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I often get abuse (sadly from other truck drivers) on the A1 after the stretch of SC before/after Berwick.
I keep to the left, and pull in (sometimes) half way to let them past to help keep things moving.
I’ve heard the going 50 and you’re ok with the police stuff, but it only takes 1 pull from them and points and fine you will have…
Having just done our Lancs-Yorks-■■■■■■■ run, loaded to the back doors with mostly handball, I decided to try sticking to all the speed limits whereas it’s a “flat-out” run for everyone else, I’m all done and nearly home. I just used the sack truck (some customers looked at me strange when I pulled tables, counters etc apart) instead of carrying. Definitely a case of work smarter, not faster.
I used to do a night trunk run from ackworth to Berwick upon tweed and back 5 nights a week, it was job and finish, well after so long you get a feel for things coppers, traffic light timing in Newcastle getting a good run at a hill etc etc , so you could give it some welly some nights and get away with it, well one night I fell out with the transport manager about getting the wagon back for another job, so I stuck to every speed limit there was ie 30mph in town 40mph on most of a1 north of Newcastle, you no what I mean ,well I couldn’t believe it , the journey only took me an extra 15 mins, so all that charging about to gain 30 mins on a 320 mile round trip 
but having said that we all still speed don’t we, mind you it was back in the 80s 
Tend to sit at 63km/ph on SC and at 79km/ph on dual carriageway. Paid by hour so no rush = no stress. UNLIKE another driver at our depot who has received speeding ticket for 56mph on A14 at Stowmarket Oops!
An Iveco was with me all the way on a SC last night. I was doing between 53 and 57 mph for miles and miles. Eventually lost him/her up a long steep bypass.
Norfolknewbie:
Tend to sit at 63km/ph on SC and at 79km/ph on dual carriageway. Paid by hour so no rush = no stress. UNLIKE another driver at our depot who has received speeding ticket for 56mph on A14 at Stowmarket Oops!
Do you not feel guilty holding up other drivers who would like to travel at a legal 40mph?
Personally on long open stretches (different if a built up area) i tend to sit on around 69kph. (42.87) which is unlikely to be a true 42.87 and carries a very small risk of getting nabbed.
Driveroneuk:
Norfolknewbie:
Tend to sit at 63km/ph on SC and at 79km/ph on dual carriageway. Paid by hour so no rush = no stress. UNLIKE another driver at our depot who has received speeding ticket for 56mph on A14 at Stowmarket Oops!Do you not feel guilty holding up other drivers who would like to travel at a legal 40mph?
Personally on long open stretches (different if a built up area) i tend to sit on around 69kph. (42.87) which is unlikely to be a true 42.87 and carries a very small risk of getting nabbed.
put TIR plates up and do 70km/ 80/ and 90 clicks 
eye speeekkkkeeeee d no ingleeeesssshhhh 
40 mph every time , its a maximum speed NOT a minimum. If anyone tries to push from behind I just go slower ! and btw as I understand it the 10% discretion doesn’t apply to hgv’s because they have their odometers calibrated every 2 years
Has to be a bit of leeway as worn tyres at time of calibration subsequently replaced, or new tyres which wear down make a difference to the gearing.
39 mph
Driveroneuk:
Norfolknewbie:
Tend to sit at 63km/ph on SC and at 79km/ph on dual carriageway. Paid by hour so no rush = no stress. UNLIKE another driver at our depot who has received speeding ticket for 56mph on A14 at Stowmarket Oops!Do you not feel guilty holding up other drivers who would like to travel at a legal 40mph?
Personally on long open stretches (different if a built up area) i tend to sit on around 69kph. (42.87) which is unlikely to be a true 42.87 and carries a very small risk of getting nabbed.
No I do not feel guilty at driving at 39.375mph if 0.625mph makes that much difference to your run then ai would suggest you are poorly planned
39mph.
really , I thought there was only me 
Euro:
39 mph
Why?
Driveroneuk:
Euro:
39 mphWhy?
Possibly the same reason people go through speed cameras at 25mph. People don’t seem to understand mathematics and physics. Even if a camera does flash you, the speed/distance/time equation has to be used and will show your correct speed. So many people are paranoid nowadays. It’s become silly.
Agree M1cks, the number of people in cars who brake harshly to 27 to pass a camera in a 50 is alarming.
Driveroneuk:
Euro:
39 mphWhy?
It’s the law of the land
speed kills
I’m paid by the hour
My speeding fines are paid by me and not my employer
Speeding fines are not a tax deductible expense
Shorter journey times will reduce the demand for my and my comrades services
I take pride in being as good a driver as I can be
I allow a small safety margin to allow for speed-creep as I am not constantly watching the speedo
Speed doesn’t kill - it’s the sudden stopping that gets you 
daf1691:
While returning from Cairnryan last Thursday at around 18.15 I was tootleing along at 45mph on the A75. I normally do around 40 to 45 on single roads anyway as it’s the law & the only time I got caught was Scotland on the A7.I was well into the side to let other traffic pass & if you know the road there are plenty of straight bits to overtake. There was a few of our Irish friends behind me & most passed me at around 50mph ( their license) but one driver passed me going flat out & gave me a blast on his horn. I feel I was right to do the speed I was doing as Scottish Police are known for catching speeders on Single carriageways. Further along drivers coming torwards me were flashing so I slowed to 40mph & in a layby the Police had pulled a van driver, whether for speeding or not I don’t know?
Some years ago I was travelling down the A453 from Nottingham it was quite early i was sat at the legal 40 and I had a lorry behind me straddling the double white line with his headlight shining brightly into my offside mirror he kept crossing the line trying to intimidate me
He eventually came passed me on the straight stretch near the first Barton in Fabis turn off he put on his interior light and gave me the 2 finger salute and those old enough to remember the Gareth Hunt Nescafé advert hand shake
I could only see his tail lights after that anyway once southbound on the M1 I was climbing the Markfield bank and guess who I went past me old mucca the one who was nearly having a heart attack trying to pass me sometime earlier on the 453 who was now crawling up Markfield no doubt in grandma( for the younger drivers on here that’s a old name for a crawler gear)
I slowed down put on my cab interior light on and kindly gave him a cheery wave like he gave me earlier but this time with a big smile on my face
I never saw him after that
Euro:
Driveroneuk:
Euro:
39 mphWhy?
It’s the law of the land
speed kills
I’m paid by the hour
My speeding fines are paid by me and not my employer
Speeding fines are not a tax deductible expense
Shorter journey times will reduce the demand for my and my comrades services
I take pride in being as good a driver as I can be
I allow a small safety margin to allow for speed-creep as I am not constantly watching the speedo
I’m normally a very placid and accepting driver, I’ve driven in 15 different countries all around the world, was a Driving Instructor (part time) for almost 25 years and held a RoSPA Gold for almost 10 years, but when driving a truck, following another truck on a long length of 40mph limit on a clear dry day with nothing in front of them, and they persistently do less than 40, it does annoy me.
