driving slow : your views ?

nobbysn*ts

My sat nav and speedo agree to 1mph. And I drive at a speed that suits me. If some moron behind me doesn't like it, he's welcome to pass me. The ones that usually get most wound up are the brigade that insist "it's the speedo reading slow, and you can do 10% more anyway, so it's 34 in a 30 limit, 45 in a 40, 67 in a 60.... " guess what, pass me then. Somehow, they're never happy to break the speed limit from the front, but have no problem speeding behind others. Moronic sheep, that can only follow.

topdaddy_2

OP your comfort or lack of, means you are not a competent driver.

rs65

londonTiger wrote: »

I indicated left to say that I was driving slow so if you want to overtake by all means do so.

That is not what indicators say to other drivers.

You and the OP should not be on the road.

trailingspouse

It's not the actual speed that matters, particularly on a motorway, it's the relative speed. If two cars are travelling in the same direction on the same road, at the same speed, they are highly unlikely to hit each other. However, if the one in front is doing 55 and the one behind is doing 70, it becomes more likely.

Go a bit faster - you never know, you might enjoy it.

nobbysn*ts

trailingspouse wrote: »

It's not the actual speed that matters, particularly on a motorway, it's the relative speed. If two cars are travelling in the same direction on the same road, at the same speed, they are highly unlikely to hit each other. However, if the one in front is doing 55 and the one behind is doing 70, it becomes more likely.

Go a bit faster - you never know, you might enjoy it.

My car, fully loaded. 55mph - 33mpg, 70mph -28mpg. I wouldn't enjoy it.

dada44

AdrianC wrote: »

If you're "failing to make adequate progress" even without other traffic around, then it can really only be your own driving that is "the issue".



Not necessarily - if it incites others to overtake inappropriately, then it can be a cause of collisions.



If you find driving at normal speeds stressful and difficult mentally, then - again - that it your own issue alone.



The one and only animal I've ever "run over" was a neighbour's chicken recently. At about 20mph, in an NSL. Since it wasn't laying, they actually thanked me...



You seem to be conflating "smoothly" with "slowly". It's possible to drive quickly and smoothly, just as it's possible to drive slowly and jerkily. IME, those who drive more slowly than average are often less smooth, too. In addition, if your lower speed means you're a gear lower, then you're probably using more fuel rather than less.

i assume that most people won't want to read what i have to write, as it's quite involved. and you seem to have your own views, which i suspect won't be changed by mine. however, i don't agree with most of your points, even if you do frame them in a logical apperance, i don't believe experience supports them.


here goes

"if you're "failing to make adequate progress" even without other traffic around, then it can really only be your own driving that is "the issue"."

- what exactly do you mean by 'progress' ? and failing ? i drive 'normally' and often above speed limit when i need to. sometimes i find myself doing it naturally.

"Not necessarily - if it incites others to overtake inappropriately, then it can be a cause of collisions." -

yes, but if you look at the whole picture, on the whole, i am certain that driving slower is safer than driving faster.


"If you find driving at normal speeds stressful and difficult mentally, then - again - that it your own issue alone."

- i think most people would find it more stressful, or more demanding, as more is happening in the same period of time, than if you were driving slower, and so you need to process more, and be more alert. you frame this as to make it quite personal. I don't think i said i find it "difficult mentally", just that i prefer to drive slower, and it is LESS stressful.


"You seem to be conflating "smoothly" with "slowly". It's possible to drive quickly and smoothly, just as it's possible to drive slowly and jerkily. IME, those who drive more slowly than average are often less smooth, too. In addition, if your lower speed means you're a gear lower, then you're probably using more fuel rather than less. "

- IME that's not the case. I've often been in cars where people accelarate rapidly as soon as there is a green light, only to jerkily brake when there is a red light a few hundred metres down the road, only to have a slower car behind them catch up, in a much smoother fashion.

sulphate

I personally don't have a problem with slow drivers unless we are on a slip road approaching a motorway, and I'm stuck behind someone doing 40mph and can't get up to speed with the traffic on the motorway doing 70+ which has happened to me twice recently :eek:

colino

hickles69 if someone told you that for your test speed limit plus or minus 10% is acceptable is either an idiot or a liar. No examiner in the land is going to allow someone on test to speed.

dada44

ps, to those who feel qualified to say i am an unconfident driver at high speeds - have you ever thought you may be an unconfident driver at low speeds ?

forgotmyname

Not confident at low speeds? Probably why everyone drives then. Walking is dangerous.

If your causing others to overtake then maybe you need more lessons?

Whats worse is someone that does 40mph on a 60mph limit road where
it would be safe to do close to 60. Then get to a 30mph zone a small village or school zone area and continue at 40mph.

Even though they are doing 40mph in a 60 zone they still brake well ahead of a sign warning of a bend ahead.
Nowhere near the sign nevermind the bend itself.

Its those people that make me wish cars had rocket launchers.