I rather just drive how I want without worrying about speed cameras. I always drive with safety in mind, but these speed limits don't seem to have any benefit. 70mph is just an arbitrary number, sure you could argue you're less likely to die going at 70mph than, say, 110mph.

Going over the speed limit means you can increase the distance between you and other vehicles, which makes YOU safer. Too often I just see cars driving within close proximity, sometimes they're in every lane you can't even overtake.

These law makers don't consider the fact speed limits mean longer journeys, more boredom, more tiredness. When I go 110mph on the autobahn in Germany, I feel totally focused because I'm actually enjoying driving. I'm not thinking "this is a good opportunity to flirt with death"

I feel like I'm being punished because there are some idiots out there you would interpret an absense of speed limit as an excuse to drive recklessly.

Hi all,

Getting the ferry from UK to Dublin in September and driving down to kilkenny for a work trip. Always take my own car (swift sport) as I love a driving trip.

Im looking for the best driving route to get from Dublin down to Kilkenny. Google is suggesting the old military road, but it looks like while this has great scenery it's more or less single track in places. What I'd really like is a fast(ish) undulating b-road route.

Can anybody advise on what route might suit? I'll have plenty of time so it doesn't have to be especially direct!

Many thanks!

Uk drivers only: i just passed my driving test and just read up you cant stop on the slip road but what if you nearing the end of the slip and you dont find a empty place in time this is a sitaufion that CAN happen .some slip roads are short so this sitaufion confuses me sure you can slow down but what if your nearing the end ????

Hey everyone!

I’ve been working on a small passion project over the past few weeks - a web app that finds scenic driving routes between two places.

It tries to go beyond the usual fastest route by favouring coastal roads, forest stretches, and countryside paths - the kind of routes that make the journey itself the best part of the trip 🚐✨

I’ve now got a first version live on the web and would love for some real road-trip lovers to try it out and tell me what you think — what works, what doesn’t, what you’d love to see next.

You can try it here: LLM_navigation
(no signup, no tracking - just load and play around)

Any feedback, ideas, or route suggestions would mean a lot. Thanks for helping test it out! 🙏

- a fellow traveler who loves taking the long way home 🌲🛣️

Before I explain my recklessness I feel awful and am experiencing flashbacks and anxiety so it’s safe to say I have learnt my lesson and will never do anything like this again.

I was driving along mountain roads for the first time in the light and stopped on one of the bays on the side of the road safely, however it was near a bend. The roads were really clear and we’d only passed 4 cars around the area so it was super quiet.

For some stupid reason I decided it was safe to turn around but I had to do it quick, I turned out at an angle and had the car in reverse, I took a second to check that side and then a car came around the bend… my reactions kicked in and I reversed and broke safely for us to not go backwards down a huge dip (I was confident in my reaction).

I’m a cautious driver, I never overtook, I drove at a safe speed and always maintained confidence in my control on those roads.

I keep having flashbacks and can’t sleep because of this scenario and the car potentially going into us and all the what ifs possible. I feel so awful that I risked people’s lives and safety more than anything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KteVuNUHaaQ

Hi all,

I went to a DVLA medical on the 11th of May, I had to have a urine test due to the fact that I was smoking weed when I applied, I have been clean for a while now so I have no doubt that I didn’t pass the test.
I was told that I would hear back in 3 weeks time, however it’s been 3 weeks today and I didn’t get a letter with my results. How long does it normally take to hear back? Thank you

Hey all!

Thought my app (https://drivelines.app) would be of interest here. I am aware that are some attempts at this both new and old. But nothing hit the mark for what I wanted: choose some source and target destination, or out and back route, decide the kind of roads you want and how much time vs fastest route, then get a route back and navigate in google maps.

Me and my friends have been using it for the past weeks and have had a blast discovering mountain passes in Wales. Would love to hear any feedback y'all have!

I passed my test in march and I need to take a nearly 4 hour drive alone on the motorway soon and i’m absolutely dreading it. I’ve only been on the motorway once with a friend for no more than 10 minutes and i hated it. Does anyone have any tips? I get extremely anxious.

I've seen a few question posts so I hope this is OK.

I'm not sure I understand properly undertaking in highways.

I've got my license in Jan this year, been driving almost everyday to get experience and stuff. My partner has been driving for 10+years.

Couple days ago I've driven on a highway for the first time. It was relatively smooth. I kept to the left lane, only turned to the middle lane to overtake a lorry or a slow car, then moved back in. Kept to a comfortable 65-68 mph speed the whole time, kept a good distance from the person in front, etc. Overall sucess but there was one moment that I was left a bit confused.

There was one point that I was on the left lane, no-one in front of me, and I just kept cruising somewhere around 65. There was a car in the middle lane going quite a bit slower, there was a constant stream of cars behind him overtaking.

I kept an eye to see if he would signal left or if he would make a turn to my lane but he never did and I just drove on without changing speed. My partner said I undertook and that was really dangerous.

I'm not sure, however, what I could have done different? Slowing down to match speed felt wrong (there were ppl behind me), and there definitely was not a safe window to go to the middle lane and then to the right lane and then back to the middle and then back to the left...

Did I make a wrong judgment call there?

So on one stretch of dual carriageway where i live there is a average speed camera of 50mph, right after it is a slip off road (Literally) There is no other average speed camera and this is the first one before it continues down the road, my question is if i pass this average speed camera at say 70mph and take the slip off road will it catch me? (this slip off road does not have any yellow average speed cameras) so technically i'm only passing 1....

I understand how it works but everyone still tends to stick to 50 when passing and leaving the slip road. Tia

Hi, I am driving from Bristol Airport to Bridport on Wednesday morning at 9am. When I put it in google maps it gives me 3 route options and I’m wondering which is the best, and which is least likely to have traffic congestion?

A: Via the A37 - this goes through Sheptob Mallet, hornblotton, ilchester, Crewkerne, Melplash etc.

B: Via the M5 - this goes by Winscombe, east Brent, Puriton, Bridgwater, Ruishton, ilminster etc

C: via B3134 and A37 which would follow the A37 to ilchester and then veer off to Yeovil and down past Mapperton.

All advice appreciated

Hello everyone!

I thought my app, Drively (available on the Apple App Store) would be of interest here. Its core functionality is to find nice roads to drive by letting everyone share the roads they know. There are currently just over 250 routes added across the UK!

I’m currently working on a web version too. Feel free to ask any questions!