Vent about some drivers

bryanb

Swipe wrote: »

People only doing 40 to 50mph on 60mph rural B roads and then not slowing to let people overtake on the straight bits

Worth bearing in mind that speed limits are a maximum speed not a minimum.

mustrum_ridcully

bryanb wrote: »

Worth bearing in mind that speed limits are a maximum speed not a minimum.

Tell that to driving examiners who can fail you for not going at an appropriate speed. More people fail their driving tests by going too slow rather than too fast.

People have been done for going to slow as well. I recall a case about 20 years ago where an older driver was done for going too slow - he had a traffic jam something like a mile long behind him. He didn't see anything wrong with what he was doing.


If you want to go slow, fine, just remember the highway code:
169

Do not hold up a long queue of traffic, especially if you are driving a large or slow-moving vehicle. Check your mirrors frequently, and if necessary, pull in where it is safe and let traffic pass.

Lokolo

mustrum_ridcully wrote: »

Tell that to driving examiners who can fail you for not going at an appropriate speed. More people fail their driving tests by going too slow rather than too fast.

People have been done for going to slow as well. I recall a case about 20 years ago where an older driver was done for going too slow - he had a traffic jam something like a mile long behind him. He didn't see anything wrong with what he was doing.


If you want to go slow, fine, just remember the highway code:
169

Do not hold up a long queue of traffic, especially if you are driving a large or slow-moving vehicle. Check your mirrors frequently, and if necessary, pull in where it is safe and let traffic pass.

There is a limit though, going 25 in a 30 means you won't fail your test I'm sure.

Bare in mind to fail, you would need 3 of these 'going to slow' minors, which is quite hard to do!

I got a inappropriate speed minor for going 30 in a 30.

Forris

My pet driving hate is headlights - seriously people, just SWITCH THEM ON!!! And don't get me started on sidelights (do people ever look at their own sidelights to see how ineffective they are?)!!

Yesterday, I was delivering around rural Berkshire and it was foggy and murky almost all day but I saw loads of people without lights on. I especially love the ones in silver cars. They must see the fog and think 'Hooray, this is my chance at being invisible!!'.

At one point yesterday I was driving on a stretch of A-road and three of the vehicles coming the other way flash their lights at me and warned to me to slow down. I assumed there was a problem further ahead. I was correct - 2 cars in a head on. It looked like one of them was overtaking a slower vehicle (in the fog!). The best bit was, of the 3 cars that flashed me, not 1 of them had their lights on!!

Is it me!

tandraig

I am still searching the highway code for the one that states. 'It is permissable to park on double yellow lines outside chippys and chinese takeaways'. can anyone tell me which page its on?

Lokolo

tandraig wrote: »

I am still searching the highway code for the one that states. 'It is permissable to park on double yellow lines outside chippys and chinese takeaways'. can anyone tell me which page its on?

I think it's the in 4x4 and 'I rule the road' manual?

tandraig

ty lokolo - is that a HAYNES one or do they come with the vehicles? rofl

gingin_2

DCFC79 wrote: »

then theres a roundabout i use where some car drivers disregard how to use a roundabout and use the right hand lane to straight when the highway code says that the left lane is for going left ad straight on and the right hand lane is for right only.

My husband is not from this country and so has not taken a driving test here. I do think foreign drivers here for a over a certain period of time should have to take a theory test, at least to learn our highway code.


He is that roundabout driver. HE IS AWFUL. He hadn't encountered roundabouts until he came here, if he turns off at the first exit he still insists on crossing into the right lane too - going straight over the roundabout he will always use the right hand lane, that is a given. Anyone that knows St Albans and knows the large 4 lane roundabout there - I swear that could have got us close to the divorce courts had we not moved.

Indicators do not exist to him and the middle lane of the motorway is to be used for the whole journey. Overtaking, undertaking, you name it....

I love him to pieces but his driving is really, really carp.

Bristolfarmer

The outside lane is for overtaking!!

spike7451

Idiots that have misaligned/not working headlights & drive with their front fogs on! Not to mention those bloody bright white headlights you get nowadays!! If they're misaligned they cn blind you from behind!(reflected in the rear.door mirrors!)