It's dangerous to stick to the speed limit
11 November 2008, 12:46 PM
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Ok I get what you're saying 
Do you understand my point though? If driving at a set speed in a situation with very little stimuli, concentration levels drop significantly. Should should everybody pull over and stop on the hard shoulder until they feel more alert?
Do you understand my point though? If driving at a set speed in a situation with very little stimuli, concentration levels drop significantly. Should should everybody pull over and stop on the hard shoulder until they feel more alert?
11 November 2008, 12:49 PM
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Ok I get what you're saying Do you understand my point though? If driving at a set speed in a situation with very little stimuli, concentration levels drop significantly. Should should everybody pull over and stop on the hard shoulder until they feel more alert?
Do you understand my point though? If driving at a set speed in a situation with very little stimuli, concentration levels drop significantly. Should should everybody pull over and stop on the hard shoulder until they feel more alert?
11 November 2008, 01:05 PM
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The phrase "Speed Limit" has the word "limit" in it... It is not called a "Speed Target" 
Travelling at or under the speed limit is not hard and is not dangerous. If a driver struggles to maintain a legal constant speed to the point where they have to take their eyes off the road to constantly look at the speedo then they need to question whether they should be driving at all.
Travelling at or under the speed limit is not hard and is not dangerous. If a driver struggles to maintain a legal constant speed to the point where they have to take their eyes off the road to constantly look at the speedo then they need to question whether they should be driving at all.
11 November 2008, 01:11 PM
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I find I can do this quite easily. When driving along I can guess the speed I'm going and am usually with 1 or 2 mph of the indicated speed on the speedo. It's not difficult, especially in a 30 
11 November 2008, 01:18 PM
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i pretty much agree mate with most of it, but if your doing the speed limit and somebody is right up your ****, then surely they are the ones causing a dangerous situation by either speeding or at least wanting to speed, therefore speeding is the cause (if that makes sense
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The other situation has cars travelling at a higher speed than the limit (say 37 for arguments sake), with a decent gap between them, on a road with no pedestrians, wide road, good visability, good weather etc. The decent gap is clearly enough for an emergency stop. Could the emergency stop be performed without injury even though it's a higher speed? I think so.
Obviously there are a lot of factors, but this has happened to me on clear, dry days with wide main/fast roads where no pedestrian fears to tread etc etc. So I maintain that a driver who is aware of his surroundings is capabale of judging that.
I don't do that now due to the tightening grip on speeding - hence I stick to the limit (or below). Have I been in more dangerous situations due to this - yes.
12 November 2008, 11:45 AM
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12 November 2008, 11:52 AM
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anybody else find that when they're on a stretch of motorway with a 50mph limit (roadworks) and everybody is pretty much doing the exact same speed they totally switch off? I've noticed I do to the extent I feel sleepy. It's almost hypnotic I'm sure. Maybe I'm opening myself up for criticism but I've been driving 13 years with zero points and one non fault accident so consider myself to be at least of average driving ability on Uk roads.
Everyone found that 50 mph seemed to have a rhythm about it that tended to make you sleepy or less responsive. It seemed to be dangerous from that point of view.
I find that if I am feeling a bit tired that eating an apple seems to be an instant cure-for a while at least anyway.
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