Going for a walk.. along a 60 MPH road

PMKeates said:
I was driving within the prescribed limits, and according to road rules.

What's slowing down got to do with growing up? That's called growing old.
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If you stop thinking of NSL lanes as a 60mph, rather that they can't be bothered to assess the road and limit accordingly you'll be a lot safer. Also consider what might happen if you met yourself coming the other way.

There are NSL roads that i wouldn't dream of going above 40 on, never mind 60! You just can't see properly or far enough ahead and all you need is an idiot like you seem to be, a cyclist, group of pedestians or a horse (Don't even start me on those!) and you have a fatal accident. The charge won't be speeding, it'll be causing death by dangerous driving, should you survive to see the court. Maybe they shouldn't be there, but the law says they are entitled to be, and you have to factor them in as a risk

This is exactly why speed limits reductions are being proposed. People don't the brainpower or discipline to drive safely and with consideration for the road they are on. Unfortunately thay seem to be picking on nsl roads where it is safe to do 60, but the rest will follow.
 
Some smug **** in motors, more so than GD, I think you need to slow down but I would gladly open a thread about you crashing your car because you thought it was fun. You need to cool down and stop being a jumped up young lad.
 
[TW]Fox;13961302 said:
I was kinda hoping your run in with the police a while back would put an end to your driving around like you are in some sort of GP all the time. I guess not :p
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I was going to stay out of this thread. However, after being in a car with Sam a few weeks back I can say he doesn't drive like the tard people think he drives like all the time.
 
People take their cars too seriously sometimes. I often don't see the point in having a decent car for driving on the roads. Comfortable, capable, sure, but good performance is really not needed. I propose people buy average cars for the road suited to their needs, and a cheap track car they can take to their local track and thrash around to get it out their system.
 
The only thing i've got to add is that they should have been on the right hand side of the road to see traffic coming and be able to move out of the way.
 
i had something similar yesterday. typical b road, i was travelling slowly (45mph, maybe a bit more, i was in the GFs car). i take a right hander, which has a short straight and then a long sweeping, un sighted right hander.

there is a couple walking along (on the correct side for pedestrians) but not on the verge, in the road.

i had an awkward situation. either pass whilst entering an unsighted right hander (ie possibly into oncoming traffic) or slow right down so that i could pass without any chance of drama.

i felt totally begrudged to slow down, but had to, which just peed me off
 
Matt82 said:
i had something similar yesterday. typical b road, i was travelling slowly (45mph, maybe a bit more, i was in the GFs car). i take a right hander, which has a short straight and then a long sweeping, un sighted right hander.

there is a couple walking along (on the correct side for pedestrians) but not on the verge, in the road.

i had an awkward situation. either pass whilst entering an unsighted right hander (ie possibly into oncoming traffic) or slow right down so that i could pass without any chance of drama.

i felt totally begrudged to slow down, but had to, which just peed me off
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how hard did you have to break? because acourding to the 40mph bregade, if you had to break any harder than if you were slowing for a junction you are a bad driver....:rolleyes:
 
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Don't really see the problem. It can't be the first time you've had your progress disrupted by something outside your control can it?

They're no more or less silly than the people I saw going for sunny weather bike rides on a popular commuter road on Friday at 5:30pm when everyone has crap concentration and just wants to get home...

I view something like this as an excuse to wind down and up the gears... complete with all the burble and pop that comes with that :)
 
alexhull24 said:
So you're saying cars with average performance could cause trouble, and thus most of the cars on the road are dangerous?
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No, that is not what he said at all, that is just the way you chose to interpret it, even though you knew full well that is not what he was saying. In reference to your earlier post, about people taking their cars too seriously and you not seeing the point of higher performance cars, well that is because you are not a car enthusiast, clearly ...'most' of the people that are regulars around the Motors forum, are.

Sorry Phate, I am sure you can fend for yourself, I just felt an overwhelming compulsion to say something then.
 
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Shadez said:
how hard did you have to break? because acourding to the 40mph bregade, if you had to break any harder than if you were slowing for a junction you are a bad driver....:rolleyes:
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well i saw them, it was a very short straight, under 100 metres i recon and i had to have time to think about it, so yeah, i had to brake pretty hard. i just didnt want to have to enter the bend over the other side of the road when the entry was blind. the idiots could have just stepped on the grass, but they didnt
 
Moeks said:
No, that is not what he said at all, that is just the way you chose to interpret it, even though you knew full well that is not what he was saying. In reference to your earlier post, about people taking their cars too seriously and you not seeing the point of higher performance cars, well that is because you are not a car enthusiast, clearly ...'most' of the people that are regulars around the Motors forum, are.

Sorry Phate, I am sure you can fend for yourself, I just felt an overwhelming compulsion to say something then.
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I think this depends on the events that he's talking about here, without knowing that i'm not saying more. I just don't think a powerful car should be needed to get you out of trouble, I don't see where my logic was wrong there.

And for the record, I have a great interest in cars and motorsport, just too young to have owned any good ones yet :(
 
Oh well yes, I agree, it shouldn't and usually isn't needed to get you out of trouble. But the fact is, they can get you out of trouble where a lower powered vehicle might struggle ...but you make allowances for the power/pace of your car by the way you drive it. Although it may not be your fault, having a more powerful car, could feasibly get you out of a situation that isn't of your making but is still happening, where a lower powered one might not.

For example, I will undertake over-taking (see what I did there :D) manoeuvres in the car I have now that I would never have attempted in my 1st car, a Fiesta ...because I either don't think I could have done it at all or I would have been cutting it very, very fine ...too fine for my liking.

Fast cars can get you both into and out of trouble more quickly and easily than less powerful cars, generally speaking. It might sound cliché, but you just need to use that power responsibly ...and it'll be a blessing. Miss-use it and it could kill you and others just as easily. But then you could say the same about any car really, it just all happens more quickly with a fast car.
 
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Yep I absolutely agree with you, I have a 1.2 clio and it's not powerful enough for the motorways to be comfortable really, so a more powerful car would be nice, but it's not essential. I can still drive on the motorways without a problem, just overtaking is sometimes more difficult than it would be in a more powerful vehicle.

As you said, responsibility is key.
 
alexhull24 said:
So you're saying cars with average performance could cause trouble, and thus most of the cars on the road are dangerous?
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no he is saying with a powerful car you have 3 options when (not IF because it happens to everyone)

1) break
2) swerve
3) accelorate

average and slow cars only have the first 2 options.
 
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