signs that tell you the speed limit. If you miss one at a junction etc, then you have no idea what the speed limit is for the remainder of the road. I know there are meant to be signs to say every 500 metres or so, but on most roads, there just aren't any!



I also do that, Even if there is a 40MPH road, I'll tend to slow down to 35 regardless, continue watching the dial, and then speed up again afterwards. Like you say, dial watching is much more dangerous than going +5MPH over the speed limit.
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Once you have been driving some time and espcecially if you know your own car you will be able to drive to approximate speeds without even looking at the speedo. You just get used to how fast things approach at certain speeds.
Knowing your own car unless its very top end will mean you are used to the noises etc it makes. Unless its very fast you will get used to the responsiveness to throttle changes at different speeds/rev ranges.

A good driver will be able to lift off about the right amount of throttle going down hill to maintain speed, and equally apply a more going up hill to maintain speed.

This can't be taught it just happens to most competent drivers with experience.

You shouldn't need reminder signs, you should be looking out for obstacles and signs constantly, and again with experience you find you take things like signs in subconciously and react accordingly. Ask people who drive a route regularly that may have say a lower limit section with cameras, I bet they say they will regularly come out the other end and realise they didn't even need to think about it, they just reacted to the situation without a concious thought process.

NSl doesn't means its safe for 60mph, it means its unrated.
 
daz said:
The thing that was impressed upon us in the recent speed awareness course I attended was that you might be the best driver in the world, but not everybody else is and not every pedestrian, especially children are necessarily paying attention to everything around them.

Now whilst someone could step in to the road unexpectedly even if you were religiously obeying the speed limit, the probably of their survival greatly diminishes as your speed increases. The question is; could you live with yourself if you killed someone at speed x+5, knowing that they might have survived, if you had been going x?

It's a rhetorical question and I don't expect serious answers but it's something to think about.
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Where do you draw the line with anecdotal situations that could prove detrimental to people's health? Regret, guilt and what-ifs should not govern life.
 
I just got done 70 in 50 by a sneaky mobile van around a sweeping bend.

I was a plank:) because it is know area for it

3 points and £100 fine
 
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