People who drive slow...

Retrogamer

Strider590 wrote: »

Well there is the biggest problem with slow drivers, not the fact they're driving slow, but the fact that the car directly behind them won't overtake, yet maintains a gap too small to pull in to.

dannyrst wrote: »

This used to annoy me alot.


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

It matters when you're stuck behind them for about 30 miles and they won't pull over to let the long queue of traffic behind them pass.
Normally not an issue if overtaking is an option but sometimes due to traffic density coming towards you, a safe overtake isn't possible

onomatopoeia99

Stoke wrote: »

We have speed limits for a reason..

The reason in many cases is "politics". Or a combination of fog (fatal crashes caused by people going too fast for the conditions leading politicians to say "something must be done!", even though 70mph would have been way too fast in the conditions anyway) and "The Daily Mail" in the case of the 70mph limit on motorways (they ran series of front page articles with shock! horror! headlines in the 1960s about the M1).

The national speed limits (60mph / 70mph) for non-motorway roads were first introduced during the oil crisis of 1973 and revised to their current levels a few years later. Again, politics.

Jackmydad

Stoke wrote: »

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.

I quite agree about driving too slowly for the conditions as well.
See it a lot down here.
As already said by someone else, it's a test fail. "Failure to make good progress" I believe.

mtc95

I think many people consider being overtaken as an implied criticism of their own driving. In a way I suppose it is.

It doesn't bother me personally. If I see an obviously impatient driver in my mirror, I would much rather have them in front of me than behind me.

worried_jim

I see the sense of humour police have been out and about on this thread and someone won't be back for a fortnight.

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Rush rush rush, everyone's in a rush these days.

Johno100

worried_jim wrote: »

I see the sense of humour police have been out and about on this thread and someone won't be back for a fortnight.

You mean we are shot of him for a week?:D

scaredofdebt

I think often it's because the driver doesn't know the speed limit and is scared of getting a fine.

There's a 40 MPH road near me with a lot of cameras on it, people do 30 MPH, presumably as they think that's the limit and don't want a ticket. The road is in a city, with street lights so presumably that is why they think like that, there are plenty of 40 MPH repeaters but some people don't notice them by the look of it.

If they displayed the speed limit on speed cameras that might help, but it would also reduce their revenue I expect.

warehouse

dannyrst wrote: »

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

This line proves you really haven't.

Jackmydad

mtc95 wrote: »

I think many people consider being overtaken as an implied criticism of their own driving. In a way I suppose it is.

It doesn't bother me personally. If I see an obviously impatient driver in my mirror, I would much rather have them in front of me than behind me.

A lot of people see driving as being some sort of competitive sport.
On normal roads it isn't.
As you say I'd rather have "them" in front of me. And preferably nowhere near me!