Drivers behaviour on roads

There would often be if you're coming up behind a chap cruising at 80kph. No issue though as it could just as easy be a chappie towing a trailer.

Doesnt mean that it wouldnt cause frustration though. Doesnt justify tailgating however. Having said that though its possible the OP is a little oversensitive about being tailgaited given that s/he is probably conscious of holding people up

Oh I think I ended up behind that guy, was doing 40km/h on an unlit 100km/h limit N road somewhere around Roscommon

In the middle of the night, with his daytime lights on 😬

Actually, I'm starting to think I was driving behind the OP 😂

I was still driving the Toyota back then so I must have tailgated them and flashed my lights because apparently that's what petrol drivers do 😏

You miss the point.

Simple physics means that for almost any wheeled vehicle driving at 80km/h is going to be cheaper than driving at 120km/h

So assuming One does not have a high flying job where minutes count, does it not make sense to go at a lower speed providing it is not unsafe and does not unduly obstruct?

80km/h Vs 120km/h in simple terms means that it will save money whatever the fuel or time of charging, it's safer. I will never forget the surprise I had when doing the limit on the M1 once and encountered someone in front of me parked up in the LH lane presumably counting their money a km or so from the toll.

People do not act responsibly on motorways, simple they may be, but there is always the unexpected. Slower allows more time to react.

Seeing the maximum speed limit as something to aim for as a matter of course is purely and simply wrong.

I often wonder what the insulation is like. There seems to be no clear information on the power needed for heating or air con, I doubt that the waste heat from I^2 R losses amounts to much in an efficient motor these days?

I wonder also what will happen when the honeymoon period is over and the governments want to claw back taxes?

Will EV charging points have separate meters, or will they have someone paint the electrons destined for none road traffic use :-)

You're moving the goalposts. Higher speeds use more energy, that's obvious. Additionally, I really don't see how high flying jobs have to do with anything pertaining to this. I suggest you stick to the facts. People will want to do the limit and it's not up to other drivers to dictate what they do on the road. That's what the police are for. Again, driving at 80 is fine but don't be a traffic dictator and trying to govern others' speed.

I never said that driving at a slower pace in more hazardous conditions was dangerous and I don't know how you got that from my post. And the risk associated with very high speed driving goes far beyond simply "one's inability to quickly control a vehicle"; indeed in Germany, even in unrestricted autobahns, drivers doing over a certain speed who are involved in an accident will be charged with creating an unsafe environment on the road even if the crash wasn't actually their fault. If you really can't see the obvious elevated risk attached to large speed differentials (plus or minus) there's not really much I can do - and of course while drivers should react correctly to such hazards, the reality is some won't and this is eminently foreseeable.

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can electric cars not do 100Km/h?

Unless its a very old Prius?

Absolute uninformed drivel!!!! This view has been shown to be inaccurate more times than I can count in here.... Unless you are trolling and I have taken the bait!

On the tailgating thing for the OP; "Leaf Speed" was and probably still is a phenomenon on the roads whereby it was owners of limited range Leafs, at the time, who would travel at 80kph on the motorways to preserve what little range they had remaining. Motorways have multiple lanes for the very purpose of overtaking slower moving vehicles, so unless the OP is hogging the overtaking lane then the tailgating behaviour of other drivers is just bad form IMO. In my case, I travel at 100kph on the motorway unless I am in a hurry. This speed ensures I am not holding up trucks or busses going about their business and means I can make reasonable progress while keeping the overtaking lane free for those who wish to travel faster. Not once have I been tailgated doing this and I have done it in ICE and EVs for years.

Only advice I would give to the OP when driving on the motorway would be to increase your speed to 90kph. You will notice a decrease in tailgating and it will have a negligible effect on power consumption for your EV (if your overall aim is to preserve your charge level).

There is absolutely something wrong with going slow on motorways.

It's the condition of his battery, driving slow to conserve battery.

Personally I think it's a combination of factors, possibly age, ability, contrariness

In my mind he is the type of snail with white knuckles rather than the snail going weeeeeeeee on a tortoise 🐢

Well if I was behind him I'd be perfectly calm however the cars behind me [thousands of them] will start getting impatient and then stupid things start happening like undertaking

If you find a vehicle doing 80 on a motorway, where there's at least two lanes, a hindrance, you should resit your test.

Obviously the guy with his hands behind his head is just relaxing,

The OP might only be concerned with the guy behind him, there probably is a long long que of others behind them both, you only need 1 person to slip up, all for the sake of some idiot trying to make his car go an extra few kms.

First thing that came to mind for being flashed was, do you have your lights on?

On a bright, but wet day with spray, "Auto" lights on many cars, (but EV's in particular I notice) often do not activate the rear lights with the wipers.

Secondly, are you doing an actual 80km/h, or 80km/h as indicated by your speedometer? In the latter case, you could be doing closer to 75.

While it is of course legal to do 80km/h, if you're doing so without good reason, you're a fairly terrible driver. Range anxiety doesn't cut it - you should plan better.

The reason for that view is that when on a motorway, other drivers who are doing the limit should not have to brake or accelerate to accommodate you. Drivers behind you are closing at 40+km/h, and have half the time to move to the outer lane, than if you were doing above 100km/h like 95% of other traffic. You are the outlier at 80km/h.

If you were going faster, the other drivers would just have to lift off, have double the amount of time to react, and pass you easily without braking.

Yes it is the responsibility of other drivers to do this, but you're causing almost every single other driver on the road, including busses and trucks to take action to accommodate your own bad planning.

Think of it as standing in the middle of a supermarket door, having a chat with a group of friends. Not illegal, but you'll piss off absolutely everyone who has to squeeze past you.

Normally satire is supposed to have an element of comedy 😝