people driving sooooo slow cos they dont know the speed limit!

interstellaflyer

Bob_the_Saver wrote: »

Speed LIMIT ie. maximum, it's not compulsory.

Not quite, when i learnt to drive the examiners would fail you for not driving as near to the speed limit as the conditions would allow. Driving too slow shows a lack of confidence and ability.

amibovvered

I don't quite understand all this about autos not slowing down when you take your foot off the accelerator - I've been driving automatics for years and use the brake only sparingly. The bulk of my 'slowing down' is by taking my foot off the accelerator. As a previous poster said it's about reading the road ahead. And no, I'm not a perfect driver, at least my Advanced Driving Examiner didn't think so, when he failed me!

Strider590

interstellaflyer wrote: »

Driving too slow shows a lack of confidence and ability.

Or increasingly it's done by self appointed Police who want enforce their version of the law onto other motorists.

"I'm doing 55mph in the fast lane and im not moving over because it's not safe to go any faster!!! I'm doing everyone a favour by stopping them passing me!! they just don't realise it yet!!" :mad:

or

"oh that biker shouldn't be overtaking here, he's queue jumping!! Im going to do everyone a favour and swerve out to stop him!!!"

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/General-news/2010/April/apr0910-Driver-who-blocked-overtaking-biker-jailed/

ianbar0

well i am hitting the roads shortly to witness more very bad driving! yesterday the road turned to a duel carridgeway. there was a very slow pug in front and an estate tried to overtake when the duel started but the pug raced it to 80 and stopped it passing! being a pug i guess a young chap thinking he was having a laugh but i was enraged just watching

interstellaflyer

Strider590 wrote: »

"I'm doing 55mph in the fast lane and im not moving over because it's not safe to go any faster!!!

Just beng a little pedantic here but there is no such thing as aa fast lane, anything other than the inside lane is an overtaking lane so the self apointed policeman doing 55mph shouldn't be there in the first place also, the real trafic Police take a rather dim veiw of these people.

Flyboy152

ianbar0 wrote: »

just venting some steam as recently this seems to have happened a lot to me. why do people drive so slow at times around my area most roads are 60 but some people are going 50 at most and then whoa!!! they see a speed camera sign and near enough slam the brakes on! i will sit down and be quiet now!

It's better than people driving soooooooo fast because they don't know the speed limit.

martinthebandit

amibovvered wrote: »

I don't quite understand all this about autos not slowing down when you take your foot off the accelerator - I've been driving automatics for years and use the brake only sparingly. The bulk of my 'slowing down' is by taking my foot off the accelerator. As a previous poster said it's about reading the road ahead. And no, I'm not a perfect driver, at least my Advanced Driving Examiner didn't think so, when he failed me!

I would assume thats the method most people use to slow down, however in an auto you will use your brakes more than in a manual.

For example an auto box never changes down before it needs to whereas in a manual you may quite often change down a gear in anticipation of needing to be in that gear so will slow down more just using the engine.

Flyboy152

neil421967 wrote: »

Does my tweed in that.

Whats even more annoying, is people in big 4x4s or BMs, VOLVOs all with big engines doing the same or braking when nothing is there.

I know speed limits are for a reason, but people should at least stay close to the max if safe to do so, they say speed causes accidents, but i have lost count in our area of the number of times a slow driver has caused one.

At what point did you lose count? Five, six, seven, ten, twenty....?

fivetide

Having read the thread - If you are going so slow you are being overtaken by lorries, that isn't helpful to anyone. Why not just do 60 and not slow anyone down?

Also, re: speed limits. If you do an advanced or RoSPA course generally they ask you to get to the speed limit for the road as quickly as possible because it comes under 'making progress'.

Finally, I'm shocked no one has mentioned the 40mph brigade (although it looks like we have some members). Road on my way back from work is a 50. Used to be 60 so quite safe to travel at the limit, but you get people driving along at 40mph.

Halfway along there is a village and it drops to 30 but they carry on at 40.

Sorry but speed isn't an average. Anyone speeding in a 30 limit where there could be kids about deserves the book thrown at them. Especially those claiming to do it to save 3p

5t.

EDIT to say - automatics - Mitsubishi autos will changedown for you on a descent. If the car realises you are not pressing the accelarator and trying to hold the car back it will drop down a gear to provide more engine braking.

I take the point that generally you will use the brakes more in an auto (unless it is a tiptronic/flappy paddle job) but the point about lifting off during normal driving or following another car at a safe distance does stand. I certainly never needed to brake a lot in those situations.

5t.

Flyboy152

roddydogs wrote: »

What about the folks who slow down for speed cameras when its Facing towards them?
Speed cameras sited in the middle of the road can only do 1 way at a time.

Really? I didn't know that. I wonder if anyone has mentioned that to our local council? The Truvelo in the middle of the A road going to the next village must be a fake then.