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Just to warn you all again.  We were on the motorway on Saturday and I had to swerve to miss some poor persons bedding and clothing strewn across the lanes.  Their roof box had obviously sprung open during transit and they lost the contents across the mototway.

Even though I have a new box, I always go around it a couple of times with a large rope and tie it securely as I don't fancy picking up my things for miles along the motorways.

After reading something similar on here last year, we always strap the roof box to keep the lid secure.

We also noticed in the instructions that came with the roof box (ours was from halfords), it states that you should drive at a max speed of 65mph. We stick to this limit when carrying ours, but we are always overtaken by other cars with roofboxes - some doing over 80mph.

I don't think there is anything in the highway code about speed restrictions when carrying roofboxes (correct me if I'm wrong) but you would think that people would take it easier with their speed - the amount of wind pressure that the box and roof bars are taking must be enormous - even at 65mph I worry about the box being ripped off the car...maybe I'm just being over anxious.

i use those stretchy things round ours, but keep meaning to get a luggage strap, the sort that have the little winch type thing on it to pull it taught.

you can never be too careful.

From now on I'll use luggage straps on mine

I always use straps even though the wife takes the micky out of me - but hey, at least I can relax when I'm driving and I dont lose my socks on the way there!

Ratchet straps are great for securing roof loads or boxes etc.
They have them in our local pound shop £1 each easily long enough as well as very strong.