What is it about 40mph?

[hertsbiker]

Why do all the slow drivers always end up doing 40mph on NSL roads, day or night. And the same drivers always catch you up in town, despite the fact that you're already playing the percentage game & doing 32mph........?

[huge_ego]

Strangely true, isn't it? Maybe it's a speed at which lots of (non-PH) drivers "feel" comfortable. 30mph can feel a bit slow in a modern car, so it's a permanent 40mph for many...

[jmorgan]

They are of the same strain of humanity gitus ignoramous that think the line in a parking bay is what you park on

[ultimaandy]

Yeh these drivers P*** me off as well.

[Mad Jock]

Come on, chaps, these are the poor souls who always drive everywhere in second gear. It's just that yaers ago, second gear was only good for 35 mph, nowadays it's better suited to 40 mph.

[granville]

jmorgan said: They are of the same strain of humanity gitus ignoramous that think the line in a parking bay is what you park on

Superb!

[pbirkett]

And why is it that when you get stuck behind said numpties, there never seems to be a good chance to overtake...

[granville]

pbirkett said: And why is it that when you get stuck behind said numpties, there never seems to be a good chance to overtake...

Because like any other species of farmyard animal, they travel in protective groupings!

[DennisTheMenace]

You need to get a bike compared to driving a car riding the bike is bliss no stuck in jams , sitting behind idiots who cant drive etc

[apache]

derestrictor said:

pbirkett said: And why is it that when you get stuck behind said numpties, there never seems to be a good chance to overtake...

Because like any other species of farmyard animal, they travel in protective groupings!

So true, like sheep. Or the same breed of myopic single celled amoeba that sits at a roundabout staring wide eyed over a steering wheel gripped with whitened knuckles unable to grasp the fundamental laws of priority



>> Edited by apache on Saturday 22 February 16:13

[Nacnud]

When I moved into Hampshire (many moons ago); I noticed this and was told that 42mph was Southern Standard Speed.

Dunno if there is any truth in this, though it certainly seems to be pleny of evidence.

[Don]

It is for this exact reason I bought a performance car. Once out in the twisties the only way to safely pass a 40mph Numpty is to have huge acceleration.

This is, of course, made necessary by the fact that as you start to pass the bright flash of the car to their right appears to wake them up. In shock their muscles spasm and their right foot extends as a reflex action accidentally depressing the accelerator to the carpet.

It is an important safety feature of any car that I own that this reflex action simply shouldn't matter.

[Nacnud]

Don said: This is, of course, made necessary by the fact that as you start to pass the bright flash of the car to their right appears to wake them up. In shock their muscles spasm and their right foot extends as a reflex action accidentally depressing the accelerator to the carpet.

The sonic wave my SEAC makes out of the side pipes doesn't just wake them up, it usually scares them silly. Having had the ample oppertunity to admire their lack of attention to the road and general lack of - err speed; this can be quite gratifying

Sometimes they weave and have been known to cross the white line or clip the verge before recovering. Generally, anyone following me in the overtake has to be extremely careful......

[shadowninja]

hmm i noticed this yesterday on the way back from Boxhill... I thought it was just bad luck on my part that on several different occasions I got stuck behind about 5 of these morons. Not sure how to encourage them to drive at NSL either... altho having a car worth about £5 does mean that nudging them towards the NSL is feasible

In France you can mainbeam the bastards, apparently... meybee I sheud speek le francais, nest par, end ram les bastards (yes i know it's not spelt correctly; poor attempt at comedy)

[Davey Boy]

Your french sounds like that English Gendarme on 'Allo 'Allo.

[Big_M]

We were following my Mum in her Passat the other day. 40 mph in the 30 mph zones - bloody numptie I thought - she is 71 after all. Expected her to carry on doing 40 when we got on the NSL road. But nooooooo she's hooning round the bends at 70 mph. Be warned all you people in North Suffolk - she is a loonie. Watch out for the white Passat with the 5'2" grey haired granny.

Gave her a right ear bashing for the 40 in the 30 tho'. Nice feeling that - telling your parents off.

[cazzo]

My Father-in-law is a prime numpty and one of the founding members of the "45mph club" - membership of which is straightforward and only requires you to drive at 45mph everywhere, (of course in reality anything between 40 and 50 will do), Anyway he got Gatso'd at 41 in a 30 the other day by just about the most obvious bleeding speed camera I know of - almost made me support speed cameras

Still, one more person with a negative view of speed cams who had never been "nicked" before - who knows maybe he'll bomb a Gatso!

Edited to say; The daft old fool will probably just drive into one at 45mph.

>> Edited by cazzo on Sunday 23 February 18:05

[prancing]

Why do the 40 mph Numpties Flash there headlights after you have overtaken them in a 60 limit? It usually takes half-a-mile Before they realise that you've passed them, To55ers.

[shadowninja]

Davey Boy said: Your french sounds like that English Gendarme on 'Allo 'Allo.

the guy who was always "jeust pissing by the wondow"?
well it all worked then

[jmorgan]

shadowninja said:

Davey Boy said: Your french sounds like that English Gendarme on 'Allo 'Allo.

the guy who was always "jeust pissing by the wondow"?
well it all worked then

Stoop talking the pos