Priv
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About the same as you, Fastest I’ve driven on a road is 140mph.
If there was no speed limits on motorways......
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Randy
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Why is it an irresponsible thread? It's a good discussion I think. The Germans seem to have the autobahn nailed down, I don't think the OP was suggesting every motorway in the country should have no speed limits.
How many people do 50mph all the way down the A66 around Middlesbrough and Stockton. Not many I'm guessing.
Love cruise control though. Will quite happily set it at 70mph on a motorway and the engine shuts down two of its four cylinders and plods along smoothly and quietly.
Norman_Conquest
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I tend to stick to the speed limit but at times we are all guilty of going above it but as Coluka said, driving habits tend to change the older you get and you tend to slow down. I've never really put my foot down in built-up areas and are always cautious a child might run out.
In France, I am happy going at 130kph (80mph) speed limit but feel uncomfortable going much faster than that. There are times you feel rushed to overtake a car when there is a lot faster car behind you and find yourself doing 135/140 kph. Last summer, I did get flashed overtaking three large wine picking tractors but due to Brexit, I didn't get fined, we no longer share car details with EU countries.
In this country, it is more or less impossible to break the speed limit without being caught by a camera of some description.
In France, I am happy going at 130kph (80mph) speed limit but feel uncomfortable going much faster than that. There are times you feel rushed to overtake a car when there is a lot faster car behind you and find yourself doing 135/140 kph. Last summer, I did get flashed overtaking three large wine picking tractors but due to Brexit, I didn't get fined, we no longer share car details with EU countries.
In this country, it is more or less impossible to break the speed limit without being caught by a camera of some description.
BobUpnDown
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on the Parkway today about 12:00.... two cars in the ditch, about a mile apart, both being pulled out by recovery & police... I suspect driving too fast for the conditions, hit standing water / ice & off they went.
Roundabout near where Sir Willi Turners was Redcar, coming back 2 hours later 3 car prang... suspect not paying attention / too fast for conditions / too little space given to car in front & all 3 in a smash...
We all have poor moments from time to time, lapse in concentration... many of the new features in modern cars are to try & mitigate our human failings - adaptive cruise control - being one of the more recent, lane departure warnings... & when all fails: crumple zones, air bags, inertia seatbelts & head restraints to mitigate neck injuries.
I remember writing a report for Humanities in secondary school about loads of the new car safety measures, crumple zone, side bar impact & alike & got crappy mark - they didn't have a clue, too out of their heads on booze in the staff room where they all used to go in the afternoon...
60-70, overtake 80 mph I'm frugal now with these prices ;-)
Roundabout near where Sir Willi Turners was Redcar, coming back 2 hours later 3 car prang... suspect not paying attention / too fast for conditions / too little space given to car in front & all 3 in a smash...
We all have poor moments from time to time, lapse in concentration... many of the new features in modern cars are to try & mitigate our human failings - adaptive cruise control - being one of the more recent, lane departure warnings... & when all fails: crumple zones, air bags, inertia seatbelts & head restraints to mitigate neck injuries.
I remember writing a report for Humanities in secondary school about loads of the new car safety measures, crumple zone, side bar impact & alike & got crappy mark - they didn't have a clue, too out of their heads on booze in the staff room where they all used to go in the afternoon...
60-70, overtake 80 mph I'm frugal now with these prices ;-)
Sergio
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170... things come towards you very quickly
Sergio
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The problem with this topic is would you also be happy to change your tyres once maybe twice a year? Germanys legal limit is really high for tyre tread, thats where this country get a lot of its part worns from. Personally i'd be happy at 85/90 but wouldnt be happy about others driving at that, especially older people trying to overtake somebody doing 60 and im flying past them
wilkos_perm
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The statistics for accidents on the Autobahns are far worse than UK motorways, and Germany isn't anywhere near the top end of the safest places to drive in Europe.
Sergio
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only a small % of the Autobahn is derestricted
Same_as_before
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The fatality rate over each 1,000-kilometre stretch of German motorways is 30.2 percent, according to European Union data – well above the European average of 26.4 percent. Several European countries including France, Finland, Great Britain, Portugal and Sweden had lower fatality rates than Germany.
boroboy6872
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Happy to curerntly sit at 65 - 70 tbh but like others would push to 80 if it was allowed
Never really in a rush to get anywhere in particular
Never really in a rush to get anywhere in particular
El Guapo
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It’s just a hypothetical thread.
jeff_potato
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Most modern cars would still feel comfortable, but the engine efficiencies and fuel economy... Not with these fuel prices!
There's a 50mph road that leads me to the A1 on the way home, riddled with potholes and in the outside lane it's already bad in wet weather. Roads like that would dramatically increase accidents without speed limits.
There's a 50mph road that leads me to the A1 on the way home, riddled with potholes and in the outside lane it's already bad in wet weather. Roads like that would dramatically increase accidents without speed limits.
Andy_W
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90 or 100 seems safe enough to me, in the right conditions, if there aren't many other cars about, so cars doing 70 in lane 1 could be passed by cars doing 100 in lane 3, intentionally leaving a 1 lane gap.
I don't see much point in cars doing any more than this, and I bet the risk curve goes up quickly as most cars don't handle great over 90, and most drivers certainly not good enough to be driving over 100.
Autobahns don't make much sense, but neither does a 70mph limit on a motorway with little amounts of traffic, in modern and safe cars.
If we're thinking about emissions though, which we should be for the next 20 years until we get a grip on it, then I'd limit every car to 80, other than cop cars. Drag massively increases with speed, fuel/ electric use goes up, as do direct emissions (or power generation emissions).
I don't see much point in cars doing any more than this, and I bet the risk curve goes up quickly as most cars don't handle great over 90, and most drivers certainly not good enough to be driving over 100.
Autobahns don't make much sense, but neither does a 70mph limit on a motorway with little amounts of traffic, in modern and safe cars.
If we're thinking about emissions though, which we should be for the next 20 years until we get a grip on it, then I'd limit every car to 80, other than cop cars. Drag massively increases with speed, fuel/ electric use goes up, as do direct emissions (or power generation emissions).
festa5
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Doubt I'd do any more than I do now which is 70-80. Feels like to me that's a good balance between speed and safety. Much faster and you really need to be focussing fairly intensely on what you're doing and what's happening around you, particularly scanning the road ahead for accidents/traffic jams etc. Hard to do on long journeys.
Did 120/130 ish (I think) as part of police driver training, including on the A66 from Scotch corner towards the lakes. Mentally exhausting.
Back in the day also took my old style mini up to 90. That felt like 150. Thought the doors were going to fall off!
Did 120/130 ish (I think) as part of police driver training, including on the A66 from Scotch corner towards the lakes. Mentally exhausting.
Back in the day also took my old style mini up to 90. That felt like 150. Thought the doors were going to fall off!
El Guapo
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90 in a mini! Dunno about the doors falling off but I bet your arsse fell out!
(Loved my old mini - great fun)
I've always been of the opinion that raising the speed limit to 70 for HGVs on dual carriageways and motorways would be better raising the speed limit for cars. If you speed up the left hand lane then it will improve the flow in the other 2 lanes as people are more likely to keep left.
The current speed limit and prosecution speeds are good enough, and as someone said above if you raise the limit people just drive slightly quicker than that limit.
The current speed limit and prosecution speeds are good enough, and as someone said above if you raise the limit people just drive slightly quicker than that limit.
