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But last few trips running at an indicated 80mph = I am defo one of the slower ones out there. Kinda puzzling given the extra traffic police presence.
I drive London to various places on the South Coast early on Saturday/Sunday mornings quite regularly and the average speeds are unreal. I've lost count of the times I've been overtaken by someone doing what seems like 120mph+, definitely a much more regular occurrence since the first lockdown.
ElGonzo
Haven't driven that far south in the UK motorway network for 18 months (obviously), notes....
1) Lane discipline is worst I've ever seen. Lane 2 seems to be perma occupied by a french hatch/suv type car doing 58mph
2) Same as 1), but lane 3 seems to have a lot of more expensive looking SUV going about the same speed, just sitting out there all day long, trucks often going quicker in lane 1
3) Less miles driven = road crews have caught up with the damage and fixed up most of the bad spots I remember, SMOOOOOOOTH
4) More police traffic marked + unmarked (that I noticed) vehicles.
5) Apart from 1) + 2) average speeds higher*
*Normally bomb long distance in the bluemotion as it'll do a genuine 75mpg at a genuine 70mph, so often sit at indicated 80 (real 73mph) sitting just over 70mpg real all day long. Going slower it'll run into the 80s very happily, but most of the benefit of that car is being able to keep up with motorway traffic, not get noticed so much by traffic police and achieve epic mpg.
But last few trips running at an indicated 80mph = I am defo one of the slower ones out there. Kinda puzzling given the extra traffic police presence.