Slow drivers on country lanes
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I think of it like deciding when to go on a green traffic light. If it isn't clear obviously you don't go. If someone in front of me thinks it isn't clear and hesitates when it looks fine to me, that's OK too. You don't have to go just because it's green anymore than you have to drive up to the speed limit. But if you sit at the green light when it's quite safe to go because you want to 'admire the scenery' or because you aren't in a hurry, driver behind are quite entitled to get annoyed.
My commute to work includes an 8 mile stretch of twisty 'B' road. This is not a single track country lane but a road that is wide enough for two cars to easily pass each other but overtaking needs careful consideration. I have no problem with people who want to drive slower than me as I will pick an appropriate spot and overtake them.
What I'd do have a problem with are:
- those in a queue of cars who, themselves, are unable to overtake yet make it difficult/impossible for you to overtake by variously closing gaps to the vehicle in front when you can't make the overtake in one clean manoeuvre or deliberately driving in the middle of the road to block any overtake.
- those whose vehicles light up like a Christmas tree after you have safely overtaken with all amounts of indignant flashing of headlights.
- those who decide to speed up when you pull out to overtake.
- those, coming the opposite way, who, for some unathomable reason, find it impossible to stay on their side of the road.
- the recovery truck driver who deliberately moved to the middle of the road to block an overtake whilst doing about 30mph on the one long straight piece of road for which four or five cars could easily have overtaken him.
However, I do find the ones who then try to chase you down after being overtaken either amusing or scary! The standard of driving I have seen in my rear view mirror is quite shocking watching such folk driving well above their talent limit. The vast majority give it up when they realise they aren't going to keep pace but a couple have waited until the clouds of dirt are thrown up from their mild excursion to the scenery and, no doubt, a change of underwear is required before giving it a rest! I even had one behind me fail to take a left hand bend and take to the verge on the opposite side of the road - bloody good job nothing was coming the other way at the time or that would have been very nasty!
What I'd do have a problem with are:
- those in a queue of cars who, themselves, are unable to overtake yet make it difficult/impossible for you to overtake by variously closing gaps to the vehicle in front when you can't make the overtake in one clean manoeuvre or deliberately driving in the middle of the road to block any overtake.
- those whose vehicles light up like a Christmas tree after you have safely overtaken with all amounts of indignant flashing of headlights.
- those who decide to speed up when you pull out to overtake.
- those, coming the opposite way, who, for some unathomable reason, find it impossible to stay on their side of the road.
- the recovery truck driver who deliberately moved to the middle of the road to block an overtake whilst doing about 30mph on the one long straight piece of road for which four or five cars could easily have overtaken him.
However, I do find the ones who then try to chase you down after being overtaken either amusing or scary! The standard of driving I have seen in my rear view mirror is quite shocking watching such folk driving well above their talent limit. The vast majority give it up when they realise they aren't going to keep pace but a couple have waited until the clouds of dirt are thrown up from their mild excursion to the scenery and, no doubt, a change of underwear is required before giving it a rest! I even had one behind me fail to take a left hand bend and take to the verge on the opposite side of the road - bloody good job nothing was coming the other way at the time or that would have been very nasty!
mp3manager said:
http://youtu.be/E6rY1-pbeNM?t=1m30s
11 pages and nobody posted this. I am disappoint.
Very sweary so NSFW
Haha11 pages and nobody posted this. I am disappoint.
Very sweary so NSFW
Garvin said:
However, I do find the ones who then try to chase you down after being overtaken either amusing or scary! The standard of driving I have seen in my rear view mirror is quite shocking watching such folk driving well above their talent limit.
I've noticed the same thing from people I've passed or people who have suddenly decided to speed up - and no, I don't sit and tail-gate them.-lots of heaving on the wheel, early turn-in and understeer, although bear in mind that I'm not exactly pushing the outer limits of grip as vision is often limiting (we have a lot of hedgerows around here) and I'm driving a non-'sporty', large estate car that, of course, never exceeds the speed limit on public roads.
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