Inconsiderate Caravaners

Notmyrealname

harveybobbles wrote: »

I think ALL HGV's and caravans should be made to drive at night. This would free up the roads quitrea lot!

No problem. But when your company has to close because its had no deliveries and you're woken up at night by the lorries passing by on their way to do deliveries at the shops and when the wife goes to the supermarket to find empty shelves and what you do buy has gone up in price to cover the additional cost, don't complain.

Notmyrealname

s_b wrote: »

A point that seems to be missed here is a lot of you posters talking about overtaking are in your comfort zone and know your local roads well a case in point is the B1249 a road i know well, however it also has lots of side turnings that could catch out a driver not familiar with the road and for this reason i would be one of those not willing to overtake to have the inscription reading on my grave saying he made a mistake

There are plenty of places to overtake on the B1249. Absolutely tons and tons of them where there are no side roads to worry about. There are some nice S bends it is perfectly safe to overtake on as you can see far enough up the road to see if there's anything coming.

Lum

Notmyrealname wrote: »

TBH that tells me more about your ability to overtake than anything.

Please tell me how you would overtake a mile-long queue of cars, on a twisty single carriageway, where every single car is following at a distance of less than one car length and the speed is varying between 40 and 50mph.

Bonus points if you can do it without breaking the law.

mikey72

Lum wrote: »

Please tell me how you would overtake a mile-long queue of cars, on a twisty single carriageway, where every single car is following at a distance of less than one car length and the speed is varying between 40 and 50mph.

Bonus points if you can do it without breaking the law.

All while still getting 70mpg from the mondeo as well. Possibly also while wearing a cape and a big S, and flying along above I think.

Nearly_Old

Reading through all the posts has reminded me of something my instructor told me many years ago. After I had passed my test I had a few extra lessons that covered higher speed driving (not that an Austin 1100 went that fast!), overtaking, etc. Once when we came up to a slow moving queue the instructor said: "Remember that it's number two that causes the queue."

Even now if I'm on an unfamilar road, just out for leisurely drive or similar and I come up behind a slower vehicle I will leave a 5 to 6 car gap (my wife moans about this) but it allows others to overtake safely. Having said that I would have been very frustrated to be in a queue going at 20mph unless there was a very good reason for it; e.g. an ambulance transporting a patient with a very serious back/neck injury.

waynedance

How many posts on caravans, stop giving them publicity.

Good advice for them to pull over if going slower then average.

poppasmurf_bewdley

waynedance wrote: »

How many posts on caravans, stop giving them publicity.

Good advice for them to pull over if going slower then average.

Maybe the same should go for the solo drivers at the head of every queue of traffic.

It's not just caravanners who hold up the traffic. There are millions of dozy drivers in this country who shouldn't be allowed on the road, like the one I was behind recently who braked every time a car came in the opposite direction.

Obukit

alastairq wrote: »

Any perceived 'danger' arises from the inability of other drivers to cope with that vehicle.

I suppose, by the same token, people who park on blind corners aren't at fault, it's those that can't cope with overtaking? Or the muppet I had today who stopped dead on a busy dual carriageway, without indicating, to check his maps, almost causing a pile up.

Fact is, if you are driving slower than the normal speed for a road - bearing in mind, right or wrong, people take risks to overtake very slow vehicles - you have a moral duty to pull over whenever possible and let people past. Towing your caravan to some Godforsaken muddy field may be the highlight of your year, but is really winds up those of us who have more to live for.

poppasmurf_bewdley

Obukit wrote: »

Towing your caravan to some Godforsaken muddy field may be the highlight of your year, but is really winds up those of us who have more to live for.

Please remember that roads are there for one purpose only - to get you from A to B. They are not there to provide drivers with the opportunity to think they are Stirling Moss or Roger Bell and to give them the satisfaction of "having more to live for."

And for your information, I do not park my caravan in a muddy field. I cannot think of anything more miserable than that. My caravan is usually taken onto a four or five star site with electric, water and drainage, and a pitch that is well laid out with a hard standing area. And my friends and I bring one hell of a lot of cash into the areas where we go caravanning by going to pubs, restaurants, shops, markets, etc, etc, as well as bringing employment to local people, which is probably more than many motorists do for the areas they drive through.

It seems your idea of caravanning is as outdated as your attitude to driving.

Notmyrealname

Lum wrote: »

Please tell me how you would overtake a mile-long queue of cars, on a twisty single carriageway, where every single car is following at a distance of less than one car length and the speed is varying between 40 and 50mph.

Bonus points if you can do it without breaking the law.

Because they're not following at a distance of less than one car.

Remember that the HC says to give way to overtaking vehicles?

Its quite simple - do what the Police do. Overtake and when you need to pull back in, sit at the side of a gap with your left winky on and wait for the gap to open up.

Works a charm as long as you give yourself enough time so you're not having to barge back in before a head on.