area 51 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 You have too much money then do you question the price of a pint? or anything else you will of course get to your destination a whole minute quicker than i will. for your extra money spent. No i don't, if i want a pint i buy one.I have never felt like i have too much money but i do accept that i probably have more money available than a lot of people do.I have worked hard for over forty years and paid my mortgage off to get to a reasonably comfortable lifestyle.If you need to watch the pennies then fair enough but i would still be uncomfortable getting in the way of the HGV,s on the motorway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
area 51 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 as it happens. i dont need to watch the pennies (as shown by the 5 months a yr i spend in the alp snowboarding) it i also know that sitting in lane 1, cruising at the same speed as the hgv's is by far the safest place to be. i am not getting in the way of them. i am protected by them i will leave all the hot heads and tailgaters in lane 3 to be nose to tail. burning fuel like there is no tomorrow. and constantly jabbing at the brakes. I drive correctly, i use the nearside lane all the time but i do always overtake slow moving vehicles and HGV,s.I once passed a fatal accident on the M5 with a little van and a car squashed beyond recognition between two hgv,s on the nearside lane and when i used to occasionally drive a van i used to get hgv,s tailgating me so i prefer not to mix it with them if i can avoid it so i always overtake them when i catch them up.Just my personal view that's all.No offence intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny_Boy Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 I saw that article and remembered it as I got down to about j27, doing probably 85 for a fair bit of the journey along with all the other traffic! I didn't see any cameras flash and they do flash in the day as well as at night. I drive Junction 33 to 37 and back three times a week and if them cameras where on I would have had more than one ticket in the post. I haven't and I think the police are just putting this information out there in an effort to slow traffic down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Because there is good evidence that it does reduce delays by stopping the traffic bunching up and causing stop start flow which actually increases overall travel time. It doesnt make much intunitve sense but the paper I read about it was quite convincing. It works well in rush hour, anyone can see that. We have that setup currently. but they are referring to changing things and having the camera's operating 24 hours a day, with the excuse being it reduces congestion (at those times) - which is obviously a total lie. A 2/3/4am there is no congestion, they can't claim to be reducing congestion when there isn't any there in the first place. The camera's work fine as they are, increasing their operating time to non-rush periods is just a money grab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmaJones76 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I drive Junction 33 to 37 and back three times a week and if them cameras where on I would have had more than one ticket in the post. I haven't and I think the police are just putting this information out there in an effort to slow traffic down. Ive seen the camera in-between the two southern Wakefield junctions flash over on the other side of the road well after 9pm at the weekend in recent weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny_Boy Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Ive seen the camera in-between the two southern Wakefield junctions flash over on the other side of the road well after 9pm at the weekend in recent weeks. Yes, a friend of mine got caught three times by that very camera in one day, I do believe that one is on all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmaJones76 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Northbound carriageway between J39 and J40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey104 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Practically everyone drives above 70 on motorways . This is just more targeting of motorists by the Government to raise revenue. I don’t. This is partly down to my vehicle, a 3 ltr automatic Jeep and the subsequent fuel usage and the fact it is like driving a large comfy armchair which gives me a feeling that I don’t need to rush anywhere. I sit at around 65 mph which keeps me from being a hinderance to Hgv and even at that speed I still overtake quite a large proportion of other road users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I was happy chugging along motorways at 60 in my old car. Quite relaxing actually because so few people use the inside lane you can sit in it and relax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ez8004 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Unless it's calibrated how can you be 100% sure you're not going over the limit by even a bit? GPS is accurate, so you can always use that as a reference. ---------- Post added 27-01-2018 at 11:02 ---------- The sign in Mosborough said I was doing 32mph my speedo said about 29 mph so if that had been a speed camera I would have been fined even though according to my speedo I was below the limit. You show me a valid calibration certificate of that sign and I’ll concede otherwise you’re wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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