are some people REALLY terrified?
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I've seen it lots of times. Motorway, 'motorist' (usually an elderly man/woman or middle age woman) with coat and scarf on, trundling away at 50MPH in the inside lane, and displaying distinct 'death grip' on the steering wheel with a frozen forward stare.
they upset all these speeding lorry drivers who have to overtake, and are appalled at those that 'thunder' past at 75mph.
Ahem.
sorry about that.
they upset all these speeding lorry drivers who have to overtake, and are appalled at those that 'thunder' past at 75mph.
Ahem.
sorry about that.
bryan35 said:
I've seen it lots of times. Motorway, 'motorist' (usually an elderly man/woman or middle age woman) with coat and scarf on, trundling away at 50MPH in the inside lane, and displaying distinct 'death grip' on the steering wheel with a frozen forward stare.
they upset all these speeding lorry drivers who have to overtake, and are appalled at those that 'thunder' past at 75mph.
Ahem.
sorry about that.
Saw a similar scene at the weekend, but they were doing 5mph on the wrong side of a dual carriageway
I am noticing this a lot now, there seems to be a large amount of vehicles on the motorway, who travel at 50mph, and not just old codgers in old cars either. The danger these cause to other motorists traveling at the speed limit is unreal.
Traveling below 55mph in a car on a motorway should come with 3 points and a £60 fine.
Traveling below 55mph in a car on a motorway should come with 3 points and a £60 fine.
BliarOut said:
trax said:
Traveling below 55mph in a car on a motorway should come with 3 points and a £60 fine.
I hope you're kidding, because that is an absurd suggestion.
No more absurd than fining someone £60 and three points for going at 79 MPH
Agreed, but we're supposed to be the good guys.
BliarOut said:
trax said:
Traveling below 55mph in a car on a motorway should come with 3 points and a £60 fine.
I hope you're kidding, because that is an absurd suggestion.
No more absurd than fining someone £60 and three points for going at 79 MPH
Hmmm, so when it's foggy?
Raining?
The other day it was pishing it down on the way into work. I just sat in the inside lane with the trucks and other cars, even though some trucks were clearly wanting to go quicker (my lane must have had slowies in, but I felt it quick enough thanks).
Cars in lane three were probably going upwards of 80mph still.
You can't just blanket laws down either way. On a dry open, quiet motorway on a late summer evening, 55mph should be a minimum I agree, but the maximum should be 90mph, if not a bit more.
We all know speed limits are stupid, so to have minimum ones as well would just make no sense at all.
70mph is safe, 71mph is leathal...
55mph is safe, 54mph is dangerous...
You just can't say that either way, conditions change and move them all around.
55mph minimum in a queue? Who defines queues, getting in lane 1 early for your exit, which is going slow by the nature it is a queue?
Too many variables to make it viable.
Better to just retest people every 10 years to make sure they are actually confident and safe in their driving. Bugger the sliding the wheel lark, just are they a danger to themselves and others?
Dave
Einion Yrth said:
GreenV8S said:
trax said:
Traveling below 55mph in a car on a motorway should come with 3 points and a £60 fine.
I hope you're kidding, because that is an absurd suggestion.
No more absurd than fining someone £60 and three points for going at 79 MPH
Agreed, but we're supposed to be the good guys.
Yes it right we should plough that furrow. Train not blame is the answer to the road user. Torture is the answer to the anti car campaigners though.
I've never understood why people who are scared of driving insist on driving in the inside lane. Dicing with trucks in rush hour is one of the most unpleasant places you can be on the motorway.
I always feel far safer going that bit faster allowing you to travel in the middle or outside lane.
I always feel far safer going that bit faster allowing you to travel in the middle or outside lane.
BliarOut said:
trax said:
Traveling below 55mph in a car on a motorway should come with 3 points and a £60 fine.
I hope you're kidding, because that is an absurd suggestion.
No more absurd than fining someone £60 and three points for going at 79 MPH
or neither more absurd than 5 points and a £535 fine for driving a 911... ... .. . .. .. .
FYI driving a 911 was the main point of my hideous fine and points. the defence states "Gary Jones was driving a 911 over the speed limit on a country road" a quiet and wide country road it was too when i saftly passed another road user who was doing 45mph on a wide 60mph road.. .. .. F**kers
boo hoo, drive a 911, expect the consequences live and learn.. .. .. .. so much for free society hey!
BliarOut said:
trax said:
Traveling below 55mph in a car on a motorway should come with 3 points and a £60 fine.
I hope you're kidding, because that is an absurd suggestion.
No more absurd than fining someone £60 and three points for going at 79 MPH
Absolutely. The way maximum speed limits are being enforced these days is stupid and counterproductive, but enforcing a minimum speed limit would be even more stupid and counterproductive imo.
bryan35 said:
I've seen it lots of times. Motorway, 'motorist' (usually an elderly man/woman or middle age woman) with coat and scarf on, trundling away at 50MPH in the inside lane, and displaying distinct 'death grip' on the steering wheel with a frozen forward stare.
they upset all these speeding lorry drivers who have to overtake, and are appalled at those that 'thunder' past at 75mph.
Ahem.
sorry about that.
Well........... 70 is the MAXIMUM, dont mean you have to do 70, 50 is better for fuel consumption, and to be honest, is a car doing 50 any worse than the idiots who do a ton?. They upset lorry drivers......we cant all be Aryton Senna look alikes can we, for christ sake lads give the slower driver a break for once
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