Learn to judge your speed.

Most experienced drivers have learned to judge how fast they are driving and don’t need to lookat the speedometer all the time. You do need to check the speedometer regularly, but it is also important to develop a sense of what your car feels like travelling at different speeds, and how the road around you looks. This can help you avoid speeding and give you more time to spot hazards. For example, when you are driving in a particular speed zone (eg 50mph/hour, 60mph/hour or70mph/hour) observe how quickly you seem to approach and pass stationary objects (eg lamp posts) at the side of the road. Also note how the car feels and what feedback you get from the road (eg road noise and vibration).Without breaking the speed limit, see if you can judge how fast you are going then compare this with the speedometer. Try this from the passenger seat first with someone else driving. Tell the driver how fast you think the car is travelling, then ask them to tell you the actual speed. Practice in different speed zones, first as a passenger then as the driver. You should get most practice in 30 mph/hour, 40 mph/hour and 60mph/hour zones because these are the most common. Practise until you can usually estimate within about 5% of the actual travel speed.