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Colin as Gatso's are supposed to be in areas of danger it is very unlikely that a good driver would be overataking or find himself in a position where he had to accelerate over a limit as an avoidance safety measure.
Steve,Easy Tiger.
I don't condone speed and certainly would not do that as a norm. However as ROSPA cat A trained driver (police high speed standard) I have been trained to be much more alert to both my actions and those of others.
125Mph for me is a sunday drive in the country. On a race circuit I have taken an Aston Martin DB9R way past 200Mph and that's when your cheecks begin to twitch.
On our motorways there is a more significant problem than speed.
It is bad driving by people who fail to use the nearside lane at all and stay in other lanes as they are going fast at 60Mph.
Lorries who just have to try to get that extra 2Mph out of a governed engine even if it takes 5 miles to pass.
Drivers who plainly just do not look or ignore the fact that you are closing in significantly faster behind and still pull out anyway.
Finally tail gaters who think it is clever to ride 2Mtrs off your bumper just to say they want to pass. To react to that even a formula 1 driver would not cope and their reaction times are measured in millie seconds.
Steve.