Speedlimits and tailgaters

[grudas]

Hello OCUK!

I just want to understand from other drivers POV, how you drive/function as a driver when you see someone doing the speed limit and you know the road has no speed cameras for say a mile.

I'm a new driver, and I obviously make sure I go the speed limit and no more than that, now I get tail gated, over taken, flashed at etc DAILY.. !

say I do 30 in a 30, like needle is bang on the dot, GPS indicated 28-29mph so even if my car speedo is under reading it is by a TINY margin, now I get drivers get mad behind me, tailgate me, over take me on the wrong side of the road, flash main beams etc.

now I'm sure everyone once in a while does speed and that's fine providing the conditions are fair, but why the anger/rage towards people doing the speed limit? I mean it is there for a reason.

I get the rage if I was doing 10 under limit or something and blocking traffic, but why now?

now many of the roads I drive around, I know them, I know where the cameras are etc but I still refuse to go over the limit due to the fact that I can loose my license in a blip.

 

[grudas]

I don't get too worked up about it, I just ignore it but I just want to understand why people do it.

as I've said, my car is not under reading by 10mph in 30zone, that'd be ridiculous, it sits at 28/29mph as indicated by GPS when the needle is bang on 30.

it's the stupid over takes or flashing that bothers me the most, the over takes have couple of times put me in massive risk where a car just manages to squeeze in before the oncoming hits it.

and then come red light and we're all in the same queue again?

 

[grudas]

Well this escalated quickly! I don't agree with break checking though, I'd rather continue ignoring them.