Old people going really fast..

[andysgriff]

Took the 'quicker car' to work this week (Derbyshire to Suffolk) as weather has been decent. I'm amazed at the number of times I felt i should pull over to let cars past on the A1 whilst I am doing 80+ units/hour. What amazed me more was a) the age of some of the speed freaks, (over 70??), b) the cars they were driving (small/city cars)..

Feel like a bit of a twit pulling over for granny smith in her 1.3 L but what do you do? Whats going on?
Rant over..

Edited by andysgriff on Thursday 24th July 00:44

Edited by andysgriff on Thursday 24th July 00:46

[andysgriff]

Nigel Worc's said:

"WE" (well I'm not quite that old), learnt to drive when speed limits were considered to be advice, rather than the absolute limit one could travel at.

The truth is nobody really cared as long as you didn't hurt anyone.

And ......... most importantly, no had invented scameras, so the fuzz had to put their doughnuts down and catch you.

I hear you, i just don't feel comfortable at those speeds these days with so many lorries, cameras, roadworks, etc etc trying to either kill you or take your money, license etc

[andysgriff]

Matt UK said:

Err, you just move over regardless of what car it is? Or do you look in your mirror and make a decision whether to let people overtake you based on the car they / you are driving at the time?

Sorry for so many questions

No problem with questions, thats what forums are for i believe.

The observation was to do with the perception of older drivers being slow when what I saw today made me question that stereotype.

Why should i move over when I'm doing over the speed limit with a car at a safe distance ahead and to pull over would be difficult with a stream of cars (with no gap) on the nearside? i.e i'm being tailgated on a busy road..

I always look in the rear view in case someone really important wants to either pull me over or get past. (i.e police, unmarked, bank robber, supercharged BMW's etc).
Makes no difference what car i am driving, why should it?

Edited by andysgriff on Thursday 24th July 00:43