This is a passionate subject for me aswell.
Now, as of the last few months, I decided i was fed up with the amount i was spending on fuel, So, the majority of what i do being motorway driving, i decided to take my average speed down from 70-80 to 60.
Now, that may sound pretty boring, but ive actually found it to be a rather refreshing change.
The benefits straight up are that i spend a great deal less on fuel each week (almost a saving of 10-15 pounds!!)
But there are other benefits, you dont need to overtake as much, as your going the same speed as the lorrys and you dont catch up with them, which results in a more stress free drive.
Also, if you go everywhere at full tilt, it numbs your sense of acceleration, so if you take it easy everywhere, when you DO decide to throw it around a couple of corners, you get that giddy first sense of being "let loose" When it is safe to do so of course.
Allas i digress.
I dont approve of speed restrictions at all, and i think it would make it unsafe, i also think it insulting, that the government is throwing everyone into a basket of "cant be trusted's"
I also dont like the fact that, every day it gets crammed down my throat about how i use my car to get into work and i should hate myself for it.
I live 17 miles away from work, and where i live out in the country, there is NO public transport.
During one week i tried public transport, which involved a lift to a train station, a train, a LONG wait, a bus and a LONG walk.
It took me 5 times as long to get into work, and worse, cost me 1.5 times what it costs me in fuel each week!
i ALSO dont like the whole "C02" war, my god... i dont give a ratts ass about how much C02 i put out, And they ALWAYS make motoring the main cause of c02 emissions, nevermind figures that suggest the entire worldwide motoring economy attributes to just 5% of global carbon emissions.....
Im going on a rant now so, ill quit it and have a cool off i think.
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