Dangerous driving for excess speed
Discussion
ATM said:
Breadvan72 said:
ATM said:
No
I had experienced some agro with the driver of this car earlier. He had brake tested me. I was keeping my distance. As I saw a clear area in lane 1 and he didn't move over I did and went past. This was at maybe executed at 70 - 80 as we had only just left a round about with lights in red and he was not traveling fast. I was then in some clear road and wanted to stretch out some distance from this plonker so there would be no more problems. So I accelerated and then slowed down. This is when the Police caught up with me.
For some reason I have the impression that there are two sides to this story.I had experienced some agro with the driver of this car earlier. He had brake tested me. I was keeping my distance. As I saw a clear area in lane 1 and he didn't move over I did and went past. This was at maybe executed at 70 - 80 as we had only just left a round about with lights in red and he was not traveling fast. I was then in some clear road and wanted to stretch out some distance from this plonker so there would be no more problems. So I accelerated and then slowed down. This is when the Police caught up with me.
Surely the position of strength is where you are doing 'what you should be doing' if you seek to complain to about another's driving, not complaining about other people's driving where your own choices go against what you 'should be doing'.
You are also safer with a poor driver in front of you than behind you.
vonhosen said:
ATM said:
Breadvan72 said:
ATM said:
No
I had experienced some agro with the driver of this car earlier. He had brake tested me. I was keeping my distance. As I saw a clear area in lane 1 and he didn't move over I did and went past. This was at maybe executed at 70 - 80 as we had only just left a round about with lights in red and he was not traveling fast. I was then in some clear road and wanted to stretch out some distance from this plonker so there would be no more problems. So I accelerated and then slowed down. This is when the Police caught up with me.
For some reason I have the impression that there are two sides to this story.I had experienced some agro with the driver of this car earlier. He had brake tested me. I was keeping my distance. As I saw a clear area in lane 1 and he didn't move over I did and went past. This was at maybe executed at 70 - 80 as we had only just left a round about with lights in red and he was not traveling fast. I was then in some clear road and wanted to stretch out some distance from this plonker so there would be no more problems. So I accelerated and then slowed down. This is when the Police caught up with me.
Surely the position of strength is where you are doing 'what you should be doing' if you seek to complain to about another's driving, not complaining about other people's driving where your own choices go against what you 'should be doing'.
You are also safer with a poor driver in front of you than behind you.
ATM said:
vonhosen said:
ATM said:
Breadvan72 said:
ATM said:
No
I had experienced some agro with the driver of this car earlier. He had brake tested me. I was keeping my distance. As I saw a clear area in lane 1 and he didn't move over I did and went past. This was at maybe executed at 70 - 80 as we had only just left a round about with lights in red and he was not traveling fast. I was then in some clear road and wanted to stretch out some distance from this plonker so there would be no more problems. So I accelerated and then slowed down. This is when the Police caught up with me.
For some reason I have the impression that there are two sides to this story.I had experienced some agro with the driver of this car earlier. He had brake tested me. I was keeping my distance. As I saw a clear area in lane 1 and he didn't move over I did and went past. This was at maybe executed at 70 - 80 as we had only just left a round about with lights in red and he was not traveling fast. I was then in some clear road and wanted to stretch out some distance from this plonker so there would be no more problems. So I accelerated and then slowed down. This is when the Police caught up with me.
Surely the position of strength is where you are doing 'what you should be doing' if you seek to complain to about another's driving, not complaining about other people's driving where your own choices go against what you 'should be doing'.
You are also safer with a poor driver in front of you than behind you.
You can't control his actions, but you can control yours & by them to a large extent any subsequent interaction (yours will go a long way to influencing his).
ATM said:
What's the rules on Dangerous Driving? Can Police charge you with this just for speeding?
Yes they can but generally they take the driver’s actions while speeding into account too.Undertaking at speed would be an aggravating factor so there you go, you, by your actions moved a high speed into dangerous driving territory.
Look up the definition of dangerous and careless driving and see if you fit either. I think you fit dangerous some may say careless. See what you think after you read the law on it
Section 2 and 3 in the Act at this link is what you want:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/52/conte...
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