Keeping Speeding Points Of My Licence

[pugfrank 14 1 Cars]

I'm due to start a new job soon, means a fair bit of driving on unfamiliar roads, while I try to stick to the law keeping within speed limits. this doesn't always go to plan!

 

Whats the best in car gadget to help me keep on top of speed camera locations, radar traps traffic jams etc?

 

 

 

[welshpug 1,666]

dont believe in gadgets, just awareness of your surroundings.

[jackherer 543]

Get a very quick car that is hard to keep within the speed limit, it really keeps the mind focussed at all times

[rallyeash 155]

205 1.8 straight diesel. Should keep you within most speed limits.

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

Get a bike (moto not push) to commute only gadget you need is your eyes

[jamie_1992 66 1 Cars]

think you can get something called a road angel but if that fails you can try a nagging girlfriend/wife

[Malc 45]

Gadgets are not the way to go, they give you a false sense of security, as WP says best to be aware of your surrounding, keeps you a more focused driver. Top tip stay off the phone (hands free that is) as it really does take your mind off driving. Also use your cruise control where possible in new areas, especially if there are average speed cameras.

 

In my opinion speed cameras are never an issue, (fixed, average or vans) neither are the proper speed cop motors. It's the sneaky f##king coppers in unmarked fast saloons that have always got me.

 

Another top tip, don't try and outrun them either, I found that out the hard way.

[dobboy 231 2 Cars]

Get a bike (moto not push) to commute only gadget you need is your eyes

Get a bus, and enjoy some naps and the odd piece of eye candy.

[willis 18 1 Cars]

Simple. Don't speed. I'm not saying I don't, but if you want a clean license it's the only way, no matter how much red bull you've had.

 

Luckily I've only been caught three times in 15 years. Once I was caught at well over the ton and the other two I was just over the limit and on the A303. Really annoyed me last time as I saw the camera van (a VW transporter with a hi-vis tailgate) from a good way back but he still got me.

 

Fortunately on both of the last occasions I took a speed awareness course as they were over 5 years apart and were being offered in the areas I was caught.

[jeremy 71]

Consider buying a Td5 Disco, mine is aptly named on my blue tooth list as "The Tractor". It would have to be an act of God if it even managed the speed limit lol!

[rallyeash 155]

I've got a 2003 TD5 Commercial. I had 80 (on speedo) the other week and got scared. The next day I took a customers Honda quad out on test drive/blast, and looked down and was doing 70! but it felt safer haha

[dcc 855]

I had a 300tdi disco doing near 90 once! (On the clocks so probably only 70ish). it last about 3 miles until it got so hot it melted all the sensors within 3ft of the head.

[unariciflocos 49 1 Cars]

My tricks:

 

-Get a rabbit. They're usually local commuters that know the road very well and drive it fast because they know the usual speed traps. Follow them. Make sure they're not undercover police though, tinted windows or any suspicious device inside is a no go. Taxis, vans and car hires are also good rabbits.

 

-Get informed about fixed cameras or usual speed trap locations, people rarely change their habbits or preferred locations.

 

-Keep your eyes peeled and you'll notice suspicious vans or cameras well in time to slow down.

 

-Get a feel for the places where there may be speed traps - for example after the top of a hill if there is a sweet straight descent with good visibility, it's likely that there'll be a speed trap there.

 

-If you notice people slowing down, slow down as well.

 

-Just keep to the speed limit in populated areas or while raining or snowing.

 

At the end of the day nothing beats paying attention to the road ahead of you and the cars around. I think that's the idea in France where they have a sign 2-3kms ahead of a speed camera warning you about its presence. If you're 100% aware of your surroundings then you notice it, slow down for the camera and carry on, you're safer than someone who doesn't notice it, because that same person may also not notice dangers on the road to be able to react to them.

 

I've had 2 speeding fines in the last 3 years, one in France (dark and tired) and one in Austria, top of a hill on a highway, instinct told me to slow down, but hesitated and was too late so that's exactly what the policeman said "3 measurements with laser pistol, 161, 159, 157" (kmph not mph). I did spend almost a year in South Africa, my manager got 11 speeding fines, I got none and drove faster than he did, so my system somewhat works.

[Ams 23 1 Cars]

The way I've got around this issue is to always challenge myself to beat my previous best MPG almost every time I drive my daily. It's now become a habit and I never catch myself speeding due to always having a fuel saving mindset. This strategy has proven to be very successful and, oddly enough, very satisfying. You can say I've developed an appreciation for skillful eco-driving as well as fast road/track driving, it's certainly saved my license!

[gizzmo 3 1 Cars]

The way I've got around this issue is to always challenge myself to beat my previous best MPG almost every time I drive my daily. It's now become a habit and I never catch myself speeding due to always having a fuel saving mindset. This strategy has proven to be very successful and, oddly enough, very satisfying. You can say I've developed an appreciation for skillful eco-driving as well as fast road/track driving, it's certainly saved my license!

il second that mother once had a prius had a an eco display was like playing a video game

[Malc 45]

The way I've got around this issue is to always challenge myself to beat my previous best MPG almost every time I drive my daily. It's now become a habit and I never catch myself speeding due to always having a fuel saving mindset. This strategy has proven to be very successful and, oddly enough, very satisfying. You can say I've developed an appreciation for skillful eco-driving as well as fast road/track driving, it's certainly saved my license!

 

I must admit I was the total opposite, (mind you not nearly as bad as I used to be) but my game was always to beat my time in getting from place to place. Had some cracking times over the years (mainly in the north of Scotland to be fair) Thurso to Fortwilliam in 1 hour 49 minutes was a run i will never forget!! That was a few years back mind.

[dobboy 231 2 Cars]

The way I've got around this issue is to always challenge myself to beat my previous best MPG almost every time I drive my daily. It's now become a habit and I never catch myself speeding due to always having a fuel saving mindset. This strategy has proven to be very successful and, oddly enough, very satisfying. You can say I've developed an appreciation for skillful eco-driving as well as fast road/track driving, it's certainly saved my license!

 

Woos!

[welshpug 1,666]

eco driving does not mean slow...

[Anthony 1,003]

Thurso to Fortwilliam in 1 hour 49 minutes was a run i will never forget!! That was a few years back mind.

That's insane if accurate - surely you'd have had to of averaged around 100mph to cover that sort of distance in that time?

 

That's some bravery/lunacy from I remember of the roads between Fort William and Thurso from when I was last up there many moons ago. Peaking at 100mph is quite easily done, but averaging is another matter entirely and difficult enough on the motorway over that length of time let alone an A/B road.

 

I'm guessing a quick bike of sorts?

[Ams 23 1 Cars]

 

Woos!

 

Gerrit up ye! You can be fast but reckless, slow yet inefficient. Learning to be efficient and effective in all areas/styles of driving is a good thing.

[dcc 855]

pls cn sum1 edt da ttl. fnx.

[dobboy 231 2 Cars]

 

Gerrit up ye! You can be fast but reckless, slow yet inefficient. Learning to be efficient and effective in all areas/styles of driving is a good thing.

Next you'll be running chip fat!

[Mac Crash 78 1 Cars]

I must admit I was the total opposite, (mind you not nearly as bad as I used to be) but my game was always to beat my time in getting from place to place. Had some cracking times over the years (mainly in the north of Scotland to be fair) Thurso to Fortwilliam in 1 hour 49 minutes was a run i will never forget!! That was a few years back mind.

 

3 hours 56 minutes or about 6 hours by train (174 miles)

 

Bike? or done in the 1970/1980's when traffic was light, if this was done in a car then you should be in F1 or NASCAR... or a cell because I know these roads better than most, your a sick man

[Malc 45]

Just to clear up, this was done in the summer of 2006, leaving Thurso at around 4.00/4.30am just when daylight was rising, 1hour 12 to Inverness where I stopped for fuel, then 37 minutes to Fortwilliam, so give or take 15 minutes in Inverness for fuel stop/travelling through. Mac I know the roads very well as worked up in the area for years (still do occasionally) but to be honest it was completely mad and I wouldn't recommend to anyone, these were back in darker days when I really didn't give a s##t.

 

All done in a highly tuned Seat Cupra, I did love that car!!

 

All grown up now though, so fast driving is saved for track days.

[dobboy 231 2 Cars]

Just to clear up, this was done in the summer of 2006, leaving Thurso at around 4.00/4.30am just when daylight was rising, 1hour 12 to Inverness where I stopped for fuel, then 37 minutes to Fortwilliam, so give or take 15 minutes in Inverness for fuel stop/travelling through. Mac I know the roads very well as worked up in the area for years (still do occasionally) but to be honest it was completely mad and I wouldn't recommend to anyone, these were back in darker days when I really didn't give a s##t.

 

All done in a highly tuned Seat Cupra, I did love that car!!

 

All grown up now though, so fast driving is saved for track days.

 

"All grown up now though, so fast driving is saved for track days"

 

aye right then!