World's longest guided busway opens in Cambridge, UK

[jvassie]

That's whats so great about the M40 outside rush hour, you can do 100mph and not have to break every 30 seconds for some twat pulling out in front of you.. The M3 between the M25 and the A308 is also a nice fast stretch of motorway.

All I will say to that is that, in the event that you happen to get caught, speeds over around 95mph in a 70mph will result in a court appearance, where you will likely receive up to 6 points on your licence and a fine of up to £2500. Below that you will likely get offered a fixed penalty of 3 points and a £60 fine, unless you are otherwise driving in a manner that the police officer thinks is dangerous.

Now, there can be places on the motorway network where doing 100mph is, let's say, "less bad". (For the record, I've never done 100mph on a public motorway!). I personally wouldn't encourage it, though. I hope you're maintaining things like your tyres very well. If they were to blow out at such speeds, I imagine the results would not be pretty.

I will tend to stick to an indicated ~80mph on a clear motorway - indeed, I've come across several speed camera vans parked on bridges at that speed and never had an issue. (According to GPS, I'm actually doing about 75-77mph, and prosecution guidelines suggest one shouldn't prosecute below limit + 10% + 2mph). Occasionally I may end up doing a little faster, but I don't like to do so, and I will always tend to slow down as I come to a corner or a hill as you never know what's lurking around the next corner! Personally, I like having a clean licence, and want to keep it that way!

For what it's worth, in the event I do see somebody obviously zooming up behind me, I will generally let them get out of the way before I pull out... rather that then have them plow into the back of me because they're on their mobile phone and haven't noticed me, or have them otherwise have an accident next to me!

Not to worry, I dont regularly drive at 100, come to it I dont regularly drive these days at all, but rest assured, regardless of the speed, I slow down for curves as appropriate, down hills etc, I'm not an unsafe driver. My original statement was more one of a 'possibility', as it happens the only times I have driven over 100 were on the M3 anyway, and limited to a few seconds whilst overtaking traffic doing 80-85 I'd guess, before pulling back in and dropping off to 80-85 myself.