cactustwirly
Established Member
Virtually none of it. Motorways are more likely to have multiple cameras focused on the carriageways, - often average speed types which force motorists to keep their speed at or below an average that meets the limit. Of course there are those idiots that don't understand the meaning of 'average' and race between the cameras only to slam the brakes on when passing them.
This is all irrelevant. It takes two to tango, getting impatient with the other motorist creates just as many problems, and if speeds of 80-90mph are part of that impatience, staying within the law removes the whole problem.
The problem with speeding in the UK is that some drivers won't accept that a speed limit means the fastest you can legally go at, - they see it as the speed that everbody must go at, especially those who might get in their way.
With lane hogging it is very frustrating, often it's people doing 50mph in the middle lane (when you're doing 70mph). And it's actually illegal, people have been fined for it.
People should be traveling at a reasonable speed on the motorways, and should exercise good lane etiquette.
Speed limits are limits ofc, but it's still dangerous to be doing 30mph on a nsl road, especially when the conditions are good. Other drivers won't be expecting you to be driving so slowly. Plus it's downright selfish.
Points effectively cause a level of means testing, as they whack your insurance up, and if you have a premium car that's higher anyway. The Swiss don't have points, so it's just considered a "going faster tax".
That's a common misconception, it's not always correct. Premium cars are often cheaper to insure than cheaper cars. This is because insurance is based on statistics and some premium cars are driven by a less risky demographic of driver.
Smaller cheaper cars are often driven by younger riskier drivers and are therefore expensive to insure, especially if you are a more experienced driver.