I find the north more sedate than the south. Brum and south of seems like it's rush hour all the time. I also find it pleasant to drive in Wales, the east coast and Scotland. Worst place in my experience is Berkshire type outlying counties of London. Don't know what London is like these days, happily I don't have to go there.
I got a SP50 for 78 on the toll road, which was showing 60....no option on taking a course, straight £100 fine, 3 points. Thus far it's put 15% on my insurance, so will cost me hundreds....I'd take a course any day over this as I insure two cars, a bike and my van. Oh, and yes, I shouldn't speed in the first case...
Come and drive around Bradford for an hour or so then maybe have a re-think about that North V South drivers thing
never tell your insurance company anything they are just legal rip off merchants just be a bit economical with the truth on anything they cant check up on or they will have you for loads of cash
M4, M25, A1, M11 have always been fast and 15 - 20 mph over the limit, you can easily find yourself keeping up with traffic doing that speed, especially in a modern car with ease. I hate it to be honest. I came back down the A1 and round M25 on Monday and made sure I was at 65-70 mph after a scare a few days before. Nice to see how high I can get the mpg.
Rush rush rush living around Berkshire area. That is my experience driving and living in Slough all my life.
30 years ago I'd leave London on Friday afternoons and drive to Bristol along the M4. It was a race track even back then, nowadays I'd avoid it.
Been like that for as long as I have known it and since driving in '95. Get past Junction 8/9 now and it gets silly, seems a lot of big fast cars travel this stretch and muscle other cars out the way. Although I did hear that speed cameras are now in action nearer Bristol. It's always so damn busy this way, what used to take 20mins can now be a 45-50min journey.
