10mph motorway driver given 7 day ban

Durzel said:
Ridiculous verdict imo (although that's a slight on the CPS not the Police).

If she had been doing 90 she would've been looking at points or maybe a ban, but she does 10mph with other drivers doing ~70 and expecting everyone else to be doing the same and she gets a token 7 day ban? I'd wager that doing 10mph on a motorway is significantly more dangerous to other road users than doing 90+

If we're talking about the same terminal velocities then people doing 70mph with her doing 10mph, they'd have an impact speed of 60mph. If you were stopped doing 130mph on the motorway (the equivalent terminal velocity in a crash with cars travelling in the same direction at 70) you'd get a damn sight longer than 7 days ban.
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But if you are doing 70 approaching someone at 10 you can stop a lot faster than at 130 approaching someone at 70. Also, any stationary objects you may hit post collision will still be stationary regardless of your speed.

So that's not really a fair comparison. Anyway, safe to say you shouldn't be doing 10mph or 130mph on the motorways.
 
markyp23 said:
But if you are doing 70 approaching someone at 10 you can stop a lot faster than at 130 approaching someone at 70.
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Assuming the limiting factor is the friction between tyre and road rather than the heat dissipation of the brakes, the braking distances will be very similar in either case.
 
Dogbreath said:
Assuming the limiting factor is the friction between tyre and road rather than the heat dissipation of the brakes, the braking distances will be very similar in either case.
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Are you sure about that? I thought braking distance squared with each unit increase in speed.
 
I don't know much about the condition of this woman, but my mother suffers from MS and there is no way she could drive a car safely, even years ago before the condition had progressed. AFAIK she is still actually allowed to drive though, which is quite shocking tbh when people get disqualified for much lesser disabilities.
She should not be allowed back on the road imo, and she should have had the common sense to throw in the towel long ago considering this fear of driving. She is nothing but a danger to others.
 
K.C. Leblanc said:
I think this is the right call. Means she can get back to driving only when and if she can get her driving up to scratch.

If we had a program of monitoring and retesting a lot of people like this would sort their driving out before it got this bad.
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PLEASE lets have a program of driving assesment of existing drivers! Then we will see whos actually as good as they think they are and need no improvement. If most people are honest their driving could do with considerable improvement.

It'll never happen though. Think about the whinging that goes on about the cost of getting a license in the first place. Never mind having to prove you are still at the standard to keep it.

All you will hear is that it's the ADI's fleecing people for cash, not that we're actually trying to teach learners to drive properly or improve standards amoungst other drivers.

As for the lady in question I think the ban and the retest will sort the problem.
 
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Here's an interesting comment on the case by "Brake":mad:

Brake said:
This case sends out a very strange message to drivers. Mrs Cole was not breaking the speed limit or endangering anyone with her actions, yet she received a seven day ban, when we commonly see drivers caught travelling at 80 or 90mph get away with a fine and three points. While it is not common to encounter someone travelling at 10mph on a motorway, a competent driver should always be looking well ahead and predicting when they need to overtake a slower vehicle.
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Well thats about all thats to be said from the other extreme end of the anti-speeding campaign, they are right about more peeps should be banned for speeding excessivly but the slow driver was clearly dangerous and there was no need for her to be driving so slowly. If you cant drive normally, dont drive.
 
driving too slow is just as bad as driving too fast, both can become incredibly dangerous for the driver and other motorists, driving at 10mph on a road where the slowest other things going is likely to be a 55mph articulated truck is quite frankly dim witted and near suicidal, the equivilent 45mph accident up the backside by several tons of truck which cannot always change lanes with ease due to other overtaking traffic in the faster lanes means that a slow driver such as this lady is a recipe for a motorway disaster. good to ban her for 7days, and the rest as the retest will probably take her till she is mentally sound to pass
 
Muncher said:
Here's an interesting comment on the case by "Brake":mad:

Brake said:
This case sends out a very strange message to drivers. Mrs Cole was not breaking the speed limit or endangering anyone with her actions, yet she received a seven day ban, when we commonly see drivers caught travelling at 80 or 90mph get away with a fine and three points. While it is not common to encounter someone travelling at 10mph on a motorway, a competent driver should always be looking well ahead and predicting when they need to overtake a slower vehicle.
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When did this Brake spokesperson last take a driving test?

If you can't make "adequate progress" on a road during a driving test (be it 30mph, 40mph etc) you will fail, simply because your not up to the required standard to be allowed to drive.

No matter what Brake say, travelling at 10mph on a motorway is dangerous, thats why certain types of vehicle are banned from travelling on them.
 
Arc said:
When did this Brake spokesperson last take a driving test?

If you can't make "adequate progress" on a road during a driving test (be it 30mph, 40mph etc) you will fail, simply because your not up to the required standard to be allowed to drive.

No matter what Brake say, travelling at 10mph on a motorway is dangerous, thats why certain types of vehicle are banned from travelling on them.
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agreed.

friggin safety groups get on my nerves. if you're gonna prove a point at least make it so its half decent.
 
seems about right, I got a Major on my driving test for going 20mph in a 30mph even though there was a sign saying '20mph! Loose Chippings!'!!!!!!! :(
 
Scuzi said:
Are you sure about that? I thought braking distance squared with each unit increase in speed.
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10-70 and 70-130 are both increases of 60mph.

130 - 70 will have more braking from the air and generally the driver will be more ready on the pedal than all the 70mph drivers eating sandwichs and watching the kids aswell.

130-70 the thing you might hit is still going 70mph.
 
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