I agree, the joy of just driving with your favourite music on is so good for you. I’ve been driving over fifty years and no matter what mood I’m in just driving makes me smile. From my first Austin A35 through Escorts, Vauxhall’s, Lexus, Mercedes, Range Rover & now New Defender just add to life - I’m dreading all the restrictive changes coming including electrification. I really enjoy your channel 👌🙏
Nope it was in East Sussex, who apparently enjoy a no tolerance approach to revenue collection, which they definitely don’t use for road repairs it’s like an obstacle course down there 😵💫
I don’t drive anywhere without Waze on. It’s saved me many points and probably my license especially on roads that I’m not familiar with. My C63 has a button that limits the cruise control to the posted limit which I also use quite frequently. It’s modern driving I’m afraid. Use it or you’ll lose it. To be fair, anyone who sings Coldplay songs when they’re driving is a menace and needs their license suspended immediately.
@JelloTypeR I was thinking the same about Coldplay😂 There so dull they’d send me to sleep at the wheel just after I’d finished cussing at what a virtue signalling kn*b Chris Martin is, but each to their own I suppose🤣🤣🤣
I’m outing Cheshire police for their big money making machine. On princess parkway coming up to m60 there is a 50 - 40 - 30mph all in 300 meters tricky junction where lots happening all at once the perfect place to catch people out they are there in their van at least 4 times a week they aren’t making anything safer in fact everyone stamping on brakes is just dangerous. Thanks to waze they are noted pretty sharpish
Totally agree with you Richard about the useless tech going into new cars. I like my cars old school, without the plethora of 'driving aids'. Keeps you on your toes getting from A to B quickly and safely, while looking out for speed traps, cyclists, pedestrians etc, and now having to dodge the potholes too. I also use back roads, rather than the main routes, where possible. I keep a couple of cans of spray mud in the boot if have to use motorways or go through large urban areas 😁
Hi Richard. A few things. Geoff recently did a video with a retired high ranking police officer who thought the situation with speeding has swapped from safety to money generation. Harry Metcalf did a video where he talked about how all the electronic driver aids may change the supercar market. After much searching my youngest daughter has secured her dream job as an apprentice mechanic with a Ferrari and Maserati specialist.
In Germany, if you get caught speeding on a limited Autobahn, you only get points if your 21kph over the limit. You just pay. The UK tolerance is nearly zero. Dont trust the assisted driving sometimes, they speed in limits. Live in Germany, theres a higher tolerance.
Lane assist is crap. My Range Rover Velar crossed the on coming lane and drove into a pub car park. Think it was an alcoholic lol. I live in Cornwall we don’t have white lines as the roads are narrow so it won’t work. But now it mandatory on all new cars! I can see the value of older cars going up as people won’t want the tech on new cars.
The adaptive cruise control is good but it is still stupid at times. Lane control is awful - and if you can’t stay in lane I don’t think you’re ready to be in charge of a car
@oneeleven982 Automatic windscreen wipers replacing an adjustable intermittent wiper setting, runs lane assist a very close second for inventing a solution to a non-existent problem☹️
Lane assist is only of any use (and then gives me a mild panic) on 2 Lane dual carriageways. Every journey I turn off speed limit warning, Lane assist and driver awareness (were our bloody 2024 hyundai tells me of for not looking straight ahead.
Speed limits never take note of time of day, road and weather conditions, and are not to help improve the roads they cameras are on! Waste of time if you ask me
There’s too many distractions in modern cars and too many unnecessary low speed limits especially on motorways. I’m very aware of the fact that this comment will annoy leftie morons but I’ll just see that as a bonus.
First three things to do when you get in the GR Yaris - lane assist off, iMT on, switch to track mode (50/50 torque split). I do that while it’s warming up
I've never even owned (or wanted) a car with ABS or traction control, let alone all this electronic nonsense cars have now. I don't even like power steering. I like the way old-school cars 'talk' to you through the controls, allowing you to feel the road and adjust your inputs as necessary. It's what we used to call driving.
Two issues, first is you have to use Waze for almost every journey if only because the screen shows the speed limit and you actually speed, and secondly cruise or adaptive cruise as it is the only way to drive within the constantly changing speed limits. For me the real downside of a car with all the “safety features” is that the car takes over the driving and the driver is removed from the fundamental skills, and I find myself losing awareness. The antidote for me is a Daihatsu Copen which when driving at 30 seems like 50 and has very few if any driver assistance, so I am much more involved and hence, more aware. Just selling it to buy an MX5 which is similar but a bit more upmarket. Looked at a GR Yaris and an Alpine A110, but they are both an invitation to lose ones licence
Self driving is no guarantee of not getting a speeding ticket. There's numerous cases where the car sees an 80km / 100km sign on the back of a European lorry or coach, and thinks the speed limit is 80mph or 100mph... Then starts accelerating to that speed. If that happens under a gantry with a speed camera, you'd get a ticket. And, so far the guidance is that it's still the driver's responsibility.
Richard. I live in Newcastle and use the Tyne tunnel having signed up to auto pay. The system alerts me instantly via email that I’ve made a journey and paid or need a top up. My point being that with speed cameras, and all anpr fines we should be made aware instantly that we’ve made a mistake via email. If you’re having a bad day it would be great to know that you’ve been fined so that we can adjust our behaviour to avoid more fines coming. The authorities could make this happen?
Hi Richard I like to keep it simple too but I do use cruise mainly in ave speed on motorways so don’t keep looking at speedo when it creeps up and down and worry Lane assit etc are hopeless I see myself running pre 16 17 cars for somtime to avoid them or pay to get them deactivated, though will soon be part of mot! I’m sure 16-17 will go down as peak car in the future Sorry to ramble but I think I have the opersite car buying plans, always looking out for good condition highest mileage on offer so I can drive them Hopefully be able to get to one of the vvs days in feb be nice to chat Richard
V lucky there mate. Im 50 and I know what you mean about new cars, which is why i have no desire to own any of them as the tec stops the driving pleasure
Driving is my passion, my hobby, my happy place but I'm currently driving on eggshells with 6 points accumulated in less than 12 months during which time I also took a speed awareness course (I was only offered it once) and had a near miss with a camera van...a theoretical 12 points in 12 months 😭 And none of them in my 911. Yes yes yes if I wasn't speeding I wouldn't have this problem...
Its good to see that wealthy people can now understand that everyone is inder attack from government.. previously just the working class got bashed .. we are all in the same boat now.. land value tax , unrealised capital gains tax are all coming to divest you of your wealth
That Yaris looks and goes like a pocket rocket, cracking car, but modern day car tech = new world problems. Learn to understand your fusebox, ensuring you only turn off non crucial aids, if the car’s controls don’t provide full enough options. Most of the driver aids are not necessary and are way too intrusive and personally I don’t need t’internet connectivity for music or sat nav. Definitely don’t want my every move being tracked by the car manufacturer or third party company that buys your data. Stick to older analogue cars, then new world problems don’t exist. IMHO they also tend to give a more visceral, seat of the pants drive which I believe is more involved. As for speed cameras, it is a bit of pot luck, although as others have said Waze or other sat navs can help, but then you’re tracked on your phone or car sat nav!☹️👍🤣🤣🤣
Do you think the fact that you’re swapping between multiple vehicles is an issue on its own? I had the GR Yaris, I liked it, didn’t love it, sold it in a year. Hope you like yours.
I turned of lane assist not driving on big roads having waze on maps is good shows police around i also driving with Google maps and picked up live speed cameras on flyover i try use cruise on 30 limits
How about we get rewarded for good driving? every 7 years we have a clean licence you get 3 points credit! Can’t be just me who thinks it’s un fare to go clean for 30 years and it means nothing!
I blame the road "structure" in a lot of cases, majority of the roads that were 40 are now 30, but the road hasn't actually changed so the road still feels like it is a 40. The road should feel the speed limit and I shouldn't need to look at the speedometer. If the road has alot of people speeding on it, then its the road.
You can turn off all of the lane assist “bongs” etc, by pressing and holding the lane assist button for 2 or 3 seconds (top right button on the right hand side of the steering wheel). You’re welcome!!
You get additional penalties imposed if you have that credential and even more if you ever taught driving, advanced driving or protective security detail standard. Speed is not the issue with purported safety as the excuse commonly used. Well trained competent fast reactive highly attuned muscle memory abilities and thorough knowledge of the vehicle limitations and weather light conditions topography and static and mobile hazard interpretation makes for safe regardless of speed deemed safe by driver not regulation: Commonly illustrated in motor racing and especially with stunt drivers. It is not about safety at all; heavy slab fronted silent fast accelerating EVs with extra crushing capacity are far more relevant than speed. I may be one of the first to have been run over by an EV; can attest wearing strong steel capped safety boots has great virtue and really glad it was only my foot involved. Ground clearance also has great relevance; as I illustrated slow speed running over a Sinclair C5 (the first I believe) merely trapping driver and vehicle uninjured under the sump. Driver ability assessment is probably more relevant than "remedial courses". No accident no injury no foul is far removed from speedster and an accident; the two do not correlate.
I did speed awareness doing 71 in a 60 on a duel carriage way that the became a 2 lane single carriageway, I genuinely didn’t fully appreciate the difference, which is a central reservation or not, so one side of roundabout 70 other side 60, both have the national speed limit indicator, found it very educational and enjoyable and an excellent way to learn from my mistake. One chap on my course was doing 70 in a 50 on the M6 when it was roadworks and because he was drive home with a car full of friends having a laugh at 2am he was the only one on the road had cruise on and just didn’t spot it, their are very honest mistakes made not everyone is driving like a bellend
I got done for speeding coming out of a local village, I could see the 30 signs and its open countryside past them and National speed limit. I saw the van too late and they got me at 34, I was going downhill in an automatic car and attended the speed awareness course where the genius running it said I should have been in 3rd gear in a 30 zone, he didn’t like my reply that the car would do over 60 in 1st.
The problem i have with overly pedantic enforcement of speed limits is that the scientific justification is lacking. There is definitely clear evidence that large increases in speed on any given road will result in statistical increases in accidents. So cutting the limit on a road from 60 to 50 will for sure have a measurable impact, and it's an idiot who disputes this. But there is no way to accurately cross compare roads, or sections of roads, so you can't compare 2 roads with the same limit and calculate an accurate value for accident probability (or a safety factor number) on each. Which means that you can't say "I want an accident probability of 1%, what speed limit will give me this?". If there were a scientific basis for speed limits that justified strict enforcement within the 1-5% tolerance range, the limits themselves wouldn't come in multiples of 10, they'd come in multiples of 5 or even 1. And they wouldn't come in multiples of 10 in both mph and kph (depending on the country). The reason they come in multiples of 10 is because that is a convenient round number for people, and because the accuracy of the safety basis for that limit is more like ±5 than ±1. It is "fuzzy". So a road is "safe" at around 30mph, or around 50mph or whatever. It is not suddenly unsafe at 31, 51 and so on. Enforcement should reflect that, and traditionally it has in the main. Now however we are in a situation where everything about the speed limit is set very hard in black and white, and that has a poor fundamental basis. Interestingly, the only part of the speed limit which is not black and white is how it is set in the first place - that is still done by some people looking at the road type, the historical accident stats and such and making an entirely subjective evaluation of what they think the speed limit should be.
Get a laser jammer, not a blinder, actual target L300. Works fantastic, saved me for the last 20 years from all sorts of issues. If they stop you, a, they don’t know what it is, b, DONT admit what it is. They can’t prove the speed unless they either got it or you admit to it. Don’t believe their bs, say, nope, I was at the speed limit unless you have evidence to the contrary and I promise you, from experience, NO TICKETS
Im finally in a position to buy a supercar after many years wanting one but the governments constant attack on cars makes it all less appealing. The younger generation in general arent interested in piston cars so i cant see values holding either long term.
There's enough of us 'old-school' guys and gals who prefer mechanical engineering to electrical engineering, so I wouldn't worry about the values dropping anytime soon. Buy that supercar, and drive the wheels off it.
Unfortunatly, this media and homeade uk car reviews up and down the country as great as they are, are partly responsible allowing for desktop policing who simply set up mobile tech on popular A and B filming roads throughout the uk. And send out direct to door.
@@ChallengetheroadCheck DJ Mark Devlin. All big music acts are part of the great deception that’s going on right now. Not saying they are always aware of it, but the biggest artists and bands definitely do know.
Speed cameras or data directly off the cars? At very least need to challenge the data source and the qualifications such as calibration and accuracy of the cameras as reflections off rounded profiles can greatly influence the derived speed. Yes driving at 35 rather than 30 really merits penalties as the non-existent pedestrians would be even more significantly injured while all the time slab fronted fast accelerating silent toxic plasma bombs also have extra mass to facilitate more effective crush and impact injuries. Follow the Money.
I’m not sure I like the 550 in barchetta form. In my opinion it looks to a kit car to an untrained eye. I think it’s the wheels that don’t do it justice or maybe the lines don’t suit a convertible.
It’s always easy for keyboard warriors to attack you in the comments. You clearly know what you’re talking about real world videos that are useful thank you
I always do 2mph over the limit when on a cruise, i.e., 32 in a 30, 53 in a 50, 62 in 60, and 72 in a 70. That brings me up to the exact limit. I go through average speed cameras, notmal speed cameras, and even the popo driving behind me can't catch me for speeding.
It's an absolute bitch, but come on Richard, you've never used cruise control or Waze??? I reckon that over the last 10 years or so, they have saved my license no end of times, especially cruise control. I would never buy a car without it!
I usually have a lot of time and respect for your content but trying to somehow blame your car/s because you are not paying attention fully is ridiculous. Ironically, the systems that everyone is so keen to switch off would likely have saved you. The Adaptive Cruse in my Audi reads the road signs adjusts speeds automatically. It is easy to override or set a small tolerance too. Like everything though, it is not foolproof and still requires the driver to pay attention. If you like old school driving so much, do what we used to do and adjust your speed manually to the conditions and to the limits. There have always been fast cars, it is how well you drive them that matters.
I agree, the joy of just driving with your favourite music on is so good for you. I’ve been driving over fifty years and no matter what mood I’m in just driving makes me smile. From my first Austin A35 through Escorts, Vauxhall’s, Lexus, Mercedes, Range Rover & now New Defender just add to life - I’m dreading all the restrictive changes coming including electrification. I really enjoy your channel 👌🙏
Thank you, interesting videos to follow on this… seems we had the best era for motoring
The gantry signs on Scotland's motorways often say "Drive to road conditions". I take that as green light to hit 120mph+ on a quiet morning.
My wife did a speed awareness course and one woman on the course was there for doing 31mph in a 30mph limit. Yes 1mph over 😵💫
I wonder if she was pinged by a camera in Oxford. I bet she was. Our cameras seem to be set exactly on the speed limit.
Nope it was in East Sussex, who apparently enjoy a no tolerance approach to revenue collection, which they definitely don’t use for road repairs it’s like an obstacle course down there 😵💫
I don’t drive anywhere without Waze on. It’s saved me many points and probably my license especially on roads that I’m not familiar with. My C63 has a button that limits the cruise control to the posted limit which I also use quite frequently. It’s modern driving I’m afraid. Use it or you’ll lose it.
To be fair, anyone who sings Coldplay songs when they’re driving is a menace and needs their license suspended immediately.
@JelloTypeR I was thinking the same about Coldplay😂 There so dull they’d send me to sleep at the wheel just after I’d finished cussing at what a virtue signalling kn*b Chris Martin is, but each to their own I suppose🤣🤣🤣
33 in a 30!! Bring back the stocks!
I’m outing Cheshire police for their big money making machine. On princess parkway coming up to m60 there is a 50 - 40 - 30mph all in 300 meters tricky junction where lots happening all at once the perfect place to catch people out they are there in their van at least 4 times a week they aren’t making anything safer in fact everyone stamping on brakes is just dangerous. Thanks to waze they are noted pretty sharpish
The police don’t get the income
Totally agree with you Richard about the useless tech going into new cars. I like my cars old school, without the plethora of 'driving aids'. Keeps you on your toes getting from A to B quickly and safely, while looking out for speed traps, cyclists, pedestrians etc, and now having to dodge the potholes too. I also use back roads, rather than the main routes, where possible. I keep a couple of cans of spray mud in the boot if have to use motorways or go through large urban areas 😁
The next video will be interesting for you Boris
Hi Richard. A few things. Geoff recently did a video with a retired high ranking police officer who thought the situation with speeding has swapped from safety to money generation. Harry Metcalf did a video where he talked about how all the electronic driver aids may change the supercar market. After much searching my youngest daughter has secured her dream job as an apprentice mechanic with a Ferrari and Maserati specialist.
It's always been about taxation , risk reduction so they do t have to pay out on their insurance scam/Ponzi
Thanks Ian, will take a look, congrats to your daughter
@ It’s not a million miles from you (and I would be surprised if you hadn’t heard of it) so if your Ferrari needs attention you may meet her one day.
In Germany, if you get caught speeding on a limited Autobahn, you only get points if your 21kph over the limit. You just pay. The UK tolerance is nearly zero.
Dont trust the assisted driving sometimes, they speed in limits.
Live in Germany, theres a higher tolerance.
Lane assist is crap. My Range Rover Velar crossed the on coming lane and drove into a pub car park. Think it was an alcoholic lol. I live in Cornwall we don’t have white lines as the roads are narrow so it won’t work. But now it mandatory on all new cars! I can see the value of older cars going up as people won’t want the tech on new cars.
The adaptive cruise control is good but it is still stupid at times. Lane control is awful - and if you can’t stay in lane I don’t think you’re ready to be in charge of a car
Lane assist is the most pointless feature that no one asked for & simply doesn’t work in the uk
Lane assist is dangerous in my opinion
@oneeleven982 Automatic windscreen wipers replacing an adjustable intermittent wiper setting, runs lane assist a very close second for inventing a solution to a non-existent problem☹️
Its had a few accidents from lane assist!
Lane assist is only of any use (and then gives me a mild panic) on 2 Lane dual carriageways.
Every journey I turn off speed limit warning, Lane assist and driver awareness (were our bloody 2024 hyundai tells me of for not looking straight ahead.
If anyone feels like they need lane assist, then maybe they shouldn’t be driving.
Speed limits never take note of time of day, road and weather conditions, and are not to help improve the roads they cameras are on! Waste of time if you ask me
Schools, residential areas and business parks are the only places we should have them.
Use cruise control for each speed section, set it for 70, 60, 50, 40, 30 etc
There’s too many distractions in modern cars and too many unnecessary low speed limits especially on motorways.
I’m very aware of the fact that this comment will annoy leftie morons but I’ll just see that as a bonus.
First three things to do when you get in the GR Yaris - lane assist off, iMT on, switch to track mode (50/50 torque split). I do that while it’s warming up
Same here this time of year..when its dry i go on Sport 👍
I am looking forward to working it all out, always in track mode
I've never even owned (or wanted) a car with ABS or traction control, let alone all this electronic nonsense cars have now. I don't even like power steering. I like the way old-school cars 'talk' to you through the controls, allowing you to feel the road and adjust your inputs as necessary. It's what we used to call driving.
Two issues, first is you have to use Waze for almost every journey if only because the screen shows the speed limit and you actually speed, and secondly cruise or adaptive cruise as it is the only way to drive within the constantly changing speed limits. For me the real downside of a car with all the “safety features” is that the car takes over the driving and the driver is removed from the fundamental skills, and I find myself losing awareness.
The antidote for me is a Daihatsu Copen which when driving at 30 seems like 50 and has very few if any driver assistance, so I am much more involved and hence, more aware. Just selling it to buy an MX5 which is similar but a bit more upmarket. Looked at a GR Yaris and an Alpine A110, but they are both an invitation to lose ones licence
No one should be speeding? Why not? Speed limits are ridiculous
Self driving is no guarantee of not getting a speeding ticket. There's numerous cases where the car sees an 80km / 100km sign on the back of a European lorry or coach, and thinks the speed limit is 80mph or 100mph... Then starts accelerating to that speed. If that happens under a gantry with a speed camera, you'd get a ticket. And, so far the guidance is that it's still the driver's responsibility.
Vote labour out
Richard. I live in Newcastle and use the Tyne tunnel having signed up to auto pay. The system alerts me instantly via email that I’ve made a journey and paid or need a top up. My point being that with speed cameras, and all anpr fines we should be made aware instantly that we’ve made a mistake via email. If you’re having a bad day it would be great to know that you’ve been fined so that we can adjust our behaviour to avoid more fines coming. The authorities could make this happen?
Hi Richard
I like to keep it simple too but I do use cruise mainly in ave speed on motorways so don’t keep looking at speedo when it creeps up and down and worry
Lane assit etc are hopeless I see myself running pre 16 17 cars for somtime to avoid them or pay to get them deactivated, though will soon be part of mot!
I’m sure 16-17 will go down as peak car in the future
Sorry to ramble but I think I have the opersite car buying plans, always looking out for good condition highest mileage on offer so I can drive them
Hopefully be able to get to one of the vvs days in feb be nice to chat
Richard
What’s with the gap between wheel and arch on the back of the Ferrari? Looks like a 4x4!
These old Ferrari and even modern ones always seem very high
Wow, the Ferrari comes across well on here, so must be stunning in the flesh!
Looks so good
I *never* have any music on when I drive. I can highly recommend it.
What happened to the 10% for speedo calibration 33 in a 30 is crazy
Speed doesn't kill , it's the stopping ..😁
I use waze in my car over here . Think it saved my bacon last Tuesday week . It warned me of a speed van in a sneekey place .
Downloading this week!
Saved your bacon, rather, pointed out the bacon 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
V lucky there mate. Im 50 and I know what you mean about new cars, which is why i have no desire to own any of them as the tec stops the driving pleasure
Driving is my passion, my hobby, my happy place but I'm currently driving on eggshells with 6 points accumulated in less than 12 months during which time I also took a speed awareness course (I was only offered it once) and had a near miss with a camera van...a theoretical 12 points in 12 months 😭 And none of them in my 911. Yes yes yes if I wasn't speeding I wouldn't have this problem...
We are in the same position Sally but I will get that race track one day and you are joining me 🙌
Count me in Richard 👍😃
Come to Ireland for a drive, no points and you can go a bit.🙈🙊🙉
On my way!
Its good to see that wealthy people can now understand that everyone is inder attack from government.. previously just the working class got bashed .. we are all in the same boat now.. land value tax , unrealised capital gains tax are all coming to divest you of your wealth
Thank you
Listening to my favourite Coldplay song it’s is all dings and dongs. 🤣
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That Yaris looks and goes like a pocket rocket, cracking car, but modern day car tech = new world problems. Learn to understand your fusebox, ensuring you only turn off non crucial aids, if the car’s controls don’t provide full enough options. Most of the driver aids are not necessary and are way too intrusive and personally I don’t need t’internet connectivity for music or sat nav. Definitely don’t want my every move being tracked by the car manufacturer or third party company that buys your data. Stick to older analogue cars, then new world problems don’t exist. IMHO they also tend to give a more visceral, seat of the pants drive which I believe is more involved. As for speed cameras, it is a bit of pot luck, although as others have said Waze or other sat navs can help, but then you’re tracked on your phone or car sat nav!☹️👍🤣🤣🤣
Do you think the fact that you’re swapping between multiple vehicles is an issue on its own?
I had the GR Yaris, I liked it, didn’t love it, sold it in a year. Hope you like yours.
That can be problem, sometimes 5/6 different cars all with diffrent set ups
I turned of lane assist not driving on big roads having waze on maps is good shows police around i also driving with Google maps and picked up live speed cameras on flyover i try use cruise on 30 limits
How about we get rewarded for good driving? every 7 years we have a clean licence you get 3 points credit! Can’t be just me who thinks it’s un fare to go clean for 30 years and it means nothing!
Great idea 💡 👍
Good driving - 30 years, Nah , just means you ain’t been caught . 😂
I blame the road "structure" in a lot of cases, majority of the roads that were 40 are now 30, but the road hasn't actually changed so the road still feels like it is a 40. The road should feel the speed limit and I shouldn't need to look at the speedometer. If the road has alot of people speeding on it, then its the road.
Would be terrible if you had a leaf stuck to your registration plate Richard..please check before driving..
By the way i think you should buy a track..ill definitely join you there for a trackday 👍
It will happen!!
You can turn off all of the lane assist “bongs” etc, by pressing and holding the lane assist button for 2 or 3 seconds (top right button on the right hand side of the steering wheel). You’re welcome!!
Thank you
You should consult the Institute of Advanced Motorists and pass their Advanced Driver course to improve your awareness and driving skills.
You sound like a right Karen 😂
@@oneeleven9832 I'm not the one with 4 speeding tickets
You get additional penalties imposed if you have that credential and even more if you ever taught driving, advanced driving or protective security detail standard. Speed is not the issue with purported safety as the excuse commonly used. Well trained competent fast reactive highly attuned muscle memory abilities and thorough knowledge of the vehicle limitations and weather light conditions topography and static and mobile hazard interpretation makes for safe regardless of speed deemed safe by driver not regulation: Commonly illustrated in motor racing and especially with stunt drivers.
It is not about safety at all; heavy slab fronted silent fast accelerating EVs with extra crushing capacity are far more relevant than speed. I may be one of the first to have been run over by an EV; can attest wearing strong steel capped safety boots has great virtue and really glad it was only my foot involved. Ground clearance also has great relevance; as I illustrated slow speed running over a Sinclair C5 (the first I believe) merely trapping driver and vehicle uninjured under the sump. Driver ability assessment is probably more relevant than "remedial courses". No accident no injury no foul is far removed from speedster and an accident; the two do not correlate.
I did speed awareness doing 71 in a 60 on a duel carriage way that the became a 2 lane single carriageway, I genuinely didn’t fully appreciate the difference, which is a central reservation or not, so one side of roundabout 70 other side 60, both have the national speed limit indicator, found it very educational and enjoyable and an excellent way to learn from my mistake.
One chap on my course was doing 70 in a 50 on the M6 when it was roadworks and because he was drive home with a car full of friends having a laugh at 2am he was the only one on the road had cruise on and just didn’t spot it, their are very honest mistakes made not everyone is driving like a bellend
I enjoyed my one and the detail on motorway limits etc
I got done for speeding coming out of a local village, I could see the 30 signs and its open countryside past them and National speed limit. I saw the van too late and they got me at 34, I was going downhill in an automatic car and attended the speed awareness course where the genius running it said I should have been in 3rd gear in a 30 zone, he didn’t like my reply that the car would do over 60 in 1st.
Just set the speed limiter, literally one press of a button. You still drive as normal just not speed
The problem i have with overly pedantic enforcement of speed limits is that the scientific justification is lacking. There is definitely clear evidence that large increases in speed on any given road will result in statistical increases in accidents. So cutting the limit on a road from 60 to 50 will for sure have a measurable impact, and it's an idiot who disputes this.
But there is no way to accurately cross compare roads, or sections of roads, so you can't compare 2 roads with the same limit and calculate an accurate value for accident probability (or a safety factor number) on each. Which means that you can't say "I want an accident probability of 1%, what speed limit will give me this?". If there were a scientific basis for speed limits that justified strict enforcement within the 1-5% tolerance range, the limits themselves wouldn't come in multiples of 10, they'd come in multiples of 5 or even 1. And they wouldn't come in multiples of 10 in both mph and kph (depending on the country).
The reason they come in multiples of 10 is because that is a convenient round number for people, and because the accuracy of the safety basis for that limit is more like ±5 than ±1. It is "fuzzy". So a road is "safe" at around 30mph, or around 50mph or whatever. It is not suddenly unsafe at 31, 51 and so on. Enforcement should reflect that, and traditionally it has in the main. Now however we are in a situation where everything about the speed limit is set very hard in black and white, and that has a poor fundamental basis.
Interestingly, the only part of the speed limit which is not black and white is how it is set in the first place - that is still done by some people looking at the road type, the historical accident stats and such and making an entirely subjective evaluation of what they think the speed limit should be.
Get a laser jammer, not a blinder, actual target L300. Works fantastic, saved me for the last 20 years from all sorts of issues. If they stop you, a, they don’t know what it is, b, DONT admit what it is. They can’t prove the speed unless they either got it or you admit to it. Don’t believe their bs, say, nope, I was at the speed limit unless you have evidence to the contrary and I promise you, from experience, NO TICKETS
Im finally in a position to buy a supercar after many years wanting one but the governments constant attack on cars makes it all less appealing. The younger generation in general arent interested in piston cars so i cant see values holding either long term.
There's enough of us 'old-school' guys and gals who prefer mechanical engineering to electrical engineering, so I wouldn't worry about the values dropping anytime soon. Buy that supercar, and drive the wheels off it.
Would have the Lancia Delta over the Ferrari’s any day
Cannot wait to get it back!
You deserve everything just for being a Coldplay fan......kidding 😂😂😂😂
Unfortunatly, this media and homeade uk car reviews up and down the country as great as they are, are partly responsible allowing for desktop policing who simply set up mobile tech on popular A and B filming roads throughout the uk. And send out direct to door.
I was a big fan of yours until you said ‘listening to my favourite coldplay song’ 😂
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@@ChallengetheroadCheck DJ Mark Devlin. All big music acts are part of the great deception that’s going on right now. Not saying they are always aware of it, but the biggest artists and bands definitely do know.
I don’t even pop to the shops without having Waze on
I will download this week!
I have a story about fords intelligent speed limiter and Wales 20mph. Ford is a joke and refuses to put this system right
Speed cameras or data directly off the cars? At very least need to challenge the data source and the qualifications such as calibration and accuracy of the cameras as reflections off rounded profiles can greatly influence the derived speed. Yes driving at 35 rather than 30 really merits penalties as the non-existent pedestrians would be even more significantly injured while all the time slab fronted fast accelerating silent toxic plasma bombs also have extra mass to facilitate more effective crush and impact injuries. Follow the Money.
I’m not sure I like the 550 in barchetta form. In my opinion it looks to a kit car to an untrained eye. I think it’s the wheels that don’t do it justice or maybe the lines don’t suit a convertible.
I do not think it photographs well but it is stunning in person
It’s always easy for keyboard warriors to attack you in the comments. You clearly know what you’re talking about real world videos that are useful thank you
I always do 2mph over the limit when on a cruise, i.e., 32 in a 30, 53 in a 50, 62 in 60, and 72 in a 70. That brings me up to the exact limit. I go through average speed cameras, notmal speed cameras, and even the popo driving behind me can't catch me for speeding.
You can buy a radar jammer online from the right American websites. No tickets just don't draw too much attention to yourself.
Available to your personal chauffeur if needed
Thanks Nigel - I will get the Rolls ready!
Too many dongs and dings! I blame the EU directives. You should at least have the option to turn everything off.
So are you up to 9 pts?
Hopefully we can get it down!
It's an absolute bitch, but come on Richard, you've never used cruise control or Waze??? I reckon that over the last 10 years or so, they have saved my license no end of times, especially cruise control. I would never buy a car without it!
I need to get into the modern world!
I usually have a lot of time and respect for your content but trying to somehow blame your car/s because you are not paying attention fully is ridiculous. Ironically, the systems that everyone is so keen to switch off would likely have saved you. The Adaptive Cruse in my Audi reads the road signs adjusts speeds automatically. It is easy to override or set a small tolerance too. Like everything though, it is not foolproof and still requires the driver to pay attention.
If you like old school driving so much, do what we used to do and adjust your speed manually to the conditions and to the limits. There have always been fast cars, it is how well you drive them that matters.
More videos soon
Stop whining 😢
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