driving slow : your views ?

Stoke

Weyoun wrote: »

So now you know for a fact that my speedo is reading low? Where did I say that? In fact for me to be going slower than my speedometer indicates, it would have to be reading HIGH.


This of course opens another can of worms. If I believe that I'm going at the speed limit but I'm in fact going slower due to an inaccurate speedometer, does that make me an inconsiderate driver? Am I now obliged to get my speedometer correctly calibrated, or to invest in a sat nav?

Wow, you got me on semantics. Now I know you must be spot on then :rotfl: How about just sticking to the issues at hand eh?

Speedometers tend to read slightly high. I'm yet to drive a vehicle that has one that's totally accurate (I do use a sat nav to judge my speed). I've had a number of explanations why:
1. They're calibrated to compensate for inaccurate readings and therefore avoid speeding tickets.
2. Dials are usually analogue therefore aren't as accurate as digital gauges.
3. Sensors are usually analogue and not accurate.

Now, the only one I think is !!!!!!!! is number three. That's because I use a ScanGauge to help me bring my fuel consumption down. Plugged in to OBD2, it reads my speed direct from my ECU absolutely perfectly, and that's a car that's 14 years old. So it's either 1 or 2.

No, of course you don't have to compensate for an inaccurate speedo, but we're saying if you do 25 in a 40, then you might be doing just 22 or 23. There's a big difference between doing say 37mph in a 40, and doing 22mph in a 40 mate.

wongataa

Weyoun wrote: »

Why would I be preventing people from going faster? If I'm doing 60 and the limit is 70 then there must be at least one additional lane which other people can use to overtake me.

Not necessarily. A dual carriageway doesn't have to have 2+ lanes on each carriageway. You can have dual carriageways with a single lane in each direction. You can have single carriageway roads with multiple lanes in each direction.

AdrianC

Weyoun wrote: »

Another subjective concept. Your "adequate" is clearly not the same as mine.

I'm not a driving test examiner.

warehouse

AdrianC wrote: »

So driving through an urban 30 limit can always be done at a constant 30mph. Put the cruise control on and just steer...? Never any need to slow down for any hazards. After all, it's a 30 limit!

(And, let's not forget, that's just a number which was chosen as the default back in 1930, at a time when front brakes were a novelty, and hydraulic brakes almost unknown... How convenient that it's the exact magic number that's a safe and appropriate speed for so many conditions 85 years later! What foresight!)

85 years ago the human body could usually survive a 30mph hit but not much faster. Since humans haven't yet grown kevlar around their bones I think the 30mph urban limit is stall more than fair.

Norman_Castle

AdrianC wrote: »

"Failure to make adequate progress" is certainly how the examiner would put it when telling you why you had not passed your driving test, yes.

Possibly, but they're not taking a test.

AdrianC

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Possibly, but they're not taking a test.

It's a reasonable bare minimum standard to apply, though, do you not think?

Norman_Castle

AdrianC wrote: »

It's a reasonable bare minimum standard to apply, though, do you not think?

To show you are capable and willing to drive at speed. Yes. In daily driving. No

DirectDebacle

AdrianC wrote: »

So driving through an urban 30 limit can always be blah blah blah.QUOTE]

You asked a stupid question. Get over it.

bugslet

Weyoun wrote: »

Why would I be preventing people from going faster? If I'm doing 60 and the limit is 70 then there must be at least one additional lane which other people can use to overtake me.

As long as it is to the right of you.:)

I followed some numpty about three weeks ago, who was doing 60 in the outside lane of the motorway. I was just pootling along behind him thinking he was in a queue, when a car went down the middle lane and in front of him. In the next ten miles a further four cars did the same thing. Really he could have pulled over, there were plenty of long gaps. Very strange.

Norman_Castle

AdrianC wrote: »

I'm not a driving test examiner.

Are you a recently qualified advanced driver?.