Huge speeding fines increase

paulpud

Strider590 wrote: »

You would overtake, I absolutely guarantee it, I have never seen any driver not overtake someone doing 25mph, given the chance.

It's easy to post words on a forum, 25 doesn't seem all that slow in words, but when your out driving and stuck behind someone doing 25mph, it feels like they're doing 10.

I certainly would, and regularly do.

There are times when doing 25, or even 20, in a 30 limit is appropriate but I think it's a case of using a bit of common sense. Every morning I drive along a good wide road with the houses set well back which, like so many roads, has had the speed limit reduced and is now a 30. At 7am there is barely a soul to be seen, but I still encounter people doing 20-25 and I don't hesitate to go around them.

One regular crawler in a Nissan Almera gets quite irate as I go past, flashing his lights and using all sorts of hand gestures. We've built up quite a rapport.

50Twuncle

paulpud wrote: »

I certainly would, and regularly do.

There are times when doing 25, or even 20, in a 30 limit is appropriate but I think it's a case of using a bit of common sense. Every morning I drive along a good wide road with the houses set well back which, like so many roads, has had the speed limit reduced and is now a 30. At 7am there is barely a soul to be seen, but I still encounter people doing 20-25 and I don't hesitate to go around them.

One regular crawler in a Nissan Almera gets quite irate as I go past, flashing his lights and using all sorts of hand gestures. We've built up quite a rapport.

I drive a Nissan Almera at a nice safe 20mph and every morning I get overtaken by this irate chap who flashes his lights and waves at me to say "hello", I respond in a similar fashion !!