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Things I don't like (TIDL) thread
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Don't be a grumpycat.
definitely tailgaters at the moment ,i think people just want to eyeball my car but then hang on my tail so when you need to turn off your taking the corner too fast to avoid mr brain dead smashing into you . dont get the rushing about thing ,i put some good music on and turn into captain slow (probably someone elses tidl)
I can understand people getting frustrated at people not doing the speed limit or close to it when conditions are fine. It's the ones who tailgate you when you're doing the speed limit. **** off, you want to break the law then do a dangerous overtake and **** off.
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It’s a limit, not a target.
Agreed, but when it's a perfectly straight road, the surface is good and visibility is good. Why are you doing 40 in a 60? And then when we enter a village and it goes down to 30mph, its 8am so there's loads of kids at the bus stop and you continue to just plough on at 40. Yeah that ****** me off. The "40 everywhere" people are the most annoying drivers in the world. They'll also tailgate the **** out of you for doing a 30 in a 30.
I think that's obvious
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Exactly this. I only drive in zone 2/3 London these days. It's all suburban and pedestrian heavy, you're lucky to find a 30 road. And I tend to do 22-24 on 20mph roads I know well, still get tailgating every single drive. And the occasional dangerous (under)overtake. Boring.
No it isn't, one of the most dumb things people say / parrot. You will fail your driving test if you don't get up to the speed limit. Unless conditions don't allow of course.
Actually it is a target. You should drive at the maximum safe speed that the conditions allow. One of those conditions being the legal maximum of the road.
Driving needlessly slowly can see you charged under careless or inconsiderate driving.
The highway code says "do not treat speed limits as a target."
Regardless of what you might consider is the maximum safe speed other drivers might have a different opinion. No one is going to get prosecuted for driving at 25 in a 30 or 35 in a 40 etc.
The highway code is not law. So I'll repeat, the law allows for prosecution of individuals driving needlessly slowly.
Also if you bothered to read you'd notice the point in question was people doing 40 in 60s. Not just 5mph under the limit.
The highway code is a set of information, advice, guides and mandatory rules for road users which can be used in court proceedings.
Please direct me to any similar authoritive publication or law which say "You should drive at the maximum safe speed that the conditions allow".
Here's the cps. The people that deal with the law. Not guidelines. Law.
https://www.cps.gov.uk/driving-offences
"unnecessarily slow driving"
I also suggest you look at rule 144 if you're set on the highway code.