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Quote: Originally posted by ferretlady on 27/8/2013

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This is probable a silly question, but i'm new to towing and caravanning. When i towed her back from the dealers last week (nerves kicking in big time), i kept at 50mph. Is this okay to do on a motorway? I know the limit is 60 when towing, but i just felt safer at 50?

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If you have a satnav, go by the speed indicated on that, most speedos are inaccurate, some over read most under read, so if you think you're doing 50 mph on the speedo you will be doing 46,

the best thing to do on a motorway is stay with the HGVs,most will be doing exactly
56 mph, thats if you dont have satnav, and they wont be able to continually overtake you, so stops them from causing annoyance to other road users who get stuck behind them while they overtake, and can take up to 3 miles just to pass another vehicle

the best thing to do on a motorway is stay with the HGVs,most will be doing exactly
56 mph, thats if you dont have satnav, and they wont be able to continually overtake you, so stops them from causing annoyance to other road users who get stuck behind them while they overtake, and can take up to 3 miles just to pass another vehicle

Yep thats right tuck in behind a nice tall HGV and watch your mpg go up at the same time, lets face it it's only 4 mph difference 

Bessie  

Quote: Originally posted by bessie500 on 28/8/2013

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the best thing to do on a motorway is stay with the HGVs,most will be doing exactly
56 mph, thats if you dont have satnav, and they wont be able to continually overtake you, so stops them from causing annoyance to other road users who get stuck behind them while they overtake, and can take up to 3 miles just to pass another vehicle

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Yep thats right tuck in behind a nice tall HGV and watch your mpg go up at the same time, lets face it it's only 4 mph difference 

Bessie  

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