People who drive slow...

Jackmydad

http://think.direct.gov.uk/country-roads.html
It makes the point about driving at a speed which will allow you to stop in the distance you can see.
That goes for any road.
And if there is other traffic emerging from side roads etc., or just side roads in themselves, you need to take into account that other road users may pull out.
Look at those "car crash" vids on YouTube, a lot of them look as if they are caused by people being over confident, and driving too fast for the conditions
While people going stupidly slow might be annoying, do you want them driving faster than their abilities, and wandering all over the road? More annoying to me are the idiots who drive right up behind you when you have a slow driver in front of you.

dannyrst

This used to annoy me alot.


Then I grew up and realised it really didn't matter.

Stoke

dannyrst wrote: »

This used to annoy me alot.


Then I grew up and realised it really didn't matter.

Well that depends.

datostar

Regardless of speed limits on rural roads, drive within the distance you can see to be clear which means slowing down for blind bends and brows of hills. Expect the unexpected. Animals and children can be unpredictable in their movements, so expect it and drive accordingly. Give cyclists and horses plenty of room and slow down. If a horse shies or panics there is every chance the rider may be injured, often seriously. They have a long way to fall. Remember there might be a field entrance just around the next bend and the tractor and trailer coming out is already committed and can't get out of your way. By all means display your great skill at high speed cornering and positioning etc. in open conditions with no high hedges or other restrictions to visibility.

almillar

If it's actually 10mph, they might think they're doing the speed limit on a country road (50 instead of 60) or dual carraigeway (60 instead of 70) and that you're trying to speed.
Speed limits are basic stuff, but you'd be surprised by the number of people that are able to stick to the wrong one!

It's a speed limit, not a target.

So if there is good visibility and plenty of room for you to overtake why are you complaining about them

I don't have issue with others driving with due care and attention in certain circumstances.

Sure guys, but that's not the point OP made - you missed that these drivers don't like being overtaken.

Thanks for that, another cross on my bingo card.

If you haven't got 'Speed Kills' crossed off yet, you can have it for free. Also, 'think of the children'.

Overtook a 40mph in a 60 limit. They then put their high beams on permanently...must have liked the look of my derrière.

Maybe your foglight was on. Maybe you should have turned it on lust to show them you can dazzle too.

dannyrst

Stoke wrote: »

Well that depends.

Indeed it does. I just set off a little earlier now.

Joe_Horner

One other point - which I'm sure doesn't apply to anyone here - is that, having driven country roads for most of my life, it's surprising how often people come up behind you, clearly get impatient because you're not driving the limit, so they either find a (usually dodgy) overtake or you let them past, only to have them slow down.

It's far easier to follow someone round twisty roads than it is to be in front driving "blind". You get advanced warning of hazards from their brake lights and can (often subconsciously) judge how sharp bends are by the way their car reacts. Which means that what seems too slow for the car behind suddenly becomes quite fast enough when they're ahead!

Jackmydad

datostar wrote: »

By all means display your great skill at high speed cornering and positioning etc. in open conditions with no high hedges or other restrictions to visibility.

Or preferably on the race track.

But of course a lot of the "fast drivers" appear to know little about correct positioning or high speed cornering. Some to the point of being laughably bad.

I was watching a TV program a couple of months back. They said (IIRC), that 80% of people think they are better drivers than they actually are.

Being a good driver is not about how fast you can get from A to B.

Stoke

dannyrst wrote: »

Indeed it does. I just set off a little earlier now.

Except when you set off and still get stuck behind someone ?

Stoke

Jackmydad wrote: »

Or preferably on the race track.

But of course a lot of the "fast drivers" appear to know little about correct positioning or high speed cornering. Some to the point of being laughably bad.

I was watching a TV program a couple of months back. They said (IIRC), that 80% of people think they are better drivers than they actually are.

Being a good driver is not about how fast you can get from A to B.

Absolutely correct. You are spot on. 100% correct.

I can also add and even bolster that argument by saying being a good driver is not about how slow you drive either. Contrary to popular opinion, driving at 20 in a 30, doesn't mean you're a better driver than someone who drives at 30 in a 30.

We have speed limits for a reason. When the conditions suit (such as the experience I posted earlier), dry, safe road, safe vehicle etc, then driving at the speed limit really shouldn't be an issue.

If anything, someone driving at 35-40 on a safe road like I spoke about, on a day like yesterday??? I would worry about them as a driver. What if they were to go on the motorway? They'd be a hazard. Perhaps they're driving unnecessarily slow because their eyes aren't as good as they used to be? Maybe they're seeing things they didn't used to see and they're panicking? Perhaps their reactions aren't as sharp as they used to be either? Very worrying indeed.

Think of the children.