Slow drivers... ffs

intellix

intellix

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We're talking about the ones that do 40mph in a 60/70
20 in a 30

They should be forced to retake their test if caught for: Driving Without due care and attention. If they're too scared to do an appropriate speed for the road condition then they cause problems/annoy/cause congestion

Any thoughts?
 
intellix said:
We're talking about the ones that do 40mph in a 60/70
20 in a 30

They should be forced to retake their test if caught for: Driving Without due care and attention. If they're too scared to do an appropriate speed for the road condition then they cause problems/annoy/cause congestion

Any thoughts?
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Road rage.
 
This is something that really gets to me, i sometimes drive 5mph below in busy areas or in residential areas but ARG just hurry the **** up already!
 
For the past 30 years I've been hearing about these slow cautious drivers that cause reckless impatient hotheads to crash :p

It's terrible.
 
I would say i respect people that do 30 in a 30 but...

the people who do 25 > 30 in a 30 and your like:

4th gear!!! (grumbling) down a gear! too slow
3rd gear!!! (screeching) aagh go up a gear... too fast!
4th gear!!! (grumbling) agggh lower a gear

My driving instructor was ready to hit me as soon as I went 1mph below the speedlimit. GET YOUR **** FOOT DOWN IF ITS SAFE, THEN DO IT!!!!

To get to my workplace, if theres nobody on the road at like 2am it takes me 5minutes... but before 10am on a sunday morning when they allllll decide to go shopping... takes me about 30minutes

I know one guy who drives like that and he believes driving slow doesnt cause congestion or problems... But if people all went faster then they'd spend more time parked at their workplace rather than trains and trains of cars coming up to lights caused by a slow driver

You know what drives me crazy too? When people take their time at the traffic lights, resulting in about 1 car getting through when people should be ready so aload more cars can get through :)
 
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ste_bla said:
Its a limit not a goal
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Yup

Just because it's a certain limit you shouldn't assume it's always safe to drive at that speed or that the other driver is comfortable at a the limit for whatever reason.
Not to forget those who cannot legally go at the posted limit.


Cybermyk said:
For the past 30 years I've been hearing about these slow cautious drivers that cause reckless impatient hotheads to crash :p

It's terrible.
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Yup, damn those drivers who don't drive at the limit all the time ;)


My driving instructor always used to urge me to reach 30 in town without dawdling, but also made the point that you should always drive to the conditions, so aim for the limit if you feel it is safe to do so, but don't feel pressured to drive at the limit if the conditions are not safe.

Personally there are roads near me where you would have to be insane to drive them at the posted limit, especially if it's been raining recently, one is a 60 limit and is a series of S bends, narrow road, on a hill with woods on one side, and used by a number of quarries.
I've personally seen a few crashes on it (or cars in the ditch/off the road), and know of several people who have hit badgers/foxes/dear and been lucky to retain some control or not be more seriously hurt (one of my mum's friends apparently ended up, upside down in a ditch with a badger wrapped around the rear axle, a 50-60+ year old woman driver who I strongly suspect was not speeding:p).
 
^^ My driving instructor always taught me to get up to speed as quickly as you can in order to keep traffic flowing as it is safer that way.

I also don't believe that the OP was refering to bendy roads where driving to the limit is not safe but those A roads with plenty of straights etc.

If a driver is not comfortable enough with their own driving skills to do 30 in a 30 or 60 in a 60 then surely they shouldn't be allowed on the road anyway? Its these sorts that cause accidents, they take too long deciding to pull out at a roundabout etc by which time the opportunity has passed but they have already started and decide to just keep going.

Culina lorries for instance are limited to 40mph which is the legal limit on A roads for a HGV. It is highly frustrating for me when you set off the the cinema in stoke only to get stuck behind one. Its not the drivers fault he is stuck at that speed. However, every single morning I get stuck behind an escort that does 30-40 mph on the A roads. It doesn't matter on the weather or other road users and the only 2 reasons I can think why they drive at this speed is 1) they are unconfident useless drivers or 2) they are scared to drive in the dark.

Either way they shouldn't be on the road. They should take further training until they are confident.

My aunt drives a Cinq, a tiny pathetic excuse for a car, she never goes over 40mph, never drives on the motorway and has to ask strangers to reverse her car out of a parking space. I would remove her licence in a shot if I could.
 
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If you aren't sure where you'r turnoff is or where you should park then driving as fast as you can is just silly.

If you want to go a bit slower to not cause an accident then that is fine. If people haven't set out early enough or have just decided they are so important they need to go really fast to be there before everyone else then they are stupid, not you.
 
You aren't one of those people who get right up the **** of learners are you? I had a lesson today and some white-van driver was on me for bloody ages. Git :p
 
In general, if someone isn't sure of where there turning is they won't drive at 40mph for the entire journey, just in the general vacinity of where they think the turning is. That is acceptable.

A bit slower is 50-55mph. 40mph in a 60 is just taking the ****.

As for setting out early enough, what if you have a 60 mile journey to take, you set out 80 mins early knowing it should take you an hour if its a 60mph all the way. After 1 mile you get stuck behind one of these 40mph drivers and you are stuck behind them all the way to your destination. You set out with plenty of time however you could not take into account being stuck behing a slow driver all the way there.

I agree that you can not always drive to the speed limits, but instead drive to the following:

conditions of the road.
the weather.
the capabilities of the car.
the capabilites of the driver.
your knowledge of the road.

However, if its a nice clear day, a nice road that can easily be driven at 60mph and the person drives the same car along the same route every day then the only reason that they are driving at 40mph is because they lack the skill and confidence to drive faster which makes them dangerous.
 
Werewolf said:
Personally there are roads near me where you would have to be insane to drive them at the posted limit, especially if it's been raining recently, one is a 60 limit and is a series of S bends, narrow road, on a hill with woods on one side, and used by a number of quarries.
I've personally seen a few crashes on it (or cars in the ditch/off the road), and know of several people who have hit badgers/foxes/dear and been lucky to retain some control or not be more seriously hurt (one of my mum's friends apparently ended up, upside down in a ditch with a badger wrapped around the rear axle, a 50-60+ year old woman driver who I strongly suspect was not speeding:p).
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The road out of Heath and Reach towards the A5 by any chance?
 
howdydoody said:
^^ My driving instructor always taught me to get up to speed as quickly as you can in order to keep traffic flowing as it is safer that way.
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Same hear.


I face this problem every day and since the road i drive along has very few passing points one car cant easily hold up a lot of traffic :mad:

Dont these people get the point when a BUS!!! is sitting behind them, that and another 10 to 20 cars :mad::mad:
 
Unnecessarily slow drivers are a royal PITA, but just as bad are those who drive 3 inches of their bumpers and refuse to overtake when it's safe to do so. I followed someone through a reasonably wide but somewhat twisty B road last night for about 7 miles at between 20-30mph trying to think calming thoughts. I could have overtaken apart from the two pillocks in front that decided tailgating the slowster was the best answer.
 
That's one thing I can't stand, I drive to work between 5-6am from SE london to Enfield so I have free use of buslanes, and empty roads. However there are ALWAYS some people either talking on their phones hovering at 20-25mph wobbling all over the road, or minicab drivers that are just zoned out and not really paying attention to what they are doing. I must say that bus lane use becomes a pleasure and a necessity! The trip takes me 45mins, if I wasn't able to go past these morons I'd still be at home now :p The worse is on a-b roads where you cant' overtake safely.
 
What gets on my nerves even more is that the road leading my village is an A road and is signposted as national speed limit, but its not light and a little twisty in sections (but nothing that cannot be safely taken at 50-60) for some reason a lot of people seem to think it is a 40. Then when you actually enter the village it is very clearly signposted as a 40, however that section is straight and well light so people then do 50-60.

40 in a 60 then 60 in a 40......my blood boils regularly particularly during the tourist season...
 
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