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Originally Posted by Tom

Does anyone actually stick to the limit? I usually do 85-90 and am pretty comfortable with that

Frankly, I hope you get caught by the police breaking the speed limit and are prosecuted to the full extent of the law .....

The faster your speed, the harder the impact!

With each increase in the miles per hour over the prescribed speed limit, you are at a greater risk of meeting with an accident. According to certain statistics, every 10 mph that a driver drives over the speed limit of 50 mph, he increases his risk of dying in a car crash two times. For instance, if you are travelling at 80 mph the chances of dying in a car crash increases 8 times.

http://www.southwales-fire.gov.uk/En...fSpeeding.aspx

Motorway accident claims and some of the causes

Although, statistically, UK drivers are less likely to be involved in a motorway accident than one on an A-road or residential road, the sheer speed at which motorway crashes occur means that a high proportion result in death or the kind of serious personal injury that necessitates a motorway accident claim.

Above all, what is worrying for the motorway user is the prevalence of certain attitudes and habits as revealed in the Think! Road Safety Annual Survey that threaten the safety of all.

The survey tells us that 37% of car, van and lorry drivers carry on motoring even when they are too tired. Perhaps it should come as no surprise then to learn that 10% of work-related drivers admit to having fallen asleep behind the wheel during the past 12 months.

It also tells us that 33% of the motoring public think it is perfectly safe to drive at 90mph on a motorway when there is no traffic; a chilling statistic when it is considered that every day in the UK 9 people will be killed and a further 78 suffer serious personal injury in accidents associated with excessive speed. It is also worth considering just how inadequate the braking response time is at such a speed; with most drivers taking, at best, half a second to brake, there is no room for error when travelling at 90mph. It should be of concern that, according to the Department for Transport, "traffic on motorways has grown faster (27 per cent) over the last ten years than any other road type.

http://www.youclaim.co.uk/Car/motorw...e-pressure.htm