Hooning it to Tyndrum

[naetype]

Ah well, we'll pretend the traffic this weekend doesn't exist... I'm now off to get the Dunoon ferry (sod going up the lochside this afternoon ) I'll not be exceeding 60mph at any point.

[Leithen]

cptsideways said:

Travelling the A85 at night in winter you need to be brave/stupid to do silly speeds for when Bambi's dad is stood in the road.

Bambi's a problem on these roads at any time of the year, any time of day and at any speed. A couple of years ago I lost a faithful E-Class estate to one that shot out of a farm entrance just outside Methven. Broken headlights and other front end rearrangement made it uneconomic to repair.

Travel safe.

[mickymellon1]

Not a rant, just confused about the rationale for driving way beyond limits of control and visibility.

...your limits

- on a bike you can see further ahead, stop and turn quickly which may go towards helping as an explanation?

[joema]

Stop and turn quicker on a bike? Really?

To be honest I drive way faster than I do on a bike. And I dont really ever go on to general gassing asking why some car drivers drive way faster than they should...

But the ones in OP's original post know the risk I guess. It's stupid though.

[w1bbles]

keirik said:

150?

The exaggeration is strong in this one Obi Wan Kenobi

It really isn’t. 150+ easily with a couple of bikes at the weekend. From a car 100 looks ok; 150 looks full-on nuts. It was 150+. I get the need to open the throttle but it was bonkers. Anyway, I guess there’s no rationale for a select few. Leithen - I think we actually know each other in real life and you do live quite close to me. We live on a straight bit where you get the odd maniac but thankfully it’s calmed down since the Easter weekend.

Anyway, I’ll wind my neck back in!

[Skyedriver]

Leithen said:

I understand where you are coming from w1bbles, especially as I live in the same area and drive those roads frequently.

We are at an easily accessible northerly point, be it from Edinburgh or Glasgow, for some loop madness, especially at weekends and bank holidays and especially in glorious weather such as this.

The roads are wide and fast, but busier than they have ever been IMO. We've all riden/driven the loops ourselves, had our moments and are fortunate to be able to tell the tale.

I'm not sure anything is going to change things however, and the only thing to do is to keep your eyes peeled, stay close to the verge and make as much room as possible if you sense things are getting a bit hairy. You have the knowledge of the tricky bits that might catch the unaware out - for example the mile just south of Lochearnhead. I tend to drive like a granny through there as I fully expect someone or something coming the other way getting it horribly wrong.

Yup, been known to make progress when on my own but especially at this time of year, with people who don't know the area, don't even know which side of the road they should be on (and don't often care) it's worth taking things a bit more cautiously. Then as you say there's the deer. Had two strikes, Clunie and on Skye. I'm in Oban area now and it's easier than Skye but we still get them here. Hire cars, foreign registrations and camper vans.

[w1bbles]

mckeann said:

Sounds like you need to grow a pair

Thanks. I’ll bear that in mind.

[Skyedriver]

Biker down, near Pulpit Rock today.
Another car bump near Taynuilt
Like bleeding dodgems on the road