Ended up on the M25 by accident. Ask me anything.

dunno why people are so terrified of motorways, whilst I've nevr driven on one as I've not passed, where I live the A2 is effectivly a motorway, and I have no problem driving on it

Have you ever crashed?

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dunno why people are so terrified of motorways, whilst I've nevr driven on one as I've not passed, where I live the A2 is effectivly a motorway, and I have no problem driving on it

At high speeds, a mistake is much more devastating. You will most likely die if someone goes seriously wrong at 70-80 mph.

Dual carriageways are reasonably like motorways but there still is a difference. Cruising at 50 is a lot different to cruising at 70. At 70 mph, you need a lot more time to react and need a bigger breaking distance.

Plus, I'd never used the 6th gear in my parents' car. So I ended up going 60 mph in 5th gear, revving to around 2000 rpm in a diesel. I could have put it in 6th, but I didn't want to be fiddling around with gears at 60 mph.

There are some real loonies though, I was doing 60 mph and these guys were literally flying past me. They must be doing close to 100 mph.

That's why and no it isn't. Granted, I'm not bothered about driving on motorways but I can understand why less confident drivers would be. From my experience of the A2 (nearer London side than Dover) it's reasonably busy but it's not as busy/fast moving as the M4 for example.



What? Why on earth are you concerned about changing gears at 60mph?

Also, driving 60mph on a motorway is akin to driving 25mph in a thirty. Drivers will being going faster than you, just sit in the left hand lane if you're that bothered with the lorries etc (for the love of God, don't go in the middle lane doing 60 unless you're passing a very busy junction).

did you feel horny at the time?

LOOOOOOOOL I accidentally ended up on the M11 at like 1 am and it was raining and it was my first time ever on a motorway as I had passed my driving test not too long ago. I think I did the pass plus after. It was madness. I was doing like 30 mph until this big lorry beeped at me and I suddenly realised I was on a bloody mway. It was so scary. I thought I was going to die. My friend was with me but she's not a driver so she was useless. She was laughing while I was ****ting myself. :'(

I live in NW LDN. We got to Chigwell and I thought we'd have to spend the night there because I didn't know wtf to do. However, luckily, I figured out I could get back on the M11 back towards NW LDN. Anyway as soon as I got on the A406, I felt a great sense of relief. We did it. We weren't going to die!!! I made it home alive some time early morning. My mum wasn't amused and my friend spent the night at mines. I swear to God I had never been so relieved to see the A406 in my life!! I usually hate the A406. Too much traffic during peak times. It's a nightmare.

Lol, amazing story.

Doing 30 mph on a motorway is a bit dangerous though. You get these loonies going at 100 mph and they aren't expecting anyone to be cruising below 50 mph. Man getting beeped by a lorry says it all, haha. :P

Was the problem you hadn't worked the higher gears? Or just scared to put the foot down?

I didn't realise I was on a bloody motorway until I got beeped. I then thought 'uh oh, this looks like a mway' so I put my foot down hahahaa. I miss driving. It is dangerous. I guess we were lucky because no one was on the mway.

I didn't realise I was on a bloody motorway until I got beeped. I then thought 'uh oh, this looks like a mway' so I put my foot down hahahaa. I miss driving. It is dangerous. I guess we were lucky because no one was on the mway.

At high speeds, a mistake is much more devastating. You will most likely die if someone goes seriously wrong at 70-80 mph.

Dual carriageways are reasonably like motorways but there still is a difference. Cruising at 50 is a lot different to cruising at 70. At 70 mph, you need a lot more time to react and need a bigger breaking distance.

Plus, I'd never used the 6th gear in my parents' car. So I ended up going 60 mph in 5th gear, revving to around 2000 rpm in a diesel. I could have put it in 6th, but I didn't want to be fiddling around with gears at 60 mph.

There are some real loonies though, I was doing 60 mph and these guys were literally flying past me. They must be doing close to 100 mph.

Honestly, from the way you're sounding, I'm not sure you sound like you should be driving on your own just yet!

If you're still worried about changing gears, and aren't able to match the speed of the road appropriately then maybe a few refresher lessons, or a pass plus course are in order?

Which bit of the M25 were you on, were you going north from the M4 junction or south? It's quite unusual for people to be going fast on those sections, normally it's way too overcrowded.