What speed do you do on the motorway?

djmarkus

Hi All.


I'm just wondering, I'm on the M3 and M1 at least once a week.

I generally do around the 140 KPH mark.

At this speed, I've regularly been passed by the gards doing faster, and they dont seem to mind.


What speed do you do, and more importantly what speed have you been caught speeding at on the motorway.

TheInquisitor

Minimum 130 which on sat nav is about 122km. When i get bored i go to 140 to keep myself awake and alert. Otherwise it just becomes so tiring follwoing a car for 80 km or so.

Obviously there have been times when i've just wanted to see how fast my car could go, so on a downhill motorway i maxed out my 1.4 golf at 195kmph which is probably realistically 180-185kmph. ( 115 mph)

Best thing i think to do is keep moving overtaking etc. Keeps you alert and awake and actually interested in the driving your doing.

frank gooding

Not wrong about the boredom on the motorway's

Doesn't take long for the sleepy eyes to come on.

Had to stop on the new KK road recently.

Generaly keep around 130 try to keep under 140.

Although this will all have to change when they privatise the speed cameras.

corktina

around 130 on your speedo is probably about 120 in reality and no less safe than a slightly slower speed. I imagine a gard would ignore you going a little faster (but a gatso van wont...)

crosstownk

I usually set the cruise control to 130km/h. I've passed plenty of speed trapss at this speed and I've never been stopped or received any fines/points.

CaraFawn

Depends what's on the front really, if there is a RS4 like today in front of me, I was doing 180 Km/h right behind it.
I can't help it, I am like a rabit running after a carrot

L1011

Cruise control at 140 (indicates as 139 on satnav), twice so far I've not noticed a speed trap till I was on top of / beyond it and not been stopped. Only realised one was a trap when they came after an English reg MPV that passed me a bit further on at 160+!

ShadowHearth

CaraFawn wrote: »

Depends what's on the front really, if there is a RS4 like today in front of me, I was doing 180 Km/h right behind it.
I can't help it, I am like a rabit running after a carrot

haha sign my arse for it aswell . If some one just flies by, i like to chase then a bit! Now before someone will throw a handbag with " tailgater " written on it, i will say that i leave loads and loads of room!

Ussually i just like to stick to 130km/h in some convoy.

CaraFawn

ShadowHearth wrote: »

haha sign my arse for it aswell . If some one just flies by, i like to chase then a bit! Now before someone will throw a handbag with " tailgater " written on it, i will say that i leave loads and loads of room!

Ussually i just like to stick to 130km/h in some convoy.

Yep same here
I thought I was sick
I feel better now :cool:

bad2dabone

on the M50 i do 100 kmh.
Because its the LAW. Only joking I do 100kmh (in the left lane of course!) because my little
car sucks and starts to shake like a washing machine once I go beyond that

If i was going on a longer journey i'd drive the wifes car and do about 130.

peasant

pedal to the metal for me



(my yoke does 123 km/h top speed ...actually I don't go pedal to the metal, instead I try to cruise at about 100 ...it's called mechanical sympathy)

bazzachazza

Cruise control set at 125k

coolmoose

cruise set at 120...any faster and my fuel needle drops in real time (a 2.8 paj is a thirsty girl!)

af_thefragile

Been on the motorway only a couple of times.
I drove at around 100kmph. Pushed it upto 140kmph on a couple of occasions but at that speed the car felt like its about to fall apart so had to bring it back down to 100kmph.
But now I've got the wheels properly balanced and its smooth till 120kmph atleast so I can get out of the loser lane out from the micras....

MagicMarker

Around 100 on the M50, sometimes creeping up to 120 but my car would feel like it's about to lift off into space at that speed!

Last time I was in a rental I was up to 160 before I knew it, that car rocked!

r3nu4l

Generally on motoways, I drive as fast as conditions and traffic will allow. If that's 75 mph then that's fine, if it's over 100 mph then that's cool too.

delly

r3nu4l wrote: »

Generally on motorways, I drive as fast as conditions and traffic will allow. If that's 75 mph then that's fine, if it's over 100 mph then that's cool too.

Here, whats all this mph malarkey? Its all KMH now, you've been away too long

I travel in on the M2 each morning and home on the M1 in the evening. I generally stick to 140 but will push to 160 if in a rush as I kinda see 160 as being the difference between getting the book thrown at you or not. If i'm really fecked and need to get somewhere yesterday then i'll let it go to 180, but generally spend the next month convinced that I passed 3 gatsos and the summons' are on the way.

As a point of note actually, the difference between the M1 and M2 is like night and day. On the M2 even in rush hour traffic is very light and slower cars happily stick to the left lane, whereas the M1 doesn't give much opportunity to get a bit of speed up.

Kidchameleon

no more than 100k. safety first for me

jock101

You wont do driving at those speeds from October on! Privatised Gatso Mobile Units are being deployed from October this year. So it will be shooting fish in a barrel for the Company with the license, and you can bet they will target the Motorways and dual carriageways!:pac:

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/speed-cameras-not-to-raise-revenue-121260.html

Oh_Noes

Kidchameleon wrote: »

no more than 100k. safety first for me

Driving that slowly on the motorway is LESS safe.

-Corkie-

I use the m8 a bit and normally set the cruise at 160. Ive never being stopped. I cant understand why because i know a few people who have been caught on the old road speeding. Turns out to be an expensive toll dodge:D.

RobertM

Usually around 120-130 on the M1 and 95-100 on the M50.

TestTransmission

I'm usually guilty of speeding,been caught once alrite on the motorway.Was clocked at 155kph

corktina

CaraFawn wrote: »

Depends what's on the front really, if there is a RS4 like today in front of me, I was doing 180 Km/h right behind it.
I can't help it, I am like a rabit running after a carrot

if thats the Rs4 we met on SUnday he must be well pee'd off....we passed him out whilst putting on a show for an interested biker , not bad for a 33 yr old car...

r3nu4l

delly wrote: »

Here, whats all this mph malarkey? Its all KMH now, you've been away too long

Yup, when I left Ireland the speed limits were still mph and it's still mph in this backward hole they call 'England'

Lando Griffin

I crawl along at 120-130kmph .

mumof2

since I got my new car I cant seem to do 100kmph anymore only 120kmph - must be the comfort of the car. So on motorway I was cruising happily - 120 and with kids in back wil not speed too much above it. I like to move on, hate being stuck behind sunday drivers!! Might move it up a notch next time to 130 seeing as no one is getting caught at that speed!!

If you ask me, the faster I drive, the more alert I am. I can't do slow driving - I get tired!:o

jock101

r3nu4l wrote: »

Yup, when I left Ireland the speed limits were still mph and it's still mph in this backward hole they call 'England'

That so called backward hole is giving you a living, more then the MEGA backward hole you came from. So dont be so quick to bite the hand that feeds you!:rolleyes:

Amtmann

Generally between 120 and 140, around 130. A friend of mine was recently stopped on the M8 for doing 136km/h between junctions 9 and 10.

Ardent

If I'm making a concious effort to conserve fuel, I'll do 120. When I'm bored or in a hurry, I'll find someone doing 130/135 and I'll tail them.

CaraFawn

corktina wrote: »

if thats the Rs4 we met on SUnday he must be well pee'd off....we passed him out whilst putting on a show for an interested biker , not bad for a 33 yr old car...

Hu?
It was an Audi RS4, same model and color as the one below.
The car was Irish, but with a yellow reg on the rear. I don't get that, that must be on purpose just to piss off customs :rolleyes:

jock101

Here's a sample from the UK of whats to come in October, and they wont be marked in bright yellow. Oh no, not here hidden in a ditch! LOL Cheers to ANPR, designed and built to catch speeders!:D

duckysauce

whats funny about that ?

CaraFawn

jock101 wrote: »

Here's a sample from the UK of whats to come in October, and they wont be marked in bright yellow. Oh no, not here hidden in a ditch! LOL Cheers to ANPR, designed and built to catch speeders!:D

Cool we can stop to bring them home now
We might see some of these on eBay at some stage after October lol...

CaraFawn

Not getting a speeding ticket in the UK is a miracle, there are speed camera and average speed stuff all over the country, even on the country side...

What is this thing going to change? Like if there was not enough of those cameras already...

jock101

Mmmm??? There mobile with the operator sitting in a unmarked car or van 10 metres or so away down a lane or street. Ive seen them being tested on the N2 near Slane a few months ago!

CaraFawn

jock101 wrote: »

Mmmm??? There mobile with the operator sitting in a unmarked car or van 10 metres or so away down a lane or street. Ive seen them being tested on the N2 near Slane a few months ago!

Ok random speed checks.
What's new?
What is different between this thing and a cop hidding behind a bush with a speed gun?
This one does pictures? Oh well, we are screwed anyway if we got speeding, speed gun or not, picture or not.

jock101

It also checks in realtime for Road Tax, Insurance etc... from your reg plate.

dirtydiesel

Oh_Noes wrote: »

Driving that slowly on the motorway is LESS safe.

People doing that speed are a truck drivers nightmare, what they tend to do is speed up then slam on the brakes then take off again, leaving a trail of angry truckers behind them.

r3nu4l

jock101 wrote: »

That so called backward hole is giving you a living, more then the MEGA backward hole you came from. So dont be so quick to bite the hand that feeds you!:rolleyes:

Ha ha, jock, relax, I was joking...the predominant theory from a lot of people on boards.ie seems to be that Everything Is Better in Britain (especially when it comes to motoring), while I know from experience that in reality only Some Things Are Better in Britain but a whole lot of others aren't, just like any other country. Didn't mean to offend your sensibilities or anything The 'backward hole' comment was aimed at the fact that they are still stubbornly cling to MPH, a standing joke in my office where I keep talking about KPH to wind them up while they keep referring to drunken Irishmen and Guinness. Light-hearted banter and nothing more.

As for the new speed cameras, a step backward IMO (not just because I speed).

The M25 is a Motorway where for most of the day you are lucky to reach 50 mph, sometimes even 15 mph is good going while on the M11, there are stretches when road conditions, weather and traffic conditions are so good that if you overtake a police car at 85 mph, the officer doesn't bat an eyelid. At other times you would get pulled over for that speed, hence my earlier comment about the speed I drive at on Motorways.

NewApproach

Depends on where the motorway is. I have never came across a speed trap in Clare where I live, and If I'm going into Limerick on the motorway I'd happily do 150/160. If there is a greater chance of getting caught, I'd go around 135.

dynamick

dirtydiesel wrote: »

People doing that speed are a truck drivers nightmare, what they tend to do is speed up then slam on the brakes then take off again, leaving a trail of angry truckers behind them.

Is the speed limit for trucks not 80km/h?

anneboleyn

hmmmm would say whatever the limit is

Voodoomelon

bazzachazza wrote: »

Cruise control set at 125k

Same.

Adam Selene

About 150kph in the Micra.:D

Tis scuttering all over the road at that shpeed;)

Eric Cartman

these figures are before my change to a peugot partner with a 120km/h top speed

9am-1am
M1 - 130
M50 - 120
M4 - 120

1am-5am
M1 - 160 have done a few runs over that but lets not talk about that here
M50 - 140
M4 - 130

(all this was in a Kia sorento 2.5td , if i had a faster jeep those figures may have altered a bit)

Lando Griffin

Lando Griffin wrote: »

I crawl along at 120-130kmph .

Sorry 130-145 kpmh as I was in a hurry.

dirtydiesel

dynamick wrote: »

Is the speed limit for trucks not 80km/h?

Yes sir it is, but the issue is these guys often slow to below 80km/h forcing us to slow down to less than that, and it takes a while to get a fully loaded truck back up to 80km/h, especially if they slow us down approaching a hill.
Its an annoying factor of driving a truck, ask any trucker what his pet hate on a motorway is and I'm sure he will mention what some of us call kangaroo drivers.

af_thefragile

af_thefragile wrote: »

But now I've got the wheels properly balanced and its smooth till 120kmph atleast so I can get out of the loser lane out from the micras....

My micra is quite happy doing 130-140 thank you very much!
Loser lane, my backside!