whats the best way to make a slow driver go faster?

marleyboy

tod123 wrote: »

Like when you are in a lane or something, and they are dawdling along.

I have tried flashing my lights, driving really close & beeping but its not had much effect.

Thats what your doing wrong. Should some erratic driver fly up behind me flashing their lights, blasting their horn and tailgate me, I will happily decelerate, should they persist, I would crawl down to a virtual stop, if they are dangerously close I would happily apply my brakes on the off chance of claiming whiplash from it.

Be weary who you approach in such an erratic manner, because there are many people out there who would happily do the same as me.

dil1976

marleyboy wrote: »

Thats what your doing wrong. Should some erratic driver fly up behind me flashing their lights, blasting their horn and tailgate me, I will happily decelerate, should they persist, I would crawl down to a virtual stop, if they are dangerously close I would happily apply my brakes on the off chance of claiming whiplash from it.

Be weary who you approach in such an erratic manner, because there are many people out there who would happily do the same as me.

Oh yes I love doing this, especially on dual carriageways along side a lorry so there is no way past until i have to accelerate as my junction is coming up

jackyann

Just in case anyone is reading this:
I got quite upset when I was regularly doing a motorway journey where there were often "advisory" speed limits. I am the kind of "numpty" who obeys those.
That got me a lot of tail-gating, flashing, gestures etc. Normally I can ignore, but I began to feel threatened on a regular basis, so I spoke to the police.
Their advice was to tuck in at a safe distance behind a lorry and keep at that lorry's speed, even if it was above the advisory. they said I should be safe, I could justify my speed on safety grounds, and people rarely try to get a rise out of lorry drivers (middle-aged ladies are fair game......)
It worked.

I'll also add my voice to whoever complained about the 40mph brigade. I used to live in a village. I would often slow down on the road approaching the village because someone was doing 40 ("they don't know the road well" I used to think!), then, as we approached the 30mph sign, village hall, the school, the shops.....on they carried........

Derivative

Does anyone actually plan their journeys around 'perfect conditions'?

Someone has posted about a 15 minute delay making them late for work. Come on now, are you serious?

Yes, I would say just set off 15 minutes earlier. If you get there early, have a nice sit down, read the paper, listen to the radio, whatever.

It drives me mad when people come out with this stuff, they have no comprehension of what other peoples lives are like.

No, it's simply not my responsibility to make up for your lack of time management. If you leave yourself 5 hours of sleep, that's your issue and no-one else's.

By the way, I don't drive slowly - I don't even drive a car, I ride a motorcycle, so I'm generally held up by others. Does it bother me? Of course not, they have as much of a right to use the road as I do.

It's not as if people are even blocking you either, simply overtake. Surely you can overtake someone doing 20 in a 30, you can legally travel 50% faster than them.

wba31

Lum wrote: »

That is a bit silly, but I do remember a time period in my life where this was actually necessary.

I was in a job that paid really crap money, but gave me a company car and fuel + hotel cards and had me out on the road 4 nights a week. I tended to build up a lot of expenses in the form of meals and purchasing equipment and it played havoc with my cash flow.

Far too often it would be getting toward the end of the month and I'd have literally zero cash. The day's job would overrun and I wouldn't get off site until 6PM and I'd still have a 4 hour drive to the hotel near to tomorrow's job.

Problem was, while Premier Inn will let you buy food on the hotel card, they generally stop serving food at 9:45 and by that point in the month I was in a situation where if I didn't get to the hotel before they stop serving food I'd literally have nothing to eat that night.

So yeah, I'd want to overtake slow people because I was late for dinner.

I quit that job over two years ago and I'm still suffering from long term health problems because of it.

As much as I understand your point, and respect it, I'd be surprised if this is the case for OP, but if I'm proved wrong I take it back.

I just long for courtesy on the roads for other road users, I am sometimes the person trying to overtake all the time, and sometimes I'm the guy who's not in a rush. However when not in a rush I will stay within 5mph of the limit (unless on dual carriageways or motorways) and on single carriageway roads i will keep left and signal when it is safe for faster driver behind me to overtake...

Johnmcl7

jackyann wrote: »

Just in case anyone is reading this:
I got quite upset when I was regularly doing a motorway journey where there were often "advisory" speed limits. I am the kind of "numpty" who obeys those.
That got me a lot of tail-gating, flashing, gestures etc. Normally I can ignore, but I began to feel threatened on a regular basis, so I spoke to the police.
Their advice was to tuck in at a safe distance behind a lorry and keep at that lorry's speed, even if it was above the advisory. they said I should be safe, I could justify my speed on safety grounds, and people rarely try to get a rise out of lorry drivers (middle-aged ladies are fair game......)
It worked.

It depends what you mean by advisory, the variable speeds limits on motorways and roadworks are usually legal speed limits which means the advice given should not be followed as it's not defence for speeding, they'll have no problem catching both you and the truck you're following.

John

Lum

jackyann wrote: »

Just in case anyone is reading this:
I got quite upset when I was regularly doing a motorway journey where there were often "advisory" speed limits. I am the kind of "numpty" who obeys those.
That got me a lot of tail-gating, flashing, gestures etc. Normally I can ignore, but I began to feel threatened on a regular basis, so I spoke to the police.

Interesting. As far as I'm concerned people can go as slow as they like on the motorway within reason, so long as they keep left unless overtaking.

You wern't sat in the middle lane while the left lane was empty or going the same speed, were you?

alastairq

As far as I'm aware, at this point in time.......the lowest mandatory vehicle speed limit on a motorway which is subject to the NSL, is 40mph.

This limit applies to LGVs operating under STGO Cat2. [ie, with a weight, loaded,of between 46 and 80 tonnes]!

Such a lorry may not appear [look] any different to any other normal lorry.

And need not display any sort of indication of its category other than the mandatory STGO board on its front.

Flashing amber lights and things like escorts are not required....[but may be present,I admit]

The question one should ask oneself is,does one's present mindset enable one to cope with that lorry on a motorway?

Harry_Flashman

Johnmcl7 wrote: »

It depends what you mean by advisory, the variable speeds limits on motorways and roadworks are usually legal speed limits which means the advice given should not be followed as it's not defence for speeding, they'll have no problem catching both you and the truck you're following.

John

The flashing amber speed limits on the overhead gantrys are advisory. The only legally enforceable limit must appear on a red circled sign (except NSL).

What I don't understand is why block people who want to get round? I'm not overly slow (depends whether I'm on an economy drive or not ), but I'd rather have the angry impatient driver in front of me than behind.

mikey72

Harry_Flashman wrote: »

The flashing amber speed limits on the overhead gantrys are advisory. The only legally enforceable limit must appear on a red circled sign (except NSL).

What I don't understand is why block people who want to get round? I'm not overly slow (depends whether I'm on an economy drive or not ), but I'd rather have the angry impatient driver in front of me than behind.

I think it's because most of them are idiots, who don't like to speed on there own. They think are cameras are set low, all speedos read low, so it's safe to do 60 in a 50 limit. But only if someone else does it first. And they sit behind you forever, without the courage to pull out, and put their foot down by themselves, blaming you for slowing them down and thinking how faster both of you could be going, if only you'd do it first.