Do the majority of people go 80 mph on the motorway? I live in the UK, and my dad has told me "It is not possible to drive at 70 mph on the motorway. Everyone goes at 80 mph and [the police] don't care." When he says _nobody_ he means the **majority** of people drive at 80 mph. The speed limit for motorways in the UK for cars is 70 mph. This seems to be a fairly common belief, but is it true? And does it apply for other countries?

_No_ it's not true, although a lot of people drive faster than they should.

> On motorways in 2009, 52 per cent of cars exceeded the 70 mph speed limit. In addition, 16 per cent of cars were recorded as travelling at 80 mph or faster.
> --source

In response to your edit: the majority of people drive _below_ 80mph. only 1 in 6 drives at 80mph or over.