Tractors, Cyclists and Emmets

pmduk

You don't like Tractors, as they make you drive slowly
You don't like cyclists, as they make you drive slowly
You don't like emmets as they make you drive slowly

Have you considered that you may be the problem here? Slow Down!

kernewek

pmduk wrote: »

You don't like Tractors, as they make you drive slowly
You don't like cyclists, as they make you drive slowly
You don't like emmets as they make you drive slowly

Have you considered that you may be the problem here? Slow Down!

So you are suggesting I should drive at tractor and cyclist speed?

pmduk

I'm suggesting that you judge the speed of others and drive accordingly.

Viper_7

pmduk wrote: »

I'm suggesting that you judge the speed of others and drive accordingly.

Indeed; usual case of a blinkered view and "me,me,me,me"

King_Nothing

I drive a 2.5L turbo petrol, I'm not stuck behind tractors or cyclists for long I can tell you that for certain, lol.

kernewek

pmduk wrote: »

I'm suggesting that you judge the speed of others and drive accordingly.

I do drive accordingly - I overtake them. Hope I don't get stuck behind you one day.

vikingaero

Sometimes people (normally the more mature motorist) are terrified of overtaking. They don't have the skills to judge distance and closing speeds of oncoming cars and so prefer to hand behind the obstruction. If you look at a line of traffic behind a tractor/hgv it's often the driver behind the slower vehicle that is the real cause of the obstruction - if they don't overtake, no-one else can - to overtake a tractor/hgv is one thing, to overtake a tractor/hgv and a car is much more difficult.

Also Councils and Highways authorities have cleansed the roads - removal of overtaking lanes, much more double white lines, where you could have overtaken on a wide carriageway they've painted the road to smithereens to prevent overtaking.

fluffnutter

So only tourists drive badly and every single Cornish driver is an example of exemplary road use? Hmm.

fluffnutter

5. Pavements are for pedestrians, roads for cars not vice versa.

Not quite right. Pedestrians have every right to be in the road, in fact arguably more right than vehicles as they don't need a licence to use the road (neither do cyclists or horse riders). Whether it's a sensible thing to do is another matter, but a driver must always give way to a pedestrian. There's no such concept of jay-walking here.

kernewek

fluffnutter wrote: »

So only tourists drive badly and every single Cornish driver is an example of exemplary road use? Hmm.

Basically yes, well apart from...