AWKWARD!!!

[Arfa]

Although that is fairly accurate, it is still responsible to get up to and maintain pace - this is taught in the driving tests these days and failure to make "good progress" will be scored against you and potentially cause a fail if severe enough (typically in the case of dual carriageways).

Instructors want you to use the power of the vehicle sensibly and controlled to get up to speed quickly though admittedly there was some focus on "economic" driving a few years back - I'm not sure if they still do that. My instructor never really mentioned it, but my friends from a different company did.

Yep, chap who took his Mod2 before me was failed for doing 40 in a NSL area. Harsh, but justified. He'd just come off a round about in a 40mph zone, failed to spot he NSL signs (or absence of small 40 repeater signs on street lights), then proceeded to ride at 40mph for a mile along a perfectly dry, clear and wide road... Probably wasn't 100% sure of limit so figured he'd play it safe. But no, bad obs and failed for not making progress.


Of course this was Enfield. Probably would be different elsewhere, like in Wales. Where having just spent a week visiting family, it appears all Welsh cars only have two speeds; zero or 40. Regardless of whether its a 30 zone or NSL, they all pootle along at 40mph... WTF?