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Why do you drive everywhere at 40mph?

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  • kmb500
    kmb500 Posts: 656 Forumite
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    iolanthe07 wrote: »
    Fair enough, but was there no where you could pull in safely to let them overtake?
    not really, I mean once I was in my village then yeah but at rush hour I'd just have been sitting there like a duck forever, whereas it would only be 1 minute of driving until I was home at that point. call me selfish but it's not a long journey so I got it out of the way. can imagine it was annoying for the people behind me. I did drive as close to the left hand side of the lane as possible so they could overtake easily, at least :)
  • waamo
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    I do 90mph everywhere I go. Straight down the middle of the road.

    It's because I had a letter from the DVLA and at the bottom it said "Please tear down dotted line."
  • DoaM
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    Badoom, tish ;)
  • deaston
    deaston Posts: 477 Forumite
    waamo wrote: »
    I do 90mph everywhere I go. Straight down the middle of the road.

    It's because I had a letter from the DVLA and at the bottom it said "Please tear down dotted line."

    Well that killed the conversation.
  • AdrianC
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    Y'know what they say - the old jokes are... old.
  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    AdrianC wrote: »
    Y'know what they say - the old jokes are... old.

    And the fish jokes are worse!
    “I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”

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  • Jackmydad
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    Strider590 wrote: »
    And the fish jokes are worse!

    What scale are you using to say they're worse. . .?
  • Hedgehog99
    Hedgehog99 Posts: 1,425 Forumite
    I'm wondering whether a mimser has ever been prosecuted for contributing to a collision? I used to drive a regular route that was mostly a 60 mph limit, but with very few safe overtaking opportunities. There we'd be, a whole queue of cars held up by a 40 mph mimser at the front and then it'd start: the performance car leap-froggers, taking chances where they shouldn't and causing heart-in-throat moments for the rest of us, and for oncomming drivers.

    Now of course the leap-froggers shouldn't have been taking chances, but they wouldn't have done so if the mimser hadn't been mimsering. If there was a crash, could the mimser be held partially responsible?

    I definitely think people are more annoyed by a mimser than by a vehicle that is restricted to a lower limit by law, especially as the latter do usually try to let others past. Only exception would seem to be Te5co lorries who pootle for an hour plus without pulling in to let the queue past.

    And yes, ditto, the mimsers I would get stuck behind would sail on ahead still at 40 in a 30.
  • AdrianC
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    Hedgehog99 wrote: »
    If there was a crash, could the mimser be held partially responsible?
    No. The overtake is 100% the overtaking driver's responsibility.
  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    The problem isn't the slow driver up front, it's the driver behind them that won't overtake because it's "anti-social".
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