OAP drivers

darkpool

"Reducing speed in safe conditions has a negative pay-off in the saving of life."

i got the above from the association of british drivers website. perhaps some of the people that drive at 20mph in a thirty could explain why driving slowly in safe conditions causes more accidents?

if you do a bit of research you'll also find that motorways are the safets roads in the UK. How can that be? Motorways have the highest speed limit yet the lowest accident rates. It's as if speed isn't the main thing that causes accidents?

POPPYOSCAR

Had to laugh the other day.

My teenage son was stopped for driving 'suspiciously' because he was doing 40mph in a 60mph zone in the pouring rain in his little fiesta.

melancholly

darkpool wrote: »

so let's get this right, you've never broken a speed limit?

as a matter of interest do you actually drive?

i drive as safe as i can by keeping space between me and other cars and being able to stop in the distance i can see ahead. your fixation on sticking to 29mph suggests to me you consider this the main factor in keeping you safe? i can assure you that your car doesn't explode if you do 31mph in a thirty.

i've been driving for 15 years, i've never been stopped by the police and have no points on my licence.

i'm sure i have broken the speed limit. i do try not to, especially on local roads. i detest people driving at 40/45 up my bumper just near a school (then zooming past and getting stuck at a roundabout/traffic light up the road where they sit revving like a moron!).

i drive, a lot, especially on motorways. i certainly don't think i can do anything at all as long as i'm under 30; my posts are a reaction to you bragging about how clever you are and what a good, confident driver you are because you break the speed limit. everyone drifts over the limit now and again; deciding that the limit doesn't apply to you is different!


my problem isn't the specifics of the speed - it's the abnoxious attitude in your posts that you are better than anyone else because you speed and that you look down on people that don't. don't take my comments out of context or infer frankly ridiculous extrapolations from a few words. it just makes you look silly.

darkpool

thank god for that, it's a relief to hear that you speed.

outside 'planet pensioner' 99.99% of people break the speed limit. me breaking the limit doesn't make me any better than any other person - it makes me a normal driver.

when i read some of the 'holier than thou' posts about people never breaking the limit it did make me angry. we're all adults here, we all know drivers break the limit.

POPPYOSCAR

darkpool wrote: »

thank god for that, it's a relief to hear that you speed.

outside 'planet pensioner' 99.99% of people break the speed limit. me breaking the limit doesn't make me any better than any other person - it makes me a normal driver.

when i read some of the 'holier than thou' posts about people never breaking the limit it did make me angry. we're all adults here, we all know drivers break the limit.

You don't sound much a like a normal driver to me.

darkpool

POPPYOSCAR wrote: »

You don't sound much a like a normal driver to me.

you actually driven a car? or have you just seen someone drive a car in a film?

the vast majority of drivers break the speed limit on occasion. maybe it's wrong but hey drivers are only human.

as a matter of interest do we all switch our mobiles phones off at the petrol station? they have big signs telling us to.
it would be shocking if people here never switched their phones off as it could a big petrol explosion and masses of people would get killed.

POPPYOSCAR

darkpool wrote: »

you actually driven a car? or have you just seen someone drive a car in a film?

the vast majority of drivers break the speed limit on occasion. maybe it's wrong but hey drivers are only human.

as a matter of interest do we all switch our mobiles phones off at the petrol station? they have big signs telling us to.
it would be shocking if people here never switched their phones off as it could a big petrol explosion and masses of people would get killed.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

WhiteHorse

seafarers_wife wrote: »

personally i think everyone should have to resit their driving test every 5 or 10 years ...

There is something in this, but it would be more effective to see drink-drivers banned for life.

WhiteHorse

darkpool wrote: »

the vast majority of drivers break the speed limit on occasion. maybe it's wrong but hey drivers are only human.

Just so.

And let's not forget that speed limits are decided arbitarily. If the local authority decides to change a 40 to a 5, does that instantly make everyone who goes over that speed a homicidal maniac?

Of course not. It demonstrates that someone in the local authority is an idiot.

darkpool

WhiteHorse wrote: »

Just so.

And let's not forget that speed limits are decided arbitarily. If the local authority decides to change a 40 to a 5, does that instantly make everyone who goes over that speed a homicidal maniac?

Of course not. It demonstrates that someone in the local authority is an idiot.

thank god not there is another poster on this thread that uses a bit of common sense regarding speed limits.

with all these people spouting rubbish about never going over 20mph it really makes me think OAPs should hang up their driving gloves at 65.