slow drivers

stevemcol

Steve L. You have conviction in your view which is never a bad thing. I honestly believe you're over-thinking it though. If I thought everyone one the road was going to switch lanes instantly for no reason, I'd never get the car out. People do odd things I'll grant you but I can't remember ever having a drama overtaking a slower car. Not sure I'd hang out on the wrong side of the road before accelerating. I'm wary of 'police' and 'advance driver' advice. I've met good and bad examples of both!

A point you made earlier, getting eye contact in the rear view mirror. I looked at this on the way home tonight, albeit at dusk and I think you must be way to close to achieve that.

DaveF327

Norman_Castle wrote: »

The roads are a shared space where some chose to travel at less than the maximum speed.

I'm fine with that as long as people have a little consideration. If they see a following car who wishes to travel at a more progressive yet legal and safe speed, they should pull in where suitable and allow the faster traffic to pass. Highway Code rule 169

Norman_Castle

martinthebandit wrote: »

OK, but your not going to like it.:rotfl:

If you look at your posts you have a tendancy to make assumptions, Really. Where? and all of your assumptions seem to put anyone you are disagreeing with in a negative light, then you continue and expand your comments based on those negative assumptions and not, usually on what a particular poster has said.or wants to hear

Very much similar to those drivers who drive slowly and "appear to think" that anyone who wants to drive at, or close to the speed limit is somehow at fault.Isn't this an assumption?

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I'm still confused as what point you think is being proved and what you think the tone of my post implies.

Norman_Castle

DaveF327 wrote: »

I'm fine with that as long as people have a little consideration. If they see a following car who wishes to travel at a more progressive yet legal and safe speed, they should pull in where suitable and allow the faster traffic to pass. Highway Code rule 169

I agree, but its debateable if 45 in a 60 is too slow. I think its tedious, but acceptable.

Joe_Horner

martinthebandit wrote: »

OK, but your not going to like it.

Very much similar to those posters who offer 3 "options" initially and then shoe-horn any other suggestions into them.

:eek::D;)


Couldn't resist, sorry

Gilbert2

Norman_Castle wrote: »

I agree, but its debateable if 45 in a 60 is too slow. I think its tedious, but acceptable.

Yet you were never told to do this whilst learning to drive and had you done this in your test you may well have failed.

Why is this now acceptable for you?

What better do you know than the national driving standard?

stevemcol

DaveF327 wrote: »

I'm fine with that as long as people have a little consideration. If they see a following car who wishes to travel at a more progressive yet legal and safe speed, they should pull in where suitable and allow the faster traffic to pass. Highway Code rule 169

It's probably not practical for them. Depending on the road obviously but it's possible there could be a faster car along every couple of minutes or more. I really don't see the issue with just overtaking when it's safe.

steve-L

stevemcol wrote: »

Steve L. You have conviction in your view which is never a bad thing. I honestly believe you're over-thinking it though. If I thought everyone one the road was going to switch lanes instantly for no reason, I'd never get the car out. People do odd things I'll grant you but I can't remember ever having a drama overtaking a slower car. Not sure I'd hang out on the wrong side of the road before accelerating. I'm wary of 'police' and 'advance driver' advice. I've met good and bad examples of both!

A point you made earlier, getting eye contact in the rear view mirror. I looked at this on the way home tonight, albeit at dusk and I think you must be way to close to achieve that.

Out of about probably 10 close calls where I have really thought oh poop this is it... in 20 odd years of driving several of them were slow drivers 'drifting' when I'm overtaking. A couple may well have been poor places to pass anyway but it wasn't the passing but being squeezed towards the wall and/or having another car behind hence damned if I continue and damned if I brake...

This doesn't include the woman who pulled into my lane of the M6 at 90 when i was going 100 over Christmas (although my passenger probably counts it as one) but includes a 360 on spilled diesel on a roundabout, my first experience of aquaplaning, nearly falling asleep on a motorway... some of the others happened in third world countries and people won't believe some of them anyway so Im not detailing them!

I guess also, though I managed never to come off the road or crash (excluding tracks and training) I have been a passenger where the car has come off and crashed twice BUT i was never as frightened by that as when my father was driving in his later driving years.

UsernameAlreadyExists

Dave_C wrote: »

Nope, I am driving legally and safely and accelerating to the speed limit. Because I am accelerating gently and it it safe to overtake, then I'm not stopping the car behind overtaking. If a car did overtake then I would stop accelerating as per the Highway Code.

And if they can't overtake? double white lines and/or traffic in the other direction?

Dave_C wrote: »

As far as I am aware, there is no signal in the highway code meaning "I want to go faster than you".
Please show me the section that says I must accelerate harshly because of cars behind .

And there is no section about flashing your lights meaning "go right ahead, I'll let you out!", but everyone knows and understands this. Sticking right to your rear bumper is normally a pretty good indication that they want to pass. (Mr/Mrs Miggins excused)

Dave_C wrote: »

However tailgating under any circumstances is a sign of poor driving and is definitely against the highway code.

And might often be avoided if people made some sort effort to let them pass (again, Mr/Mrs Miggins excused), rather than thinking "tough" deal with it. I am in the right, so sod you.

The highway code is an out dated guideline to the use of the roads, in the same that the Oxford English dictionary is a definition of the English language. LOL, m8, do u understnd wot I is sayin like? At least the OED makes an effort to try to catch up and be current.

barry9999

steve-L wrote: »

Out of about probably 10 close calls where I have really thought oh poop this is it... in 20 odd years of driving several of them were slow drivers 'drifting' when I'm overtaking. A couple may well have been poor places to pass anyway but it wasn't the passing but being squeezed towards the wall and/or having another car behind hence damned if I continue and damned if I brake...

This doesn't include the woman who pulled into my lane of the M6 at 90 when i was going 100 over Christmas (although my passenger probably counts it as one) but includes a 360 on spilled diesel on a roundabout, my first experience of aquaplaning, nearly falling asleep on a motorway... some of the others happened in third world countries and people won't believe some of them anyway so Im not detailing them!

I guess also, though I managed never to come off the road or crash (excluding tracks and training) I have been a passenger where the car has come off and crashed twice BUT i was never as frightened by that as when my father was driving in his later driving years.

Pretty obvious why you've had so many "close calls".