slow drivers

martinthebandit

Coming home from work this afternoon I got stuck in the queue behind a slow driver, you know 45 ish maximum on a NSL road, and I got to wondering and would be grateful if any drivers who don't keep up to the speed limit when it is safe to do so would care to explain why they do it.

As far as I could see its either because;

1. They feel unsafe going any quicker; or
2. They never look in their mirrors so have no idea they are holding anyone else up; or
3. They have passed their driving test so now they can drive how they want without considering anyone else.

An I missing any other reason?

scaredofdebt

They're probably used to 50 MPH limits starting to become the norm on fairly rural roads or speed cameras every half a mile.

What annoys me is the speed camera signs - they should be legally obliged to put the speed limit on the same sign, how often I see people slam their brakes on to do 30 MPH when it's a 40 because they don't know the speed limit.

Blackpool_Saver

Yes safety I should imagine, strange how you didn't mention that. What were the road conditions and weather?

steve-L

I had a 40 on NSL dual carriageway and REFUSED to use the inside lane???
Big queue behind me....

Eventually myself and a string of others passed him on the inside....

Funny thing I forget what he was driving but I remember thinking it was a fairly nippy car not a Prius.

Has anyone else noticed how often that 40 in a 60 zone is a Prius?

anotherbaldrick

martinthebandit wrote: »

Coming home from work this afternoon I got stuck in the queue behind a slow driver, you know 45 ish maximum on a NSL road, and I got to wondering and would be grateful if any drivers who don't keep up to the speed limit when it is safe to do so would care to explain why they do it.

As far as I could see its either because;

1. They feel unsafe going any quicker; or
2. They never look in their mirrors so have no idea they are holding anyone else up; or
3. They have passed their driving test so now they can drive how they want without considering anyone else.

An I missing any other reason?

In no hurry to get anywhere ?

martinthebandit

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

Yes safety I should imagine, strange how you didn't mention that. What were the road conditions and weather?

Spookily enough I thought the phrase in my question;

'any drivers who don't keep up to the speed limit when it is safe to do so' just about covered that.

martinthebandit

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

In no hurry to get anywhere ?

Option 3 then, thanks

neilmcl

martinthebandit wrote: »

Spookily enough I thought the phrase in my question;

'any drivers who don't keep up to the speed limit when it is safe to do so' just about covered that.

That hasn't answered the question at all. The temperature on my drive home this afternoon, for example, barely got above 0 degress so I wouldn't begrudge anyone doing 45mph in a 60 at the present time.

martinthebandit

neilmcl wrote: »

That hasn't answered the question at all. The temperature on my drive home this afternoon, for example, barely got above 0 degress so I wouldn't begrudge anyone doing 45mph in a 60.

Well it's only fair as you have not answered my question at all either.

neilmcl

martinthebandit wrote: »

An I missing any other reason?

I believe my post and this

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

Yes safety I should imagine, strange how you didn't mention that. What were the road conditions and weather?

answered you quite adequately.

martinthebandit

neilmcl wrote: »

I believe my post and this

answered you quite adequately.

Ah OK my mistake, you picked option 1 then, thanks