📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

driving slow : your views ?

Options
1…1112141617…105

Comments

  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    marlot wrote: »
    I'm less bothered by people driving below the speed limit, than I am by them (and the people behind them) driving so close together that I can't overtake safely...


    This is the real issue (sort of), slow drivers wouldn't be half as bad if it wasn't for the social stigma that tells us overtaking is "rude" and "aggressive". So you end up with slow poke up front and a bunch of people tailgating them, forming a queue of 10 cars, nose to tail and impossible to overtake.
    “I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”

    <><><><><><><><><<><><><><><><><><><><><><> Don't forget to like and subscribe \/ \/ \/
  • arcon5
    arcon5 Posts: 14,099 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    -- if a road is 60, then its 60 for a reason. Its safe in optimal weather.

    The speed limit isn't always indicative of how fast you can drive safely. To think that is very naive.
  • hgotsparkle
    hgotsparkle Posts: 1,282 Forumite
    arcon5 wrote: »
    The speed limit isn't always indicative of how fast you can drive safely. To think that is very naive.

    If it wasn't safe to do so in optimal conditions then it would not be made as such.
  • System
    System Posts: 178,349 Community Admin
    10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    I've noticed a trend these last few years of people driving in the outer lane of dual carriageways at the speed limit or just under when there is nothing in the inside lane.
    I have a 3 mile stretch of dual carriageway near me between two roundabouts. In both directions, a hell of a lot of people when they get on to that stretch seem to consider the right hand lane to be the filter lane for turning right at the roundabout 3 miles ahead.
    This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    hgotsparkle wrote: »
    If it wasn't safe to do so in optimal conditions then it would not be made as such.
    So, iyho, every bit of NSL road in the country is safe at 60 in good weather?
  • hgotsparkle
    hgotsparkle Posts: 1,282 Forumite
    AdrianC wrote: »
    So, iyho, every bit of NSL road in the country is safe at 60 in good weather?

    Optimal conditions, ie on a dry straight with clear visibility.
  • topdaddy_2
    topdaddy_2 Posts: 1,408 Forumite
    hgotsparkle wrote: »
    Optimal conditions, ie on a dry straight with clear visibility.

    Well youd be wrong.
  • DirectDebacle
    DirectDebacle Posts: 2,045 Forumite
    topdaddy wrote: »
    Youve assumed that he means in excess of the limit.

    I have made no assumptions. Your remarks to the OP also apply to you.
    topdaddy wrote: »
    Haha what a stupid thing to say:rotfl:
  • topdaddy_2
    topdaddy_2 Posts: 1,408 Forumite
    DirectDebacle wrote: »
    I have made no assumptions. Your remarks to the OP also apply to you.

    So why say it then? Backpeddling suits you.
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    hgotsparkle wrote: »
    Optimal conditions, ie on a dry straight with clear visibility.
    Would you care to expand on what you mean by "clear visibility"?
This discussion has been closed.
★ ★ ★ Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351.1K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.6K Spending & Discounts
  • 244.1K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 599K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177K Life & Family
  • 257.4K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.
Update Your Picture