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Originally Posted by ian@huth
Quite correct but again if all vehicles are travelling at the same speed and an accident happens for whatever reason then the consequences are more serious the higher the speed.
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However, if they are giving each other a safe amount of space then any accident will not have a knock on effect, and don't bother with blowouts as you are as likely to survive/die from an resulting accident at 70mph as you are at 80mph
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Have you ever stopped to think that some drivers are going slower than the maximum speed limit for a reason? If the car that you want to overtake is just slightly below the speed limit then there is no real reason to overtake it other than impatience. If it is going a fair bit below the speed limit then by all means overtake it if it is safe and legal to do so which doesn't mean you have to exceed the limit to do so.
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A survey by the AA several years ago showed that the majority of drivers have no idea what the national speed limit is for a car on single carrigeways, hence why they tend to also speed through villages, they aren't going so slow along national speed limit areas for safety's sake, it's because they have no idea what the speed limit is!
Rather than pootle past someone, I'll get past them asap thank you very much!