Discussion
Braintax said:
Just treat the situation as if you are behind a tractor or any other vehicle with restricted speed, i.e - overtake safely when possible..
...and proceed to gesticulate with your hand whilst beeping your horn shouting 'f
king farm wker, pay for RFL if you're gonna hold everyone up'. ?
Maybe her car was in limp mode and she was getting her car to a side road/off the main road to prevent disruption of traffic.
Or could be her car was spluttering on the vapours of fuel and she was reducing the distance she would have to walk.
Maybe low puncture or low pressure and she was getting to the garage to pump up.
Or maybe she was lost
Or could be her car was spluttering on the vapours of fuel and she was reducing the distance she would have to walk.
Maybe low puncture or low pressure and she was getting to the garage to pump up.
Or maybe she was lost
5lab said:
its not really dangerous - if you were unable to brake appropriately before her, its the fault of the person not driving to the distance they can see to be clear.
I suppose it could be given a s52 antisocial driving thingy. the only roads with minimum speed limits are motorways.
There isn't a minimum speed limit on motorways, or indeed on any UK road except when indicated by a sign like this:I suppose it could be given a s52 antisocial driving thingy. the only roads with minimum speed limits are motorways.
There are precious few roads with minimum speed limits in the UK, usually in the vicinity of supar-sekrit things like the massive radar installation at Fylingdales (although, the last time I drove that road, I didn't notice the minimum speed limit sign that I am sure used to be there).
Welshbeef said:
Maybe her car was in limp mode and she was getting her car to a side road/off the main road to prevent disruption of traffic.
Or could be her car was spluttering on the vapours of fuel and she was reducing the distance she would have to walk.
Maybe low puncture or low pressure and she was getting to the garage to pump up.
Or maybe she was lost
Or maybe, just possibly driving normally in her eyes. Or could be her car was spluttering on the vapours of fuel and she was reducing the distance she would have to walk.
Maybe low puncture or low pressure and she was getting to the garage to pump up.
Or maybe she was lost
5lab said:
its not really dangerous - if you were unable to brake appropriately before her, its the fault of the person not driving to the distance they can see to be clear.
Not dangerous? Really?It's near enough a rolling obstruction and certainly doesn't promote the idea of keeping up with the flow of traffic. It shows inappropriate driving for the conditions. (Assuming that conditions were good)
Humans can't help getting frustrated. It's a normal human reaction. I think this aspect can turn dangerous.
Some NSL country roads I have used you would not want to venture much above 20/25. These are obviously single tracked with lots of roads branching from them and plenty of tight blind bends.
If the road was single track or too tight for you to get past, then I think I could understand why she was going so slow. Factor in that she probably doesn't know the road or was looking for a turning or a particular place, then 15 isn't all that bad, especially with tight bends or blind bends. Let's just say you're doing 40 in a tight NSL, come up to blind corner and slow a bit, car does the same coming the other way does the same, by the time you see each other you're in each other's bumpers. I don't like putting too much faith in others on the road.
Maybe she slowed down that much in the hope the person hanging off her bumper might go around her instead
If the road was single track or too tight for you to get past, then I think I could understand why she was going so slow. Factor in that she probably doesn't know the road or was looking for a turning or a particular place, then 15 isn't all that bad, especially with tight bends or blind bends. Let's just say you're doing 40 in a tight NSL, come up to blind corner and slow a bit, car does the same coming the other way does the same, by the time you see each other you're in each other's bumpers. I don't like putting too much faith in others on the road.
Maybe she slowed down that much in the hope the person hanging off her bumper might go around her instead
There was nothing wrong with the car, just the usual pensioner sitting 2mm away from the steering wheel.
This was at 5pm with a solid stream of traffic coming the other way. So no chance to get passed.
ETA: Was a wide road plenty of visibility, conditions were wet but not any different from the usual conditions in Glasgow
I kept a safe distance at all times and stopped within plenty time. The thing that pissed me off was that she would speed up to 35/40 in the 30's ffs.
It was a Nissan Micra. I think that says it all.
This was at 5pm with a solid stream of traffic coming the other way. So no chance to get passed.
ETA: Was a wide road plenty of visibility, conditions were wet but not any different from the usual conditions in Glasgow
I kept a safe distance at all times and stopped within plenty time. The thing that pissed me off was that she would speed up to 35/40 in the 30's ffs. It was a Nissan Micra. I think that says it all.
Edited by Macd355 on Friday 25th November 13:27
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