Sprinkle of snow = 90% of drives become complete ****s

[m4cc45]

It's amazing how many people think that the speed limit is the number you're suppossed to be driving at. The speed limit is based upon the best circumstances (so clear view, dry road, etc.). It's not based upon a layer of ice and snow being on it so you should be driving slower.

I've seen some right cretins going around corners thinking they can handle the cars fine. It was great until one of them hit the kerb and now has to get a new wheel. I'll still be chuckling about that one tomorrow.

Why don't people drive a little slower and sensibly and get there in one piece - set off early if needs be.



M.

 

[Lum]

The speed limit is based upon the best circumstances (so clear view, dry road, etc.).

While I agree with your main point, I'm sorry but this statement is tosh.

It may have been true 40 years ago, but most certainly is not any more.

These days speed limits are set much lower than they need be, and a relentless marketing campaign that's been going on for the last 10 years "educates" us that driving above the speed limit = dangerous, sticking to the speed limit = safe.

So of course people are going to carry on what they've been taught like good little well behaved citizens. "I'm safe, I'm sticking to the speed limit in my clapped out and overloaded Volvo 850 running on Linglong tyres with 1.7mm of tread left and an MOT advisory from 11 months ago warning about tyres and brakes, oh **** there's a stopped car ahead and I can't stop, ****ing council why haven't they gritted this road, what do I pay my council tax for, I was doing the speed limit so it's the council's fault, I haven't had an accident in 40 years and now this!"

 

[Scania]

haha gold!

Not very often I say these words but, I feel sorry for truckers in these conditions,

I saw a french truck in high winds with what must have been an unladened (sp?) trailer, the thing was a noose around his neck, it was getting blown all over the motorway I presume he was trying to brake (lights were on) but didn't seem to be wiping off any speed, ended up with the trailer lodging itself in a ditch.

is that a common thing?

In high wind, yes.

I'd take an educated guess that his error was slowing rather than trying to pull the trailer out of its fish tail, It never ceases to amaze me the number of truckers who drive on their speed limiters in high winds, effectively removing their only chance of recovery if a sudden gust takes the trailer!

 

[The Edge]

In high wind, yes.

I'd take an educated guess that his error was slowing rather than trying to pull the trailer out of its fish tail, It never ceases to amaze me the number of truckers who drive on their speed limiters in high winds, effectively removing their only chance of recovery if a sudden gust takes the trailer!

Would it not be safer to remove the limiter?

Probably a sore topic for you guys but all they seem to do is cause problems.

 

[Scania]

Would it not be safer to remove the limiter?

Probably a sore topic for you guys but all they seem to do is cause problems.

Safer, yes, in that given situation.

On the other hand, a lot of truckers drive too fast & too close whilst limited. Imagine the chaos if they were removed?

Alas, removal of and/or tampering with speed limiters is illegal.

And, if you pull the limiter fuse on a Scania, you lose your indicators also....
Spoilsports!

 

[Will Gill]

Safer, yes, in that given situation.

On the other hand, a lot of truckers drive too fast & too close whilst limited. Imagine the chaos if they were removed?

Alas, removal of and/or tampering with speed limiters is illegal.

And, if you pull the limiter fuse on a Scania, you lose your indicators also....
Spoilsports!

but you have a bmw, surely you are used to that?

 

[Scania]

Touche!

 

[mattyfez]

...in my clapped out and overloaded Volvo 850 running on Linglong tyres with 1.7mm of tread left and an MOT advisory from 11 months ago warning about tyres and brakes, oh **** there's a stopped car ahead and I can't stop, ****ing council why haven't they gritted this road, what do I pay my council tax for, I was doing the speed limit so it's the council's fault, I haven't had an accident in 40 years and now this!"

LOL, that's both interesting and bizarre.. get it off your chest pal.

You will probably find, (if you think really hard about it) that we have to have speed limits because of people such as your good self.

 

[Felix]

Well just come in, it looks as if someone felt the roads were perfectly fine and have spun and blocked the A7 south of Edinburgh. Its -9 outside, only a small amount of snow on the road yet any more than 30mph is too much. Says it all really.

 

[Lum]

LOL, that's both interesting and bizarre.. get it off your chest pal.

You will probably find, (if you think really hard about it) that we have to have speed limits because of people such as your good self.

Seriously there are people like this out there. The Volvo thing was just a stereotype, they come in all kinds of vehicles.

In fact, just tonight I had one tailgating me down the link road from Cardiff Bay to the M4. At the junction I accelerated briskly down the sliproad* until I reached the speed limit and they caught up a minute later and started tailgating me in the inside lane despite the fact that they had two completely clear lanes to the right.

Eventually they overtook me doing about 90 and I got a look at the car which was causing me such grief...

Saab 93 with a space saver on the back left corner.


*Yes I know the normal recommended practice for tailgaters is to slow down, but I would have taken the sliproad in that manner anyway, no extra risks were taken to try to increase the stopping distance.