30/09/2026
🚗💨 ALL THAT SPEED… FOR WHAT?
We’ve all seen it.
Someone flies past like they’ve just been told the last sausage roll at Greggs is about to be sold… only to be sitting next to you at the next set of lights. 😏
The maths is surprisingly brutal.
Over 10 miles:
* 60 → 70 mph: saves just 1 min 26 sec
* 70 → 80 mph: saves just 1 min 04 sec
* 80 → 90 mph: saves only 50 seconds
And those are the best-case figures — assuming you can maintain that speed continuously.
Real roads have traffic lights, junctions, roundabouts, congestion, tractors, roadworks and that mysterious driver doing 43 mph regardless of whether the limit is 30, 40 or 60.
So the actual saving is often even smaller.
Meanwhile, higher speed means less time to react, longer stopping distances, more fuel used and potentially a rather expensive photograph arriving through the post.
The interesting bit is this:
The faster you’re already travelling, the less extra time additional speed actually saves.
So next time somebody disappears past you in a cloud of urgency, don’t worry.
There’s a reasonable chance you’ll be waving at them again at the next red light. 👋😂
Make progress — not pointless progress.
