Bad Drivers

reason2

just to stick my nose in to a debate that happened a couple of posts back..

i got in touch with the nice dudes responsible for the highway code.

"slow moving vehicle" refers to tractors, and the likes where 10-15mph is a maximum speed.

they also confirmed that slow moving vehicle in that respect was not a car capable of 70 but going 20...

glad thats cleared up

George_Michael

reason2 wrote: »

just to stick my nose in to a debate that happened a couple of posts back..

i got in touch with the nice dudes responsible for the highway code.

"slow moving vehicle" refers to tractors, and the likes where 10-15mph is a maximum speed.

they also confirmed that slow moving vehicle in that respect was not a car capable of 70 but going 20...

glad thats cleared up

Strange that road signs on motorways define slow vehicles as ones that can't go over 30mph. Maybe your imaginary dude was wrong.

bod1467

reason2 wrote: »

glad thats cleared up

In your opinion.

Ronaldo_Mconaldo

What do we think about bus lanes? Here in Manchester there are couple of stretches where roads with two lanes change so that one lane becomes a bus lane for a mile or so then changes back to normal. The problem is in rush hour the hold up with people suddenly trying to get out of the way of the bus lane holds everyone up - including the buses! So it seems it would save everyone, including the bus people, time if there were no bus lanes in the first place.

RosiPossum

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head wrote: »

I think the question is why? They are usually too busy looking at their passenger and talking, taking in the scenery or don't know what the national speed limit sign actually means.

On busy roads where you end up with a big queues of traffic it's pretty selfish behaviour.

Same as sitting in the middle lane, lazy and selfish people holding up others.

Just to add when learning to drive the instructor did a mock test and I went 40 down a national speed limit road, he said that would have counted as a minor fault.

I was always told to go the speed limit. On my test I was on a road I'd never driven before, nat speed limit, so I was trying to meet it. It was a winding road and I failed because of that. It was a shame - I was uncomfortable going faster but I'd been told that I'd fail if I didn't drive at around 60. I know better now

mattyprice4004

Idiots with fog lights on - turn them off or suffer my high beams.
Idiots who don't indicate - if you're going to the same place as me, prepare for an ear bashing.
Idiots who can't use lanes properly.

People around here have no clue how to drive.

Azari

George_Michael wrote: »

Strange that road signs on motorways define slow vehicles as ones that can't go over 30mph. Maybe your imaginary dude was wrong.

Obviously the definition of a 'slow moving vehicle' is going to be different for a motorway than for normal roads.

I think his 'dude' was pretty much correct.

The highway code is referring to vehicles that are inherently slow moving, such as milk floats, tractors, and vehicles carrying unusual load. A Ferrari driving between two rows of parked cars on a narrow street at 15mph does not fulfil the legal definition of a 'slow moving vehicle'.

Otherwise, just about every vehicle ever to have taken to the road would be classed as slow moving at some points on its travels.

stephen77

Azari wrote: »

. A Ferrari driving between two rows of parked cars on a narrow street at 15mph does not fulfil the legal definition of a 'slow moving vehicle'.

Otherwise, just about every vehicle ever to have taken to the road would be classed as slow moving at some points on its travels.

But a Ferrari doing 15mph on a empty road with a 60mph speed limit. Is a slow moving vehicle.

Regardless of the highway code definition, its certainly not moving fast.

Azari

stephen77 wrote: »

But a Ferrari doing 15mph on a empty road with a 60mph speed limit. Is a slow moving vehicle.

Regardless of the highway code definition, its certainly not moving fast.

Completely irrelevant to what I said.

stephen77

Azari wrote: »

Completely irrelevant to what I said.

Its relevant as you mentioned a Ferrari driving at 15mph.

My comments are not relevant if your original comments about the Ferrari were not relevant. :cool: