Safe Speed Forums

Noticed this in the Daily Mail online.

As many as 12% of motorists break the speed limit every time they get behind the wheel, a new survey has revealed.
And 24% speed on each occasion they drive on a motorway, the survey from Churchill Car Insurance found.
As many as 80% of convicted speeders say they have not changed their behaviour after getting a fine or a ban.
And half of drivers say they only stop speeding when they catch sight of a speed camera.
East Anglian drivers appeared to be the least safe motorists, with 16% breaking the speed limit on every trip.
Only 6% of drivers from Yorkshire and Humberside admitted speeding each time they got behind the wheel, but as many as 37% from that area broke the limit on motorways.
Based on responses from 2,026 drivers, the survey also showed 21% of drivers believe speed limits are too low, while 9% do not know the national speed limit and 17% find it too hard to keep to the limit.
Three percent say that they see speed limits as a target to reach and 24% think speed limits should be lower around schools. Around 60% reckon speeding is more acceptable than drink or drug driving.
Darren McCauley, head of car insurance at Churchill, said: "With today's busy lifestyles, it can be easy to fall into bad driving habits and let speeding become the norm."
He continued: "Speeding doesn't carry the same social taboo as drink driving, but can have serious consequences. More drivers need to be more aware that speeding is not simply a minor offence, but instead a major cause of road fatalities."

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Useless laws weaken necessary laws.

Ok, but that's just the number prepared to admit it to an insurance company. I don't know what their threshold is, but if it's 1mph over at some point during the journey, no matter how briefly, then I would estimate the figure at more like 75%.

Yadder yadder yadder blah blah blah.

is 3-5% major.........I don't think so.

You see this is where we have a bit of a problem. Road safety "officials" have a different definition of "speeding" to every one else. It does lead to all sorts of confusion rubbish statistics.

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Speed camera policy Kills

So the fact that more East Anglians speed makes them the least safe?

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Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler - Einstein

People will only admit that they "speed" regularly if they perceive themselves as speeding -- which probably means travelling a fair bit above the limit.

All the countless people who routinely drive at 35 in 30 limits would not see themselves as "speeders" so they would answer No to the question.

Bit of a pointless poll, really.